Atraxus was far from his home when he was found by dragons from a plague clan wholly devoted to the Plaguebringer. He was captured directly from his nest and taken back to their clan, where he was promptly thrown into a cage. If he had stayed there long enough, he would have been sacrificed in the name of the Plague. However, as this clan was undergoing diplomatic relations with certain plague clans, he was able to be bought out from where he was and transferred into this shadow clan. His eyes mark him as a dragon born somewhere within the Lightweaver's domain, although it is unknown where exactly he was hatched. He has a rare elemental disease that causes ice to build up on his body for no defined reason, hence the flecks of them dispersed on him. Upon getting essentially sold to this clan, he was safe, but he still doesn't feel that way. This makes sense, as he was heavily traumatized by his time in the plague clan he was imprisoned in, and the fact that he was only a hatchling when it happened. He becomes anxious if not around any fellow veilspun for extended periods of time.