The red dragon Zarasz was a slave of the orcs during the Dragonmaw Clan's occupation of the mountain fortress of Grim Batol. The aged orc Warlock Nekros Skullcrusher used the Demon Soul to take control over Alexstrasza and most of the Red Flight, to be used as mounts and slaves for the orcish Horde. Zarasz's wings had developed malformed, so cursed with the inability to fly he was used to patrol the underground caverns of Grim Batol, keeping out unwanted intruders.