Garrick of the Watchevers

CLERIC OF SHARINDLAR
An old traveler lost and forgotten during the recent orc wars against the standing dwarvish citadels and cities of the North. Once a most esteemed and fervent follower of Sharindlar, dwarvish goddess of Life and Mercy, he and his band of companions–were lost during their mission to the citadels of the western coast.

Caught in a shadow crossing, they were transported to the Valley of Barovia through the dreaded mists that empower the Shadowfell, a mirrored reality of the Material Realm. Due to the transience of time as a concept as one passes through the Etheral Realm, Garrick was separated from his compatriots– effectively landing him in Barovia some thirty years before his friends’ own arrival. Unable to travel again through mists, and due to Shadowfell’s power to prevent interference by other deities, Garrick remained in the village eventually he losing his identity within it and becoming the Gravedigger. It is the arrival of the rest of his friends that summons within him the courage to see them free of the malevolent realm.

Unfortunately, their end came from the wounds suffered by the Durst Estate’s own malignant purpose and their escape into the mists that consumed them. It was Garrick’s sudden and, very unwanted, hope, with the arrival of a new band of adventurers, that he might see the blue skies of the North and the tall form of Citadel Adbar once again before he meets his end.

In the end, they prevailed – revealing the dungeon underneath the Durst Estate to be infested with extra-planar magic, and managing to escape the realm when a shadow crossing emerged. The amount of exertion was too much for the aged and weary dwarf, who succumbed to exhaustion upon arrival in the Material Realm.

A PROMISE TO AN OLD MAN
In his final words, he regarded the adventurers as friends yet fully made – their bonds fresh but true; it was his hope they would come to see the strength that could be found in relying on each other. As a final wish, he plead they send word of him, and the Emblem of Sharindlar, to the Watchever House of Citadel Adbar. He was given a quick and respectful burial by the adventurers he lent aid to.