Shandra Jerro Shandra Jerro was a human farmer and sometime fighter from the village of Highcliff along the Sword Coast North . During the Shadow War she travelled with the Kalach - Cha , helping them locate the haven of her grandfather , Ammon Jerro . Description . By all accounts , Shandra was unusually beautiful , even for a woman of her relatively young age . Though having the calloused hands and firm muscles of a hard - working peasant , and devoid of any jewelry or clothes of high fashion , instead wearing simple peasant trappings , Shandra was ruggedly attractive . Her fine features and simple beauty would be something that many would comment on during her life . After joining the Kalach - Cha , Shandra would take to using a short sword as her favored weapon . Personality . Shandra was a woman who , by and by , preferred to keep to herself . Preferring the quiet life of her farm near Highcliff , Shandra rarely sought trouble , though she would find it drawn to her . She often dealt with such sorrows with a biting tongue and sarcastic demeanor , treating her troubles as a cruel joke by life on her . However , in spite of her sometimes grim and seemingly jaded attitude , Shandra was , in the end , an optimistic and idealistic woman , who held close to her ideals and hoped to find such devotion in others as well . History . Shandra was born shortly before the destruction of West Harbor during the King of Shadows ' initial attempt at his conquest of the Sword Coast . During the preceding battles many of her family had been slain , so many that her grandfather Ammon Jerro , the King of Shadows ' chief foe , would come to believe his entire line had been killed . However , both Shandra and her parents escaped the destruction wrought by the King of Shadows and his minions , managing to escape to a quiet life in Highcliff . Farm Life . Shandra would be raised as a country farmgirl , learning from her mother primarily since her father died when she was very young . Hard - working and generous , Shandra would take on much of the workload , eventually becoming the head of the household . In addition to teaching Shandra how to work , her mother would also relate to her tales of her grandfather , who she told Shandra was an accomplished wizard . She would also tell Shandra about Ammon Jerro ' s Haven , a dark and forbidding location filled with deathtraps and with a demand for the blood of a Jerro . These tales would give Shandra nightmares for years before she finally grew out of them . A few years before the Shadow War , Shandra ' s mother would become very ill with swamp fever , putting most of the responsibilities of the farm on Shandra ' s shoulders . Shandra would care for her mother until her end and grieve for her afterwards , before stoically accepting her duties . From then on , until the Shadow War , Shandra would live alone on her farm , making frequent visits to Highcliff and occasional trips to Port Llast and Ember in the north , who benefited greatly from her grain shipments . Shandra , stubborn and independent - minded , would not feel comfortable facing the hardships of the swamps that surrounded Highcliff and would often disregard the orders or wishes of the mayor of Highcliff . Such was the case when , shortly before the Shadow War , lizardfolk began to move into the neighboring countryside , threatening the village both overtly and covertly . Unlike many farmers , Shandra refused to abandon her farm and livelihood , both for her own sake and her customers ' . First Meetings with the Kalach - Cha . Shortly after the trouble with the lizardfolk started , the Kalach - Cha would walk into Shandra ' s life . Hoping to resolve the conflict between the lizardfolk and the villagers of Highcliff so that they could receive passage to Neverwinter by sea , the Kalach - Cha and their companions came to the farm after the village elder suggested asking Shandra if she knew where the lizardfolk were coming from , being the only one whose farm had not been destroyed . Shandra was able to enlighten the Kalach - Cha somewhat , both about the lizardfolk and some strange disturbances at the ruins of Highcliff Castle , such as some odd lights from the presumably abandoned site . However , while in the midst of this discussion , the Kalach - Cha unintentionally provided a distraction for the a band of lizardfolk to sneak in and burn her farm . Furious , Shandra would tell the hero off , demanding that him / her leave her alone , a wish that the Kalach - Cha complied with . However , the Kalach - Cha would return to Shandra ' s farm some time later , when they were searching for answers about Ammon Jerro and the Silver Sword of Gith . They learned that Shandra was the granddaughter and sole living descendant of the arcane spellcaster and that she was now a target of the githyanki hunting them . Both the Githyanki and the hero rushed to Shandra ' s farm , both intent on retrieving her and in the process her farm was burned to the ground . However , Shandra was rescued from the Githyanki and the Kalach - Cha brought her back to the Sunken Flagon where Duncan welcomed her with open arms . Shandra was more skeptical of her rescuers , however , and heartbroken over her home ' s destruction and the Kalach - Cha ' s seeming association with disaster . However , her sanctuary was short - lived . Determined to get the answers they wanted , the Githyanki attacked the Flagon , kidnapping Shandra and nearly setting the inn afire . As such , the Kalach - Cha was forced to pursue her once again , this time taking the ranger Bishop to aid them in their search . Meanwhile , Shandra was interrogated and imprisoned by the Githyanki , who sought to bring the justice they felt the deceased Ammon deserved against her . Shandra was very close to meeting the end of her usefulness when the Kalach - Cha appeared again , having discovered the Githyanki lair . The hero subsequently slew the Githyanki and their leader Zeeaire , rescuing Shandra again . Determined that , in the end , being with the hero was safer than being apart , Shandra asked the Kalach - Cha to remain with her and train her in self - defense . The Kalach - Cha agreed and Shandra would rarely leave the side of her mentor and protector thereafter . Subsequent Travels with the Kalach - Cha . Shortly after Shandra joined the Kalach - Cha the hero was slammed