Krethaxis was born into the red dragon clan, the most aggressive and territorial of the chromatic factions on the Council islands. As a dragonborn — a humanoid descendant of true dragons — he occupied a lower rung in the clan hierarchy, expected to serve as a foot soldier and expendable scout for his dragon overlords. But Krethaxis refused to accept that station. He challenged and defeated the clan's champion in ritual combat at the age of nineteen, earning the unprecedented right to speak before the red dragon matriarch directly. Rather than using his new status to advance within the clan, Krethaxis volunteered for the Council's Wyrm Guard — the joint military force drawn from all clans that enforces the Covenant. His chromatic kin called him a traitor; the metallic dragons viewed him with barely concealed suspicion. Krethaxis endures both with stoic indifference. He has seen what happens when the Covenant breaks down — border raids, burned settlements, kindred caught in the crossfire — and he will not allow his people's worst impulses to destroy everything dragonkind has built. His loyalty is to the peace itself, not to any single faction.