Baraum, and his brother Merohm both hail from a rich background of violence (always useful in the sport of Blood Bowl) but also hate, mainly of being cut from the selection of the Macabre Mousillon Mashers on account of not being violent enough. They both set out to prove the coach of the Mashers that he was mistaken in his judgement, or they'll die (!) trying. They found their way into the Maulers by simply being the only Wights left around in the city at the time.