Reík had awoken with a newfound control of his stench. He found that he could control it in every conceivable way; he could withdraw and extend it, even toy with the intensity of it. With this newfound control of his power he descended upon his village, leaving his mother in their house. He returned in triumph seemingly cleansed of his stench -  everyone rejoiced whilst Reík planned their downfall. He would spend his days clouding the village in his stench;  controlling the intensity so that none could smell it, but all could feel the thick air cling to their skin and seemingly seep into their pores. Once the village was completely covered Reík had allowed his scent to emerge. The inhabitants of the village choked on the stench and could not escape it as it seemed to emerge from everything within the village. The stench began to corrupt their energies, they lost all sense and fell into a seeming coma. They remained in this state for a few weeks until they emerged in a corrupted state: they became the Putrid. The Putrid were the footmen of Reík, those who would descend upon villages and corrupt their inhabitants, creating more Putrid. Thus began the Reík's reign of malignance, and thus was the birth of "The Reeking One" - the moniker by which the world knew Reík.