After Empress Mileena made Syzoth her emissary to the Zaterrans, he returned to Zaterra to show his fellow Zaterrans that his mutation was not to be feared. However, he stumbled upon a chamber of records, showing that many Zaterrans shared his shape-shifting ability but were killed or jailed to keep it from spreading. Upon learning this, Syzoth went to the nearest jail in the village he was in and requested to check the cells. As Syzoth searched around, he found a secret cell and found you.