Despite objections from his family worried about the danger, as a young man Zozo Googleswatt became a sailor, short after becoming first mate on a sailing vessel that frequented the Ocean of Tears.  Unfortunately, not long after his promotion the ship was sunk with all hands lost, including the diplomat Valetrian Lochinvar.  Wracked with grief and guilt in the belief that the incident was his own fault, Zozo ran from his home of Kaladim to the city of Freeport, and for a while stayed with a grunt in the Freeport militia who took him in and Zozo called "stepfather" as their relationship was almost like family.  But the other members of the militia were not particularly pleased to share their bunk with a dwarf, and Zozo decided instead to join the clerics of Erollisi and dedicate his life to peace and love.  He would often travel into the desert, using his clerical gifts to heal those who battled evil in the wilderness; it was on one of these journeys that he encountered Eileen, the daughter of Valetrian, and that she had joined the paladins of the same temple he was a member of.  Zozo vowed to keep watch over her and protect her, not only because both her parents were gone, but because he also felt responsible for the loss of one of them.

Over time, Zozo felt his feelings for the young paladin grow, the strength of his feelings amplified by his dedication to the goddess of love, and Zozo's protection for her slowly became more for her than for the feelings of guilt he had.  Sadly though, one day Zozo returned to his home to discover his mother was dying and that she had learned of his journeys with the human paladin.  Her last wish as she passed away was that he cease his travels with her, and a dying request must be followed under dwarven law, but Zozo could not deny his feelings for Eileen and despite the law he continued alongside her, ready to face the law should he ever have to.  He let her know of his love for her, but expected little to come of it...   As time passed, though, Eileen revealed that she loved him as well, and the two wed.

Upon the day of their wedding, the man Zozo thought dead revealed himself to indeed be alive : Valetrian came to them both, revealing little except that he was alive and conducting important business abroad.  Zozo, now sharing Eileen's last name, decided it would be prudent to learn what Valetrian was working on, as well as whether or not the sinking of his ship had truly been his fault or perhaps that of someone else.  Seeking answers to this mystery, as well as spreading the word of their goddess, Eileen and Zozo travel the world of Norrath, their companion Olethros et Teleute always at their side.