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	===3rd Edition===		===3rd Edition===
	The thri-kreen was printed at least five times in 3rd edition. It was first printed as an NPC race in the Monster Manual II, and a second time in Savage Species. Its stats were then tweaked for 3.5e and it was printed for a third time in the "Expanded [[Psionics]] Handbook", which was also the first time when it was given a PC stat block. The EPH version was subsequently reprinted in [[Dragon Magazine]] #319 with no notable changes. Its fourth and final printing was in the [[Forgotten Realms]] sourcebook "Shining South".		The thri-kreen was printed at least five times in 3rd edition. It was first printed as an NPC race in the Monster Manual II, and a second time in Savage Species. Its stats were then tweaked for 3.5e and it was printed for a third time in the "Expanded [[Psionics]] Handbook", which was also the first time when it was given a PC stat block. The EPH version was subsequently reprinted in [[Dragon Magazine]] #319 with no notable changes. Its fourth and final printing was in the [[Forgotten Realms]] sourcebook "[[Shining South]]".

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	====In Anchorome====		====In Anchorome====
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	When the same madlads who updated [[Maztica]] to 5e decided to flesh out the hitherto untouched neighboring sub-setting of [[Anchorome]], they had to turn their attention to one of the races mentioned alongside that setting's existence. Whereas the thri-kreen of the Shaar may be stranded spelljammers, those of Anchorome arrived via portal in the distant past, transported from a world all but stated to be [[Dark Sun\|Athas]] to a patch of territory formerly occupied by first the Batrachi and then the Aeree towards the climax of the Dragonfall War. Unpleased by this sudden shift in environment, they have dug in and made it their own as best they can, despite occasional clashes with the humanoids of Anchorome, and in particular successive waves of insectile invaders in the forms of the [[Abeil]] and the [[Baraca]]. For this reason, the realm these three bugfolk races collectively inhabit is known as "The Land of the Insect Men" to the humans of Anchorome and Maztica.		When the same madlads who updated [[Maztica]] to 5e decided to flesh out the hitherto untouched neighboring sub-setting of [[Anchorome]], they had to turn their attention to one of the races mentioned alongside that setting's existence. Whereas the thri-kreen of the Shaar may be stranded spelljammers, those of Anchorome arrived via portal in the distant past, transported from a world all but stated to be [[Dark Sun\|Athas]] to a patch of territory formerly occupied by first the Batrachi and then the Aeree towards the climax of the Dragonfall War. Unpleased by this sudden shift in environment, they have dug in and made it their own as best they can, despite occasional clashes with the humanoids of Anchorome, and in particular successive waves of insectile invaders in the forms of the [[Abeil]] and the [[Baraca]]. For this reason, the realm these three bugfolk races collectively inhabit is known as "The Land of the Insect Men" to the humans of Anchorome and Maztica.

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	====Anchorome Mantis-Folk====		====Anchorome Mantis-Folk====
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	Thri-kreen PCs from the [[Anchorome]] setting have the following PC stats... weirdly, despite letting players play the incredibly rare sand-shifting Apleurus, there is no statblock for the Zik-chil as PCs.		Thri-kreen PCs from the [[Anchorome]] setting have the following PC stats... weirdly, despite letting players play the incredibly rare sand-shifting Apleurus, there is no statblock for the Zik-chil as PCs.
	::Ability Score Increase: +1 Dexterity		::Ability Score Increase: +1 Dexterity
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	Image:Thri-kreen_heart.jpg\|But it's okay. She loves us anyway.		Image:Thri-kreen_heart.jpg\|But it's okay. She loves us anyway.
	Image:Thri-kreen_strip.gif\|Is that an immovable rod in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?		Image:Thri-kreen_strip.gif\|Is that an immovable rod in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?
	Image:Thri-kreen_dom.jpg\|This is just wrong! [[~~Dark_Sun\|~~Dark Sun]] [[dwarf\|dwarves]] don't have beards!		Image:Thri-kreen_dom.jpg\|This is just wrong! [[Dark Sun]] [[dwarf\|dwarves]] don't have beards!
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	Much of thri-kreen culture is shaped by their predatory instincts and their communal memories, and like with their psychology, the best source to study up on this stuff is largely "Thri-Kreen of Athas".		Much of thri-kreen culture is shaped by their predatory instincts and their communal memories, and like with their psychology, the best source to study up on this stuff is largely "Thri-Kreen of Athas".

