Ammon Jerro Ammon Jerro is a powerful warlock of the Sword Coast . Ammon is best known for his position as the chief enemy of the King of Shadows prior to the rise of the Kalach - Cha . Description . Bald and aged , Ammon Jerro is nonetheless a physically impressive man made all the more powerful seeming by his considerable charisma , commanding voice , and determined manner . Ammon is reputed to never look relaxed or at ease , though he might flash an amused smile or sneer . The effects of his chosen profession are apparent on his own body . Covering his face and forehead are a latticework of glowing tattoos , likely magical in nature and possibly Thay an in origin . Other effects included Ammon ' s eyes , which are tinted and glowed with gold - red luminescence and the smell of smoke and blood that arose from him when angered . Ammon ' s hair is reddish in hue . Typically , Ammon is dressed in a leather suit covered in what appear to be alchemical ingredients , though during his confrontation with the King of Shadows he also wore a black cape and hood . Personality . Ammon Jerro has no tolerance for fools and little patience for politics . ( He stated the latter specifically in a conversation with the Kalach - Cha , regarding Zhjaeve ' s unwillingness to call for githzerai reinforcements , as it would cause the githyanki to divert their attention from the King of Shadows . ) A Machiavellian character , he is willing to do whatever it takes to achieve his goals . History . Ammon was born in Neverwinter into the noble Jerro family . He showed a talent for magic at an early age — especially for that pertaining to the Lower Planes . He was eventually employed as the court wizard of Neverwinter , and grew very powerful , but did not reveal this fact , and was considered a humble , yet eccentric man . In reality , Ammon merely took the position to gain access to all libraries and documents in Neverwinter , and because he hoped to have a say in times of trouble for the city state . He learned from several teachers during this time , including Waterdhavians , the Arcane Brotherhood of Luskan , and the Academy of Shapers and Binders in Thay . Even devil s and demon s were among Ammon ' s teachers . After his education , Ammon Jerro managed to obtain a position within Neverwinter ' s court as a jester mage , a role he overplayed in order to deflect attention from himself and his considerable abilities . In return for this lowly position , Ammon obtained access to the Neverwinter Archives as well as access into the decision - making process in the Jewel of the North . War Against the King of Shadows . Jerro ' s research into arcane secrets eventually made him aware of an ancient threat known as the King of Shadows . He attempted to warn the rulers of Neverwinter , but they were too busy fighting among themselves to heed his warnings . Frustrated , Ammon Jerro sought out other allies in devils , demons , and the githyanki . He learned from an enemy of the King of Shadows , Nolaloth , that only silver sword s of the githyanki could hope to harm the King of Shadows , most particularly the legendary and famed Silver Sword of Gith , once wielded by the hero of the githyanki against the King of Shadows in battle . In order to obtain the Sword of Gith , Jerro descended into the depths of the Nine Hells , where last Gith was seen . There he consulted the archfiend Levistus , also known as the Still Lord . Levistus pointed Jerro in the right direction and in return for a pact granted Jerro the pit fiend Mephasm as a servant . After retrieving the Silver Sword , but finding no trace of the legendary Gith herself , Jerro returned to the Prime in order to prepare for war . There he convinced the Lord of Neverwinter to aid him in his battle at long last . Under Ammon ' s command , one or more decades before the 1370s DR the forces of Neverwinter marched into the King of Shadows ' stronghold in the Mere of Dead Men , where Jerro confronted the King himself outside the village of West Harbor . Jerro fought the King to a standstill , until he was distracted by the cry of a baby , the future Kalach - Cha , which gave the King of Shadows the edge , though only for a moment . The Sword of Gith was subsequently shattered , banishing the King of Shadows back to the Plane of Shadow but also wounding Jerro and devastating both sides of the battle . Imprisonment and Subsequent Return to Power . Ultimately , Jerro was one of the few survivors of the battle , though he was not able to enjoy his survival for long . Immediately thereafter the pacts forged by the warlock caught up with him and he was dragged into the Nine Hells where he was imprisoned for