Ammon Jerro

Ammon Jerro is a powerful warlock and enemy of the King of Shadows.

Biography
Ammon was born in Neverwinter into the noble Jerro family. He showed a talent for magic at an early age&mdash;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, even demons. Ammon dabbled much with the Abyss, and it was there he first learned of the King of Shadows. He attempted to warn the rulers of Neverwinter, but they were too busy fighting among themselves to heed his warnings.

When the King of Shadows returned from his plane, Jerro consulted a baatezu known only as the Still Lord for the location of the githyanki Sword of Gith, one of the few weapons capable of injuring the King. It was through the Still Lord Ammon first met Mephasm, a devil that would later help fuel Ammon's power. As Neverwinter forces battled the King in the Mere of Dead Men, Ammon confronted the the King himself outside the village of West Harbor. Although the battle stopped the King for then, the Sword of Gith was broken, its pieces scattered across the land. One of the pieces impaled the child that would later become the adventurer who finally defeated the King. Although the King was gone, Ammon also fell in the battle, and found himself imprisoned in the Abyss, not to be released 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. Ammon killed four noblemen who were in possession of a piece of the sword, causing the Blacklake District of Neverwinter to be practically locked down for some time. The adventurer eventually found Ammon in his haven and battled him. What seemed an easy victory for Ammon was turned to defeat as Shandra Jerro, companion to the adventurer and last of the Jerro bloodline, released all of Ammon's imprisoned demons, severely reducing the warlock's power. Outraged, he killed her. Coming to regret this, he joined forces with the adventurer.

Appearances

 * Neverwinter Nights 2