GITHYANKI
Since winning their freedom from the mind flayers, the githyanki have become corrupt raiders and destroyers under the rulership of their dread lich-queen, Vlaakith. They dwell on the Astral Plane in the city of Tu'narath, a metropolis built on and in the corpse of a deity. Vlaakith commands the loyalty of the githyanki from her personal stronghold, Susurrus, also called the Palace of Whispers, which is located deep inside the floating city. She sits on her Throne of Bones, a mighty artifact fueled by the intellects of mind flaye rs and elder brains that were defeated by her minions. It is crafted from mind flayer skulls and extremities, and the cushion s he sits on is made of leather produced from the cured remains of an elder brain. A grand statue of Gith, an obsidian monument over 100 feet tall, stands beside the palace.
吉斯洋基人在摆脱灵吸怪的统治获得自由以后，很快在他们 邪恶的女王 Vlaakith领导下，蜕变为邪恶的毁灭者和掠夺者。 他们在星界中图那瑞安Tu'narath 定居并建立了城市，这是一座建立在死亡神灵尸体上的据点。
女王Vlaakith，在她的个人宫殿Susurrus 维持着统治，这也被称作是耳语宫。 她坐在由被猎杀的灵吸怪骸骨和做成骷髅王座上，而坐垫则来自另一只灵吸怪主脑的残骸。 王座是一件强大的神器，那些被击败的灵吸怪和主脑为其提供着能量。 另外，100英尺高的吉斯黑曜石雕像矗立在宫殿旁边
THE STORY OF THE GITH IS ROOTED IN A CRUEL ТWist of cosmic fate. Inspired by the great
leader for whom the race is named, the gith rose up to overthrow the mind flayers that
held them in servitude. But after they won their freedom, ТWo factions among the gith
disagreed on what kind of civilization they would forge. That disagreement quickly flared into open hostility, and the ТWo groups distanced themselves from one another to pursue their separate agendas. They remain bitter enemies today, each side willing to fight to the death whenever they cross paths. The githyanki were motivated by revenge and convinced that they deserved to take whatever they wanted from the worlds they trАVeled. Ranging out from the
titanic city of Tu'narath on the Astral Plane, they send raiders out to plunder the Material Plane and other worlds, bringing treasures and slАVes back to their ageLЕSs realm. At the same time, they hunt down and kill mind flayers whenever possible, as recompense for what the illithids did to them. The githzerai believed that the path to an enlightened civilization lay in seclusion, not conflict. Their dedication to the principLЕS of order is so strong that they can manipulate the stuff of chaos and use it to their benefit; thus, they hАVe carved out a stronghold for themselves on the plane of Limbo that is virtually im- pervious. Though the githzerai are pacifists by nature,
they share the githyanki's racial hatred for mind fl.ayers, and from time to time they send out squads to destroy illithid outposts. If the ТWo races were ever to team up against the
illithids, a combined force of gith could conceivably tip he balance in their fАVor. But as long as the githyanki and githzerai stay at each other's throats, their goal of ultimate victory over their original common enemy will likely remain unachieved.
