Unknown2007-09-09 04:18:23
Ok, this is a shout-out to all the history wizkids I -know- are out there. I'm trying to compile and figure out the history of Illith. She's a weird Soulless, and I'm trying to put the events of her sorted life in sequential order.
This is my (completely flawed) understanding. Before I start, I thought this quote would be fitting:
Oh, and I thought this was neat:
http://www.lusternia.com/irex/artbard/file...ks/00000383.jpg
Anyways.
1. Illith was created by Dynara.
2. She got in with that nasty group, the Heralds of Magnora.
3. Illith in the Elder Wars. Woo. She helps in the slaughter of over 300 or so members of the first circle, when they first attempted contact with the Heralds. Breaking through the defenses of the Second Circle, she enters the crust of the world to fight Keph. The battle goes on for a hundred days, presumably creating certain parts of the undervault in the process. She gets cut in half by Keph, and kills Keph somehow. The half that was stuck deep in the earth later becomes the Illithoids, erm, I think. She emerges from the crust of the earth, but manages to make a quick snack of Orclachmar before swimming off.
4. Vernal Wars. Illith terrorizing the poor folk Glomborolum leads to the creation of the first vernal god, D'Varsha. He ended up chasing her off, but not without getting his city demolished. Tzaraziko rips out Illith's eye gains a +10 WIS modifier. After that, things get hazy. The only other references I can find are "She later masterminded the defeat of Illith" and "Illith the Leviathan was trapped in the icy depths of the ocean". Am I missing something? What happened? Can anyone clarify?
5. Near present time. Illith gets tired of being imprisoned (the half that isn't frozen I guess). Illithoids are formed as a means to escape the prison the Kephera had created for her. Illithoid society is formed. This happens just decades ago, around 150 C.E (i think?) the two races start fighting and the "Great War" in the UV begins. Some Illithoid venture out into the Basin of Life. I question the credibility of some Illithoids that are older than 50 or so years, because Illith just splintered recently. How could they have existed before Illith splintered? Meh.
6. Illith (the other half lost in the vernal wars) is chillin in an ocean somewhere that no one knows about, frozen, not cognizant. I hear Estarra "checked up" on her, but other than that, it's pretty vague. Anyone know?
Anyways, thats it, I think. Feel free to discuss and flame me.
This is my (completely flawed) understanding. Before I start, I thought this quote would be fitting:
QUOTE
Heresiarch Nariah d'Iasani, Revenant of Damnation says, "So Her one half is
frozen and the other is Illithoids?"
frozen and the other is Illithoids?"
Oh, and I thought this was neat:
http://www.lusternia.com/irex/artbard/file...ks/00000383.jpg
Anyways.
1. Illith was created by Dynara.
2. She got in with that nasty group, the Heralds of Magnora.
3. Illith in the Elder Wars. Woo. She helps in the slaughter of over 300 or so members of the first circle, when they first attempted contact with the Heralds. Breaking through the defenses of the Second Circle, she enters the crust of the world to fight Keph. The battle goes on for a hundred days, presumably creating certain parts of the undervault in the process. She gets cut in half by Keph, and kills Keph somehow. The half that was stuck deep in the earth later becomes the Illithoids, erm, I think. She emerges from the crust of the earth, but manages to make a quick snack of Orclachmar before swimming off.
4. Vernal Wars. Illith terrorizing the poor folk Glomborolum leads to the creation of the first vernal god, D'Varsha. He ended up chasing her off, but not without getting his city demolished. Tzaraziko rips out Illith's eye gains a +10 WIS modifier. After that, things get hazy. The only other references I can find are "She later masterminded the defeat of Illith" and "Illith the Leviathan was trapped in the icy depths of the ocean". Am I missing something? What happened? Can anyone clarify?
5. Near present time. Illith gets tired of being imprisoned (the half that isn't frozen I guess). Illithoids are formed as a means to escape the prison the Kephera had created for her. Illithoid society is formed. This happens just decades ago, around 150 C.E (i think?) the two races start fighting and the "Great War" in the UV begins. Some Illithoid venture out into the Basin of Life. I question the credibility of some Illithoids that are older than 50 or so years, because Illith just splintered recently. How could they have existed before Illith splintered? Meh.
