The History of Schliss: Part II

Hundreds of years after the fall of the Metarex, Shliss was one of the few major Illithid centers still active. A ragged flotilla of Nautiloids arrived from outside the sphere. They bore the emblems of the Metarex imperial family. They came seeking shelter in Shliss and declared that they had brought a weapon of great power in order to allow the forces of Shliss to take over the planet. Talamh would then become the staging point for the recovery of the Empire. Negotiations took place for the positions of the newcomers in the Shliss government and for Shliss role within the future Empire. The newcomers who were members of the imperial family did not get the respect they felt they deserved, while the Shliss rulers did not believe that the Empire would ever be reborn and so were disinclined to give up their powers to the haughty self-important refugees.

A nasty battle erupted and the imperial family was slain by their Shliss Kin. Most of the Shliss rulers and their best warriors were also slain in the viscous battle. Their ships were ransacked to find the 'weapon of great power' but it was never found. The Shliss Illithids believed that the Imperial Family was lying about the powerful item in order to gain power within Shliss. They were quickly dismissed as imposters.