SteelDraco
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All righty... I'm fleshing out a character I'm about to start playing. He's a githzerai monk. One of the things about the gith that I've always found interesting is the idiomatic nature of their language - they reference stories from the past, and it's part of how they talk.
I looked through the resources I had available on the gith, and found some idioms to use in-character. However, I'd like a few more. Thus, I turn to the people on ENWorld. Here's what I've got so far - a few of these are from Torment, and perhaps one or two from Planes of Chaos. The rest I wrote.
Anybody have any ideas for other idioms?
Ach'ali drowning - an unfocused question, be more specific
Mule of Penansk - stubborn, blind, and bothersome
Laril's jewel - perfectly clear, of one mind
T'cha's choice - to be a slave voluntarily
Not all remember the lessons of the past. Many turnings ago, before the Time of Upheaval rocked the City of Paths, a githzerai member of the Soceity of Sensation came to question what it is to be a slave. She claimed that our people had forgotten the chains from which we fled, that time's blade had dulled the meaning of our words to rote and fear. She decided to give herself to the chains of slavery, to *know* for herself the suffering of our ancestors. All of her worldly things she abandoned, and gave herself up to the slave pits of Archeron. There, she came to *know* pain, and suffering, and loss. Her flesh was worn to the bone on the rusted steel of Archeron's cubes. She *knew* the sting of the slave-driver's whip, the death of hope and *self* that a slave feels. Once she felt she had learned all there was to *know* of slavery, she fled - but she had been wrong, for she had forgotten the meaning of what it is to be a slave. She was hunted, and tortured, and killed for the amusement of her owners. She had forgotten that in chains, there is no *self* - there is only a tool for the *will* of others. T'cha did not heed the lessons of the People, and thus she came to *know* death.
Fri'hi's roots - twisted, confused - hard to untangle
Zel'kat dancing - wasting time while something important is happening
Zel'kat dwelled in the city of Til'eranvar, many hundreds of turnings ago. He was an far-wanderer, tasked to watch the seas of chaos for foes of the People. His *will* was strong, and he was resolute in his duty. He defended the city for many turnings, his *will* protecting him from the madness of Limbo. Time's blade bled even his *will*, and in his heart, he came to *knew* chaos. He had swam too long in Limbo's seas and taken its truth into his spirit. He had lost all *knowing* of himself, and he was a man without *will*. It came to pass that the Til'eranvar as attacked by the *githyanki*, and the wife of Zel'kat was set upon by their parakk, the red dragon Ferinovax. While all that was of his life burned around him, Zel'kat capered in his madness, and the city of Til'eranvar fell to the sea of chaos.
Elez'pah bleeding - to suffer for another, selfless actions
Etakil seeking - to ask a question with a harmful answer, or one you don't really want to hear
A few established gith NPCs, either from PS stuff or things I've thought of.
Zerthimon - founder of the githzerai people, led the Rising against the illithid and helped the githzerai come to *know* themselves again
Gith - great warrior, one of the leaders of the Rising. When the Rising had succeeded, she sought conquest, for in war, she *knew* herself. Zerthimon disagreed, and the People were split. Those who followed Gith became the githyanki, the hated cousins of the people of Zerthimon
Vilquar - great betrayer, Vilquar's Eye sees only what it wants to see
Tol'anma'kai - Githzerai Doomguard. Studied the release of energy when a thing of order is broken down, learned how to absorb that energy for her own use
Dal'rek - ancient githzerai, fought at Zerthimon's side during the Rising. One of the founders of gith monastic tradition. Known for focus, discipline, and structure. Rejected the Scripture of Steel as a crutch - felt that while steel was stronger than flesh, the *will* was stronger than both
I looked through the resources I had available on the gith, and found some idioms to use in-character. However, I'd like a few more. Thus, I turn to the people on ENWorld. Here's what I've got so far - a few of these are from Torment, and perhaps one or two from Planes of Chaos. The rest I wrote.
Anybody have any ideas for other idioms?
Ach'ali drowning - an unfocused question, be more specific
Mule of Penansk - stubborn, blind, and bothersome
Laril's jewel - perfectly clear, of one mind
T'cha's choice - to be a slave voluntarily
Not all remember the lessons of the past. Many turnings ago, before the Time of Upheaval rocked the City of Paths, a githzerai member of the Soceity of Sensation came to question what it is to be a slave. She claimed that our people had forgotten the chains from which we fled, that time's blade had dulled the meaning of our words to rote and fear. She decided to give herself to the chains of slavery, to *know* for herself the suffering of our ancestors. All of her worldly things she abandoned, and gave herself up to the slave pits of Archeron. There, she came to *know* pain, and suffering, and loss. Her flesh was worn to the bone on the rusted steel of Archeron's cubes. She *knew* the sting of the slave-driver's whip, the death of hope and *self* that a slave feels. Once she felt she had learned all there was to *know* of slavery, she fled - but she had been wrong, for she had forgotten the meaning of what it is to be a slave. She was hunted, and tortured, and killed for the amusement of her owners. She had forgotten that in chains, there is no *self* - there is only a tool for the *will* of others. T'cha did not heed the lessons of the People, and thus she came to *know* death.
Fri'hi's roots - twisted, confused - hard to untangle
Zel'kat dancing - wasting time while something important is happening
Zel'kat dwelled in the city of Til'eranvar, many hundreds of turnings ago. He was an far-wanderer, tasked to watch the seas of chaos for foes of the People. His *will* was strong, and he was resolute in his duty. He defended the city for many turnings, his *will* protecting him from the madness of Limbo. Time's blade bled even his *will*, and in his heart, he came to *knew* chaos. He had swam too long in Limbo's seas and taken its truth into his spirit. He had lost all *knowing* of himself, and he was a man without *will*. It came to pass that the Til'eranvar as attacked by the *githyanki*, and the wife of Zel'kat was set upon by their parakk, the red dragon Ferinovax. While all that was of his life burned around him, Zel'kat capered in his madness, and the city of Til'eranvar fell to the sea of chaos.
Elez'pah bleeding - to suffer for another, selfless actions
Etakil seeking - to ask a question with a harmful answer, or one you don't really want to hear
A few established gith NPCs, either from PS stuff or things I've thought of.
Zerthimon - founder of the githzerai people, led the Rising against the illithid and helped the githzerai come to *know* themselves again
Gith - great warrior, one of the leaders of the Rising. When the Rising had succeeded, she sought conquest, for in war, she *knew* herself. Zerthimon disagreed, and the People were split. Those who followed Gith became the githyanki, the hated cousins of the people of Zerthimon
Vilquar - great betrayer, Vilquar's Eye sees only what it wants to see
Tol'anma'kai - Githzerai Doomguard. Studied the release of energy when a thing of order is broken down, learned how to absorb that energy for her own use
Dal'rek - ancient githzerai, fought at Zerthimon's side during the Rising. One of the founders of gith monastic tradition. Known for focus, discipline, and structure. Rejected the Scripture of Steel as a crutch - felt that while steel was stronger than flesh, the *will* was stronger than both
