Trilkhai
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The Trilkhai (singular: trilkhun) are a race of sapient telepathic felines native to the world which houses Killorn Keep. They appear in Ultima Underworld II.
Description[edit]
The trilkhai had one been a race of star-faring bipeds who had waged an unsuccessful war against mankind. Following their defeat, their people devolved to such a point that they lost their tool-using capabilities and forgot their past history as a conquering people.[1] Some of their number were eventually made a slave race to the servants of the Guardian, and were treated as labor-animals, with their psychic powers being crudely harnessed for the purposes of searches and interrogations.[2]
After arriving in Killorn Keep the Avatar made contact these enigmatic creatures. Their leader, Blackie, would ask the hero to help her people learn the truth about their origins. This bargain would eventually give the Avatar the opportunity to trade for such knowledge with the emissaries of Xorinia, in exchange for divulging the details of Bishop's fate on Tarna. Once told of her kinfolk's past, Blackie would be roused to rally her kind to rebel against the Guardian's rule, and would impart to the Avatar information she had learned about the Killorn invasion force headed for Britannia.[3]
Other trilkhai of note were Beauty and Josie.
Lore[edit]
| “ | Thou wilt see the Trilkhai, our feline beasts of burden, everywhere, but the stables in the east are where they are kept and fed. They are not native to our world, but the Guardian breeds them here, and exports them in great numbers for his own purposes, which remain mysterious to me. They are quiet and docile, and not dangerous save when enraged. They have an unnervingly intelligent gaze. |
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Trivia[edit]
- "Trilkhai" an anagram of "Kilrathi," a race of cat-like antagonists which feature in Origin's Wing Commander series.