About five months ago, the Venture Co.'s Stranglethorn division got their hands on a special poison from a shady merchant in Booty Bay named Crank Fizzlebub. Fizzlebub had apparently stolen the poison from Zanzil!$B$BYes, Zanzil the Outcast - the troll that was exiled from his own tribe due to the nature of his 'experiments' in necromancy.$B$BNaturally, once they had the poison, they proceeded to test it on each other. The results were disastrous.