Much like his past, the appearance of the Incredibly Deadly Viper is known - he is as "black as a coal mine and as thick as a sewer pipe" with "bright green eyes" - but the order in which Ink's past unfolds is unknown. At one point in his life, Ink met Kit, Ishmael, Beatrice and Bertrand and spent some time on The Island with the latter two, who named him Inky. During his time on the island, Ink learned about the apples with horseradish that protected against poison and was trained by Ishmael to "rope sheep".