Z'tan was born just shortly before the Sundering, a few years junior to S'lar Vorae, which explains his odd coloring.

Afterwards, his family became one of the lower ranking Houses within a newly founded city. As such, he was not cared for very well (worse than most males, as it were), usually left to fend for himself, unless he did something 'wrong', and then he was usually punished quite severely. This left him with a serious fear of just people in general.

Once S'lar, whom he was separated from for many years, saw his plight, she took him under her wing. It was within the halls of House Vorae that he met Rakesh. Once he was bonded to the dragon, he officially became part of S'lar's House, as the dragon had belonged to them and was seen as 'more valuable' than the male.

He remained a steadfast supporter of S'lar until the fall of her House some many millenia later. Because of the turmoil caused at the collapse, he and many others escaped. They banded together into a small mercenary group, including S'lar's son, Corvus.

Most of the group's operations are above ground now, keeping Z'tan out of the reach of angry Matrons (there are many), as well as giving them new opprotunites in trade.