6. Illith (the other half lost in the vernal wars) is chillin in an ocean somewhere that no one knows about, frozen, not cognizant. I hear Estarra "checked up" on her, but other than that, it's pretty vague. Anyone know?
Anyways, thats it, I think. Feel free to discuss and flame me.
Unknown2007-09-09 11:02:47
Illith didn't kill Keph, Keph splintered to keep Illith in check.
Unknown2007-09-09 11:11:42
Yeah, Kalo pointed that out to me earlier. Thanks though.
Keph was such a badass.
Keph was such a badass.
Creslin2007-09-09 11:19:52
Have you seen the "dark book of illith" of whatever its called? I'll edit to include it here if you haven't.
edit: Ramblings of the dark heart would be a good way to paraphrase, yes.
edit: Ramblings of the dark heart would be a good way to paraphrase, yes.
QUOTE
What follows is a transcript of the exact words from the Black Heart of
the Mother (presumably the essence of the second half of Illith), who
had recited the Dark Book of Illith (or something like that).
The Black Heart of the Mother pulsates, and your mind is filled with
alien images as a voice pierces into your mind.
**I am the darkness, neverending fear, Empress of Emptiness, all I
survey is mine to consume, for I am foremost of the Heralds of
Destruction, of Death, herself the bane of life, and if any are older
than I, none are remembered, for I am the omega without end, other
Heralds are my servants, for none are stronger, I am Illith, am
Leviathan, am I.**
**Magnora left, wait for her return, wait where she left us, wait as the
aeons pass, as great pain grows, aeons of hunger, of emptiness, devour
each other when the hunger is too great, grow larger and stronger.**
**We move, wait no more, they flock around me, as they flocked around
Magnora, and why shouldn't they, there is no one else, I was strongest,
our numbers smaller, those left larger and stronger, time to move on,
Magnora not returning, death not returning, we only hate, despoil, we
shall not succumb.**
**Smell them, brothers and sisters to some, glittering with power they
come, First Circle calling themselves, first meal to us, so great they
are, so powerful, so weak and soft, blood to slake our thirst, we
despise them, source of our hatred, consume! die! drain! die! devour!
die! die! die!**
**More come while we eat, more come while we feast, feast of blood,
filling us, more come, attack us, bursts of light, bursts of power,
fighting, blood, death, they unleash the pain! pain! pain!**
**Floating in nothingness, emptied, ache of death, but hunger remains,
nothing but hunger, eat, devour, eat, consume, others around eating and
consuming, absorbing, draining essence that floats around, hunger
remains, growing stronger, stronger, stronger, I am who I am, darkness,
neverending fear, Empress of Emptiness, they flock around me, I am
Illith, am Leviathan, am I.**
**First World calls us, crack it like an egg, we move, we strike, drink
blood of the world, blood of brothers who forgot us, sisters who despise
us, none shall survive our hunger, try to repulse me back, break through
their shields easily, I will devour! devour! devour! their world, their
lives, their essence.**
**Going deep beneath the crust, I seek the heart, but Eyes stop me, what
is she who defies me, my power, my emptiness, her Eyes making images go
around and around, hunger overwhelms, I twist around her, twist around
and around her, she traps me, dares to trap me, she traps me, cannot
contain me, she knows, knows she cannot contain me, I am too powerful,
too strong, I will defeat her, but then the pain, her nasty sharpness
cuts me, cuts me, bites me, pain, PAIN, PAIN, PAIN!**
**Other half released, flies away from me, my other half, half of me,
flies away from me, come back! come back to me! back! back! leaves me
here, here with the Eyes, who wraps around me, web of thought, wraps
around me, wraps me, holds me, my other half cannot hear me, trapped and
confined, she holds me, hate her, hate! hate! hate her and will escape!
