John C. Willis was once an ordinary man leading a normal Arcadian life. A former member of Zeus’ Flying Circus, he starred alongside a team of talented acrobats known as The Jester Jets. The group would entertain audiences across all levels of Arcadia with their dazzling routines, until one day a death-defying stunt would backfire on Willis. His body would miraculously survive the fall but the impact would alter the mechanics of his personality forever. It would lead him to go on a three-day rampage, evading police and brutally butchering members of the public. He was eventually arrested by the APD after officers found him mumbling incoherently into the ears of two dead children cradled in his arms. With its reputation irreparably damaged, The Baron was given no choice but to dissolve his beloved circus for good. Following his capture, Willis was subsequently moved to Death Row where - following further acts of violence against guards and fellow inmates - he was transferred to the Sanatorium; bound to a padded cell with round-the-clock surveillance.