The Gremak evolved in the sweltering wetlands of the planet Gremal, and reproduce by laying large numbers of eggs and leaving them largely unattended to fend for themselves. Development through their various life stages to adulthood is long and treacherous, with many being killed or eaten (often by other Gremak) or enslaved. Those who do survive (through hard work, clever ingratiation, or absolute vicious cunning) eventually mature into the large, powerful adult Gremak, who are typically as courtly and diplomatic as they are ruthless and ambitious. The Gremak are ruled by a hereditary aristocracy, but their internal politics are dog-eat-dog... literally.