Ordinary fantasy adventure in Faerûn

Chapter 536 History
Surrounded by many Gis people, Noshir explained in detail the feud between himself and Enver Gotash, Evil Mind, and Catheric Thom, the three chosen ones of the Three Gods of Death, while retaining some details.

He also roughly described how, in the process of defeating them, he accidentally got news about the Astral Prism, and learned that they planned to use the Astral Prism and the Hammer of Orpheus as bargaining chips to reach a cooperation with Vlaakis who was about to attack the city.

In order to thwart their conspiracy and protect the city to the maximum extent from the upcoming Githyanki army, Noshir chose to defeat Gotash and clean up these remnants, then enter the Astral Prism with a hammer to release Orpheus, the orthodox leader of the Gith who had disappeared for ten thousand years, hoping to get their help.

"It's actually like this..."

Orpheus was silent for a moment, then continued.

"Since we were trapped in this star plane by Vlaakis's treachery, we have lost all sources of information from the outside world. But that betrayal has made me understand Vlaakis's nature. She is mean and cruel, and has a deep desire for power. I am afraid that the people of Gis have spent tens of thousands of years in the lies woven by the betrayer, and have been poisoned by her indifference and cruelty."

Orpheus spoke calmly, and all the Gis people around him were also calm, but anyone could feel the raging waves hidden beneath the calm surface of their lake. Noshir just listened quietly, feeling their rising anger, without making any additional moves. He knew that Orpheus had not finished speaking, and Orpheus continued to speak at this time.

“Noshir, I noticed your word choice before, you referred to us as Gith using the clearest and most normal terms, but for the other Gith who were about to invade your homeland and were deceived by the Lich-Queen, you referred to them as Githyanki.”

"Why is that? I know that Vlaakis would make up some lies to deceive my compatriots in order to maintain her rule, but changing our clan name... the severity of this matter can no longer be described as a simple betrayal. Did Vlaakis erase our history? Have the people of Gis forgotten what this name means? Does that vicious woman really have the courage to do such a treasonous act!"

Yes, after Orpheus and his companions were imprisoned here, during the ten thousand years that lasted for a full ten thousand years, they must have been worried every day about what the people of Gis would become after losing the Comet Prince.

But as fellow Gith, and as people who have experienced the battle ten thousand years ago to overthrow the great blueprint of the illithids and rescue all their people from the hands of the GHAIKs (brain-eating bastards), they feel that no matter what Vlaakith does, he will not let the Gith become more miserable than before when they were slaves. But if the lies spread by Vlaakith can even erase Gith, even the existence of the man who led the Gith to regain freedom, then they have to worry about what kind of appearance the Gith have been transformed into by Vlaakith.

If the Gith people now forget their past experiences, forget the history they once created, forget their hatred for the mind flayers, and forget their worship and existence of Gith, then in the future, it will be difficult for them to defeat Vlaakith, the traitor and usurper, to a level they cannot imagine. Noshir understood Orpheus's concerns. If that situation really happened, then even if Orpheus really appeared in the world again and showed his identity and power, they would not be able to defeat Vlaakith. Fortunately, Orpheus's concerns were unnecessary. At least the current situation of the Githyanki society was not as bad as Orpheus imagined.

Vlaakis is very powerful. This Lich Queen betrayed the Comet Prince ten thousand years ago, and finally succeeded in becoming the leader of the Gis people by relying on lies, violence, and various means, but her rule was not solid at that time.

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 illithids, allowing them to lose their status as slaves, food, war weapons and tools, and become an independent race with dignity and thoughts. All Gith people understood that without Gith, their entire race would never have a future. It is for this reason that they have absolute, stubborn, and even rigid loyalty to Gith.

After betraying Orpheus, Vlaakis made up a lie, making everyone think that the Comet Prince disappeared somewhere in the endless sea of ​​stars, and before disappearing, he asked her to take responsibility for the future of the Gis people.

Almost no Gith was willing to believe this lie at the time, but the dire situation faced by the Gith forced them to choose a leader. Vlaakith relied on her lies and her own powerful magic to successfully defeat another candidate at the time. That candidate is now another branch of the Githyanki, the current leader of the Githzerai, the Honorable Gith, Zeiss Mennir Ag Gith.

But the reason why Vlakis defeated Zeis was not through any fair means. In that competition, Vlakis played to her previous strengths.

She cheated and used despicable means to defeat Zeis and became the interim leader elected by the Gis people at that time. However, Zeis did not discover Vlaakis's tricks at the first time, but these little tricks of his could not leave no traces after all. In the end, Zeis still discovered Vlaakis's tricks.

Zeus, furious, exposed Vlaakis' tricks in public, but Vlaakis, who was well prepared, was not tripped by this hasty accusation. But after that, Zeus saw Vlaakis's true face and associated it with the disappearance of Orpheus.

He realized the possible conspiracy behind this, so he secretly summoned his men, hoping to find out the secret hidden by Vlaakis, but Vlaakis counterattacked faster. After realizing the possible threat posed by Zeis, Vlaakis immediately summoned her compatriots who were blinded by lies, and launched an attack on Zeis through slander.

(End of this chapter)