[ His standards for a good head are essentially just being capable of and inclined toward survival... But he does come from a nation known to be populated by people who tend to choose hills to die on. ]

So there's this district known as Ryad down there, yeah? Monsters, human or otherwise, could hunt and kill with impunity there. Trouble is, some from Zenith eliminated the Meridian-aligned gang down there and applied pressure to Ryad's overseer. One of the main men behind all that being a druglord named Silco.

Monsters started coming topside and hunting Springstar's citizens in the streets. During that massacre, drug-addled folk joined the fray as well.