Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-5998922-20130116022307/@comment-3076045-20130131193458

As to how? I'm really not sure. But they did. (In Arena, they killed him - which is why you can get the Ring of Phynaster).

But the Wharf Rats are just your typical thugs, so they wouldn't have been able to kill him if he was a god. So... yeah. :)