The Mizx was a species of sentient humanoids that was indigenous to the swamp world of Randorn II. Mizx were occasionally preyed upon by a native predator, the ibliton. Unable to defend themselves from the creature with their primitive weapons, the Mizx developed myths explaining the creature's origin: they were believed to be avatars of Hershoon the Destroyer, fashioned from his demented soul through the operation of magick. The Mizx performed cleansing funeral rites on those individuals killed by ibliton attacks, believing this prevented souls reincarnating as ibliton. The Mizx had contact with the galaxy, in particular with researchers that visited Randorn 2 to study the ibliton. Researchers from both the Galactic History Foundation and the Tyberious Institute of Xenobiology took an int