很久以前，有一个名为先行者的种族，居住在法老星的内部，很快这里被灵吸怪(或者说夺心魔)帝国侵略，灵吸怪对这个种族进行了惨无人道的肉体和灵能实验，并改造为听话的奴隶，导致这个种族的外貌和习性被永久的扭曲了。
不知过了多久，奴隶们对于灵吸怪的灵能控制渐渐有了抗性，这时天将降大任于斯人，奴隶中出现了一个天选之子，其名字为吉斯，吉斯有着不可思议的近战和灵能能力。
在吉斯的领导下，声势浩大的奴隶在灵吸怪帝国内部爆发，不到一年时间，灵吸怪主脑大量死亡，剩余的也不得逃亡到各个世界的角落，奴隶成功了。
为了庆贺自己的整个种族的新生，他们以领袖的名字命名了自己的种族，吉斯。
吉斯认为，虽然吉斯已经成功了，但是灵吸怪依然役有被全部消灭，而且吉斯这个种族生来就应该统治世界，抢夺财富，奴役其他种族，这样才能让整个种族升华。
另一位领袖，名为泽西莫恩，则认为，吉斯应该专注于修复自己种族的创伤，不应继续冲突，同时军事化和掠夺其他种族和灵吸怪的邪恶没什么两样。
很快，吉斯内部应为路线不同分类为两派，吉斯洋基人(意思为吉斯的支持者或者吉斯的孩子);和吉斯择莱人(反对吉斯的，支持泽西莫恩的)
两派开始了残酷的战争，最后泽西莫恩被杀死，剩下的吉斯泽莱人选择退居混沌海，隐世不出。
只要吉斯样基人和吉斯泽菜人还在坚持自己的路线，他们之间的纷争就不会停息。
唯一还可以让两派暂时和解的，也只剩下猎杀灵吸怪了吧
THER EVERED QUEEN
To SLAY IN HER NAME IS OUR GREATEST SERVlCE. To DIE in her name is our last act of reverence.
Meldavh, githyanki knight Vlaakith sits at the center of everything concerning the githyanki. She is their ruler in every sphere of activity and, as such, demands and receives utter obedience. During the war with the illithids, Vlaakith urged Gith to seek out allies from among the planes and in particular advised her to seek counsel with Tiamat. Gith agreed to venture into the Nine Hells to forge an alliance with the Queen of Dragons. She didn't return. Instead, the great red dragon Ephelomon brought news to the gith: Tiamat had pledged many of her red dragon servants to the gith cause. They would refrain from attacking gith and would provide support against the illithids and protection for the gith's outposts on the Material Plane.
In return, a few select young dragons would serve alongside the gith for a time, for purposes known only to Tiamat. Ephelomon also proclaimed that Vlaakith was to rule in Gith's place until she returned.
After the gith overthrew the mind flayers and Zerthimon's followers began to emerge as a threat to Gith's preeminence, Vlaakith played a critical role in ensuring that the githyanki under her rule were protected from an immediate, direct assault by their kin. Using her mastery of arcane magic, she helped the githyanki establish a permanent stronghold on the Astral Plane. From there, she began making plans to strike back at both the hated mind flayers and the traitorous githzerai.
曾经的女王，
在与灵吸怪的战斗中，Vlaakith建议Gith在诸位面中寻找盟友，并特别提到了可以与提亚马特结盟(邪龙神，Gith接受了这个建议，并进入到九地狱位面去寻求龙族女王的帮助。吉斯再也没有回来，而伟大的红龙埃菲洛Ephelomon则给吉斯人传递了消息，提亚马特派遣了大量红龙追随者来帮助吉斯，他们不会伤害伤害吉斯人，并帮助吉斯人对抗灵吸怪，守护他们在物质位面的哨站。
作为回报，部分年轻的红龙也会在吉斯人身边秘密的执行提亚马特的任务，Ephelomon还说，在Gith没有回来之前,Vlaakith来担任女王
(这个事件有一股不对劲的意思)
在吉斯人推翻了夺心魔的统治，。泽西莫恩Zerthimon的追随者开始威胁吉斯的统治地位，
Vlaakith为保护吉斯洋基人从他们同族的突然袭击中幸免于难，她使用她的奥术能力协助吉斯洋基人在星界位面建立了一座强大的要塞。从呢以后，Vlaakith谋划对世仇夺心魔和逆贼泽莱人的报复。
Vlaakith在一场盛大的宣讲仪式上确立了自己的地位，并确立了所有吉斯样基人与生俱来的使命。他们被大师训练有关军事的一切知识，除此之外则知之甚少， Vlaakith 女王提供了明确的目标和强制的命令来鞭策这些战士。女王宣布，吉斯样基人在击败夺心魔后，会夺取夺心魔的飞船(螺洲船) , 许多物质位面是吉斯样基人的花园，在那里他们可以收获物资;而星界则是家园，因为在那里他们可以不需要食物和水。
Githyanki knights are warriors, spellcasters, and scouts of exceptional ability devoted to the unflagging service of Vlaakith. Knights report directly to the queen and aren't part of the military hierarchy. The personnel for any important mission includes at least one knight, and every githyanki fortress or outpost across the multiverse is administered by at least one knight in residence. Knights are selected for their roles based on their martial and psionic potential, and young githyanki who pass muster are inducted into service soon after they enter Tu'narath for the first time. Knights are always involved in important decisions, and it is forbidden to keep secrets from them. They act as commissars and enforcers ofVlaakith's will. They are the rough equivalent of religious figures in githyanki culture, although the githyanki have no priests or clerics of normal sort.
