he is mad and paranoid, his wild theories about Melissan turn out to be true. He is voiced by Jim Cummings. Cespenar is an imp who can refer to his "secret recipes" in order to forge wonderful weapons from special bits of items that the PC collects along his journey. He claims that he is the main character's private butler and respects them as the "Great One". He is voiced by Jeff Bennett. Solar is a celestial being who teaches the player character in the PC's pocket plane. She is voiced by Charity James. Demogorgon is a demon prince of tremendous power included in the Watcher's Keep expansion area as an optional boss. He is voiced by Jim Cummings. Reception Sales In the United States, Throne of Bhaal entered at #5 on NPD Intelect's computer game sales chart for the 24–30 June period, then fell to #7 in its second week and #10 in its third. It debuted in 13th place on NPD Intelect's monthly chart for June 2001 as a whole. By the game's fourth week, it was absent from the weekly top 10. However, it remained on the monthly sales charts at 13th in July and 20th in August, according to NPD. It exited the monthly top 20 by September. By the first week of November, Throne of Bhaal had sold 85,451 units in the United States alone. Remarking on this performance at the time, GameSpot writer Desslock noted that the game had "sold well and continue[s] to do so". Its sales in the United States were above 100,000 units, but below 480,000 units, by 2006. According to BioWare, global sales of Throne of Bhaal reached roughly 500,000 copies by December 2002. Critical reviews Chris Chan of the New Straits Times gave a favorable review, concluding, "all in all, I enjoyed the epic feel of the game tremendously and loved the available customisation options". GameSpy called the game a "brilliant end to a brilliant gaming saga". IGN awarded Throne of Bhaal an Editors' Choice Award. Awards Throne of Bhaal received the 2001 "Computer Role Playing Game of the Year" award from the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. It was named the year's best computer game expansion pack by Computer Gaming World, IGN, RPG Vault, GameSpy and—tying with Command & Conquer: Yuri's Revenge—PC Gamer US. GameSpot and Computer Games Magazine nominated it as the best expansion pack of