The Lich-Queen (GAP)

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The most recent queen of the githyanki is also the longest reigning sovereign the race has ever had. Queen Vlaakith CLVII is most commonly called the lich-queen by nongithyanki, for that's exactly what she is. She's ruled her people for well over a thousand years, and there's really no end in sight. In fact, unlike all her predecessors, this Vlaakith is a lich, has no heirs, and in her undead state, is now unable to produce them. Should the lich-queen be destroyed, her aeons-old bloodline will die with her. 
She dwells in the githyanki city of Tu'narath, arguably the largest and most important githyanki community. This community has a population of over 10,000 and yet is dominated by the fantastic, grand palace in which the lichqueen alone dwells.
Hideous in appearance, the lich-queen resembles an aged, blackened corpse with smoldering emerald eyes. She normally wears long purple robes with intricate gold embroidery, although she also favors a black cloak with a silver star pattern woven into it. Her office is marked by an elaborate headdress of gold and rubies, as well as a golden scepter encrusted with yet more rubies and topped with a head of a red dragon (legend has it that this device was given to the original Vlaakith by Tiamat's red consort, Ephelomon). 
Vlaakith the Lich-Queen, M24 (Lich): AC -6; MV 6 (96 on the Astral Plane); hp 60; THAC0 9; #AT 1; Dmg Id 10; SA touch causes paralysis, sight causes fear in creatures of less than 5 HD for 5d4 rounds; SD +1 or better magical weapon to hit, immune to charm, sleep, enfeeblement, polymorph, cold, electricity, insanity, or death spells; MR 5%; SZ M (61; ML fanatic (18); Int supra-genius (19); ALCE;XP 13,000. 
Notes: Paralysis lasts until dispelled. Assume the lichqueen has numerous contingency-style spells active at any given time, utilizing her command of magic to its full extent.
Personality: Completely domineering, self-centered, and evil.
Special Equipment: cloak of protection +2, staff of the magi, robes of the archmagi, ring of protection +3, ring of spell turning.
Spells (5/5/5/5/5/5/5/5/4): lst-burning hands, charm person, chill touch, magic missile, phantasmal force; 2nd-blindness, blur, detect invisibility, ESP, ray of enfeeblement; 3rd-blink, dispel magic, feign death, fireball, hold person; 4th—charm monster, confusion, fear, improved invisibility, stoneskin; 5th—animate dead, chaos, cone of cold, dismissal, domination; 6th—contingency, death spell, geas, monster summoning IV, true seeing; 7th-finger of death, limited wish, monster summoning V, power word stun, prismatic spray; 8th-demand, mass charm, mind blank, permanency, power word blind; 9th-prismatic sphere (x2), wish (x3).
Githyanki refer to her as the Revered Queen, and their adoration for her is as close as they get to actual worship. As the descendant of the original Vlaakith, the people see her as Gith's representative in all things. Even though they know she is a lich, they still follow her because they don't particularly care. Her word is law. Her word is truth. Without her, they believe, they couldn't survive — they'd risk the chance of enslavement by another race once again. With their fear of slavery so closely tied to their dependence upon the queen, it's not surprising that the loyalty of the githyanki to their ruler is so fanatical.
The lich-queen jealously guards her position. She devours the life essence of any githyanki blood that rises above 11th level (see below for what happens to player character githyanki), both in order to feed on their power and to eliminate potential future rivals. Despite the widespread loyalty of her people, the lich-queen is paranoid and occasionally delusional. She trusts no one and fears virtually everything and everyone — and her reaction to what she fears is to master or destroy it. As a result, nobody truly knows where her phylactery is hidden or even what it is. The most current chant has it that she's hidden it on one of the dead gods. Of course, because of her peery nature, no one has completely figured out the dark of her occasional barminess, although the cause might simply be her incredible longevity