Two aspects of their nature set knights apart from other githyanki. Each knight wields a cherished silver greatsword that imparts special powers to its owner, and the knights are among the few githyanki who can not only travel psionically between planes, but can also take allies along with them. Knights often emerge from planar travel astride the backs of red dragons, which have been serving the githyanki as allies ever since their time of enslavement under the mind flayers.
吉斯洋基骑士是愿意赴死为女王 Vlaakith效忠的战士、施法者以及杰出的斥候。骑士不属于任何一个军事编制，直接向女王负责。所有重要任务的参与者员中都必须包含一名骑士，且多元宇宙中每一处吉斯样基人的要塞或前哨战都至少应该有一名骑士镇守。优秀的年轻吉斯洋基人会在进入图纳拉斯不久开始服役，而骑士们会根据他们的军事和灵能上的才能分配职务。
重要的会议所有骑士都可以参加，任何决议的内容也要向全体骑士公开。他们充当议员以及女王意志的执行者。他们等同于吉斯洋基人文化中的牧师，虽然吉斯洋基人中并没有通常意义上的祭司或牧师之类的角色。有两个特征可以将吉斯洋基骑士与其他吉斯洋基人区分开来。每一位骑士都持有一柄拥有特殊力量的银制巨剑，且他们是极少数能够与盟友一同位面旅行的吉斯洋基人。骑士们常常骑乘在红龙的背上进行位面移动，后者在吉斯洋基人仍然在被夺心魔奴役的时候便已开始为其服务。
SILVER SWORDS
The first silver swords were created eons ago, when the gith were still a single race, by those who would become the first githyanki knights. A silver sword, which functions as a +3 greatsword, is a conduit through which its wielder can assail a foe both physically and psychically. The weapon is particularly effective on the Astral Plane against any travelers who are connected to their physical bodies by a silver cord- a strike against such an enemy has a chance of severing the silver cord, causing instant death.
Knights and their silver swords arc inseparable, and a knight will fight to the death to prevent the loss of its weapon. If a silver sword falls into the possession of someone other than a githyanki, Vlaakith sends a squad of knights out from Tu'narath to destroy the malefactor and recover the weapon. DRAGON STEEDS The relationship between githyanki and red dragons has
remained basically unchanged since ancient times. Under the terms of the alliance with Tia mat, a small cadre of dragons serve as cohorts and mounts for knights . and other high-ranking githyanki. The dragons remain above githyanki politics. They obey the orders of their
银剑
第一批银剑是在数世纪前制造的，当时吉斯仍然是一体没有分裂的，那些将成为，而在那些人中诞生了第一批吉斯洋基骑士。
一把银色的剑，可以视作作为+3巨剑，作为一个有效的通道可以同时打击敌人的肉体和精神。
银剑在星界特别有效，有计划切断敌人联接星界和其身体的银咸，导致对方立刻死亡。
骑士与他们的银剑密不可分，骑士将死战守卫自己的武器，防止被外人得到。
如果一把银剑落人其他种族手中，弗拉基斯(Vlaakith)将派遣了一个小队的骑士从图纳拉斯出发消灭敌人并收回武器。
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