Yoshimo Yoshimo was a rogueish male human from Kara - Tur . He died in Faerûn during Jon Irenicus ' attempt to destroy Suldanessellar with the help of the hidden divine power he brought forth from the souls of Imoen and another Bhaalspawn . The Game . Yoshimo was a bounty hunter , a rogue specialized in hunting people and setting traps . He had come from Kara - Tur to Amn and ended up working for Irenicus , not knowing what he was getting into but being bound to obey by a geas . Biography . Yoshimo is first encountered near the beginning of " " , on the second level ( counting from the " bottom " where the party starts out ) of Irenicus ' s dungeon . He says that he , too , has been imprisoned , but he gives no idea why this might have been done and still has all his equipment on him . These include his personal katana + 1 that only he can use . He will seek to accompany the player character , in reality by Irenicus ' s order . He may certainly become friends with the party along the way , but is nevertheless compelled to obey Irenicus . This will be revealed if he accompanies the party to Spellhold , where he will openly switch sides but also admits that he is only doing so because forced by the geas . After Irenicus is forced to flee , Yoshimo appears to challenge the player character and their party on his own , commanded by Irenicus and again having no choice . In this battle , he has the ability to turn invisible at will . He will ask that , if and when he dies , the player character take his heart to a temple of Ilmater so that his soul may rest in spite of the geas . The Cleric of Ilmater , never being told about the geas , says that he understand the conflict between duty and consciousness , and that : " if there is suffering undeserved , Ilmater will decide . " The player never learned what Ilmater decided . If the player leaves Yoshimo in Athkatla before heading for Spellhold , then he will immediately die because of his geas after the player returns from the Underdark . In that case , there ' s no option of reconciling the thief with Ilmater since Yoshimo drops no heart . Yoshimo is the purest thief ( rogue ) NPC in the game , the only one with no other class , although he can ' t be kept for long . If the party has him when leaving for Spellhold , he will be conveniently replaced by Imoen , but she is not as good a thief . However , some of her thief abilities can be reinforced with a magic ring which can be found in the same area . Being of the bounty hunter thief kit , he specializes in setting more complicated traps than normal thieves can . Throne of Bhaal . In " " , the player may ask the Spirits of Fate to bring Yoshimo to them , but it ' s never possible . Voice Acting . Yoshimo is voiced by Maurice LaMarche . The Novel . Yoshimo was from Kozakura . After encountering Abdel Adrian , Jaheira , Minsc and Imoen in Irenicus ' s dungeon , he accompanied them for part of their coming journey , in spite of actually being allied with Irenicus . He had an enchanted sword that Adrian later used to battle Bhaal ' s avatar ( the Ravager ) that Irenicus had conjured up to attack Suldanessellar . Yoshimo himself was ripped into shreds by another avatar of Bhaal , the Slayer , who was actually a transformed Imoen .