Xanastyr

Githyanki Societal Roles

• The Liches: There are a rare few liches in githyanki society, and they are always entities of tremendous power and influence. In honor of Gith, the first of their number, liches in githyanki society are only ever permitted to be women. The greatest of the liches is the reclusive Queen Vlaakith CLVII of Tu'narath. A few others are rulers of their own githyanki client-nations, vassals to the Lich Queen of Tu'narath. Most of the ruler liches have a few less powerful liches as their lieutenants, though they keep the numbers within the rangers of what the lich-queen can handle in battle, for any rivals to her power inevitably come from their number. Occasionally a nation might attempt to break away from the rule of Tu'narath, but they are inevitably destroyed - to turn from the rule of Queen Vlaakith is to turn from the Eternal Crusade, and such heresy is not permitted to last long.
• Ch'r'ai: Mage-inquisitors of the liche queens, the ch'r'ai serve as the templars and foremost servants of their mistresses. They usually function as secret police, and they are considered most-favored: if any are permitted to ascend to lichdom, it will be mages who come from the ch'r'ai.
• Duthka'gith: Dragon-githyanki crossbreeds, the duthka'gith are the preferred servitors of Queen Vlaakith, who is said to consider them to be "perfected githyanki".
• Shasal'Kou: Elite dragon-riding warriors whose name means "silver swords", these are the psionic knights of the githyanki.
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• Ghustil: A nearly-heretical scholar who studies the divine. Though they do not worship gods, they do master techniques of seizing untethered divine energy in the Astral Sea, and bending it to their whim.
• Nilghar: Landowners given the responsibility for interacting with outsiders. Far less xenophobic than most githyanki, they are still treacherous and given to treating others poorly. Though wealthy and influential in their own way, nilghar are considered tainted by continual contact with outsiders, and belong to none of the chalaxass.
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• Mlar (Caste): Workers and craftsmen, the mlar are also the slave-owners of society, responsible for breeding and training slaves.
• Glathk (Caste): Slaves utilized for menial labor.

Dominion of Eternal Xana
A great city laid out in strict geographical precision, according to strident military guidelines, the githyanki of Xanastyr serve their general-queen, the lich named Eternal Xana. A vassal of Queen Vlaakith CLVII of Tu'narath, Eternal Xana is obsessed with military precision and tightly controlled society. Even among the militaristic githyanki, the Xanastyrai are seen as particularly hidebound.

Xanastyrai society - including the small handful of colonies and conquered domains - is divided into social units called chalaxass, or "legions". Roughly analagous to clans or tribes, each of the chalaxa strive to provide their own internal structure in all things: each is bidden to be independent and strong in its own right, providing not just armies, but also support structures such as familial units, mercantile efforts, craftsmen and the like.

Population: 65,000. Githyanki are the dominant people of Xanastyr, and found in all its districts. Indeed, it is illegal for non-githyanki to be in any part of Xanastyr save Greytown and the Dockyards.

Eternal Xana, the Lich Queen of Xanastyr

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Districts of Xanastyr

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