: No… they came before trow actually. They were called the
: "Sovreigns of the Time Before" or some such
: nonsense.
That title (from GURPS) isn't presented as being invented by the Trow themselves...I think "the Time Before" is the time before Men and Dwarves and all.
However, according to Antero's Bestiary the Trow are the eldest of the Elder Races--or at least they didn't mention anyone who was around when they got there. So the Elder Races don't show any trend toward humanoidness over time--if anything it's the other direction, and there's no reason to think the Callieach would be any more humanoid than the other Elders we saw in the comic.
--SiliconDream