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Being chosen by Vlaakith to "ascend" is the ultimate reward for the conquest exacted by githyanki warriors. In reality, however, this "ascension" is the utter absorption of the warrior's soul into Vlaakith's own life essence, providing the fuel that allows her to maintain undying life and divine power. | Being chosen by Vlaakith to "ascend" is the ultimate reward for the conquest exacted by githyanki warriors. In reality, however, this "ascension" is the utter absorption of the warrior's soul into Vlaakith's own life essence, providing the fuel that allows her to maintain undying life and divine power. | ||
Through commonly accepted lore, Vlaakith is the daughter of and successor to the original gith leader [[Gith]], a powerful psionic prodigy who led the rebellion to free their race from [[Illithid]] slavery. However, this is just a convenient fable to preserve her power; Gith's son [[Orpheus]] was the only inheritor of her unique powers of Illithid suppression. To cement her power, | Through commonly accepted lore, Vlaakith is the daughter of and successor to the original gith leader [[Gith]], a powerful psionic prodigy who led the rebellion to free their race from [[Illithid]] slavery. However, this is just a convenient fable to preserve her power; Gith's son [[Orpheus]] was the only inheritor of her unique powers of Illithid suppression. To cement her power, Vlaakith had Orpheus imprisoned in the [[Astral Prism]] and erased all mentions of him from githyanki histories. | ||
== Interactions == | == Interactions == | ||