Safiya Safiya is a Red Wizard of Thay , and one of the companions of the Kalach - Cha during the events of " " . Personality . Safiya was an instructor at the Academy of Shapers and Binders . Her mother , Nefris , was the headmistress of the academy . In contrast to most Red Wizards , Safiya has little interest in power - grabs like the other " despots " of Thay , instead focusing on her scholarly pursuit of the arcane arts . She enjoys building construct s and using transforming magics , and is very fond of Kaji , her homunculus familiar , one of her earliest creations . The Kalach - Cha inferred during one conversation that her somewhat sheltered upbringing as the headmistress ' daughter may have had something to do with her being " less ruthless " ( direct quote ) than other Red Wizards . Safiya is nevertheless a highly skilled mage . Specialty . Safiya is specialized in the school of Transmutation , much like Sand , the moon elven wizard in " Neverwinter Nights 2 " . As a transmuter , she is dedicated to building and shaping objects , and is highly skilled at crafting enchanted weaponry and armaments . Safiya is the only companion with a prestige class , though as she already has 10 levels of Red Wizard , she can only continue to level as a wizard . Her extra specialization in Transmutation through both classes means she ' s restricted from both Conjuration or Illusion . History . As the Kalach - Cha infiltrated the fortress of the King of Shadows fortress in Merdelain , Safiya was told by her mother to travel to the Bear God ' s Barrow in Rashemen and retrieve the Kalach - Cha from the lower barrow . She was to protect him / her from harm , and take him / her to see a woman named Lienna in Mulsantir . She was not told the full extent of why the Kalach - Cha was buried in a cave , only that he / she would be there under binding runes . She was astonished that this person was from the Sword Coast North , and had an open gash in the chest , which she claimed a weapon shard had been in . They climbed out the barrow , and were confronted by a wolf spirit named Nakata , who was disturbed by the spirit eater ' s revival . The dormant hunger flared and an incarnation suddenly devours the telthor , which seemingly healed the chest wound completely . Safiya did not know what to make of this . . . or anything else about the person ' s current state . Nearing the exit , Safiya began to experience sudden auditory hallucinations , but passed it off as the effects of the spirits . However , Okku had awakened and wasn ' t planning on allowing the Kalach - Cha or Safiya to leave the barrow . The bear god called in telthor minions but was seemingly banished by the two after a fight . Arriving in Mulsantir , Safiya disguised herself as a peasant due to the fear the Rashemi have of Red Wizards . They arrived in the Veil Theater , only to find it under attack by a group of Red Wizards . There , the leader of the attack , Khai Khmun , spilled all the details , claiming he was ordered by Araman to kill Lienna and eventually Safiya , and gloated over the fact that Nefris was dead . Enraged , Safiya and the player finished them off . Lienna , now a charred skeleton ( apparently by her own hand ) in the Shadow Veil , was a dead - end . Safiya was crushed by the possible death of her mother , and decided to fulfill her last request by protecting the Kalach - Cha . They soon learned from the wychlaran Sheva Whitefeather that Okku had arrived at the gates with the spirit army , and is now out for their blood . Safiya deduced that the witches were detaining the Veil Theater actors during this situation , and they would need to deal with the angry bear god – again – before they could hope to learn more about Lienna ' s activities . After ( potentially ) recruiting Gannayev - of - Dreams and Kaelyn the Dove , they faced the spirit army . When Okku yielded in defeat , the hunger re - emerged , and the Kalach - Cha must either give in or restrain it . Regardless of Okku ' s fate , Gann revealed the grim fact the Kalach - Cha was now a Spirit Eater , and a threat to the land , spirits , and ultimately himself / herself . In search of answers , the Kalach - Cha eventually learned that both Lienna and Nefris visited the Slumbering Coven , and learned from the sleeping hag s that the curse was created by Myrkul , the former god of the dead who was slain by the wizard Midnight during the Time of Troubles ( the same Midnight who succeeded Mystra as goddess of magic ) , and the answers lie in the Academy of Shapers and Binders . When the group arrived on the Thaymount , the situation rapidly became worse , as Nefris was indeed dead and many bodies litter the halls , even as classes continue . With the help of Safiya ' s mentor Master Djalfi , the companions managed to unlock a mysterious door in the headmistress ' tower and discovered a portal to the Astral Plane . Within the infinitesimal void was a god - isle of Myrkul , the only remnant of the dead god ( apart from the Crown of Horns ) . Myrkul revealed that the curse was his punishment to Akachi for the Betrayer ' s Crusade against the Wall of the Faithless , and revealed Araman was Akachi ' s brother . He had had a " geas " on Araman for all these centuries , in order to stop the Acadamy ' s Founder from ending the curse . A nearby portal led them to the Founder ' s sanctum , where Araman was closing in on her . After confronting and killing Araman , they encountered the Founder herself . Safiya initially thought the woman was her mother , alive and well , but then realized the truth : she , Lienna , and Nefris were in fact aspects of the Founder . She had created these three daughter aspects out of her soul to help end Akachi ' s curse , who was now nothing more than faceless hunger . Out of singular love to Akachi , she had had the Kalach - Cha removed from Merdelain , surgically extracted the shard , and had him / her placed in the barrow . The auditory hallucinations were actually a psychic guidance from the Founder , Nefris , and Lienna . Safiya was " all that was best in her " and they kept her safe from Araman . The Founder gave the Kalach - Cha the fully reformed Silver Sword of Gith , stating it would open the Betrayer ' s Gate to the Fugue Plane , and the solution to the curse lies where it began : the Wall of the Faithless , where his / her soul was displaced by the curse . The player is then presented the option of killing the Founder in revenge , or sparing her life . If the player chooses the kill the Founder , Safiya will beg the player to reconsider . If the player goes through it anyway , Safiya will be utterly disgusted , and unless the PC ' s influence was very high and didn ' t devour the Founder ' s soul , Safiya will try to kill the player in a rage . If the founder is spared , Safiya will remain with the player until the end . Safiya ' s final fate depends upon several factors , including whether a male Kalach - Cha fell in love with her : Behind the scenes . Safiya was voiced by .