Ben Nakadai was born and raised in California. His grandparents emigrated to the United States and raised their children to assimilate into American culture. As such, Ben doesn't speak Japanese and he has never been to Japan. Because of this, it came as a bit of a shock when his business firm selected him to be their representative at a construction site in Awaji, Japan. He was sent to make a determination as to the feasibility of recovering any antiquities uncovered during construction.

While in his hotel, Ben felt lonely and - unable to reach his pregnant wife back home, decided to visit the hotel bar. It was there that he met a man named Mykoto (Mammon in disguise) who told Ben his family name is well known in that part of Japan and then recounted a tale of Ben's ancestor, Lord Isanagi Nakadai.

Ben left the bar before the end of the story and the next day at the site, he discovered a mystical box. Curious, Ben opened the box and unleashed several lost souls. Spawn intervened and leds the souls to a final end, but Ben wasn't so lucky. He discovered that Mykoto arranged for his trip personally and intended for him to find and open the box for some reason. Though the other souls were rescued by Spawn, Ben's was trapped by Mykoto to forever roam the halls of his hotel.

Growing up, Al Simmons' home life was filled with abuse and neglect, much of which from the hand of his father Bernard. As soon as Al was old enough, he left his family to join the military and never looked back.

Throughout the rest of his life, Bernard was a sad and isolated man. He and his wife were trapped in their house for decades by Mammon until Al finally returned home. When he did, Bernard was horrified to see what his son had become. He regretted not warning his sons about the "Man in White" his grandfather had warned him about in his journal.

Shortly after Al left once again, Mammon arrived with Bernard's granddaughter Morana, who quickly drank the blood of her sad grandfather.

Years later in failing health and neglected by his alcoholic wife, Bernard's soul became an item of interest to Hell. The fallen angel Belial sought to use Bernard as a way of manipulating Al, but forseeing this, Al visited his father one last time as he passed into the afterlife.

Together, Al led his father past a trap laid for him by Belial and escorted him to his point of judgement. Along the way, Bernard sought to reconcile with his son, but Al resisted.

Billy Bob lived in Joshua Creek, Tennessee and was married to a woman named Emma-Lou until she inadvertently killed him by sending him out on a stormy night so that she could meet with her lover. Billy Bob died in a car accident, but later returned from the grave during the events preceeding the Apocalypse.

Risen from the grave, Billy Bob attacked Emma Lou and turned her into a Zombie as well, then together they ate her former lover Jesse alive. Eventually both Billy Bob and Emma-Lou were killed once again by Hiroshi Kitamura.