Drax Adereth was a cruel criminal in the pay of the High Professor of Flight, Quove Lentis, employing thieves on the praxvessel Xanth Filatine. Drax Adereth was arrested by skymarshals and had to spend three months in prison. He was then freed by his employer, Quove Lentis, and full of hatred wanted to take revenge on Cade Quarter.