The Illithid Invasion

The first ever recorded incursion of Zol from a force beyond The Great Wall of Roots.

In the middle of the First Age, Illithids invaded Zol suddenly and with a great initial force.

Illithids were known to exist in Zol in small numbers before this event, but no one knew their origin. The purpose of the attack seemed to be a sort of raid. With their goal being to be to harvest the cosmic power held within The Trinity.

Their strategy largely relied on the strength and surprise of their initial attack, continued by growing their forces with their parasitic nature. This strategy may have worked for them in the long run, if not for the fact that they chose to attack Kapesh initially.

Their goal involved stealing large conduits of Viridescence, the primal power of Zol. It apparently has immense value amongst The Cosmos.

The Illithids took Stigmata as their base of operations, and converted many Humans to Illithids. These new Illithids were originally subservient to the invaders, but their human stubbornness resurfaced in their personality over time.

Because of this, the Illithids faced a great deal of in-fighting and discordance amongst their ranks. The converted humans tried to seize power for themselves. This ultimately left the invaders open to attacks.

Wordbearers and a large scale force managed to nearly wipe them all out in a single week once the effort was coordinated. Many Illithids fled to The Cosmos or hid in dark corners of Zol. Those that did not flee were captured and interrogated.

The captured Illithids were interrogated for information about the attack. It turned out that they were a small, unremarkable force from wastelands of a place they called The Space Outside Reality.

Much of what is known about The Cosmos, The Space Outside Reality, Illithids, Goh’zul, and the Origin of Zol comes from these interrogations.