Better the heartfelt devotion of a free soul than the grudging obedience of a slave
The githzerai are a humanoid race that dwell primarily in the plane of Limbo They descended from a splinter group of Gith, a race that had been enslaved by mind flayers for centuries until they rebelled for their freedom. Philosophical differences led to a long and bloody civil war among the gith, who ended up divided into the militaristic githyanki and the ascetic githzerai