Glyth was the 6th planet in the Realms' solar system and had long been a bastion of the Illithids. A ringed planet approximately 1,000,000,000 miles from the sun. It had 3 satellites and is one of the Five Wanderers, planets that (from the perspective of Toril) seemed to defy the normal paths of the stars. Glyth was a harsh planet, but only because of its inhabitants. What forests they didn't have absolute control over they made sure were burned to the ground to prevent their humanoid cattle from hiding in them. This resulted in smoke filling the atmosphere which, in turn, nearly destroyed the atmospheric envelope and caused the planet to precipitate acidic rain constantly. The smoke caused the entire atmosphere to smell like a charnel house. Of course, this didn't bother the mind flayers,