The Illithid God-Brain (NPC)

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:

The Illithid god-brain was once a human psion named Seldrid, 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. He then used his knowledge of the Thaani defenses to conquer them and have their leading psionicists' brains added to his gestalt as well. 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.<ref>The Book of Sacrifices, pp24-26, "The Illithid God-Brain", by Matthew L. Martin

Data from the Ravenloft Catalogue

		Domains of Dread Thoughts of Darkness The Forgotten Children Download Now!
		Thoughts of Darkness - p53
		Domains of Dread - p85 Ravenloft Campaign Setting:Domains and Denizens - p69 Thoughts of Darkness - p6,pp51-53
		Secrets of the Dread Realms - p7 Domains of Dread - p85 Ravenloft Campaign Setting:Domains and Denizens - pp34-35,69-70 Thoughts of Darkness - p7, pp50-53 The Forgotten Children - pp19-20 Download Now!
		Lord Elder Brain Illithid God-Brain, The Illithid God-Brain