Aribeth de Tylmarande Lady Aribeth de Tylmarande was a half - elf paladin of Tyr , the Blind God of Justice . Biography . She is said to have been born in Thundertree , a town in the Neverwinter Woods , of uncertain parentage ; some say a union between half - elves , others a moon elf and a human . The village ' s population was wiped out in an orc raid leaving her the sole survivor of the massacre . Vowing vengeance , she hunted down the perpetrators and slew them all . Unsatisfied , she continued to hunt and kill orcs in an obsessive quest until she was trapped in a sudden blizzard and rescued by a one - armed man she believed to be an avatar of the god Tyr , who took her to a monastery of Ilmater . Recovering her health there , she learned to be a paladin , gaining such fame that when she moved to Neverwinter , she was named to the elite bodyguard of Lord Nasher Alagondar , being the first woman and first non - human to be so honored . There she met and became engaged to Fenthick Moss , a cleric of Tyr in the Hall of Justice . Neverwinter Nights . Lady Aribeth was chosen by Nasher Alagondar to be in charge of the investigations surrounding the Wailing Death . She began training adventurers at an academy to combat the forces behind the plague , and after the Waterdhavian creatures needed for a magical cure became scattered throughout the city , the hero , who was an exceptional student at the academy , was placed by Aribeth in charge of tracking them down . After her lover , Fenthick Moss , was found guilty by association and was hanged for trusting Desther Indelayne , a false Helmite and agent of Maugrim Korothir , Morag appeared to Aribeth in her dreams and tempted her to join Maugrim ' s cult with promises of revenge against the city that unjustly murdered Fenthick . Aribeth initially continued to lead Neverwinter ' s effort to find the cult in and around Port Llast , but eventually disappeared . When agents reached Luskan ' s Host Tower of the Arcane , they learned that Aribeth had become a blackguard in the service of Morag and had agreed to lead Maugrim ' s Luskite army in their impending assault on Neverwinter . At the climax of this assault , the hero confronted Aribeth and defeated her in combat . The hero could then either persuade Aribeth to surrender and return to Lord Nasher to face judgment or be forced to fight her to the death . Hordes of the Underdark . Aribeth died not long after the forces of Morag were repelled . Upon encountering her spirit in Cania , Drogan ' s Pupil found her distraught with her betrayal of Neverwinter due to her realization that she never truly loved Fenthick ; her betrayal therefore was not motivated by her love of Fenthick as she had thought and was consequently much less justified . The hero could either persuade her to return to the service of Tyr , or accept the evil path that she had chosen ; either way , she could join the hero in his / her quest . Aribeth herself said that she died violently , though her memories were somewhat hazy . Presumably , the hero of Neverwinter attempted to defend Aribeth while she was tried for her crimes . The hero would have been heavily outvoted , since the majority of Neverwinter called for Aribeth ' s execution . Lord Nasher complied with the city ' s request and as a result , the hero of Neverwinter ' s friendship with Lord Nasher ended , and he / she ( the hero is revealed to have been the sex of your character ) left Neverwinter , never to be heard from again . Because of the hero ' s falling out of favor with Lord Nasher , Nasher had revisionists play down his role in saving Faerûn from destruction . If Aribeth was at the protagonist ' s side in the confrontation with Mephistopheles , the archdevil would use his considerable charisma to play on her uncertainties and turn her to his side unless the player character could be even more persuasive . After beating Mephistopheles and if she had been redeemed as a paladin once again ( and the player ordered the reaper to allow the dead to haunt the living ) , she returned as a spirit to Neverwinter , aiding the sick and wounded and ended up finding redemption and going to heaven ( Lunia ) . Or if she was redeemed as a paladin and the protagonist was male they could fall in love . If this happened and Aribeth did not join Mephistopheles the epilogue revealed that they became lovers and Aribeth stayed with the protagonist until his death where he promised to " meet her on the other side . " After he died Aribeth ' s spirit faded from the mortal realm and she went on to spend the rest of her existence with him . In " Neverwinter Nights 2 , " Fenthick ' s spirit appears within the Tomb of Betrayers in Neverwinter . Despite Fenthick ' s appearance , there is no mention of Aribeth in the entire game . It is implied that the citizens of Neverwinter , including Nasher , have chosen to forget Aribeth rather than acknowledge their own role in her betrayal and death . To them , Aribeth was an unwanted , ugly reminder of the selfishness and evil that they were all capable of . Family . The Tylmarande family remained in Neverwinter after Aribeth ' s death and were some of those who refused to leave when Mount Hotenow erupted . Aribeth ' s great - great niece Seldra Tylmarande spent much of her life trying to restore the name of her family to a respectable status .