Sand Sand was a moon elf wizard of both Luskan and Neverwinter , known for his potion s shop as well as , later on , his aid rendered to the Kalach - Cha during the Shadow War . Description . Short of height , even for a moon elf , Sand was a physically unremarkable character with long black hair , sky blue eyes , and typical elven ears . Often dressed in the elegant robes considered typical for a wizard , Sand kept with him a cat familiar named Jaral . Sand ' s body language , much like his speech , was wry and inquisitive , with a haught arrogance that carried itself in his smile . Sand preferred dagger s as his weapons and usually carried one with him . He also had a strange habit of sniffing the air whilst meeting someone new , coming upon a new location , or otherwise investigating a new experience apparently a result of his sophisticated elven senses . Personality . Snide and sarcastic , Sand generally looked his nose down upon most others around him - when he wasn ' t using it to sniff the air , that is . Convinced of his superior intellect , Sand had a particular disdain for those with power who didn ' t come to it through training or discipline but through what he considered blind luck . In particular , this would put him at odds with Qara , a sorceress who he would come to loathe and who would loathe him in return . Easily flattered and just as easily insulted , Sand nonetheless did not consider his reputation overtly important , content to dwell in a small shop in Neverwinter following his departure from Luskan . However , he was very appreciative of what praise he did receive and likewise could carry a grudge for a long time . Sand ' s arrogance was only matched by his intelligence . A highly sophisticated wizard with a keen talent for the arcane , Sand was an expert crafter of items as well as investigator , serving as a spy for Neverwinter in the Docks as well as an attorney at times . Sand also possessed knowledge in crafting construct s and while away from his shop had an automated elemental fashioned after him operate it in his place . Though talented and witty , Sand was also sometimes cowardly and cruel . Though Sand saw no use in law for law ' s own sake he also felt little guilt over small breaches of morality in order to achieve an end and could be cruelly insistent . Similarly , Sand saw little need to die a death that could be avoided and so was sometimes accused by his companions of cowardice and inaction . History . Sand seems to have been born originally in Luskan , although details are vague and may have arrived there at some later date . Regardless , it was Luskan where he would first make his mark and where his career would have its beginning . Early Career . For a time , Sand was a member of the Arcane Brotherhood , the dark cabal which held the real power in Luskan over the High Captain s . In the Hosttower , Sand would distinguish himself , hoping to gain access to the powerful artifact s that many of the Arcane Brotherhood possessed . During this he may have met Black Garius , a future enemy . However , even for one with as gray a moral viewpoint as Sand , the orders he received from the Hosttower gradually grew more and more unsettling for Sand . Eventually , he refused one such order , apparently only mildly . However , Sand believed this marked him for execution and so fled the city , taking refuge within the walls of Luskan ' s chief enemy , Neverwinter . His initial career at Neverwinter was not particularly noteworthy , though he may have served as an instructor at the Neverwinter Academy briefly . He also evidently at some point set up shop within the Market District , though eventually he would leave the district for the Docks , which he supposedly preferred due to its more " honest " market and lack of political struggles . In fact , Sand was employed as a spy by Nevalle on behalf of the Neverwinter Nine to relay information on Moire and her gang to the knight . Some time before this , while still a shopkeeper in the Market District , Sand was approached roughly twenty years before the Shadow War by Daeghun and Duncan Farlong , who brought two silver shard s to Neverwinter right after the battle with the King of Shadows . Hoping to have them examined , they brought the shards to Sand who placed them under a scrying ritual one by one . The ritual revealed nothing to Sand , except that the shards possessed some great power . Curious and unwilling to let the shards remain a mystery , Sand ' s interest in the shards would later be one of his prime motivations for relocating to the Docks , where the Sunken Flagon , Duncan ' s inn , was located . Over the years , he and Duncan would become familiar with one another , building a complicated relationship built on mutual trust as well as mutual disdain . When caught together , the two were often exchanging a barrage of insults , though it often seemed to observers somewhat good natured . The Shadow War . Sand ' s business would not be again interrupted until some years later . A generation after his first encounter with the shards , Sand would find them again , when Daeghun ' s foster child , the Kalach - Cha , came to Neverwinter with a similar purpose in mind to the player ' s