Complex sentence: His name refers to a story that he was abducted at the age of eight by the Ayarmaca, and cried tears of blood over his predicament, before escaping with the help of one of his captor's mistresses.
Split into simpler sentences: His name refers to a story that he was abducted at the age of eight by the Ayarmaca, crying tears of blood over his predicament. He eventually escaped with the help of one of his captor's mistresses.