Torment first clashed with Dragon early on in his career as he was present in Moe’s Bar when the hero arrested Johnny Nitro. He later showed up during the Gang War as one of the many villains that spent the conflict as customers of the Freak Outpost bar. Torment remained with the Vicious Circle for years and was present at both the raid on the White House when CyberFace was removed from power, and when Virus rampaged through their Pipetown headquarters. It was during that massacre that Torment met his end, getting his guts torn out by Virus.