The Nerek were a people from the continent of Lether, subjugated by the Letherii. The Nerek had believed they were originally all the children of a single mother (known to the Nerek as Eres'al, Eres or N'eres) and a serpent, which still dwelt in their bodies vertically as their spine. However, the mountains wanting this 'serpent' to return to its slithering form, the Nerek began bending over, which caused their spines to curve more and more towards the ground as they aged. They buried their dead beneath flat stones prior to being forced to convert to the faith of the Holds by the Letherii. After this subjugation and forced conversion, the Nerek began leaving their dead lying where they fell. The Nerek villages became deserted cemeteries and the Nerek were described as a destroyed people wi