Maybe they were a past lover. Or an old family friend, maybe your family.

[Another sip of his cider.]

They say the scariest stories are real, curious thing.

[With a gesture of his hand, he was about to drop some spooky stuff right now.]

One of The Dead Three, mortal men who ascended into godhood. A Sadist God who passes on his "gifts" to his mortal children. A divine gift of murder. Such is one who serves the cult of Bhaal.