Tammith Iltazyarra Tammith Iltazyarra was a vampire and lover of the bard Bareris Anskuld . Tammith the human . Until 1375 DR , Tammith was a beautiful young woman and from the Rashemi underclass of Bezantur . She practically raised her younger brother Ral by herself after her mother ' s death rearing Ral . Her father couldn ' t overcome the death of his wife and , though being a good potter , started wasting his money gambling and drinking . Tammith was a good potter herself though she didn ' t work long enough as a potter to be accepted by the local potter guild . She loved Bareris Anskuld so much that she let him go six years ago to roam the world . In order to pay a gambling debt that her father Boravik had with the White Raven Gang of Bezantur , Tammith agreed to sell herself into slavery . Along with dozens of other slaves , she was bought by Red Wizards and lead to Delhumide to the undead manufactory of Xingax . But instead of giving her as fodder to his zombies , Xingax magically transformed her to a vampire . Tammith the vampire . Appearance . Tammith still retained her former beauty as a petite and dark - haired woman with a pretty face - once dark in life now whiter than white . Her voice was still sweet but had a cold and flat tone to it sounding as a mere travesty of her former voice . Her skin lost it ' s warmth to feeling deadly cold . She was often clad in mail , her sword strapped to her side , but sometimes appeared wearing a plain cloak and gown . Abilities . While " normal " vampires can only transform into a single bat or rodent , Tammith had the ability to burst apart into a cloud of bats or a carpet of rats . In her bats - form her sense of sight became secondary to her sense of hearing , manuvering around by echoing cries . Though she retained her ultimate self , managing her dozens of bodies without difficulty , she became purely predator . Later , as she developed her abilities , Tammith retained control of her self in her bats - form more easily . She could also tranform into a cloud of mist or a huge wolf . Drinking fresh blood helped her mend her wounds in a matter of moments , healing more rapidly than normal vampires would . She could scramble walls upward like a fly . Her touch could be as cold and poisonous as any specter ' s touch . Due to her vampiric nature , Tammith couldn ' t cross open water , such as the open sea . History . When Xingax transformed Tammith into a vampire , he also magically bound her into his service - against her will . From then on she was constrained to serve Xingax ' s wizards and their cause . During a fight at the Keep of Thazar , Tammith met Bareris again and tried to kill him . But he defeated her and even hacked her to pieces to end her undead being and fled . Somehow she managed to change to her bats - form and was magically compelled to return to Xingax . Over the years and under Xingax ' s tutelage , Tammith further developed her vampiric abilities such as keeping control of herself in bats - form . During the war of Thay in the following years , Tammith continued to be Xingax ' s slave and was magically constrained to obey Xingax and the lich Szass Tam , too . She became the captain of The Silent Company , a force compromised by vampires mostly created by Tammith herself over the years . These vampires retained the usual vampiric powers , not inheriting their makers extraordinary prowess . When the Spellplague hit during the fight at the Keep of Sorrows , the enchantments compelling her obedience to the undead masters vanished , enabling Tammith to finally flee Xingax ' s influence . She searched the zulkirs out and asked them to enlist her as ally in the fight for the council ' s cause - and the opportunity to satisfy her thirst for vengeance . When she almost died during the battle at Xingax ' s fortress and Bareris " healed " her unconscious body by offering his own blood , their relationship turned to a more compassionate form henceforth . Tammith began to fight alongside Bareris in whichever battle the zulkir ' s forces had to face . She also followed the zulkirs to Bezantur after their defeat at the second fight at the Keep of Sorrows . When the zulkirs were forced to abandon Bezantur in the face of Szass approaching legions , Tammith went with them aboard one of their vessels . She was aware of the fact that she couldn ' t properly join in any fight not taking place on bord her vessel . Her nemesis Tsagoth also joined in the marine fight seeking out and finally facing up with the vampire again , determined to kill her . After a short fight the fiend had her heavily injured and incapacitated . Then Bareris , his friend Mirror , and Bareris ' s griffon Winddancer joined the fight to defend Tammith , turning the chances in their favor by almost killing Tsagoth . In a desperate move , Tsagoth grabbed Tammith and together they broke through the reling of the ship and plummeted into the sea . Due to her vampire nature , the water immobilized Tammith completely slowly dissolving her body like acid . Bareris and Winddancer followed them into the water resuming their attack on Tsagoth until he was forced to transport himself through space into safety . Though Bareris hurried to get his love out of the water , he didn ' t make it in time and Tammith perished , dissolved into nothingness by the water of the sea .