March 4th of the year around the 80's, 90's. At the University of Wisconsin Hospital. In room 209, on a stretcher, was patient 09, Vlad Masters. A bandage covered his entire face, damp with old blood..

Vlad had attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison alongside his roommate and best friend Jack Fenton and love interest Maddie whom Jack also had feelings for. However, Vlad's friendship with Jack ended when a prototype ghost portal they had built overloaded after the latter accidentally poured diet cola instead of ecto-purifier into the machine. This blasted Vlad in the face with ectoplasmic energy, resulting in him being hospitalized with ecto-acne...

The doctors had no idea how someone could’ve survived being hit with such a high level of radiation, yet suffer only minor side effects. Vlad himself had no clue how he was still alive, either. However, things were about to go horribly wrong, as the blast hadn’t just given the teenager ache, it had also infused his DNA with Ectoplasm...

Meaning Vlad was about to experience a very slow and painful transition from human to half-ghost...