History
The githzerai and githyanki, originally a single race known as "forerunners," escaped enslavement by the plane-spanning illithids. The rebel leader Gith is responsible for the names of both the githzerai and githyanki. The game Neverwinter Nights 2 explains that Gith's sword was forged by Zerthimon. The sword was said to never stop until its foe lay dead, and, as other silver swords, it held the power to sever the astral chords of outsiders and aberrations, killing them instantly. Gith wished to lead the people in destroying all illithids and any other species she deemed would be a threat, but Zerthimon rose up and opposed her, believing that this evil would lead them to destruction. Civil war erupted, and when Zerthimon was killed by Gith his people fled to Limbo. There, they would learn to refine a sense of calm in the middle of Limbo's endless chaos.
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