The original Smith Syndicate (or "original killer7") was recruited from the ranks of the Union 7 political group by Harman Smith, who revived them after their murders in exchange for membership in his organization. They quickly became the most famous and skilled assassins association in the United States, and received a large number of government contracts as a result. However, this career came to an end when Emir Parkreiner murdered all six members in the "Bloody Heartland" incident at the Hotel Union in Pennsylvania, after which he absorbed their personae (and that of Harman) into himself and took on the identity of Garcian Smith.