It took Montagar nearly the full 1000 years to find a host he considered suitable. The cyborg that the body belonged to never even saw him coming. Unfortunately for Montagar, the cyborg was a slave being forced to fight in a gladiator arena at the time. Montagar grew to love the combat of the arena, but hated his lack of freedom. Then one day he noticed Vortas in the crowd. After the fight he managed to convince him to help him escape.