The Githyanki are the knights of the silver void — the Astral Plane — sailing living ships under the lich-queen Vlaakith, at war for millennia with Tiamat, the mother of dragons, whom they seek to seal.
| Type | People |
| Realm | The Astral Plane |
| Ruler | Vlaakith, lich-queen |
| Enemy | Tiamat |
| Spanish entry | Los Githyanki |
Description
One chronicler’s notebook spells them “Gethyanki”. They belong to no earthly realm. Their aim is not conquest but sealing: to petrify the Dark Queen in the Astral and close the door through which the world could fall. “They do not want the world: they want to close it.”
History
In the plot of the Florentines (Gesta of 1300), Alberich, fallen alone into the silver sea, made a pact with them: he negotiated on their decks over the Stone of the Apocalypse, carried out part of their sealing plan and in the end chose to stay among them. Their commander is a dark figure, “the Black”, thirteenth of his order; their floating fortress is named after a spear aimed at the mind. In the gesta’s historical dress, this host of the void is confused with the Mongol cavalry of the Ilkhanate.