Jerrek and Zallan were twin sons born to slave parents in the lands of Nex. The slave owners were a superstitious lot, and viewed the birth of twins as an omen from the gods. Jerrek and Zallan were separated from their parents at an early age and raised with privilege and care disproportionate to their caste, Where Zallan exceeded with academic pursuits, Jerrek excelled in physical skills, always the biggest of his peer group.
When he was just shy of puberty, Jerrek was sparring with much older boys and suffered a horrendous accidental wound. Jerrek’s family showed their true feelings towards the former slave progeny, and instead of treating it with magic or medicine, allowed the wound to go untended as a means to determine Jerrek’s heartiness, and his worth. The wound festered, ultimately resulting in the loss of two fingers on his non-dominant hand. Despite this, Jerrek recovered and learned to adapt with only three fingers on his left hand, but he became obsessed with repossessing the unscarred and pristine form of his once undisturbed body, and Jerrek began to seek alternate solutions.
Jerrek knew little of his parents, but maintained contact with his brother Zallan. He plied his brother for information that might aid him in restoring his form, seeking legends from Shelyn, god of beauty. Instead, Zallan provided him with information about the android race, and rumours of something called ‘cybernetics’ as a means to mend his soul. Zallan stopped short of leaving Nex to aid his brother, but gave him a small bauble of skymetal as something that he might use to “get what he needed”.
Jerrek stole away from Nex under cover of darkness and made for Numeria, the land spoken of by his brother. There, he hoped to meet with a man named Baine who might help him. Along the way, Jerrek sold the bauble of skymetal to support his needs, and has since arrived in Torch, hungry (literally and figuratively) and tired.
