In the time before the Shadow War, the creature’s origins were entwined with a momentous era marked by the discovery of the spires. The Githyanki, once rare and feared as harbingers of astral nightmares, emerged from legends when the Bukhara Spire Gateways were created, opening conduits that bridged the Astral Plane to Coia. Riding on red dragons and commanding mind flayers in their wake, the Githyanki war parties arrived on Coia with ambitions rooted in the pursuit of loot, prestige, and deep-seated vengeance against the Illithids, their sworn enemies.

Yet, the tides of fate soon altered their destiny as the intricate network of gateway connections crumbled and their structured war efforts dissolved. Thwarted in their grand designs by ensuing conflicts, these warriors fractured into autonomous bands, each bound by ancient martial codes and driven by the allure of personal glory and treasure. This tumultuous period forever shaped the creature’s history, marking it with the scars and legends of battles fought between otherworldly conquerors and the unforeseen forces of a realm in flux.