Trasken slept for eons deep below the Mithril Mines found in the eastern mining zone of the snow-covered Spine Mountains. Long ago, the Gray Pillar Dwarven mining guild woke him when they dug further than they ever had before to follow the rich veins of mithril. Trasken slew hundreds of Dwarves, but the hero Lucien defeated the Earth Wyrm and sealed him back in the depths Mithril Mines. He was locked in the nascent form of one of his eggs.