Gramafatigut begins his Journal with a recount of his emergence and the ritual of naming. He describes the area around the 'Liferock', and the bretheren who taught him the awakening over the next 20 years. His name as he writes, was given to him by the 'Liferock' during the ritual of naming. It means 'the one who is smaller than the rest'.
Gram, as he is later called, leaves the 'liferock' in search of the truth. He has wondered for the last 20 years of the awakening if other name-givers and Obsidimen can become as the bretheren are, friends and companions that can always be counted on. Many Obsidimen bring tales of their great companions, and many others bring tales of deceit and betrayal. This confused Gram, and he decided to find out for himself.
He met up with a caravan of Dwarves going to Bartertown from Krattus, and he followed them. In bartertown he could find only a few decent name-givers to even associate with. One was a Wizard, another was a Human, and then there was a female elf. The wizard Gram had found because he was the only man who was benevolent that Gram could find in Bartertown. The human and elf were friends of one of the Obsidimen who had returned to my 'liferock' that Gram had remembered from stories. Through these individuals, Gram had decided to find his own group of adventurers and become bretheren to them.
In order to do this, Gram had to decide upon a direction in his life. He made the decision to follow in the footsteps of his freind the Wizard. He trained for a year with the Wizard in Bartertown, learning everything that he could from him. Upon reaching the third circle, Gram was asked to leave as the Wizard was going to retire to Travar and get out of Bartertown. Gram left Bartertown, trying to find some place where there was turmoil and adventure, he knew he would find friends in that sort of place.
Upon leaving Bartertown, Gram met up with a group of Floranuous followers on a pilgramage to Haven. Haven, Gram had thought, would be a perfect place to find turmoil and adventure, with it being so close inside Parlainth.