afroakuma's Planar And Other Oddities Questions Thread VI

[Malimar]

I thought Elder Brains were a collection of Mind Flayer brains added after the flayers' bodies perished?

I distinctly remember a line from somewhere -- probably Lords of Madness -- saying that the Mind Flayers are led to think that their brains (& minds & personalities & so on) get added to the Elder Brain after they die, but in reality the Elder Brain just eats them and they cease to exist.