All of the below is theory and conjecture crafted by players.
Mother of Kret
The Mother of Kret was an aged Fractured, body worn away by the endless sandstorm that plagued Kret. She was of an indomitable will.
Background
The Mother of Kret was a friend and revolutionary along with her 5 compatriots. The Fractured were created in the sandstorms that buffeted Kret and were created by giants, or so the story goes...
How does Merl know this story?
The Mother of Kret valued her relationship dearly with the Red Court and The Ruby Lord, and kept the only entrance to Khoving on her person. She turned Kret to isolation when these bonds were betrayed.
She did not turn from her decision even as Kret succumbed to the titans around her, such was the indomitable will of Kretians.
Discovery
We learned of Kret after crossing the desert of Khoving. The endless sandstorm made it difficult to navigate, and the many indistinguishable ant hills made it impossible to guess where we should go.
We ascended one of the towers, finding it completely overrun with titanous ticks who fed on the Kretian Ants. At the apex of the tower we spotted the only tower not teeming with ticks.
We explored two towers. From the first we were able to see where the Mother of Kret was. The sandstorm made it impossible to see anything else. If we could find a way to clear that storm there might be even more to Kret than we thought.
At the top we found the Mother of Kret, along with a single Crimson Clerk. We killed them both. Quash pulverized the Mother of Kret into dust.
We didn't know yet, what we had done. What we were doing.