This is a greatly expanded version of the Illithids from Deon’s Genesis () mod. The Illithid Empire is composed of 26 castes: 5 mind flayers (the most powerful of which is actually a Final Fantasy cameo), 2 types of Illithid Tadpole, 3 types of elder brain, and 16 types of slave (including direct copies of the stock dwarves, elves, and humans, in addition to combat mutated versions of each species). Mind flayers being a parasitic race; the reproductive castes are the male and female dwarves, elves, and humans-all other castes are genderless.

The included entity file contains basic entity declarations for above- and below-ground illithid civilizations; the above ground illithids are not very detailed and tend to get their butts kicked early in world-gen. If any above ground illithid civs survive world gen, they are potential trading partners as long as they aren’t at war with you; however, their traders may sometimes go insane and attack your dwarves.

The baseline members of each caste grouping aren’t especially dangerous; however, expect lots of FUN to ensue if and when you encounter the most powerful members of the mind flayer, elder brain, and slave groupings. The top slaves are merely dangerous; the other two can wipe out a fortress’s worth of dwarves in a heartbeat.

The Illithid Empire should generate no errorlog messages, so if it does please let me know

The Illithid Empire is compatible with the illithids in Deon’s Genesis mod, if you have both installed you will find both civilized mind flayers and illithids living alone in the caves.