Zhjaeve Zhjaeve was a githzerai planewalker who famously traveled to the Prime Material Plane to do battle with the King of Shadows at the Kalach - Cha ' s side . Physical description . Like other githzerai , Zhjaeve exhibited several seemingly alien features , in spite of her human ancestry . Such features included her green skin , which was stretched tightly across her facial features , accentuated the lines of her bones , slender features , and unusually long fingers . Her alien features carried over also into her subtle body language , including her tendency to watch those she was interested in silently with grey - yellow eyes , for purposes that were often hard to read . Additionally , her appearance was more than a little similar to that of a githyanki , though with slightly rounder features , often causing some confusion and resulting in occasional cases of mistaken identity . Personality . Zhjaeve was a stoic and unassuming individual whose dedication to her goals was absolute . Because of her role as a " zerth " amongst her people , Zhjaeve had a mental discipline that was not easily equaled . As a result , she sometimes seemed to lack emotion and act purely on logic , though this was not actually the case . As a result she often grated against Ammon Jerro , who did not trust her and whose skepticism was returned by the githzerai . On the affairs of the Prime , Zhjaeve had a disjointed and outside perspective , and was not afraid to voice her opinions on these matters . In speech she had the unusual idiosyncratic practice of prefacing her statements with the word " know , " a practice sometimes considered typical of githzerai , and which annoys some players to no end . History . Not much of Zhjaeve ' s early life is known , though it seems that Zhjaeve is indeed quite ancient as inhabitants of the Prime measure time , since she evidently knew Zerthimon , the founder of the githzerai offshoot of the Gith and both former friend and archnemesis of Gith , founder of the githyanki . This makes her several thousand years old at least . During the Shadow War , Zhjaeve was assigned to investigate the githyankis ' recent interventions on the Prime , whose attention had been drawn by the Kalach - Cha . Discovering the origin of the Githyanki ' s troubles , Zhjaeve continued her investigations further , leading her to discover Black Garius ' hidden base within the ruins of Crossroad Keep . There , she was imprisoned alongside Aldanon , a wizard of Neverwinter , as it was hoped by Garius and his followers that Zhjaeve could reveal to him much about the King of Shadows , whom Garius planned to betray , as well as the Silver Sword of Gith and its fragments . However , Zhjaeve revealed little of use and before Garius could bring his plans to fruition the Kalach - Cha laid an assault on Crossroad , interrupting the ritual and killing Garius . Zhjaeve , suspected a Githyanki spy , was taken prisoner , though ultimately she would reveal her true identity and be granted amnesty . Thereafter , she would insist upon traveling with the Kalach - Cha , claiming that her knowledge about the King of Shadows and the Sword would be of the utmost importance to the hero in the coming battles . Among the first things she revealed was the meaning of the name " Kalach - Cha , " which evidently meant " shard - bearer " in the githyanki dialect of Undercommon . Zhjaeve would prove useful in many ways , helping the Kalach - Cha learn the secrets of the shards and his / her connection to them . Zhjaeve told the Kalach - Cha that , with one of the shards embedded in his / her chest , he / she served as a nexus and heart for the Sword of Gith , and the sole person able to wield it so long as the shard remained within him / her . Zhjaeve would also reveal the origins of the King of Shadows as an Illefarn construct known as the Guardian as well as the root of the Githyanki ' s feud with the Guardian . With Zhjaeve ' s help , the Kalach - Cha would recover many of the remaining shards and discover the secrets of the Ritual of Purification . In order to learn the ritual , the hero and Zhjaeve would travel to the ruins of Arvahn . There , the Kalach - Cha , with Zhjaeve ' s help , would undergo the preparation for the ritual , before following a song portal back to West Harbor , where the last statue needed for the ritual was located . However , upon arriving they discovered the village had been utterly destroyed . Realizing the King of Shadows was on to them they rushed to some Illefarn ruins near West Harbor , only to witness Ammon Jerro take the secrets of the ritual first , followed by the destruction of the statue by one of the Shadow Reaver s serving the King of Shadows . As a result , the group would be forced to pursue Jerro to his Haven . Pursuing the warlock to his base , the team would eventually find and ultimately recruit him . He and Zhjaeve would immediately distrust one another , though ultimately both would prove useful in the war effort . The next task they found themselves confronted with was the seeming invincibility of the Shadow Reavers who had fought them in West Harbor . For this purpose , the Kalach - Cha and Zhjaeve would accept the aid of Sydney Natale , a Luskan wizard who claimed to be in possession of the true name s of the shadow reavers , though she demanded that only the sorceress Qara and Zhjaeve accompany the Kalach - Cha . Although it turned out to be an ambush , the three were able to successfully defeat Sydney and the animus elemental accompanying her while also reclaiming the true names . After this the group returned to Crossroad and confirmed the true names , which they then tested in battle against the shadow reavers successively , felling their first member of the undead servitors and reclaiming a silver shard from it . Although this was not yet all the shards from the Silver Sword , it was enough , Zhjaeve deemed , to reforge it . Returning toe West Harbor , the Kalach - Cha and Zhjaeve reforged the Sword together and discovered that , in battle , the Kalach - Cha could shape it at will due to his / her unusually close connection to the blade . They soon had a chance to test the blade , when another shadow reaver arrived to try and stop them , only to fall before the power of the Sword . It was not long after that the war picked up in earnest , the Kalach - Cha and the forces of Neverwinter preparing their final assault against the King of Shadows . When the Kalach - Cha left to destroy the King of Shadows ' fortress within the Vale of the Mere , Zhjaeve , like all of the hero ' s companions , accompanied them . There , Zhjaeve proved useful once again , reading the true names of the Shadow Reavers along with Ammon in order to end their unlife , clearing the path to the King . Zhjaeve ' s ultimate fate is unclear . When Ammon later met the Kalach - Cha within the Academy of Shapers and Binders in Thay , he was unable to determine whether or not Zhjaeve had perished in the collapse of the King of Shadows ' citadel or not , having not seen her during his attempt to rescue the hero from the machinations of the Founder . Behind the Scenes . Zhjaeve was voiced by in " Neverwinter Nights 2 " . Unlike several characters , Zhjaeve does not have any known substantial details cut from her character in the final release of the game . However , it is suspected by a small number of fans that Zhjaeve is actually Gith , the founder of the githyanki , who disappeared without a trace millennia ago during a journey into the Nine Hells . It is notable that although Zhjaeve is a cleric , she lacks a deity , which goes against the set rules for clerics in " Neverwinter Nights 2 " . It is speculated that her status as a cleric is possibly a fill - in for one of the psionic classes that githzerai are better known for . Some have also speculated that she is a cleric of an idea or cause , rather than of a deity , but though this is allowed by the " Player ' s Handbook " , the " Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting " forbids it . It is possible to remove her veil through third - party mods . In doing so , one shall notice that Zhjaeve ' s face is somewhat aged and wrinkled , and that her facial features slightly resemble those of the Githyanki along with those of her race , implying that she might have been one of the people originally , and possibly that she witnessed the separation of the Githzerai and Githyanki into different races .