father decades earlier . Once again , Sand was summoned although this time , to the surprise of all present , the shards reacted with violence to Sand ' s attempts to scry them . Sand postulated that perhaps the shards grew in power as they grew closer to one another , as he had only examined them individually previously . As it turned out , there were " three " shards present at the time , though only Duncan knew this at the time and was sworn to secrecy by his half - brother Daeghun . Sand did come close to guessing the truth , however , guessing that the Kalach - Cha themselves might cause the shards ' power to resonate . Once again unable to conclude the answer properly , Sand this time recommended the mage Aldanon to the Kalach - Cha , a rare moment in admitting another ' s intellectual superiority to his own . After this , he would return to his shop , though he would , as Nevalle ' s spy , keep close tabs on the hero . He would also take an interest when Qara joined the Kalach - Cha ' s entourage , having a special interest in her as a specimen of great magical power without what he considered the proper discipline . Sand would not play a major role in the Kalach - Cha ' s journey until some time later , when the hero was wrongfully accused of the massacre of Ember . Nevalle , realizing that the Kalach - Cha was unlikely to have committed the crime , enlisted Sand to serve as the hero ' s legal counsel and investigator , tasked with aiding the player in collecting evidence in order to prove their innocence . Sand at first resented this posting , but came to enjoy it as a chance at personal revenge as well as an opportunity to uphold what he considered justice . He would prove , however , rather unscrupulous when it came to gathering clues and witnesses , and his methods often upset the Kalach - Cha ' s student and friend Shandra Jerro . Ultimately , how useful Sand proved was unclear . Though capable of filling his speeches with many well - placed verbal barbs , Sand ' s haughtiness would turn to his disadvantage when Torio Claven , the prosecutor , unveiled his secret origin as a member of the Arcane Brotherhood . Still , in spite of this blow , Sand would still serve in a capable fashion , though how much the Kalach - Cha listened to his advice is unknown . After the trial and the subsequent Trial by Combat , Sand would choose to travel with the Kalach - Cha further , having taken a strange liking to the hero and perhaps hoping to keep an eye on Qara , who he considered dangerous . Fate . Although loyal in many ways and deeply useful , Sand ' s rivalry with Qara would serve to injure the party . Eventually , the loyalties of both would be called into question during the final confrontation between Garius , the King of Shadows ' most prominent minion , and the Kalach - Cha . As the hero and all their companiosn prepared for the fight , Garius attempted to turn the two against one another . It is unclear who eventually turned , though it was certainly the one whose loyalty to the Kalach - Cha eventually outweighed their enmity for the other . If Sand turned , he would perish in combat against the Kalach - Cha and their companions . However , if he instead remained loyal it seems that he would go on to survive the following collapse of the King of Shadows ' fortress . Ammon Jerro may have claimed to have seen the wizard about to be crushed by a falling piece of debris whilst in the midst of a spell . Ammon would indicate that he believed the wizard had transformed himself into a more durable form , thereby surviving the collapse in spite of becoming trapped . Behind the Scenes . Sand was voiced by Fred Berman in " Neverwinter Nights 2 " and was , according to some unconfirmed rumors , based off of the appearance of , an actor known , amongst other things , for his portrayal of the haughty half - elf Elrond in the " " films . Although popular amongst the fanbase , Sand was never planned as a romanceable character . Like many characters , Sand suffered from deleted content , though much of this was shared with Qara , whose quest lines were closely aligned with his . For example , one deleted scene focusing around Sand was also a revelation for Qara ' s character , demonstrating her to be far more powerful than she appeared . As Sand began lecturing her about the dangers of her power , she caused several nearby items to burst into flame instantly . Intimidated , Sand would relate to Bishop that Qara was dangerous and " had to be stopped , " likely foreshadowing the motives of Sand ' s possible betrayal of the Kalach - Cha , since he percieved Qara as more a threat than the King of Shadows . Similarly , another scene indicated that Sand held Qara in such low regard partially out of spite for her father , who , in the scene , was revealed to have removed Sand from a teaching position at the Academy . Another conversation removed from the game shows that it was Sand who discovered a way to defeat the Qara animus elemental conjured by Sydney Natale . There were two ways to defeat it - either Qara learned to control her powers and show a little restraint to cut the animus from its power source ( Sand ' s idea ) , or that she let loose and try to overload the animus .