Tirrith

The Tirrith was a unique empathic gaseous sentient creature native to the planet Beheboth. A hive-based culture, the Tirrith was composed of individual energy wisps that shared sensations and intelligence, and could feel what the entire hive felt. Together, Tirrith hives had the ability to alter the composition of Beheboth's atmosphere, creating new weather systems or producing gases that could render other sentients unconscious. The Tirrith was reclusive and pacifistic, and its difficult-to-detect nature meant that it was years before Beheboth's Human settlers discerned the organism's intelligence and ability. However, its unique strengths caused several malefactors to attempt to exploit the Tirrith for their own ends once its power was revealed.

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