with accusations of murdering the entire population of the Luskan village of Ember . Shandra and the other companions would help to defend the hero against these false charges and during an attempted assassination by the Circle of Blades , an assassin ' s guild from Luskan , Shandra would help foil the plot . Shandra would prove useful to the investigation in other respects , helping in the questioning of the witness Alaine , who was a close friend , as well as in the trial itself , where she may or may not have served as a witness herself . After the trial , and the Kalach - Cha ' s exoneration , Shandra would help the hero in their subsequent missions on behalf of Neverwinter and in search of clues about Neverwinter ' s unseen enemies . Eventually , these clues would lead the Kalach - Cha to the discovery of Zhjaeve , the ruins of Arvahn , and revelations about the King of Shadows ' past and weaknesses . This would in turn lead to the Kalach - Cha ' s decision that Ammon Jerro ' s Haven must be sought out , in order for the group to be fully prepared to do battle with the King . With Shandra ' s somewhat reluctant help , the Haven was discovered . Death and Legacy . Upon reaching the Haven Shandra discovered , as her mother had told her , that a drop of blood was required to get in . Shandra agreed and entrance was granted . However , once inside Shandra was immediately teleported away and separated from her friends , who immediately presumed her kidnapped once again and in need of rescue . In fact , Shandra discovered herself to be in considerably less danger than the Kalach - Cha , and she wandered the haven trying to locate her friends . Eventually , she came across the erinyes leader Hezebel who told her that since she was of Jerro blood , she could psychically communicate with her friends and teleport to different locations in the haven at will . Unfortunately , not being a mage , she didn ' t quite know how to control these abilities and subsequently teleported around the area at random . Eventually , Shandra ran into the balor Baalbisan . Seeing a possible opportunity , the demon revealed to her that the one whom they had thought all along was the King of Shadows was in fact her grandfather Ammon , who had returned from the dead or otherwise survived the battle with the King of Shadows . This information was revealed very shortly before Shandra began to realize that her friends ' were about to be ended by Ammon . Thinking quickly , Shandra determined a way to free the devil s and demons who were giving Ammon his power , thereby weakening her grandfather ' s ability to fight . To do this , would require the shedding her own blood , a sacrifice she was now willing to make . The sacrifice worked , and as Ammon prepared to end the invaders of his Haven , he found his power suddenly vanished . Furious , he dashed about , looking to blame one of the fiend s bound to him , though all denied any part . Eventually , he found Shandra , realizing she was responsible . Enraged , he struck out against her without thinking , giving her no time to explain fully . Badly injured from both her own self - inflicted wounds and the attacks of her grandfather , Shandra died , apologizing to Ammon with her last breath . Shocked both that he still had family and that he had been responsible for her death , Ammon was ill - prepared when the Kalach - Cha and their companions arrived a few moments later . Surrendering to them out of both self - loathing and in the hope of atoning for what he saw as a horrendous crime , Ammon teleported the group out of his Haven safely . The death of Shandra would have a heavy influence on both Ammon and the Kalach - Cha , becoming a substantial influence in their relationship . Through his sorrow at Shandra ' s death , Ammon would lay aside his traditional role as leader and perhaps learn to regret the brash methods he had favored in his first war against the King of Shadows , though the degree to which this occurred would be dependent upon the Kalach - Cha ' s degree of friendship with Shandra . The warlock may even have begged the spirit of his fallen granddaughter for forgiveness , leading him to the discovery of a tear - shaped pendant amongst the ruins of her farm . In Highcliff , Shandra ' s partnership with the Kalach - Cha may have been remembered . If this were the case , it is said that farmers may have come to the location of her home during the harvest season to pay their respects , believing Shandra to have fallen in battle against the King of Shadows , rather than at her grandfather ' s hand . Alternatively , the wilderness may have claimed the ruins , which would eventually become forgotten , as her grandfather had been . Behind the Scenes . Shandra was voiced by in " Neverwinter Nights 2 " . Although an important character within the story , arguably more so than most of the other companion characters , Shandra was not a romanceable character for either male or female PCs ( the Kalach - Cha ) though many NPCs would comment on her beauty and allure . Unlike many companions , Shandra does not appear to have suffered from large amounts of cut content . However , she does remark in one conversation that did not make it to the final game that she had studied at a temple for some time during her mother ' s illness . There she learned some healing prayer s and found an ability to perform small miracles , hinting at a greater importance for her character . She would also claim that she could sense the conviction of others ' beliefs or lack thereof . It is suggested in some of the conversations with Shandra that Ammon was her great - grandfather , and not her grandfather , to allow some edge for PCs of races with unusually long lifespans . However , this conflicts with information given by several other characters ( including Ammon himself ) as well as the fact that Ammon was a contemporary of characters such as Aldanon or Dalren , who almost certainly are more in the range of being Shandra ' s grandfather than great - grandfather . Similarly , Daeghun , the PC ' s foster father , is a half - elf and thus has a human - like lifespan but remains relatively young in the campaign . As a result , it can be safely presumed that Shandra was Ammon ' s granddaughter and that the battle at West Harbor took place roughly some twenty years prior to the Year of Lightning Storms .