 "Lords of Madness" takes the name more literally, and states that "The Sargonne Prophecies" are in fact prophecy—or, perhaps more accurately, a history of the future.Yet another version came from "The Astromundi Cluster", a Spelljammer boxed set produced before "The Illithiad".This version holds that the illithids are descended from the outcasts of an ancient human society that ruled the now-shattered world called Astromundi.