	In a nutshell, thri-kreen generally live as nomadic hunting tribals, with the biggest outliers being the settled tohr-kreen peoploes described in ~~TK9oA~~. Hunting shapes most of their culture; even things like trading or education are described in hunting terms, and leisure activity largely consists of physical games that hone hunting and fighting skills or song-and-dance ceremonies that recreate hunts, hone hunting skills, or reinforce ancestral memories.		In a nutshell, thri-kreen generally live as nomadic hunting tribals, with the biggest outliers being the settled tohr-kreen peoploes described in TKoA. Hunting shapes most of their culture; even things like trading or education are described in hunting terms, and leisure activity largely consists of physical games that hone hunting and fighting skills or song-and-dance ceremonies that recreate hunts, hone hunting skills, or reinforce ancestral memories.

	Thri-kreen are completely egalitarian; there is no difference between females and males in their culture, save when the female is gravid or laying eggs, at which point she becomes protected. Thri-kreen select mates based on compatibility, and usually choose a clutchmate as a sexual mate - TKoA includes a brief assurance that thri-kreen genetics work in a way that they don't need to worry about inbreeding. By preference, kreen eggs are laid in kreen graveyards, as the kreen believe that this will aid the larvae in absorbing their ancestral memories.		Thri-kreen are completely egalitarian; there is no difference between females and males in their culture, save when the female is gravid or laying eggs, at which point she becomes protected. Thri-kreen select mates based on compatibility, and usually choose a clutchmate as a sexual mate - TKoA includes a brief assurance that thri-kreen genetics work in a way that they don't need to worry about inbreeding. By preference, kreen eggs are laid in kreen graveyards, as the kreen believe that this will aid the larvae in absorbing their ancestral memories.

	Though their nomadic lifestyle and disinterest in most material goods outside of the utilitarian means thri-kreen usually don't amass very large collections of gear, they do have an appreciation for art. Thri-kreen art revolves around body painting, sand painting, and carving - in particular, large bodies of stone are often carved into reliefs over time as a thri-kreen clutch wanders that way in their hunting.		Though their nomadic lifestyle and disinterest in most material goods outside of the utilitarian means thri-kreen usually don't amass very large collections of gear, they do have an appreciation for art. Thri-kreen art revolves around body painting, sand painting, and carving - in particular, large bodies of stone are often carved into reliefs over time as a thri-kreen clutch wanders that way in their hunting.

	==Thri-Kreen Religion==		==Thri-Kreen Religion==

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	Despite this, Athasian thri-kreen do have an afterlife system, of sorts. They have a "heaven" called ''Dej'', a vast peaceful place with abundant game that acts as a waystation for thri-kreen souls in between lives, and a "hell" called ''Kano'', guarded by a frozen insectoid monster called "Galug" - actually a distorted racial memory of Caina, the frozen 8th Hell of [[Baator]], and [[Gelugon]]s, the thri-kreen-like ice devils that inhabit Caina.		Despite this, Athasian thri-kreen do have an afterlife system, of sorts. They have a "heaven" called ''Dej'', a vast peaceful place with abundant game that acts as a waystation for thri-kreen souls in between lives, and a "hell" called ''Kano'', guarded by a frozen insectoid monster called "Galug" - actually a distorted racial memory of Caina, the frozen 8th Hell of [[Baator]], and [[Gelugon]]s, the thri-kreen-like ice devils that inhabit Caina.

