Editing Skulk (section)

==Nentir Vale==
The Nerathian Skulk appeared in the Monster Manual 3 for Dungeons & Dragons 4th edition. These skulks were originally a caste of slaves in [[Bael Turath]] - and when the nobles of that city signed the pact with [[Asmodeus]] that turned them into the first [[tiefling]]s, these slaves were exempted from being considered part of the agreement. Outraged, the proto-skulks responded with a massive empire-wide riot, slaughtering many of their former masters over a single night of carnage. This attracted the attention of [[Graz'zt]], who was so delighted by their treachery and murderous instincts that he signed a pact of his own. This compact, recorded in an Abyssal manuscript called the Tome of the Blinded Eye, forever bound the skulks to the cult of the Dark Prince, but in return imbued them with their powers of stealth and murder.

These skulks still serve Graz'zt faithfully, but their focused enmity remains on the other scions of Bael Turath; they prey on [[tiefling]]s above all other victims, and have done their best to ensure that Bael Turath can never rise again in any form. Tieflings who achieve renown invariably attract the bitter attentions of skulk assassins.