When Zak was born, he was a typical child, although adults would think he was a bit more shy than most. The only seemingly bad spots of his childhood, as most children experience, is that he was the target of school bullies, and overall was seen as “odd” by his peers for various reasons. These things only seemed to start his secession to his own dark little corner. But, from that darkness, something worse would arise…

Around the age of 10, home life for Zak started to get rocky when his parents fought more. His mother had become unfaithful, and had even brought men to the house while her husband was away. His father was quick to catch on and even caught her once. Tensions rose but Seth Pierce was a manipulative man, as Zak came to realize through listening in on conversations. He had convinced Joanna that no one else would want a “cheating whore” and that he was the only one to “put up with her shit”. Eventually, things settled down, and his mother stayed in the relationship.

But, this wouldn’t be the only time Zak would see first hand how cruel people can be, further feeding this growing darkness. It was during the summer before starting high school, he made friends with a kid named Joey King. As the two grew their friendship and gained each other's unbreakable trust, the two boys seemed to grow a mutual appreciation for the darker things in life.

They were together that fateful Friday night, intending on spending the weekend at Joey's place because his family were rather aloof with one another and hardly bothered the two teens. Joey had boasted about an “interesting” find while browsing the internet a few nights before. This would start to ignite a dark spark—in the both of them, not just Zak. Being older teenagers by then, Joey explained he was browsing through the internet, when he found an odd porn site dedicated to rape porn, revenge porn, and similar “extreme” kinks, especially on the more sadistic (and sometimes gory) side of things. Sure, they were older teens, they were bound to find these things, and curiosity had a hold on him. But, after sharing his findings with Zak, they both agreed they very much preferred seeing this, instead of the everyday, vanilla content that was out there. It was a downfall from there. From that day on, the two would dig deeper and deeper until they eventually found out about the “dark web”. Of course, that didn't deter them at all. After some research, they both stepped their feet into this underbelly of the internet, where Zak would take on the username “Zealous_Predator” through various sites.

After graduation, they both would go on to get decent enough jobs so they could save up and move out of their parents' places. Zak and Joey had made a pact with each other to move out away from Newark, NY and set up as roommates, where no one would poke around in their eventual nefarious business. So, after a bit of time and a lot of saving, they ended up settling in Dubuque, Iowa and sharing a rent to own home on the more rural side of town; closer to where the Mississippi river ran. It was Zak's idea from the beginning to start his own “red room” and Joey, while starting life as a drug dealer, was more than willing to help in the endeavor, especially with set up. The two went to work on a massive research binge, learning how to be efficient and undetected, along with setting up the basement for everything necessary. Eventually, Zak would have his own red room to stream to the dark web for what would soon be a sizable source of income. Once settled, Joey took a step back, and focused on work as a drug dealer, but still remained a second set of eyes for Zak. Overall, the two would consistently help each other with their dirty deeds and eventually moved out to separate places—not deterring their friendship, but simply for their own safety. They always had an unspoken pact with the other: if one got caught, the other better get the hell out of dodge.

Now, Zak lives in (and recently paid off) the house and continues his “work”, in turn becoming rather well-renowned among his viewers and followers. Zak could very much be defined as a psychopath, checking off many common traits, such as narcissism, superficial charm, lack of guilt, to name a few. This is coupled with many early signs in his young childhood, in which most everything was brushed off with a “common explanation”. Despite his general disregard for most people, he can play the part of pretending to be a “normal” man quite easily. This helped when both Joey and Zak decided to attend the University of North Iowa starting in the fall of 2015. Aside from core classes, he took a good number of computer programming classes, but never finished, simply getting what he needed. But, it was there, he would find his new favorite toy... An uppity little kitten that would earn him more money than any other stream to date, just by the end of day two. A keeper, for sure.