When Midgwis was discovered by the Klingons, one of the Midgwins encountered by the Klingons was Geshkerroth, who the scouts had attacked. Geshkerroth was able to use his powerful telepathic abilities to destroy the Klingon scouts, whom he and other Midgwins refered to as Hungries. Geshkerroth and many other Midgwins came to believe that these Hungries would destroy the Midgwin people.