Chapter 536 History
With many Gith people watching, Nohir explained in detail how he and Enver Gortash, Evil Thought, and Catheric Thom, the three dead men, kept some details. The grudges between God’s chosen ones.
He also briefly described how in the process of defeating them, he unexpectedly received news about the Astral Prism, and learned that they planned to use the Astral Prism and the Hammer of Orpheus as bargaining chips to fight against the upcoming attack on the city. Velakis reached cooperation.
In order to foil their plot and protect the city as much as possible from the upcoming Githyanki army, Nohir chose to enter the Astral Prism with a hammer after defeating Gotash and cleaning up the remnants. Come to free Orpheus, the orthodox leader of the Gith people who has disappeared for thousands of years, in the hope of getting their help.
"It's actually like this..."
Orpheus was silent for a moment, then continued.
"Ever since we were harmed by Vlaakis's conspiracy and imprisoned in this star realm, we have lost all sources of external information, but that betrayal has made me understand Vlaakis' true nature. , she is despicable and cruel, and has a desire for power that penetrates her bones. The current Gith people may have spent tens of thousands of years in the lies spun by that traitor, and were poisoned by her indifference and cruelty. "
Orpheus's words were calm, and all the Gith people around him were also calm, but anyone could feel the raging waves hidden under their calm lake, and Nohir was like this He listened quietly and felt their rising anger without taking any additional action. He knew that Orpheus had not finished speaking, and Orpheus continued to speak at this time.
"Nohir, I noticed your wording before. When you called us, the words you used were clear and normal for the Gith people, but for those who are about to invade your homeland and were deceived by the Lich Queen, The other Gith, you call them Githyanki.”
"Why is this? I know that in order to maintain her rule, Vlaakis will definitely make up some lies to deceive my compatriots, but changing our clan name...the seriousness of this matter cannot be explained by simple words. To describe betrayal, has Vlaakis erased our history? Have the current Gith people forgotten what this name carries? Does that poisonous woman really have the courage to do such a treasonous act? ”
Yes, when Orpheus and the others were imprisoned here, for ten thousand years, they must have been worried every day about what would happen to the Gith people after losing the Comet Prince. What has become of Vlaakis, the traitor and usurper.
But they are both Giths, and they are both people who experienced the battle that overturned the great plan of the illithids and rescued all the people from the hands of GHAIK (brain-eating hybrids) thousands of years ago. They feel that Valar No matter what Gith does, he will never make the Gith any worse than they were before. The period of slaves was even more miserable, but if the lies told by Vlaakis could erase even Gith, and even the existence of the man who led the Gith people to freedom, then they have to worry that the current What exactly have the Gith been transformed into by Vlaakith?
If the current Gith people forget their past experiences, forget the history they once created, forget their hatred of the mind flayers, and their worship and existence of Gith, then in the future, they want to defeat the man Vlaakis The difficulty level for betrayers and usurpers may be higher than they can imagine.
Nohir understands Orpheus's concerns. If that happens, then even if Orpheus does appear in the world again and shows his identity and power, they will not be able to defeat Vlaaki. It's terrible, but fortunately, Orpheus's worries are unnecessary. At least the current situation of the Githyanki society is not as bad as Orpheus imagined.
Vlaakis is very strong. This Lich Queen betrayed the Comet Prince thousands of years ago, and finally relied on lies, violence, and various means to finally succeed in becoming the co-owner of the Gith people, but at that time her The rule is not strong.
At that time, the Gith people, under the leadership of their leader Gith, had just overthrown their former slave masters and destroyed the terrifying empire established by the illithid, causing them to lose their slaves, food, weapons of war, and tools. With their identity, they have become an independent race with dignity and thoughtfulness. All the Gith people understand that without Gith, their entire race will never have a future. It is because of this that they have a deep affection for Gith. Absolute, stubborn, even rigid loyalty.
After betraying Orpheus, Vlaakis fabricated a lie to make everyone think that the Comet Prince had disappeared to an unknown corner of the endless star sea, and before disappearing, he asked her to take on the future of the Gith people.
This was a lie that almost no Gith would believe at the time, but the dire situation faced by the Gith at the time forced them to choose a leader, and Vlaakith relied on her lies and her impressive abilities. Powerful magic, successfully defeated another contender at the time, and that contender was now another branch of the Githyanki, the current leader of the Githzerai, Lord Githzerai, Zeis · Menir Aggis.
But the reason why Vlaakis was able to defeat Zeis was not by any fair means. In that competition, Vlaakis took advantage of her previous strengths.
She cheated and defeated Zeis with despicable means, becoming the interim leader elected by the Gis people at that time. Zeis did not discover Vlaakis's tricks immediately after that, but these little tricks of his could not be without any traces. In the end, Zeis still discovered Vlaakis's tricks.
Zeis, furious, exposed Vlaakis's tricks in public, but Vlaakis, who was well prepared, was not tripped by this hasty accusation. However, after that, Zeis also saw Vlaakis's true face and associated it with the disappearance of Orpheus.
He realized the possible conspiracy, so he secretly summoned his men, hoping to find out the secrets hidden by Vlaakis, but Vlaakis's counterattack was faster. After realizing the possible threat of Zeis, Vlaakis immediately summoned her compatriots who were blinded by lies, and attacked Zeis first by slander.