Founder

The Founder was a female Red Wizards of Thay lover of the Chosen of Myrkul Akachi. She however was a Faithless and one day she died due to accidental spell backfire and was condemned to the Wall of the Faithless; Akachi was distraught over her fate and going so far to turned against his faith and god and guided a crusade to save her; in the end Akachi was captured and punished by Myrkul but not before he saved the Founder from the Wall.

So now was the Founder that need a plan to save her lover from the wrath of Myrkul; she founded the Academy of Shapers and Binders in Thaymount, hence her title. The Founder created Nefris, Lienna, and Safiya from fragments of her own soul in order to attire the Kalach-Cha to Rashemen in order to save Akachi. However she permitted to entry in the academy Akachi's brother Araman, unaware that he was under a Mirkul's geas to destroy her. Araman led a coup in the academy and captured the Founder but before h can kill her arrived the Kalach-Cha and save her. The Founder admitted to being guilty of all her crimes she had committed against the Kalach-Cha and presented him with a fully restored Silver Sword of Gith, stating that the only way the Kalch-Cha can restore himself/herself, and Akachi, was to enter the Betrayer's Gate and launch a third crusade to assault the Wall of the Faithless.

Gameplay
The player can choose to spare The Founder's life or kill her.