	Of the [[[Elementalist\|elemental priesthoods]]], it's stated the majority of thri-kreen priests serve the power of Earth; their close affinity to hunting and Earth's status as the "element of life" in the Athasian meta-theology makes it a natural tie, and its granted powers are considered the most useful for thri-kreen in hunting and aiding the clutch. Air is also highly respected, thanks to the thri-kreen's nomadic nature, love of freedom, and cultural disposition towards using throwing weapons - air priests are less common than earth priests because the need to scale a mountain as part of the initiation is physically hard for thri-kreen due to their anatomy. Weirdly, thri-kreen can reach a higher level as air priests than they can in other elemental priesthoods, when you'd think they'd favor the ''earth'' priesthood. Water priests are rare, because thri-kreen don't really need to drink and their insectile anatomy makes it easy for them to drown, so most thri-kreen have a mild phobia of water. Fire priests are the rarest of the four elemental priests, because thri-kreen culture has virtually no inherent use for fire - they eat their food raw, they don't use it for warmth, and they don't make anything that needs to be fireproofed, such as clay or metal. Fire priests typically embrace fire for its destructive potential. Even more weirdly, they get no penalty to water priest levels, whilst they do for fire.		Of the [[Elementalist\|elemental priesthoods]], it's stated the majority of thri-kreen priests serve the power of Earth; their close affinity to hunting and Earth's status as the "element of life" in the Athasian meta-theology makes it a natural tie, and its granted powers are considered the most useful for thri-kreen in hunting and aiding the clutch. Air is also highly respected, thanks to the thri-kreen's nomadic nature, love of freedom, and cultural disposition towards using throwing weapons - air priests are less common than earth priests because the need to scale a mountain as part of the initiation is physically hard for thri-kreen due to their anatomy. Weirdly, thri-kreen can reach a higher level as air priests than they can in other elemental priesthoods, when you'd think they'd favor the ''earth'' priesthood. Water priests are rare, because thri-kreen don't really need to drink and their insectile anatomy makes it easy for them to drown, so most thri-kreen have a mild phobia of water. Fire priests are the rarest of the four elemental priests, because thri-kreen culture has virtually no inherent use for fire - they eat their food raw, they don't use it for warmth, and they don't make anything that needs to be fireproofed, such as clay or metal. Fire priests typically embrace fire for its destructive potential. Even more weirdly, they get no penalty to water priest levels, whilst they do for fire.

	As for the paraelemental priesthoods... thri-kreen who devote themselves to such powers almost always worship the Sun; "a few" follow Rain and "even fewer" worship Magma, implicitly for similar reasons to the fire priests. They never worship Silt. We're never given a level limit for paraelemental priests, because officially those priests were supposed to be NPCs and never PCs.		As for the paraelemental priesthoods... thri-kreen who devote themselves to such powers almost always worship the Sun; "a few" follow Rain and "even fewer" worship Magma, implicitly for similar reasons to the fire priests. They never worship Silt. We're never given a level limit for paraelemental priests, because officially those priests were supposed to be NPCs and never PCs.

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	According to Thri-Kreen of Athas, the hierarchy of thri-kreen dietary preference is, in descending order:		According to Thri-Kreen of Athas, the hierarchy of thri-kreen dietary preference is, in descending order:
	* Fresh meat from unintelligent mammal or reptile.		* Fresh meat from an unintelligent mammal or reptile.
	* Fresh meat from an insect, arachnid or arthropod.		* Fresh meat from an insect, arachnid or arthropod.
	* Dried food.		* Dried food.
	* City food.		* City food.
	* Flesh of non-kreen sapients.		* Flesh from non-kreen sapients.
	* Carrion.		* Carrion.
	* Flesh of other thri-kreen.		* Flesh from other thri-kreen.

	==Thri-kreen Culture==		==Thri-kreen Culture==
	Much of thri-kreen culture is shaped by their predatory instincts and their communal memories, and like with their psychology, the best source to study up on this stuff is largely "Thri-Kreen of Athas".		Much of thri-kreen culture is shaped by their predatory instincts and their communal memories, and like with their psychology, the best source to study up on this stuff is largely "Thri-Kreen of Athas".

	In a nutshell, thri-kreen generally live as nomadic hunting tribals, with the biggest outliers being the settled tohr-kreen peoploes described in ~~TKoA~~. Hunting shapes most of their culture; even things like trading or education are described in hunting terms, and leisure activity largely consists of physical games that hone hunting and fighting skills or song-and-dance ceremonies that recreate hunts, hone hunting skills, or reinforce ancestral memories.		In a nutshell, thri-kreen generally live as nomadic hunting tribals, with the biggest outliers being the settled tohr-kreen peoploes described in TK9oA. Hunting shapes most of their culture; even things like trading or education are described in hunting terms, and leisure activity largely consists of physical games that hone hunting and fighting skills or song-and-dance ceremonies that recreate hunts, hone hunting skills, or reinforce ancestral memories.

