Bishop Bishop was a skilled and deadly ranger from the Sword Coast North . During the Shadow War , he notably traveled with the Kalach - Cha and aided them in their quest before eventually betraying them at the Siege of Crossroad Keep . Description . Bishop was an attractive human , despite his rough lifestyle and poor hygiene , giving him a ruggedly handsome appearance . Bishop lived a full and dangerous life , the signs of which when he met the Kalach - Cha were his numerous scars and burns that ravaged his skin . His ruffled hair and touch of facial hair were brown , as were his eyes , which contrasted with his pale white skin . These features , and more , added to his feral appearance , which was accentuated by his tendency to sniff the air like a wild animal or constantly look over his shoulder , as if expecting an ambush or betrayal . Typically , Bishop dressed as if on the hunt , which he often was . When the Kalach - Cha met him in the Sunken Flagon , Bishop was dressed in leather armor and armed with a longbow and longsword , with his hands constantly on one or the other . Bishop was also rarely without his beast companion Karnwyr , a wolf with whom he ' d bonded as a ranger . History . Bishop was born and raised in Redfallow ' s Watch , a small village within Neverwinter ' s sphere of influence . A troublesome youth , Bishop reputably hated his home and left it at an early age . After leaving his home , Bishop joined the military forces of the northern city Luskan , serving within their ranks for several years . Destruction of Redfallow ' s Watch . Bishop returned to his home some years before the Shadow War , as a test of his initiation into a Luskan assassination squad . Ordered to destroy a Neverwintan village , Bishop chose Redfallow ' s Watch as the target , seeing an opportunity to destroy his hated home . However , Bishop had in fact intended to leave the villagers alive and use the event as a trap to kill the Luskans hiring him . However , the plan went awry and although Bishop tried to warn the villagers of the imminent danger , his words were held in little regard , and so both the village and its inhabitants , along with the Luskan assassins , perished in the flames . Additionally , Bishop was severely wounded by the Luskans before their demise and left to die . Guilt - ridden and self - loathing , Bishop waited eagerly for the liberation death would bring , only for his life to be unexpectedly saved by the half - elven adventurer Duncan Farlong , depriving Bishop of his deliverance from life . Additionally , Duncan let Bishop know that he understood what he had done and blackmailed him with the knowledge , insisting that the ranger was now indebted to him . Not wanting his part in the destruction of Redfallow ' s Watch revealed , Bishop accepted Duncan ' s claim and went to stay at the Sunken Flagon , where Duncan resided . The Shadow War . Bishop did little of significance until a short while before the Shadow War , drinking and sleeping at the Flagon in the meantime . He spent a small amount of time wandering the frontier , sometimes alongside the ranger Malin , who was his sometime lover during their hunting of Luskan soldiers . His adventuring days returned , however , when a group of githyanki sword stalker s under the command of Zeearie launched their assault on the Flagon in order to capture Shandra Jerro , who they believed would lead them to the shards of the Sword of Gith and the others searching for them . Rising to help in the defense of the inn , Bishop was shortly thereafter forced into assisting Duncan ' s foster kin , the Kalach - Cha , as the latter attempted to rescue Shandra from the githyanki . Though Bishop was reluctant to take on the task , he proved useful in the search , using his expert tracking skills and familiarity with the territory surrounding Luskan to track the githyanki to their base of operations within an ancient Illefarn ruin . There , the Kalach - Cha and their other companions were able to rescue Shandra and kill Zeearie , ending the threat the githyanki posed . Although his debt was fulfilled , Bishop nonetheless , perhaps out of a personal fondness for the Kalach - Cha ' s skills as well as a deep resentment towards Luskan , chose to aid the Kalach - Cha afterwards . His aid could have been accepted , not least due to his skills , but he would be a constant irritant to the other companions of the Kalach - Cha , particularly the paladin Casavir , with whom he shared a sharp dislike , or Grobnar , whom he deemed useless . For the group as a whole , Bishop would prove a source of discomfort due to his openly selfish , immoral , and wildly chaotic evil deeds . Although proving useful in many circumstances , such as tracking down the Circle of the Mere or Ammon Jerro , Bishop ultimately proved treacherous . At some unknown time , Bishop forged a deal with Black Garius , a powerful Luskan servant of the King of Shadows , bargaining his companions ' lives for his own . During the Siege of Crossroad Keep , after having deceived Grobnar into giving him the override commands for the Construct , Bishop betrayed the Kalach - Cha , sabotaging the gates of Crossroad Keep and fleeing as Black Garius entered to finish his attack . However , in spite of Bishop ' s betrayal , the Kalach - Cha succeeded in repelling the assault and readied themselves for the counterattack into the King of Shadow ' s fortress within the Vale of the Merdelain . During the subsequent attack on the fortress , Bishop revealed the motivations behind his betrayal to the Kalach - Cha , also unveiling the nature of his debt to Duncan and the way in which the incident had shaped his nihilistic and selfish philosophy . He would not survive his encounter with the Kalach - Cha , though the circumstances are unknown . Bishop may have carried through his course , helping Garius in his fight with the Kalach - Cha . Alternatively , the ranger might have been convinced to abandon Garius , perhaps due to feelings towards the hero , though he would be subsequently killed during the collapse of the structure after the King of Shadows ' defeat . Afterlife . After Bishop was killed , he was brought to judgment before Kelemvor in the City of Judgment on the Fugue Plane . Due to his Faithless nature , Bishop was condemned to the Wall of the Faithless for his soul to be gradually sapped away for all eternity . During a vision induced by Gannayev and the Slumbering Coven , the Kalach - Cha encountered Bishop in this condition during their travels through Rashemen . Bishop would confess his acceptance of his fate , even relishing the ultimate oblivion it granted him , and his former companion would watch as he was devoured by the Wall for good . Although the Kalach - Cha might have interpreted this as a falsehood created by the Slumbering Coven , Kelemvor would later confirm the ranger ' s fate to the hero . Appendix . Behind the scenes . Bishop , who was voiced by Asa Seigel in the original campaign of " Neverwinter Nights 2 " and in the sequel " Mask of the Betrayer " , was initially intended to have a larger role in the story . Various hints indicate Bishop was a possible romance option for the player character ( the Kalach - Cha ) if female , such as his offer to run away with the player when the latter is tried for the destruction of Ember and his offering of information on Lorne Starling , who served in the same assassination squad as he did . Bishop is unusual for a ranger in " Neverwinter Nights 2 " as he lacks a patron deity , which in both the game and the 3 . 5 ruleset was illegal for player characters . Although deities were not added to the game until very late in the development cycle , this was likely done for storyline reasons , particularly given his fate in " Mask of the Betrayer " . In a deleted conversation , Bishop reveals that his home village was called Redfallow ' s Watch in the Mere of Dead Men . Redfallow ' s Watch is mentioned by Elanee as being swallowed by the swamp , and it is also where Sir Nevalle was knighted . This gives Bishop a parallel to the player character , perhaps intentionally . In the final conversation with Bishop , at the end of the game , he states : " For every West Harbor that gives rise to someone like you . . . someone great . . . there ' s a hundred of me , that end up going down the other path . " There ' s also another deleted and very humorous conversation path with the githyanki sword stalker at the entrance to the githyanki caves . A deleted conversation path brings up the githyanki apparently being mostly female and matriarchal , with low opinions of males . If the player is female , one of the responses , that " men have their uses " , leads to the githyanki offering the main character a " painless death " if she offers Bishop as a pleasure slave , much to his horror . Were the player to decline the offer , she ' d gain influence with Bishop and he requests that if he ever became that desperate to just " go ahead and kill him . " Bishop was originally planned to be a romance option if the main character was female , but this was not implemented in the final release of the game , owing to time constraints . However , some related content still remains . If the main character ' s influence is very high early on , he will extend offers to run away with her , doing the same prior to the siege of Crossroad Keep . Bishop and Casavir also fight over the main character ' s affections . When Bishop reveals the true story of his life in the main character ' s final encounter with Black Garius , he admits feelings towards her that hint towards love and / or affection .