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Being chosen by Vlaakith to "ascend" is the ultimate reward for the conquest exacted by githyanki warriors. In reality, however, this "ascension" is the utter absorption of the warrior's soul into Vlaakith's own life essence, providing the fuel that allows her to maintain undying life and divine power. | Being chosen by Vlaakith to "ascend" is the ultimate reward for the conquest exacted by githyanki warriors. In reality, however, this "ascension" is the utter absorption of the warrior's soul into Vlaakith's own life essence, providing the fuel that allows her to maintain undying life and divine power. | ||
Through commonly accepted lore, Vlaakith is the blood descendent of Vlaakith I, herself the successor of the original gith leader [[Gith]]. Vlaakith I built her inheritance on the claiming to possess the prodigious psionic powers that allowed Gith to liberate her people from [[Illithid]] slavery. However, this was just a convenient fable; Gith's son {{CharLink|Orpheus}} was the only inheritor of her unique powers of Illithid suppression. To cement her power, Vlaakith I had Orpheus imprisoned in the | Through commonly accepted lore, Vlaakith is the blood descendent of Vlaakith I, herself the successor of the original gith leader [[Gith]]. Vlaakith I built her inheritance on the claiming to possess the prodigious psionic powers that allowed Gith to liberate her people from [[Illithid]] slavery. However, this was just a convenient fable; Gith's son {{CharLink|Orpheus}} was the only inheritor of her unique powers of Illithid suppression. To cement her power, Vlaakith I had Orpheus imprisoned in the {{SmRarityItem|Mysterious Artefact|Astral Prism}} and erased all mentions of him from githyanki histories. | ||
The Lich Queen Vlaakith continues on her ancestors' legacy by doing all in her power to prevent the truth about Orpheus from becoming known, thrusting into motion the opening events of ''Baldur's Gate 3''. | The Lich Queen Vlaakith continues on her ancestors' legacy by doing all in her power to prevent the truth about Orpheus from becoming known, thrusting into motion the opening events of ''Baldur's Gate 3''. | ||