Black Garius Black Garius was a powerful Luskan archmage , a member of the city ' s sinister ruling cabal , " Arcane Brotherhood . " Description . Garius wore regal - looking black robes and regarded others with a deep , intimidating stare . Abilities . A powerful necromancer , Garius was skilled enough to undertake the transformation in to lichdom . History . Early Life . Not much was known of his early life , save that he was once a lower level agent of theirs , Garius was noted for his nigh insatiable hunger for power and prestige , his never ending quest for these things brought him to meet with the fallen Guardian of Illefarn , the King of Shadows . As he entered his alliance with the shadow priests , unfortunate people who were enthralled into the King of Shadows ' clergy , Garius eventually came to realize that his place in this alliance was one that did not . . . " accommodate " his needs . Serving the King of Shadows . As he searched for a way to dupe the King of Shadows , Garius enlisted the aid of many powerful beings , among them , was the only man who was able to defeat the King of Shadows single handed , the mighty Warlock , Ammon Jerro . It is not known what Garius inquired of the warlock , but Ammon was able to easily defeat Garius and his captors and return to waging his war against the King . However , Garius was able to learn of the weapon that was able to destroy the King , the Silver sword of Gith and how it was split into many shards , and later , he was able to gain the information of how several of the shards came into the possession of a powerful adventurer from the village where the sword was broken - West Harbor . This is likely why Garius engineered the trial to bring him into Luskan territory , with the Shard - Bearer in his home city , Garius then thought to use his connections in the city to bring the shards into his possession . He was however thwarted in this , as the Shard - Bearer along with the aid of the skilled wizard and former Hosttower mage , Sand , was able to prove his innocence in court and succeed in the Trial - by - Combat versus the Luskan warrior , Lorne However , this was but a temporary setback , now with all he needed for the Illefarn ritual that would grant him the King of Shadows ' power ( likely this was the ritual that created the Guardian in the first place , modified slightly with knowledge gleaned from the Shadow Priests ) , Garius was thus ready to usurp the King . However , Garius stronghold of Crossroad Keep ( located in the territories of the Neverwinter ) , was besieged by the Shard - Bearer and a group of Many - Stared Cloaks . As they made it into the lowest chamber of the keep , they disrupted Garius ' ritual , however , this all worked according to the plans of the Shadow Priests and their malign lord , as the Shard - Bearer claimed Crossroad Keep for the glory of the north , Garius and the mages who aided him in preforming the ritual were transformed into the King of Shadows ' greatest servants , powerful Undead liches known as Shadow Reavers . Now granted invulnerability and immense magical power , Garius and his fellows then saw to the destruction of the lands of Neverwinter and The Shard - Bearer . However , with the aid of Ammon Jerro and a Githzerai Zerth known as Zhjaeve , the newly dubbed Knight Captain used the power of the True Name scrolls to undo the Reaver ' s invulnerability , one by one destroying them , and turning back Garius \ attempt to retake his Keep , the Shard - Bearer and his Companions then cornered Garius in an ancient Illefarn Stronghold , where the undead wizard attempted to tempt the following : Sand the Wizard , Qara the Sorceress , Ammon Jerro the Warlock and Neeshka the Rogue . After defeating Garius , having already have recited his true name at Crossroard Keep , the former Luskan was killed by the Shard - Bearer , who then proceeded to destroy Garius ' master , the king of Shadows , thus freeing the north from their evil .