Chantif's entire upbringing was centered on training him to follow in his ancestor's footsteps in the foothills of Arkhym's Teeth as a witchguard. When he was given his first ward at the age of 18, he felt pride and delight.
He and his partner did not have long to learn to work together before their first expedition into Akrhym's teeth. They were ambushed by a party of Orcs and Chantif's ward went down in the fight. Although he managed to slay their attackers, he fell unconscious. When he came to, his partner was dead.
Ashamed of his failure, he did not return home, but instead went to answer Shem's call for heroes, hoping to redeem his name.