Imoen

Imoen was the foster daughter of the innkeeper Winthrop. She was raised in Candlekeep but is the daughter of Bhaal, a dead deity, the God of Murder. She traveled with Abdel, Yoshimo, and Jaheira during the time that Jon Irenicus tried to gain immortality, but after Yoshimo died at her hands when she turned into the slayer, she became one of only three companions.

History
During the time that Irenicus had taken over the Tree of Life and was planning to use it to become immortal, he kidnapped the Bhaalspawn girl, Imoen, who had been an old friend of Abdel's at Candlekeep. This kept Abdel in a position similar to father when it came to protecting her, but Irenicus brought out the spirit of the Ravager, or the Slayer, the spirit of Bhaal in the girl and transformed her into Bhaal's avatar. This had not been the first time, because when she had been put in a cage at the asylum of Irenicus, she had turned into such a figure, along with Abdel and began attacking and killing people. But this time Irenicus had gotten control of her and used her to kill many of the people of Suldanessellar. Abdel slew the creature and pulled Imoen out of the carnage. He then went to pursue Irenicus and was sealed in hell. Later, after she had escaped and left Irenicus far behind her, Imoen joined Abdel in killing Illasera, a female Bhaalspawn, one of the five that wished to bring their father back after Sarevok's death. During that scenario Illasera had brought arrows that could pierce even Abdel's flesh and wound him. They had runed carved into their sides. Abdel defeated her by turning into the previously mentioned avatar Bhaal and starting to eat her, after she had been crushed nearly to death in a tight and fatal "bear hug". The fact that Imoen is a child of Bhaal has left her prone to violence and she turns into Bhaal's avatar many times.

NPC
Imoen is an NPC in the computer roleplaying games Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn and Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal.

Appearances

 * Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn (novel)
 * Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal (novel)