Glyth

Glyth is the sixth planet from the sun in Realmspace and is known as one of the most enigmatic and unsettling worlds in the system. Its surface is dominated by lifeless, barren landscapes, while its secrets lie beneath—making it a planet shrouded in mystery and intrigue.

Geography and Environment

• Lifeless Surface: Glyth's surface is a bleak expanse of rocky deserts, jagged mountains, and vast, dusty plains. It is devoid of surface water and vegetation, presenting an inhospitable environment for most life forms.
• Thick Atmosphere: The planet has a heavy, murky atmosphere with a greenish hue, toxic to most humanoid species. It lends the planet an eerie, otherworldly quality.
• Subterranean World: Beneath its barren surface lies a network of caverns, tunnels, and vast underground cities, where the true activity of Glyth occurs.

Flora and Fauna

• Sparse Surface Life: The surface hosts only a few hardy creatures, such as scavenging insect-like beings and strange, adapted life forms resistant to the toxic air.
• Subterranean Beings: The underground environment teems with life, including aberrations, subterranean predators, and creatures altered by magic or psionic energy.

Inhabitants

• Illithids (Mind Flayers): Glyth is a known stronghold of mind flayers, who rule much of the subterranean world. These aberrations dominate through their psionic abilities, enslaving other creatures to serve their purposes.
• Thralls and Slaves: Many of Glyth’s inhabitants are thralls under illithid control, ranging from humanoids captured in spacefaring raids to native creatures subjugated by the mind flayers’ will.
• Other Aberrations: The planet harbors other alien beings, such as beholders, neogi, and strange constructs, which often coexist uneasily with or serve the illithids.

Culture and Society

• Psionic Dominion: The illithids of Glyth organize their society around a powerful Elder Brain, which acts as a central intelligence guiding their collective actions. Subjugation and experimentation are central to their culture.
• Underground Cities: The cities of Glyth are vast, labyrinthine, and filled with eerie architecture. Bioluminescent fungi provide dim light, while alien technology and magic enhance the illithids’ domain.
• Experimental Horrors: Glyth is a center for illithid experimentation, producing mutated creatures, psionic constructs, and nightmarish abominations.

Magical and Mystical Aspects

• Psionic Nexus: Glyth is rich in psionic energy, which empowers the mind flayers and fuels their experiments. Some believe the planet is a focal point for psionic energy in Realmspace.
• Ancient Ruins: Scattered across the surface and within the subterranean depths are ruins of unknown origin, possibly from an ancient civilization that predated the illithid occupation.

Role in Spelljamming

• Illithid Power Base: Glyth serves as a major hub for mind flayer activity in Realmspace. Spelljamming ships operated by illithids frequently leave the planet to conduct raids, trade, or spread their influence.
• Dangerous Destination: The planet’s reputation makes it a feared destination. Few visit willingly, as most ships that approach Glyth risk being captured and their crews enslaved or used in experiments.
• Unnatural Resources: Despite the risks, some daring traders and adventurers seek rare resources from Glyth, such as psionically charged crystals or alien artifacts.

Glyth is a dark and foreboding world, a stronghold of psionic domination and alien horrors. It serves as both a center of illithid power and a grim reminder of the more sinister forces that inhabit Realmspace.

Type

Planet

Location under

Realmspace