Are all the powers necessarily illithid or tadpole related? I had always assumed that they were, and certainly the dialogue options specifically say “illithid” but perhaps it’s more complex than that. Gith also use psionics, or perhaps the sentience in the box is something else entirely that nevertheless can manipulate illithid-like powers. We don’t know that the gith created what’s inside the box, even if they did create the box itself.
Just a thought, but I sometimes wonder if it's not the fabled Gith inside the box.
Vlaakith only rules because Gith disappeared after going to make a deal with Tiamat. Is it possible that the lich queen has had the true githyanki leader imprisoned in the box the whole time?
Again, I think of the tablet on the illithid ship: "Images flash through your mind. A brain. A githyanki warrior. And centuries of darkness."
Is the warrior in question Gith? Are the centuries of darkness talking about being imprisoned within the box?
