Algholthu

Long ago, this species of aquatic occultists departed Lost Golarion toward distant stars. Alghollthus psychically manipulated other creatures in eras past in a long experiment that ultimately failed. They embraced nanotechnology to adapt their bodies for interstellar travel and sailed into the void of space inside living ships. Alghollthus learned to use their nanites to control biotech remote war machines, or shells, as surrogate bodies. They rarely puppet other thinking creatures when they're in need of a host body, and many modern alghollthus consider doing so anathema.

Alghollthu societies are hierarchal and fiercely competitive. In theory, anyone can rise to a position of power, but getting there is a struggle. Larvae fight for social standing almost from birth. When alghollthus duel, the winner absorbs the loser's nanites, empowering them and leaving their defeated foe a sad husk fit only for toil and service. Most alghollthus eventually become fodder for more powerful individuals. The few who thrive become voidsages. Voidsages and their inglorious attendants follow powerful omnipaths, eventually vying for the apex position when their leader grows too careless or complacent to cow the others. Alghollthu leaders feud constantly, uniting only for the purposes of hunting and killing divine beings.