Tammith Iltazyarra

Tammith Iltazyarra is a vampire.

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 the bard 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.

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 is still sweet but has a cold and flat tone to it sounding as a mere travesty of her former voice. Her skin lost it's warmth now feeling deadly cold. She is often clad in mail, her sword strapped to her side, but sometimes appears wearing a plain cloak and gown.

Abilities
While "normal" vampires can only transform into a single bat or rodent, Tammith has the ability to burst apart into a cloud of bats or a carpet of rats. In her bats-form her sense of sight becomes secondary to her sense of hearing, manuvering around by echoing cries. Though she retains her ultimate self, managing her dozens of bodies without difficulty, she becomes purely predator. Later, as she develops her abilities, Tammith retains control of her self in her bats-form more easily. She can also tranform into a cloud of mist or a huge wolf. Rats come to her call.

Drinking fresh blood helps her mend her wounds in a matter of moments, healing more rapidly than normal vampires would.

She can scramble walls upward like a fly.

Her touch can be as cold and poisonous as any specter's touch.

Due to her vampiric nature, Tammith cannot 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. Now she has to serve Xingax' wizards and their cause. During a fight at the Keep of Thazar, Tammith meets Bareris again and tries to kill him. But he defeats her and even hacks her to pieces to end her undead being. Somehow she manages to change to her bats-form and is magically compelled to return to Xingax. Over the years and under Xingax's tutelage, Tammith further developes her vampiric abilities such as keeping control of herself even in bats-form. During the war of Thay, Tammith continues to be Xingax's slave and is magically constrained to obey Xingax and the lich Szass Tam. She becomes the captain of The Silent Company, a force compromised by vampires mostly created by Tammith herself over the years. These vampires didn't inherit her extraordinary powers though. In 1385 DR Tammith is send by Szass to transform the unfaithful Hezass Nymar into a vampire to ensure that the zulkir's allegiance belongs to the undead masters for sure. When the Spellplague hits during the fight at the Keep of Sorrows, the enchantments compelling her obedience to the undead masters vanish, enabling Tammith to finally flee Xingax's influence. She searches the zulkirs out and asks them to enlist her as ally in the fight for the council's cause - and the opportunity to satisfy her thirst for vengeance.