Of all the Archaicons under Misanthropy's command, only his biologist, Gram Negative, originally hailed from the ranks of the beast factions. Once a Predacon by the name of Frightclaw, he was often to be found training in the art of unarmed combat, using a form of metallikato, on the harshest death worlds in the galaxy, fighting with his bare hands against the deadliest creatures ever recorded. Soon, his reputation as a slayer of beasts grew, and whispered rumours of the metal giant who could best the polar krakens of Terisiare and the dreadnaught of Phyrexia single-handedly began to reach the Fortress of Solitude.