Many years before the defeat of the Androids and the start of Trunks: After Cell, while Trunks was a boy and Gohan still lived, the evil Hoi came to Earth bearing a magic music box containing a hero of thousands of years before, Tapion. Hoi seeked to release Tapion from the box so he could kill him and gain the last piece of one of the universe's most evil monsters, Hirudegarn. However, he was told that only the Eternal Dragon could release the enchanted music box. Once he came, though, he saw a planet in ruins, destroyed by two beings. He found two warriors he deemed pure of heart to assisst him, only to find that the Dragon Balls had disappeared. With the help of Fortune Teller Baba, though, Tapion was released. It was then that Hoi revealed his dark side and attacked Tapion with his mag