Within the capital city of Midgar, SOLDIERs were common knowledge as they were super-soldiers that were created with infusing mako into their system that also grants them superhuman attributes and abilities. Seeing how that most SOLDIERs either went insane or became what was described as a lifeless husk due to the cellular degradation because of the process of becoming a SOLDIER, Shinra has developed a new compound that not only can allow the ones who utilize this surpass even the likes of 1st Class SOLDIERs, but they also don't have to worry about cellular degradation, which was created by Hojo himself. The compound had only one name for it: Venom. So, not wanting the public to panic about people suddenly dropping off the face of the earth, President Shinra had allowed Hojo to run the venom trial experiments on mere prisoners within the most harsh prison known only as Peña Dura, a place that, while outside of the city of Midgar, was still under the jurisdiction of Shinra. During these trials, many people had died because of being exposed to the venom compound. But only one had survived not only thanks to his very high intellect, but also of his immensely strong iron will. This man has been said to have been born inside the prison walls and has been there his entire life. This man has only been called one name up to this point. That man's name is simply known as Bane.