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==The Gothic Challenge== | |||
It is difficult to identify with the God-Brain or otherwise see any faintly flickering flame of humanity in it. Yet such is required of the gothic villan. Not unrelated is the matter of what precisely an [[elder brain]] could do that would distinguish it from its peers sufficiently for it to be picked out for imprisonment by the [[Dark Powers]]. | |||
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The Illithid god-brain was once a [[human]] [[psion]] whose city of [[Thaan]] was besieged by the [[illithid]]. In his struggle against them, he began to admire them, and believed that the war between their races would hone humankind into a superior race. When the illithid faltered long short of this goal, he sought them out and discovered that their [[elder brain]] was dying. In the interests of forging his supreme race, he betrayed his own people and was assimilated into the elder brain. Thus, he and the entire illithid civilization were transported to Ravenloft, and the former psion became [[darklord]] of [[Bluetspur]]. However, he can no longer experience feelings and emotions directly, nor can he stray from the briny pool in which he rests. | The Illithid god-brain was once a [[human]] [[psion]] whose city of [[Thaan]] was besieged by the [[illithid]]. In his struggle against them, he began to admire them, and believed that the war between their races would hone humankind into a superior race. When the illithid faltered long short of this goal, he sought them out and discovered that their [[elder brain]] was dying. In the interests of forging his supreme race, he betrayed his own people and was assimilated into the elder brain. Thus, he and the entire illithid civilization were transported to Ravenloft, and the former psion became [[darklord]] of [[Bluetspur]]. However, he can no longer experience feelings and emotions directly, nor can he stray from the briny pool in which he rests. | ||
[[Category:NPC]][[Category:Darklord]][[Category:Aberration]][[Category:Brain]] | [[Category:NPC]][[Category:Darklord]][[Category:Aberration]][[Category:Brain]] | ||
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The Gothic Challenge
It is difficult to identify with the God-Brain or otherwise see any faintly flickering flame of humanity in it. Yet such is required of the gothic villan. Not unrelated is the matter of what precisely an elder brain could do that would distinguish it from its peers sufficiently for it to be picked out for imprisonment by the Dark Powers.
One possible answer follows:
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This section contains netbook-canon info from netbooks |
The Illithid god-brain was once a human psion whose city of Thaan was besieged by the illithid. In his struggle against them, he began to admire them, and believed that the war between their races would hone humankind into a superior race. When the illithid faltered long short of this goal, he sought them out and discovered that their elder brain was dying. In the interests of forging his supreme race, he betrayed his own people and was assimilated into the elder brain. Thus, he and the entire illithid civilization were transported to Ravenloft, and the former psion became darklord of Bluetspur. However, he can no longer experience feelings and emotions directly, nor can he stray from the briny pool in which he rests.
Data from the Ravenloft Catalogue
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Domains of Dread |
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Thoughts of Darkness - p53 | |
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Domains of Dread - p85 | |
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Secrets of the Dread Realms - p7 | |
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Lord Elder Brain Illithid God-Brain, The Illithid God-Brain |
