De nek okral

De nek okral was an ancient God of War. It looked like a much larger and long-legged ancestor of a plains bear, towering over even a Teblor. Using its flattened nose, it relied more on smell than sight. It was built for running prey down.
==In Toll the Hounds==
Samar Dev, Karsa Orlong, and Traveller were visited at their campfire on the Dwelling Plain by a huge bear. The bear seemed to have come for Samar Dev specifically and the term 'De nek okral' came to her intuitively, though she did not know what it meant. According to Traveler they were Imass words that meant: short nose plains bear. Though it was not a plains bear as they knew the species, but a much faster, much larger ancestor that was long extinct. After the bear lumbered away, Traveller explained it was an old god of war and noted that such gods were returning to the world. Like Fener, Togg, Fanderay, and Treach, each represented the most supreme predator of their time.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 18, US TPB p.594-595
As the trio neared Darujhistan, Samar Dev was reluctant to enter the city, sensing the terrible Convergence of powers being drawn there. Traveller was one of those powers and Karsa was determined to follow him and guard his back. When the witch asked Karsa who would guard their backs, the Teblor pointed to the approaching De nek okral.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 22, US SFBC p.883-884 Just before they passed through the city walls, the god stopped to look at the shattered moon, "as if it was capable of smelling death across the span of countless leagues."Toll the Hounds, Chapter 22, US SFBC p.901
After Traveller faced Anomander Rake, De nek okral defended Samar Dev and Traveller from one of the Hounds of Light. The god lifted the Hound in its forearms before both animals crashed through the stone wall of a building. By the time their battle was over, the building was demolished and both lay dying. Just after the Hound died, Samar Dev took the god's soul into her knife so, as the last of its kind, it would not be forgotten.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 24, US SFBC p.965-966/968
==Notes and references==
Category:Gods