The Emperor of the Zhgurl is a being of unfathomable intelligence and power. Untold eons ago it emerged on a small planet in an obscure corner of the galaxy. There it encountered an aboriginal race descended from aquatic predators. There it guided the evolution of this species, spurning advancement, introducing innovation, crushing dissent, until after several thousand years it had shaped the Zhgurl into a tool which can be wielded to crush the Galaxy.