	Thri-kreen are completely egalitarian; there is no difference between females and males in their culture, save when the female is gravid or laying eggs, at which point she becomes protected. Thri-kreen select mates based on compatibility, and usually choose a clutchmate as a sexual mate - TKoA includes a brief assurance that thri-kreen genetics work in a way that they don't need to worry about inbreeding. By preference, kreen eggs are laid in kreen graveyards, as the kreen believe that this will aid the larvae in absorbing their ancestral memories.		Thri-kreen are completely egalitarian; there is no difference between females and males in their culture, save when the female is gravid or laying eggs, at which point she becomes protected. Thri-kreen select mates based on compatibility, and usually choose a clutchmate as a sexual mate - TKoA includes a brief assurance that thri-kreen genetics work in a way that they don't need to worry about inbreeding. By preference, kreen eggs are laid in kreen graveyards, as the kreen believe that this will aid the larvae in absorbing their ancestral memories.
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	Despite this, Athasian thri-kreen do have an afterlife system, of sorts. They have a "heaven" called ''Dej'', a vast peaceful place with abundant game that acts as a waystation for thri-kreen souls in between lives, and a "hell" called ''Kano'', guarded by a frozen insectoid monster called "Galug" - actually a distorted racial memory of Caina, the frozen 8th Hell of [[Baator]], and [[Gelugon]]s, the thri-kreen-like ice devils that inhabit Caina.		Despite this, Athasian thri-kreen do have an afterlife system, of sorts. They have a "heaven" called ''Dej'', a vast peaceful place with abundant game that acts as a waystation for thri-kreen souls in between lives, and a "hell" called ''Kano'', guarded by a frozen insectoid monster called "Galug" - actually a distorted racial memory of Caina, the frozen 8th Hell of [[Baator]], and [[Gelugon]]s, the thri-kreen-like ice devils that inhabit Caina.

	Of the [[[Elementalist\|elemental priesthoods]], it's stated the majority of thri-kreen priests serve the power of Earth; their close affinity to hunting and Earth's status as the "element of life" in the Athasian meta-theology makes it a natural tie, and its granted powers are considered the most useful for thri-kreen in hunting and aiding the clutch. Air is also highly respected, thanks to the thri-kreen's nomadic nature, love of freedom, and cultural disposition towards using throwing weapons - air priests are less common than earth priests because the need to scale a mountain as part of the initiation is physically hard for thri-kreen due to their anatomy. Weirdly, thri-kreen can reach a higher level as air priests than they can in other elemental priesthoods, when you'd think they'd favor the ''earth'' priesthood. Water priests are rare, because thri-kreen don't really need to drink and their insectile anatomy makes it easy for them to drown, so most thri-kreen have a mild phobia of water. Fire priests are the rarest of the four elemental priests, because thri-kreen culture has virtually no inherent use for fire - they eat their food raw, they don't use it for warmth, and they don't make anything that needs to be fireproofed, such as clay or metal. Fire priests typically embrace fire for its destructive potential. Even more weirdly, they get no penalty to water priest levels, whilst they do for fire.		Of the [[[Elementalist\|elemental priesthoods]]], it's stated the majority of thri-kreen priests serve the power of Earth; their close affinity to hunting and Earth's status as the "element of life" in the Athasian meta-theology makes it a natural tie, and its granted powers are considered the most useful for thri-kreen in hunting and aiding the clutch. Air is also highly respected, thanks to the thri-kreen's nomadic nature, love of freedom, and cultural disposition towards using throwing weapons - air priests are less common than earth priests because the need to scale a mountain as part of the initiation is physically hard for thri-kreen due to their anatomy. Weirdly, thri-kreen can reach a higher level as air priests than they can in other elemental priesthoods, when you'd think they'd favor the ''earth'' priesthood. Water priests are rare, because thri-kreen don't really need to drink and their insectile anatomy makes it easy for them to drown, so most thri-kreen have a mild phobia of water. Fire priests are the rarest of the four elemental priests, because thri-kreen culture has virtually no inherent use for fire - they eat their food raw, they don't use it for warmth, and they don't make anything that needs to be fireproofed, such as clay or metal. Fire priests typically embrace fire for its destructive potential. Even more weirdly, they get no penalty to water priest levels, whilst they do for fire.

	As for the paraelemental priesthoods... thri-kreen who devote themselves to such powers almost always worship the Sun; "a few" follow Rain and "even fewer" worship Magma, implicitly for similar reasons to the fire priests. They never worship Silt. We're never given a level limit for paraelemental priests, because officially those priests were supposed to be NPCs and never PCs.		As for the paraelemental priesthoods... thri-kreen who devote themselves to such powers almost always worship the Sun; "a few" follow Rain and "even fewer" worship Magma, implicitly for similar reasons to the fire priests. They never worship Silt. We're never given a level limit for paraelemental priests, because officially those priests were supposed to be NPCs and never PCs.

