In 2120, German deep-water explorers recovered the long lost research papers of Dr. Alphonse Moreau from the Japanese ship which had been sunk during WWII. Dr. Moreau's research data and instruments were essential in the development of the Graftwerk Project, which incorporated many of his gene splicing and grafting techniques to create new, incredible creatures. When asked why they would do this, the scientists replied, "Ganz einfach, weil wir es konnen," which translates as, "Simply because we can " Industrial spies from the newly re-united Korea stole the secrets and produced many of the specimens on these pages."