Editing Voran (section)

===The Illithid War===
Voran was one of the senior magi of the Estorian city of [[Terastra]], and head of Estorium's magical research committee. Especially skilled in earth magic, Voran's research made many of Estorium's grandest buildings possible. When the [[illithid]]s destroyed [[Derenath]] at the start of the war, Voran immediately began devising ways to counter them. Ultimately, it was Voran and the wizards working with him that were responsible for the creation of the [[shardmind]]s.

At the end of the war, the Estorians launched a major assault on the mind flayers, ultimately destroying their armies and scattering the survivors to the depths of the [[Underdark]]. During this final assault, Voran took a number of magical artifacts from the illithids for future study. One of the artifacts was a strange crystal infused with a tremendous amount of psionic energy, and it inspired Voran to try and find a means of giving psionic abilities to humans.