Around 30-40 years ago, he led a charge to defend the Shayziens' Wall from a lizardman attack. At the start of the battle, an arrow impaled his eye, knocking him out and resulting in him missing most of the battle. By the time he woke up, he found himself in lizardman territory and was worried for his life. He returned to the settlement and found a shrine, where he lives in to this day. In addition, after using The fisher's flute on Kharedst's memoirs, it can be used on the Swamp Priest, which reveals that he knew Rose, the daughter of King Kharedst IV, the last king of Great Kourend.