When he was younger he used to behave badly. One day after misbehaving in school he was sent to work in the fields of Largenbure for a few hours as a punishment. He went with his dog to the field for the punishment when a group of marauding raiders attacked and razed the town. He was lucky enough to run to the woods surrounding the village to hid. When the raiders left, Jerid went to the ashes of his house, picked up his mother's necklace and his father's sword and a scrap of the Largenbure Guard tabard.
He met the Sentinels Of Dawn after travelling by accident with them whilst hiding in a storage cart. He joined them to help kill the raiders.