The God-King personifies the freedom of their kind. “Better the heartfelt devotion of a free soul than the grudging obedience of a slave,” is a common githzerai saying that contrasts loyalty to Zaerith with “loyalty” to the mind flayers. Most githzerai believe that without him, they might become enslaved again. Unlike the rulers of other peoples, the God-King is not particularly aggressive or inhibiting. Religion: The God-King, Zaerith Menyar-Ag-Gith, is a monument to githzerai racial pride, and the source of the famous githzerai planeshifting powers. Lands: Githzerai dwell in their spartan cities of chaos-shaped stone in the Outer Plane of Limbo, including Shra'kt'lor and the Floating City. Their ancient hatreds for the illithids and the githyanki erupt violently in any encounter with those races. Githzerai bear an ancient hatred for mind flayers and githyanki, and will never accept either as a companion. Githzerai have no true enmity towards most races, however, and can dwell in human, elven, and multicultural communities without difficulty. Relations: Githzerai believe that members of other races cannot truly understand them, and seem sombre and stand-offish to friendlier races. They have a thin, angular frame, and limbs that look like they are made of nothing but strings of muscle knotted around bone. Physical Description: Githzerai are humanoids, thinner and taller than humans with sharp features, long faces, and eyes of grey, black, or yellow. Any threat against their haven is met with whatever force is necessary to eliminate the threat.By: James O'RanceImported from a previous version of The githzerai are sworn to protect their adopted home of Limbo, since that refuge was only won after millennia of hardship and war. They’re usually close-mouthed, keeping their own counsel and trusting few outside their own kind. Severe and serious, the githzerai tend toward sombreness in their clothing and personalities. The two gith peoples separated and found new homes: the githyanki in the silver void of the Astral Plane, and the githzerai in the Outer Plane of Limbo, a plane of swirling chaos, where stability can only be achieved by shaping the chaotic matter of the plane with the mind focus and discipline are necessary for this to occur.Githzerai are quiet and reserved, burning with a passion that drives them far beyond what most mortals are capable of. Personality: Once of one race with the githyanki under the enslavement of the mindflayers, the githzerai broke away from their illithid masters and then their gith brethren, sparking a racial war that has continued into the present.
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