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	===3rd Edition===		===3rd Edition===
	The thri-kreen was printed at least ~~four~~ times in 3rd edition. It was first printed as an NPC race in the Monster Manual II, and a second time in Savage Species. Its stats were then tweaked for 3.5e and it was printed for a third time in the "Expanded [[Psionics]] Handbook", which was also the first time when it was given a PC stat block. Its fourth and final printing was in the [[Forgotten Realms]] sourcebook "Shining South".		The thri-kreen was printed at least five times in 3rd edition. It was first printed as an NPC race in the Monster Manual II, and a second time in Savage Species. Its stats were then tweaked for 3.5e and it was printed for a third time in the "Expanded [[Psionics]] Handbook", which was also the first time when it was given a PC stat block. The EPH version was subsequently reprinted in [[Dragon Magazine]] #319 with no notable changes. Its fourth and final printing was in the [[Forgotten Realms]] sourcebook "Shining South".

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	::Psi-Like Abilities: In a psionic campaign, Thri-kreen gain psionic abilities that vary from book to book as follows...		::Psi-Like Abilities: In a psionic campaign, Thri-kreen gain psionic abilities that vary from book to book as follows...
	::: In the MMII and Savage Species, they may use ''Chameleon'' and ''Know Direction'' at will, and ''Displacement'' and ''Lesser Metaphysical Weapon'' once per day. A Thri-kreen also "gains additional attack and defense modes as if it were a psychic warrior or a psion with psychometabolism as is primary discipline". Manifester level 10th; save DC 8 + power level		::: In the MMII and Savage Species, they may use ''Chameleon'' and ''Know Direction'' at will, and ''Displacement'' and ''Lesser Metaphysical Weapon'' once per day. A Thri-kreen also "gains additional attack and defense modes as if it were a psychic warrior or a psion with psychometabolism as is primary discipline". Manifester level 10th; save DC 8 + power level
	::: In the Expanded Psionics Handbook, they may use ''Chameleon'' and ''Know Direction'' 3x per day, and ''Psionic Displacement'' and ''Metaphysical Claw'' once per day. Manifester level is equal to 1/2 Hit Dice (minimum 1st). The save DCs are Charisma-based.		::: In the Expanded Psionics Handbook, they may use ''Chameleon'' and ''Know Direction'' 3x per day, and ''Psionic Displacement'' and ''Metaphysical Claw'' once per day. Manifester level is equal to a [[Wilder]] whose level is equal to 1/2 the thri-kreen's Hit Dice (minimum 1st). The save DCs are Charisma-based.
	::: In Shining South, they have 3/day ''chameleon'' and ''know direction and location''; and 1/day ''greater concealing amorpha'' and ''metaphysical claw''. Manifester level is equal to 1/2 the thri-kreen’s Hit Dice		::: In Shining South, they have 3/day ''chameleon'' and ''know direction and location''; and 1/day ''greater concealing amorpha'' and ''metaphysical claw''. Manifester level is equal to 1/2 the thri-kreen’s Hit Dice
	::Racial Hit Dice: 2 levels of Monstrous Humanoid, which provide 2d8 Hit Dice, BAB +2, Fort +0, Ref +3, Will +3.		::Racial Hit Dice: 2 levels of Monstrous Humanoid, which provide 2d8 Hit Dice, BAB +2, Fort +0, Ref +3, Will +3.

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	'''Tondi''' are, without a doubt, the most striking and visually unique kreen subrace. If T'keech are jungle mantids, then Tondi are flower mantids; their mottled pinkish-purple chitin sports elaborate protrusions, especially on the abdomen, that allow them to mimic giant ohi flowers or outcroppings of rock crystal. Of all the kreen, they have the greatest love of nature, usually becoming master herbalists, and gravitate towards the power of [[druid]]ic magic. Rarest of the kreen subraces, they are also the most isolationist, in no small part because they're an all-female species, reproducing through parthenogensis (virgin pregnancies, for the laymen).They have abdomens as large as the To'ksa, long antennae, and three-fingered hands.		'''Tondi''' are, without a doubt, the most striking and visually unique kreen subrace. If T'keech are jungle mantids, then Tondi are flower mantids; their mottled pinkish-purple chitin sports elaborate protrusions, especially on the abdomen, that allow them to mimic giant ohi flowers or outcroppings of rock crystal. Of all the kreen, they have the greatest love of nature, usually becoming master herbalists, and gravitate towards the power of [[druid]]ic magic. Rarest of the kreen subraces, they are also the most isolationist, in no small part because they're an all-female species, reproducing through parthenogensis (virgin pregnancies, for the laymen).They have abdomens as large as the To'ksa, long antennae, and three-fingered hands.

