Faceted Search: Astral

Githyanki are normally polite toward one another... but not always. None of the insults below should be used against a githyanki carelessly by the wise. Venerator: Very insulting term for a priest. The original meaning refers specifica ...

Article - Zimrazim - 2008-08-03 23:10 - 3 comments - 0 attachments

Not much more than the general question in the title: If Anubis has set himself up as the protector of the dead gods in the Astral, why did/does he allow the githyanki to colonize bodies like on Tu'narath? That seems pretty disrespectful a ...

Forum Topic - Palomides - 2010-07-02 11:42 - 18 comments - 0 attachments

Small question, but I just noticed this while reading through Tales from the Infinite Staircase for a game I'm running. Would have posted this in the Rrakma forum, but it looks like things are kind of sleeping there now. So at the end of Tal ...

Forum Topic - Idran - 2010-12-24 22:48 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Queen Vlaakith CLVII had reigned longer than the memory of any living githyanki, despite the fact that they dwelt on the Astral where time could not touch them. When her Incursion into the prime spheres brought disaster, it left many of her pe ...

Article - Azure - 2008-11-24 23:10 - 5 comments - 0 attachments

“Any enemy of The Great Enemy can be my friend … for a time.” - Gith. The great Incursion wrought untold destruction on many prime worlds. The githyanki legions, bent conquest, rolled over much of their opposition, especially early o ...

Article - Azure - 2009-03-02 23:10 - 7 comments - 0 attachments

“I had my eyes trained on the gith, but somehow I still didn’t see him coming. I was dead certain my aim would strike true, but it seemed like my sight did not relay the information to my sword arm. Then I stumbled over nothing, my f ...

Article - Dunamin - 2009-02-23 23:10 - 4 comments - 0 attachments

Greeting to all you berks, bloods and cutters! Recently, I was asked by my best friend to DM a campaign which shall, at a later point, include Her Imperial and Eternal Majesty Vlaakith CLVIII. My dilemma is this: how to portray her accurately ...

Forum Topic - Chaotic_Goth1431 - 2010-02-14 14:33 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

“Never kill a worthy foe casually, young ones. Plunge your blade hilt-deep in his chest while shouting your defiance to his face, lock eyes with him, and watch the vitality rapidly drain away until there is but the faintest flicker of life ...

Article - Dunamin - 2008-12-29 23:10 - 4 comments - 0 attachments

Well, I've been throwing this around lately, and I'll see how far it goes. I'll post it here for now since this seems the best place and the actual articles are in flux. Fair Warning: the following story is set post-Faction War and post-Incur ...

Forum Topic - Mechalich - 2009-10-04 01:47 - 4 comments - 0 attachments

I heard you say something about Gith's reincarnation as Ar-Gish? Please, tell me more, brother . – An undercover secret police recruit in the Githyanki city of Githmir. Come with us, brother. - The same recruit, to the same githw ...

Article - Azure - 2009-05-31 09:14 - 3 comments - 0 attachments