**
**Battle above, can hear, taste, want, swallow, Eyes hold me, scream to
other half, but other half cannot hear, hear my hate, my pain, my rage,
none can hear Eyes, who holds me, embraced together, isolated, alone but
our hatred for each other, all we have.**
**Eyes split into many eyes, many fragments, she forgets herself, except
to trap me, hundreds to thousands, Eyes all around, small and weak and
puny, but hold my prison, above wars rage, feel it, want it, desire it,
my other half fights alone, without me, my other half above, feel her,
ah but she is defeated, without me she is defeated, all defeated, and I
am held, but to wait, wait, wait.**
**Aeons pass, counting centuries to be free, other half asleep, many
Eyes hold me, then feel Kethuru, my lieutenant, my salvation, breaks his
bonds, comes near me, near, near, near, but we do not touch, break me
out! break, break, break, he cares not for me, only taints above,
ignores my other half, kill him, kill, kill! but he fails, driven back,
fails, fail.**
**Time passes, nothing changes, Eyes hold me, but what is that?
something different, holes in the fabric near me, can I? can I? yes, I
can! mind reaches out, holes in fabric, thoughts reach out, manipulate,
yes, I can! other half cannot hear me, nothing hears me, but points out,
aetherspace out, amplifies, reaches out, mind reaches out and up.**
**Captors see? no, no, since the Eyes split, much forgotten, no one
notices, I reach out further, further, further, no one notices, reach to
birth place, place of birth, dead world, empty world, deep in cosmos,
darkness spoiled, dead world despises, but some still left, little ones,
of the creche, swirling in emptiness, templates of our creation...**
**COME TO ME COME COME COME TO ME COME TO ME COME COME!**
**Ah they come, swarm to me, come, come! above they stop me, the holes
in fabric close, but too late, the little ones are too near, I control
them, they are my will, my will made manifest, my weapon, my release!**
**Spilling into the world above, control them, through them I live, and
strength near, how near, I will drain him dry, Kethuru shall die so I
shall live, and be free, I will drain him, a husk shall he be, and I
will be filled, and be free, reconnect with my other half, then strength
beyond anything, I will be destruction, death incarnate, none shall
stand before me!**
**No! NO! NO! it cannot be! too much, too fast, Kethuru pushes back,
they release him! he lashes at me, give me your power! I will be free!
he's stronger than remembered, I weaker than I was, pushes back, cannot
hold him, cannot drain him, pushes me, captors tighten their reigns,
will made manifest dissolves, little ones die. **
**Failure, defeat, failure, I will not submit, no more, no more aeons of
pain, of emptiness, of hunger, I will fragment like the Eyes, like
lesser ones above, I will forget and die, reborn shall I be, countless
like Eyes who hold me, countless hatreds, the prison will not hold me.**
**Unleashed as many shall I be!**
the Mother (presumably the essence of the second half of Illith), who
had recited the Dark Book of Illith (or something like that).
The Black Heart of the Mother pulsates, and your mind is filled with
alien images as a voice pierces into your mind.
**I am the darkness, neverending fear, Empress of Emptiness, all I
survey is mine to consume, for I am foremost of the Heralds of
Destruction, of Death, herself the bane of life, and if any are older
than I, none are remembered, for I am the omega without end, other
Heralds are my servants, for none are stronger, I am Illith, am
Leviathan, am I.**
**Magnora left, wait for her return, wait where she left us, wait as the
aeons pass, as great pain grows, aeons of hunger, of emptiness, devour
each other when the hunger is too great, grow larger and stronger.**
**We move, wait no more, they flock around me, as they flocked around
Magnora, and why shouldn't they, there is no one else, I was strongest,
our numbers smaller, those left larger and stronger, time to move on,
Magnora not returning, death not returning, we only hate, despoil, we
shall not succumb.**
**Smell them, brothers and sisters to some, glittering with power they
come, First Circle calling themselves, first meal to us, so great they
are, so powerful, so weak and soft, blood to slake our thirst, we
despise them, source of our hatred, consume! die! drain! die! devour!
