Xzar Xzar was an insane wizard and a member of the Zhentarim . He was quite unbalanced and would randomly spout gibberish at unpredictable moments . He was sent to the Baldur ' s Gate area during the iron crisis with his " colleague " Montaron . In the Novel . In the " Baldur ' s Gate " novelization , Xzar saved Abdel Adrian from a horde of gibberling s with an odd magical device or spell of his making . He and Montaron both accompanied Adrian to the " Friendly Arms " inn and from there on to the Nashkel mines . Xzar repeatedly stated that Adrian was a Bhaalspawn , but that was put down to his insanity and no - one listened to him . He and his companion were killed by Sarevok after the group had cleared the mines . In the Games . In " Baldur ' s Gate " , Xzar ( together with Montaron , whom he calls " Monty " ) is likely to be amongst the very first party NPCs encountered . The two are lurking along the Way of the Lion east of Candlekeep , not far from the place where Gorion is killed . Xzar will offer the player character potions of healing as a supposed token of good will , and then try to shame them into accompanying him and Montaron to Nashkel in return for the favour . Much like Jaheira and Khalid , the two are in the area to investigate the iron shortage and happenings in the Nashkel mines , which are in fact being sabotaged by kobolds led by Mulahey . Whereas Khalid and Jaheira work for the Harpers , though , Xzar and Montaron are acting on behalf of the Zhentarim ; if the two pairs guess each other ' s alliances , they will start fighting . Xzar is both intelligent and insane at the same time ; his treatment of others is most commonly coldly disdainful or derisive , but fairly often he also lapses into bouts of what to everyone else is nonsense , ranging from acting like a frightened child to remarking that he ate someone ' s liver " with a nice chianti and some fava beans " . He ' s partnered with Montaron against both their wills , and they will not be separated if they can help it , each following the other in joining or leaving the player ' s group . In " " , Xzar appears in Athkatla if the player character takes Renfeld to the local Harper hold . He asks the player character to infiltrate the Harpers to find Montaron , who has been spying on them and taken captive . In return , he offers information about where Imoen and Irenicus have been taken by the Cowled Wizards . The Harpers will want the player character to do a favor for them in exchange for entrance to their hold , and that favour is to enter a house that actually belongs to Xzar himself and slay the " monsters " the owner has been creating . The creatures turn out to be fairly ordinary goblin s , but they have been the subject of some research . In addition to them , the party will have to kill Xzar ' s two nervous apprentices . When the party gains entrance to the hold and retrieves a bird that seems to be a polymorphed Montaron , it shortly turns out they have been duped . When Xzar reverses the transformation , the bird turns out to be a Harper who kills him , never giving him a chance to tell his supposed information about Imoen and Irenicus . In both games Xzar is voiced by .