Years of devouring the memories of heroes has led you  to develop a curiosity. The Illithid created you, a thought experiment, if you excuse the pun, to simply see if a mind-eating ooze could have any use. Well, you've had many uses over the years, searching and devouring the smartest minds you can find. Now, those thoughts, memories, and personalities of the minds you've gorged yourself on has coalesced into a sentience you don't know what to do with. You are you, now. No longer just an Ooze wandering the underdark in search of delicious minds to snack on. Now, you want to see the world on your own. Now, you want to create memories, instead of just eating them. Now, you've found yourself on the surface, ready to try something new and interesting. 

Skill Proficiencies: You've lived a long time and have feasted upon clever minds, absorbing their skills for yourself. You have proficiency in History 

Tool Proficiencies: Snacking on minds has given you a very wide range of skills. You have proficiency in two tools of your choice. 

Languages: Languages come easy to you, as you've eaten so much throughout the years. You were born to this world knowing Common and Undercommon, as well as two languages of your choice. 

Equipment: You have no equipment and have no need for it either. 

Suggested Characteristics

d8	Personality Trait
1	I may be sentient, but I have no idea how to operate in social situations.
2	I forget that most people aren't telepathic and therefore, I actually have to talk to them.
3	Emotions are interesting and new. I don't actually feel them, but they are fun to pretend.
4	I am curious and interested in everything around me.
5	I do not have a sense of self-preservation. I will walk into dangerous situations without a second thought.
6	I do not understand sarcasm or insults.
7	Chaos is fun. It also brings out intelligent and clever people, which makes hunting for food a little easier.
8	I love to touch everyone and everything. Also, I have to touch people to eat their memories. These facts may be related.

d6	Ideal
1	Curiosity. I need to see new things, so I can create memories I didn't take from other creatures. (Any)
2	Hunger. There is still an empty void inside me that I have to fill with the most interesting memories from the most intelligent creatures I can find. (Neutral)
3	Family. I've seen families through my meals, and I want one of my own. (Good)
4	Power. I want to find more powerful and intelligent creatures and eat them, so I can steal their powers. (Evil)
5	Freedom. I've been able to free myself from the Illithid, and so everyone else should have freedom too. (Chaotic)
6	Order. One of the creatures I ate believed in order, and now I have a drive to complete it. An overwhelming compulsion, really. (Lawful)

d6	Bond
1	People are fun. I like to keep them around, especially if I'm feeling snacky.
2	This person is my person. I found them and I will not let anyone take them from me.
3	I would walk through a volcano before I go back to the Illithid.
4	I have a memory of someone important. I have to find them.
5	Universities and Schools are like buffets for me. I want to visit them all.
6	I am fascinated by everything around me and I want to see it all.

d6	Flaw
1	Laws and rules have no meaning to me.
2	I'm always hungry. I also always confused on whose mind I can nibble on.
3	I don't care if someone gets hurt. They're all food in the end.
4	Death means nothing to me.
5	I'm more interested in sating my curiosity than anything else.
6	Having developed sentience, I have also developed attachments, and I don't know how to let people and things go.