Hundreds of years before the main story, he innocently interrupted a dark ritual being performed by the sorcerer Jelerak, and was promptly turned into stone, with his soul banished to Hell.
Hundreds of years before the main story, he comes across a dark ritual being performed by the sorcerer Jelerak who is sacrificing a human girl. He attempts to stop the ritual but is turned into stone, with his soul banished to Hell.