Two souls started a rivalry on Atlantis thousands of years ago and had reincarnated and killed each other in different parts of the world through the millenniums.
Their last encounter was in 1805 on the island of Haiti-Bohio, where Benep re Saint-Ange, the good soul, had attained spiritual enlightenment, which prevented him from enacting the curse against his nemesis, Sam Mauvais, the evil sorcerer.
Benep re died in 1807 at ninety-nine years of age.
Soon after, Sam began to exert his authorit.