Before the new Arcobaleno are cursed to protect the Arcobaleno Pacifiers, Checker Face removes the Arcobaleno Pacifiers from the previous Arcobaleno. Usually, the strain is too much for the former Arcobaleno, and they die, but some manage to survive. However, the survivors live a cursed life afterwards, and all former surviving Arcobaleno become one of the Vindice.