Slort, King of the Trolls, was a busted by the original Ghostbusters (Jake Kong Sr. and Eddie Spenser Sr.) and trapped in an urn in the year 1946. Dougall was present at the time and in the years afterward liked to recount the story of the Ghostbusters and the Troll. This story inspired Dougall's nephew Willy to explore their family castle with his friend Mac. The two boys found the urn and released Slort in the year 1986. Grateful to Willie, Slort vowed to leave the boy alone, but began searching out human victims to turn into members of his troll army. Uncle Dougall became the first member of Slorts troll army.