Re: Thri Kreen

In other words, they are like the Vorlons and Shadows from Babylon 5, and
the mysterious humanoid race ancestors from Star Trek, the Next Generation.

Klatris Moonblade, of House Ruatthlor
Coronal of Amnestriosti,
Wearer of the Cuendillar Crown

Homepage: http://www.farmwagon.com/~klatris/

-----Original Message-----
From: Adam Miller <nghtdrud@??????.net>
To: spelljammer@????.com <spelljammer@????.com>
Date: Sunday, July 19, 1998 10:31 AM
Subject: Re: [SPELLJAMMER] - Thri Kreen


>Harry Bandoian wrote:
>>
>> Ok this all makes sense, but who are the Juna. I dont have any MC's for
>> spelljammer and not that many other source (books, or acessorys)
>>
> Your not going to find any MC references to the Juna.  All we have on
>them is fragmentary notes scattered throughout a half dozen
>assessories.  What is known is this: the Juna were tri-part beings not
>unlike the Xorn, but different.  They were a power thousands, if not
>millions, of years ago.  They were apparently the "zoo-keepers" of the
>galaxy and largely responsible for spreading all of the races around
>space.  The leviathan craft (400 ton spelljammers) are credited to them,
>but the hulks are so old and largely gutted, so no one knows for sure
>who they were built for.  Dwarves, BTW, commented that leviathans seem
>to be GROWN from a single piece of metal...
> The Juna were masters of fractiles, and used them extensively.  They
>helped create the Spelljammer itself back in the One Sphere eons ago.
>They disappeared at least 20,000 years ago, either vanishing into a
>black hole or transfering to an alternate plane or just dying out
>altogther.
> In any case, they were extremely powerful.  They had magic that could
>change star systems and they could mold entire worlds to their needs.
>They are creditied with the creation of Nivil (a ring world about a
>distant sun), Radole (planet with one side always facing the sun, the
>other in total darkness; life can only exist at the edge of the sun
>side, which is in constant twilight), and Nex (a living world protected
>by hundreds of suns, each the size of a small asteroid, each capable of
>chasing down a really fast moving spelljammer).  They are the "ancients"
>of the SJ universe; just like most Sci-fi systems make use of an
>"ancient" race that existed eons ago & left behind tech more powerful
>than anything found in "modern" times.
>
>--
>Night Druid
>
>"DAMN!!  I get 25 E.P. for sewing my own wounds???
>I'm rippin' them babies out and sewing them again!!!"
>-Bob, Knights of the Dinner Table
>
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>-Draco, Dragonheart
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