Gerard was born the son of a Poacher in Alliria, and began using a bow as soon as he was strong enough to draw one. He then took after his father's profession, with no real prospects or abilities. Local authorities would eventually find him and his father, however, and a troop of guards was sent in to kill them; Gerard escaped, but his father was eventually confined to a prison while his mother starved. He began doing mercenary work as an archer and used that money to give to his mother. While in this role, he eventually met a member of the Brotherhood of the Bow, where he passed the initiation test with flying colors.

From here Gerard would distinguish himself as an excellent marksman. He quickly rose through the ranks through sheer admiration from his peers, and the guild during this time began to see immense success based off his merits. He then spent roughly 3 years as a Bowmaster before the previous Headmaster resigned and Gerard was given the position almost unanimously by the rest of the guild at age 28, where he was given the Everbow and his reputation as the greatest human archer to ever live really began.

Since his ascension to Headmaster, Gerard has made a few changes to the guild, most notably a more challenging Initiation Test, as well as weeding out several former members who were corrupt or incompetent. Under his leadership the guild increased substantially in size, reputation, and wealth. Gerard worked so hard on this that he has few friends outside the guild and is unmarried at this time.