Imoen

Imoen is one of the main characters of the Baldur's Gate series of Dungeons and Dragons computer role-playing games. Interestingly she always stays by the protagonist, unless removed by the player. She is probably one of the best known and loved characters of the series.

She is voiced by Melissa Disney.

Story-line
In the first Baldur's Gate game she is shown as one cheerful young girl in her early 20s, an initiate thief and childhood friend of the protagonist, living in Candlekeep. After the brutal attack, which claimed the life of their foster father Gorion, she joins the bewildered and scared protagonist, through his adventures in the Sword Coast. Imoen is a goodhearted, kind and compassionate girl and always wants to help other people.

In Baldur's Gate II, Imoen arrives in the nick of time to rescue the protagonist from his/her cell and to join them again. She has dual-classed into Thief-Mage, but has lost much of her cheer due to the tortures, imposed to her and the protagonist by the mysterious mage Irenicus.

After passing through the dungeon, they witness the significant magical power of Irenicus against the Shadow Thieves and the Cowled Wizards.

Enraged by her torment at the hands of her captor, Imoen attacks Irenicus only to be taken captive along with the evil mage by the Cowled Wizards.

The two prisoners are teleported to a magical prison named Spellhold, where Irenicus quickly proceeds to overrun the entire place, killing all of the wizards with ease and taking control of the premises. Meanwhile the protagonist must find way to the prison island and after he arrives there, Irenicus finishes his torturing of the protagonist, and in doing so steals the main character's soul.

It is revealed that Imoen is also a child of Bhaal and thus the protagonist's sister. Irenicus' sister and accomplice, a vampiress by the name of Bodhi, accomplishes the same feat. After taking Imoen's soul, both she and her sibling are soulless, and as a result dying. Effectively, Imoen and the protagonist have swapped fates with Irenicus and Bodhi, who as exiled elves are preordained to slow death. After the killing of Bodhi, Imoen's soul is returned.

In Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal, Imoen has grown to be a highly powerful mage herself, though is significantly less self-confident. Nevertheless, if chosen, she will battle along with her siblings - the protagonist and the revived Sarevok - in an epic conclusion against the remaining and most powerful children of Bhaal.

Character
Imoen is an essential part of the storyline of the game, but you are never forced to have her in your party. Being raised with you, she is the only character in both games who stays in your party no matter your reputation. In the original game, she is the best of all thieves with perfect attributes (Dexterity 18, Constitution 16) and the option to dualclass her to mage (Intelligence 17) or some of the mage specialists. In the second game, she offers a stalled, but sufficient minimal thief for finding traps and open locks, as well as a pure mage (in Baldurs Gate 2, it is no longer possible to dualclass to a wizard specialist).

There are rumors out there that she is limited in the maximum spell level she can cast, and that she would get more spells than normal. The first one is not true, because the game has not implemented this limitation, and the second one is based on some errors in her original character files which are fixed when she levels up, or fixed by the various fan patches out there.

Her epilogue reveals that centuries after her saga, she travels with Elminster and Khelben "Blackstaff" Arunsun, going so far to steal the Black Staff of the latter.