PSA to anyone who's ever played darkest dungeon,
Dimas (the dead and also alive char you start with) and Darius (the guy from the journals) ARE NOT THE SAME PERSON!
After years of playing the game, I finally realized a short while ago and decided to inform you!
Darius dies fighting the shambler to allow the other two members of his party to escape. He stays dead and we never hear from him again after that.
Dismas gets his head collected along with Junia and Barristan on the way to the Hamlet, then somehow is just alive and makes it the rest of the way there with Reynauld, where he keeps up his search for redemption.
Just a PSA, have a nice day!