Sofina

Sofina was an undead human wizard and member of the Red Wizards of Thay in the late 14 and 15 centuries DR. She was an apprentice of Szass Tam, the Zulkir of Necromancy and later Regent of Thay, and served as ally and advisor to Lord Forge Fitzwilliam of Neverwinter in the 1490s DR. "This ends now."

- Sofina to Edgin.

Description
As a Red Wizard, Sofina had a bald head adorned with tattoos that represented magical sigils. She had pale skin that darkened around her eyes, hinting at her undead nature. This was but a disguise, however, and her true appearance was decayed, gaunt, and dead-eyed.

She typically wore robes with a large cowl to cover her bald head and tattoos. It changed color at a thought or with her mood, shifting from the dark blue she habitually wore as a disguise among others to a crimson red when she wished to show off her status as a Red Wizard.

Personality
"She's just rich and eccentric. That’s all. It’s perfectly natural to wear a hood and sit alone in a room playing funeral music in the middle of the day."

- Edgin Darvis's first thoughts on Lady Sofina Sofina was a shrewd and patient schemer. She was aloof and disinterested in making friends, rejecting all attempts at amiability.

Owing to the fear that Red Wizards received outside Thay, and to conceal her true intentions in Neverwinter, Sofina kept secret her true affiliations and concealed her bald head and tattoos.

Abilities
Sofina had advanced skills in spellcasting and specialized in the school of necromancy, including spells of fear and death magic. As a wizard, she commanded a variety of spells, including mage hand, message, and prestidigitation at will; bestow curse, Bigby's hand (which took on a black-nailed, skinless appearance), dimension door, mage armor, Otiluke's resilient sphere, and thunderwave twice a day each; and Evard's black tentacles, finger of death, and time stop once a day each, as well as animate objects. She could also hurl a meteor swarm, evoking four orbs that exploded in flames over a radius of wide, and could do so up to.

As an undead creature, she could strike with a necrotic power, either with a touch or up to away. She was naturally resistant to such energy herself.

She could summon a wraith that was the spirit of a Thayan assassin. It appeared up to from her and obeyed her commands. This wraith served for up to 1 hour, unless it or Sofina was destroyed or dismissed it.

She was knowledgeable in history and the Art, and possessed good insight and perception.

Possessions
Sofina wore a magical robe that protected her somewhat from attacks and harmful effects.

Lady Sofina owned a gated and fenced townhouse in Longsaddle. After her encounter with Forge Fitzwilliam, Sofina placed armed guards in front of her home. The building itself appeared unwelcoming, with its boarded-up front windows and large intimidating reinforced oaken doors. The fence surrounded the property with rose beds planted alongside the walkway to the front door. The townhouse's back window opened to the formal gardens surrounding a stone fountain. The interior was darkly decorated with expensive plush sofas and wingback chairs. The sitting room's centerpiece was a grand piano drowned in the room's shadows that the home's owner liked to play.

History
In the 1490s DR, presenting herself as a mysterious hooded figure and calling herself "Lady Sofina", she met Edgin Darvis, Holga Kilgore, Simon, and Forge Fitzwilliam in the Trip and Shuffle tavern in Targos and hired them to help her steal a powerful magical horn from Korinn's Keep, but she took it for herself and betrayed them to unleash a great evil.

She later worked with Forge, who had since become Lord of Neverwinter, but was engaged in a dark plot on behalf of Szass Tam, ruler of Thay. She fought Edgin, Holga, Simon, and Doric over Neverwinter Arena and in the streets of the city.

Background
Sofina is played by actor Daisy Head.