die! die! die!**
**More come while we eat, more come while we feast, feast of blood,
filling us, more come, attack us, bursts of light, bursts of power,
fighting, blood, death, they unleash the pain! pain! pain!**
**Floating in nothingness, emptied, ache of death, but hunger remains,
nothing but hunger, eat, devour, eat, consume, others around eating and
consuming, absorbing, draining essence that floats around, hunger
remains, growing stronger, stronger, stronger, I am who I am, darkness,
neverending fear, Empress of Emptiness, they flock around me, I am
Illith, am Leviathan, am I.**
**First World calls us, crack it like an egg, we move, we strike, drink
blood of the world, blood of brothers who forgot us, sisters who despise
us, none shall survive our hunger, try to repulse me back, break through
their shields easily, I will devour! devour! devour! their world, their
lives, their essence.**
**Going deep beneath the crust, I seek the heart, but Eyes stop me, what
is she who defies me, my power, my emptiness, her Eyes making images go
around and around, hunger overwhelms, I twist around her, twist around
and around her, she traps me, dares to trap me, she traps me, cannot
contain me, she knows, knows she cannot contain me, I am too powerful,
too strong, I will defeat her, but then the pain, her nasty sharpness
cuts me, cuts me, bites me, pain, PAIN, PAIN, PAIN!**
**Other half released, flies away from me, my other half, half of me,
flies away from me, come back! come back to me! back! back! leaves me
here, here with the Eyes, who wraps around me, web of thought, wraps
around me, wraps me, holds me, my other half cannot hear me, trapped and
confined, she holds me, hate her, hate! hate! hate her and will escape!
**
**Battle above, can hear, taste, want, swallow, Eyes hold me, scream to
other half, but other half cannot hear, hear my hate, my pain, my rage,
none can hear Eyes, who holds me, embraced together, isolated, alone but
our hatred for each other, all we have.**
**Eyes split into many eyes, many fragments, she forgets herself, except
to trap me, hundreds to thousands, Eyes all around, small and weak and
puny, but hold my prison, above wars rage, feel it, want it, desire it,
my other half fights alone, without me, my other half above, feel her,
ah but she is defeated, without me she is defeated, all defeated, and I
am held, but to wait, wait, wait.**
**Aeons pass, counting centuries to be free, other half asleep, many
Eyes hold me, then feel Kethuru, my lieutenant, my salvation, breaks his
bonds, comes near me, near, near, near, but we do not touch, break me
out! break, break, break, he cares not for me, only taints above,
ignores my other half, kill him, kill, kill! but he fails, driven back,
fails, fail.**
**Time passes, nothing changes, Eyes hold me, but what is that?
something different, holes in the fabric near me, can I? can I? yes, I
can! mind reaches out, holes in fabric, thoughts reach out, manipulate,
yes, I can! other half cannot hear me, nothing hears me, but points out,
aetherspace out, amplifies, reaches out, mind reaches out and up.**
**Captors see? no, no, since the Eyes split, much forgotten, no one
notices, I reach out further, further, further, no one notices, reach to
birth place, place of birth, dead world, empty world, deep in cosmos,
darkness spoiled, dead world despises, but some still left, little ones,
of the creche, swirling in emptiness, templates of our creation...**
**COME TO ME COME COME COME TO ME COME TO ME COME COME!**
**Ah they come, swarm to me, come, come! above they stop me, the holes
in fabric close, but too late, the little ones are too near, I control
them, they are my will, my will made manifest, my weapon, my release!**
**Spilling into the world above, control them, through them I live, and
strength near, how near, I will drain him dry, Kethuru shall die so I
shall live, and be free, I will drain him, a husk shall he be, and I
will be filled, and be free, reconnect with my other half, then strength
beyond anything, I will be destruction, death incarnate, none shall
stand before me!**
**No! NO! NO! it cannot be! too much, too fast, Kethuru pushes back,
they release him! he lashes at me, give me your power! I will be free!
he's stronger than remembered, I weaker than I was, pushes back, cannot
hold him, cannot drain him, pushes me, captors tighten their reigns,
will made manifest dissolves, little ones die. **
**Failure, defeat, failure, I will not submit, no more, no more aeons of
pain, of emptiness, of hunger, I will fragment like the Eyes, like
lesser ones above, I will forget and die, reborn shall I be, countless
like Eyes who hold me, countless hatreds, the prison will not hold me.**
**Unleashed as many shall I be!**
Unknown2007-09-09 11:21:21
Don't think so. Is it found in UV? Who wrote it? Paste it anyways.
I've heard the ramblings of the Dark Heart, if thats it.
I've heard the ramblings of the Dark Heart, if thats it.
Lenalith2007-09-09 12:07:57
I think the first half of her was trapped under the oceans (or in the rock underneath the ocean) when Keph fought her, and then the second half was also trapped in the ocean by Tzaraziko and the other Vernals.