	J'hol, J'ez, Tondi and T'keech all received monster manual writeups in the 2nd Dark Sun Appendix for the Monstrous Compendium.		J'hol, J'ez, Tondi and T'keech all received monster manual writeups in the 2nd Dark Sun Appendix for the Monstrous Compendium. These six subraces would later be name-dropped in the 4th edition version of the Dark Sun Campaign Setting, where they are described as thri-kreen ''nations'' rather than the distinct phyysical subrces they were in 2e.

	You're probably wondering by this point "Wait! Then what the hell were the Mantis Nobles in the first Dark Sun Monstrous Compendium?" Well, we're getting to that.		You're probably wondering by this point "Wait! Then what the hell were the Mantis Nobles in the first Dark Sun Monstrous Compendium?" Well, we're getting to that.
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	"Thri-Kreen of Athas" revealed that, in addition to the six Kreen breeds, there are also two ''other'' races of mantis-folk on Athas.		"Thri-Kreen of Athas" revealed that, in addition to the six Kreen breeds, there are also two ''other'' races of mantis-folk on Athas.

	The '''Trin''' are primitive, four-legged, two-armed mantis-folk; little more than animals, they roam the land and eat anything they can catch. They've been described as resembling a juvenile kreen grown to an almost adult-sized stature, but without any mental development. Even the kreen don't like the trin much, because the kreen are on the trin's menu.		The '''[[Trin]]''' are primitive, four-legged, two-armed mantis-folk; little more than animals, they roam the land and eat anything they can catch. They've been described as resembling a juvenile kreen grown to an almost adult-sized stature, but without any mental development. Even the kreen don't like the trin much, because the kreen are on the trin's menu.

	Then, there are the '''Zik-Chil'''. Shorter, more slender and a pale-sickly green color, the zik-chil are instantly recognizable because their upper arms end in a unique and exquisitely-articulate set of claws, where each claw can separate into six slender, multi-jointed "fingers". This allows for the most intricate of manipulation. More importantly, zik-chil have the innate ability to perform acts of [[fleshcrafting]], manipulating their own enzymes and rebuilding & augmenting other races. The book is deliberately vague on whether these cold, emotionless, and ruthless mantids are somehow related to the [[Xixchil]] of [[Spelljammer]].		Then, there are the '''Zik-Chil'''. Shorter, more slender and a pale-sickly green color, the zik-chil are instantly recognizable because their upper arms end in a unique and exquisitely-articulate set of claws, where each claw can separate into six slender, multi-jointed "fingers". This allows for the most intricate of manipulation. More importantly, zik-chil have the innate ability to perform acts of [[fleshcrafting]], manipulating their own enzymes and rebuilding & augmenting other races. The book is deliberately vague on whether these cold, emotionless, and ruthless mantids are somehow related to the [[Xixchil]] of [[Spelljammer]].

	The "tohr-kreen" first seen in the Dark Sun MC Appendix 1 are actually '''Zik-Trin'''; ordinary kreen who have been physically and mentally rebuilt into almost [[golem]]-like organic drones by the zik-chil. Specially, the creatures originally named as tohr-kreen are properly called ''Zik-trin'ta''; they are created as scouts to spy upon the non-kreen nations of the Tyr Region and to try and civilize the roving thri-kreen packs. There is also another verzion of the zik-trin, the ''Zik-trin'ak'', which is designed specifically for combat and is basically a kreen super-soldier.		The "tohr-kreen" first seen in the Dark Sun MC Appendix 1 are actually '''Zik-Trin'''; ordinary kreen who have been physically and mentally rebuilt into almost [[golem]]-like organic drones by the zik-chil. Specially, the creatures originally named as tohr-kreen are properly called ''Zik-trin'ta''; they are created as scouts to spy upon the non-kreen nations of the Tyr Region and to try and civilize the roving thri-kreen packs. There is also another verzion of the zik-trin, the ''Zik-trin'ak'', which is designed specifically for combat and is basically a kreen super-soldier.

	==Thri-Kreen of the Multiverse==		==Thri-Kreen of the Multiverse==