over a decade . As such , Jerro was presumed dead by the few who knew his role in the battle . Ironically , Jerro became mistaken for the King of Shadows in later years due to his association with fiends , an association that would haunt him for many years afterward . Jerro would remain trapped until he was summoned by Black Garius , a wizard of the Arcane Brotherhood . Garius sought information about the King of Shadows , but Ammon easily escaped him and began rebuilding his powers . He enslaved the powerful demons Baalbisan , Blooden and Zaxis , along with the devils Hezebel , Koraboros and Mephasm , within his haven in the Sword Mountains , and through them gained enormous power . Ammon started searching for the pieces of Gith ' s broken sword , but faced competition from both githyanki forces and the aforementioned adventurer known as the Kalach - Cha . Ammon killed four noblemen who were in possession of a piece of the sword , righting past " injustices , " and causing the Blacklake District of Neverwinter to be locked down for some time . During this time Jerro also worked to learn the Ritual of Unbinding , a powerful rite created by the Illefarn that could undo the King of Shadows , or at the very least severely weaken him . Despite Jerro ' s efforts neither he nor the Kalach - Cha were able to fulfill either task completely and were inevitably drawn towards each other in their search for a way to defeat the King of Shadows . Eventually , the Kalach - Cha found his way to Jerro ' s Haven . There , the two fought , with the Kalach - Cha mistaking Jerro for the King of Shadows like many others had . Though Jerro proved at first insurmountable the Kalach - Cha ' s companion and Jerro ' s own granddaughter , Shandra Jerro , released all of the imprisoned fiends that fueled Jerro ' s power through the sacrifice of her own blood . This broke the back of Jerro ' s power , allowing the Kalach - Cha to win . In his fury Jerro struck down the mortally weakened Shandra , realizing only too late that she was the last remnant of his beloved family . Overwrought by guilt for what he had done , Jerro gave himself in service to the Kalach - Cha , helping the adventurer to defeat the King of Shadows . Ammon Jerro subsequently followed the Kalach - Cha into battle against the King of Shadows and , during the final confrontation resisted the temptations of power offered by Garius . Using the truename scroll s acquired by the party from Sydney Natale , Jerro helped destroy the shadow reaver s serving the King of Shadows , then used the Ritual of Unbinding to weaken the King of Shadows to the point that the Kalach - Cha could kill him . During his travels with the Kalach - Cha , Ammon Jerro would continue to advocate the extreme methods that he had himself used decades earlier . It is possible he would eventually be dissuaded by these views , based upon the successes of the Kalach - Cha as well as the hero ' s relationship with his granddaughter , Shandra Jerro , revealed to him during a confrontation with the devil Koraboros . Imprisonment in Thay . After the battle with the King of Shadows the structure in which the Kalach - Cha ' s party resided began to collapse . During the chaos gargoyle s in the service of the Red Wizard Nefris kidnapped the Kalach - Cha , taking the hero to the Plane of Shadow . Out of loyalty , Jerro followed the Kalach - Cha ' s abductors only to be captured himself by Nefris , who remembered him from his studies at the Academy of Shapers and Binders . Ammon was taken to the Academy and bound , where his soul was removed and entrusted to two pit fiends in the service of the Academy . Ammon was then rescued by the Kalach - Cha during the hero ' s quest to uncover the meaning of the spirit eater curse that haunted them . Ammon then agreed in return to help the spirit eater during their later assault on the City of Judgment . Appendix . Ammon Jerro was played in " Neverwinter Nights 2 " by Murphy Guyer . In " " his lines are all non - voiced , however . Like many characters , Ammon Jerro suffered slightly from cut content in the initial release of the game . One such scene included a return to West Harbor by the player character ( the Kalach - Cha ) after Ammon passed through the village in an earlier cutscene . The cutscene made it clear that Ammon had not destroyed the village ( which is unclear in the released version , where it is impossible to return to West Harbor after Ammon ' s arrival there ) and various characters refer to dreams with the common theme of a smell of " fire and brimstone . " It is likely then that Ammon ' s arrival was merely to access the Song of Portals located near the village .