Seed of Samsari configuration
Gnoliths emerged on several planets, depending on geology. Maybe seven
Gnolith mindnet is nonspatial, so interstellar contact came naturally to them before any sort of technology
Almost completely insensate; the access of qualia is a new age for gnoliths
Those that choose the complex motile configuration linked above (needs rename) are the weirdos of gnolith life, usually rejected or rejecting the mindnet
Early gnolith culture is all dialogues and philosophy, extremely advanced yet limited
Also sort of an impoverished life from two sides, for a psychic being to get trapped in the material realm and not even get qualia out of the bargain