Mathros was born into orcish slavery. In his thirty years of life twenty six of them were in slavery. He spent his time in the north stronghold of Nan Wathren digging out the sides and widening the passage to allow siege weaponry to pass. He lived a life without parents, for the Tarkrip orcs he slaved for were called Tarkrip or "Man-Killers" for a reason. They killed his father as he was being conceived. Due to the poor environment for a birth to give place in, his mother died giving birth leaving him all alone in servitude to the orcs. In the end, the orcs could not be considered parents raising their child. They beat him, and brought him up to work for them with almost unwavering obedience. He was also taught the values of the orcs as well. First loyalty is to your betters, second is to yourself, no one else. When Mathros finally escaped Nan Wathren, he made his wat to trestlebridge were he then ventured down to bree. He later met Dreada and joined her tribe called "Tribe Redwolf". Here he resides as the combat mentor for new recruits, Eager to dish out the same punishments for failure as in his younger days, as well as teach the principles of war he learned from listening to the commanders at Nan Wathren.