N'dek

N'dek is a main character of Devi's Distraction. He is an Islander and a member of the StrongArm Clan.

N'dek is mated to Devi and father of N'rav.

## Description

Like all members of the Strong Arm Clan, N'dek has four arms. He also recently lost a leg below the knee in a kaari attack.

## Personality

After his injury in a kaari hunt, N'dek is very morose and depressed. He has a very difficult time adjusting to losing the lower part of his leg and relies on J'shel quite a bit. When J'shel accompanies Hannah to the fruit cave, N'dek asks Devi to help him make a prosthetic.

Once he has his prosthetic, his confidence starts to come back

## History

Most of N'deks's clan and all of his family died when the volcano erupted. Like all the island clans, they struggled to survived post eruption.

His clan mates I'chai and V'dren resonated. V'dren died sometime after resonance.

### Kaari attack

I'chai decided to hunt kaari by herself, sometime after he sone Z'hren was born. The rest of Strong Arm didn't realize until it was too late to save her. The kaari had stuck around the Strong Arm encampment so N'dek and J'shel decided they would hunt it while K'thar watched Z'hren. They made a vine rope net to catch the kaari, which worked until it broke through and charged N'dek. J'shel threw his spear and missed. The kaari grabbed N'dek by his leg and bit down. J'shel downed the kaari with his second throw and carried N'dek home.

The remaining members of the tribe took care Z'hren together.

During Lauren's Barbarian, he traveled with the rest of the survivors to the mainland. Once arrived he began to mope feeling even more with a purpose then before.

### Devi's Distraction

N'dek has been miserable since he lost the lower portion of his leg, but watching Flordeliza joke about building horns of her own had given him an idea - maybe he could build a replacement leg. But he was at a loss as to who to turn to for help. He decided on the cleverest human, the one he thought can keep a secret, the slightly odd Devi. Devi agreed to help him, in exchange for a place to keep the leathers with her findings on them.

Around this time the planning of much talked about games began. This mades it easy for Devi to get the materials needed to create a prototype prosthetic secretly as everyone was distracted. The games haven't completely alleviated the tension though. During an argument with A'tam, Bridget suggested that she might resonate to N'dek. While N'dek didn't feel drawn to her, he doesn't rule out the possibility.

That night N'dek and Devi met up and test out the prosthetic. He shared he thought he will resonate soon. They also agreed that she will teach him about human women and he would teach her about local fauna. The next day teams were chosen. S'bren, Devi, N'dek and Bridget all ended up on a team together, each having chosen the next one in line. Their team won the first game and during the celebration S'bren promised to show Devi the location of the vertebrae he made a plate out of, making N'dek jealous.

Devi and N'dek met again that night. N'dek shared he thinks he might resonate to Bridget. They practiced kissing. The next morning S'bren and Devi head out. Later that day there was a wrestling match, N'dek and A'tam fought, N'dek won.

Devi and N'dek spent the next night together. The following day both Devi and Sam were injured in the three legged race, causing Sam to panic. That night N'dek was increasingly sure he was going to resonate soon. The next morning S'bren told Devi he has remembered the location of the cave. They head there only to discover it wasn't the right cave, that this cave is the home of a tidewater Kaari. The two of them get trapped inside.

N'dek awakens and panicked when he realizes that Devi is missing with S'bren. After figuring out what way they went he, J'shel, K'thar, and Gren follow. They find the cave and attack the kaari. Devi is saved, and on the beach, they resonate to each other.

At the news of yet another large creature lingering around the beach, R'jaal decides the games need to end. A'tam has also returned to camp.

A month later N'dek and Devi are living happy in a new hut closest to the beach.

### Later History

In the events of Steph's Outcast, Devi and N'dek elect to stay in Icehome Village instead of returning to Croatoan.

During the time jump between Steph's Outcast and Sam's Secret, Devi gave birth to N'rav.