Imoen Imoen was a young female human who was raised in Candlekeep . She was also a Bhaalspawn , though this remained unrevealed for some time even after it was revealed that the other ward of Gorion living in Candlekeep was one . Imoen travelled with them for a time before the prophecy of the Bhaalspawn was fulfilled . Appearance . Imoen was of slight build , with long hair and pale skin . The Games . Imoen is a party NPC in the computer roleplaying games " Baldur ' s Gate " , " " and " " . She is the protagonist ' s first companion after Gorion ' s murder . Biography . Imoen was the player character ' s closest friend and nearly only peer when they were growing up in Candlekeep . She was brought in much like them , an orphan adopted by Gorion , but ten years later in life . Of her past , even less is ever mentioned than of the protagonist ' s . She was close to Gorion , but preferred the company of the innkeeper Winthrop , possibly due to her own carefree and not very serious nature . She seems to have picked up thief skills even when already living in the citadel ; a remark of hers suggests that she was in the habit of pickpocketing the monks there . Imoen left Candlekeep at the same time as the protagonist , when both were about twenty . Gorion had received a letter from Elminster that warned him that Sarevok , who knew the player character was a Bhaalspawn , would move against them soon , and prompted them to leave to seek shelter elsewhere . Though she cannot have understood much of the letter , Imoen followed the pair after reading it , and witnessed Gorion ' s murder by Sarevok ' s hand . After this , she joined the protagonist and stuck with them faithfully until the end of the conflict with Sarevok . During the campaign against Sarevok , the player character ' s Bhaalspawn nature was revealed , explaining both Sarevok ' s interest in them and their strange dreams and developing array of spell - like abilities . Imoen , however , was beset upon neither by Sarevok nor her own Bhaalspawn essence ; her good cheer and innocence temporarily protected her from the influence of the latter , and almost no - one knew or suspected that she shared the taint . One person who did , or at least found out , was Jon Irenicus , who captured the whole party , killing or imprisoning the rest but conducting painful experiments on the protagonist and Imoen in a hideout below Waukeen ' s Promenade in Athkatla . His goal was to extract the two Bhaalspawn ' s divine souls to counter the curse put upon him and his ally Bodhi . He put Imoen through some mental torture , including forcing her to watch as he dissected her friend Khalid , in order to bring out the taint in her . This left her confused and with a peculiar fascination with death she herself found disturbing . Before Irenicus could complete his experimentation , his hideout was attacked by Shadow Thieves , who rightly saw him as an ally to Bodhi ' s vampire thieves ' guild that was competing with them . Irenicus proceeded to destroy most of them single - handedly in a prolonged battle , but right at the beginning of it , Imoen ' s cell was damaged , and she was able to slip free . She went on to let out the player character , and they escaped together . They also found Jaheira and Minsc of their old companions trapped nearby . The remaining two party members , Khalid and Dynaheir , had both been killed . Making their way through Irenicus ' s twisted dungeon , the group also ran into Yoshimo , who claimed to have been captured like they . When the group finally made it out of the dungeon , it was to find Irenicus battling a number of assassins , after which he turned his attention to them . Imoen attacked him with magic just before a group of Cowled Wizards teleported in to stop the magical disturbance and arrest those responsible . After killing several of them in a matter of seconds , Irenicus conceded to go with them , but only under the condition that Imoen be taken as well . Since all arcane spellcasting in Athkatla without a license is forbidden , the wizards complied , teleporting away with their prisoners . The two were examined , pronounced deviants , and taken to Spellhold . After languishing in the wizard asylum for some time , with no sign of rescue by the player character , Imoen was again approached by Irenicus , who by then had taken control of the entire institution . He set up a complicated , technical ritual that parted Imoen of the majority of her soul and infused it into Bodhi . Imoen was left nearly senseless , alternating between morbid dullness and aggression . When , after a series of adventures , the protagonist finally arrived at Spellhold , the mage captured them and repeated the same process as he had done with Imoen , stealing their soul for himself . He then ordered Bodhi to dispose of their entire party and Imoen . Imoen regained her senses around this time and naturally asked to join the party again when a chance to escape presented itself . They got out of Spellhold because Bodhi wanted to hunt them for sport in the dungeons below but was driven away when the player character ' s uncontrolled taint caused them to transform in to the Slayer . Imoen , not possessed of such strong Bhaal essence or willpower , suffered no such dramatic effects . Her soul was eventually recovered when Bodhi was destroyed . Imoen also appears in a number of the player character ' s dreams during " " . At first , she seems to represent herself , speaking dreamily not unlike the way she does after Irenicus ' s treatment . During Irenicus ' s ritual to steal the player character ' s soul , she appears in a dream sequence where they have to lure a representation of Bhaal within themselves to her sight in order to defeat it , and seems to represent their own independent soul . Finally , after the player character has already turned into Slayer unwillingly , their dream features a version of Imoen that speaks for the uncontrolled taint within them , telling them to become a mindless killing machine ; after this , the protagonist gains the ability to assume the form of the Slayer of their own will . Imoen may , if so chosen , follow the protagonist on into " " , or be summoned into their party in the Pocket Plane . There , she may also be used to donate an insignificantly small portion of her soul to resurrect Sarevok . During this story , her Bhaalspawn essence will finally begin to show the same way as her sibling ' s , in the form of disturbing dreams and urges and developing powers . ( These show up through dialogues with the player character ; in an unmodified version of the game , they don ' t activate properly . ) At the end , she will willingly relinquish her share of the essence of Bhaal . If Imoen is with the party at the end , her ending story tells she will go on her own first back to Candlekeep , but then further north , and eventually become both a Harper and an Archmage , associating with others like her such as Elminster and Khelben " Blackstaff " Arunsun , occasionally seen to be telling them to stop being such stick - in - the - muds . She grows in power and influence , spawning rumours that she founded her own thieves ' guild which operated from Tethyr to Neverwinter - but when asked about it , she cheerfully avoids the subject . Traits and Abilities . Right from the first , Imoen is a very useful party member . In " Baldur ' s Gate " , she starts out as a 1st - level thief , meaning that the player is free to develop her thief skills as they see fit . She also has very good abilities overall , including high charisma that may be helpful in getting positive reactions from NPC ' s , and high intelligence that allows her to dual - class as a mage . In , that ' s just what she has done , retaining enough thief skills to deal with traps and locks tolerably even as the difficulty of the game rises . As a mage , she will eventually grow truly powerful if taken through the game and expansion . Her level as mage does not lag much behind single - class wizards . Imoen is cheerful and friendly , sometimes intentionally childish , and often annoying in a way befitting a little sister ( though she ' s not significantly younger than the player character ) . Facing Irenicus and her Bhaalspawn essence makes her more troubled and uncertain , but the innocence that allowed her to avoid the effects of the taint never really disappears , even if she becomes more jaded at the same time . She ' s loyal to the player character and will usually stick with them no matter what , given the chance . Voice Acting . Imoen is voiced by Melissa Disney . The Novels . Imoen grew up in Candlekeep together with Abdel Adrian , becoming friends with him in spite of his often cruel teasing of her . When he left out into the world to become a mercenary , she stayed behind . They met again at least after he had killed Sarevok , as they were both captured by Jon Irenicus and the Shadow Thieves . Irenicus was aware that they were Bhaalspawn and wished to turned them into avatars of Bhaal in order to use them to attack Suldanessellar . They found themselves imprisoned along with Jaheira who had been with Adrian , and some others whose reason for being present in the dungeon is not known . The deal between Irenicus and the Shadow Thieves went sour , there was some fighting , and Adrian escaped , but Imoen , Jaheira and Irenicus were all detained by the Cowled Wizards and taken to Spellhold . Adrian came to rescue them soon after , but ran straight into Irenicus ' s trap . Both he and Imoen were transformed into monsters that slaughtered everyone present except Jaheira , forcing Irenicus to flee . Imoen escaped the asylum with the two others , ending up in the Underdark . There , they encountered the silver dragon Adalon , who disguised them as drow so that they might infiltrate Ust Natha and recover her eggs . During their stay there , Phaere ordered Imoen to sleep with her , which she seemed to find quite palatable . After the three had escaped the Underdark , Imoen was eventually captured by Irenicus , who finally turned her into an avatar of Bhaal as per his plans and sent it to attack the elves of Suldanessellar . Fortunately , Adrian was able to save her by ripping the avatar to pieces , revealing her underneath . She subsequently helped call him back from " hell " , which was achieved by calling his name and digging the ground until his head came up . Later , after she had escaped and left Irenicus far behind her , Imoen joined Abdel in killing Illasera , a female Bhaalspawn , one of the five that wished to bring their father back after Sarevok ' s death . She was killed before all of the Five were destroyed .