 In Act II , the player meets a group of gargoyle @-@ like creatures who reveal that Lienna and her " red twin " ordered them to kidnap the player from the Sword Coast . This plot was allegedly inspired by the Slumbering Coven , a sisterhood of hag oracles who dwell in an ancient flooded city . The player follows this clue to Lake Mulsantir , where he finds another portal to the Plane of Shadow . In this " alternate reality , " the player enters the flooded city and confronts the hags . The Slumbering Coven reveal that Lienna , along with Safiya 's mother Nefris , were responsible for the hero 's current dilemma . They send the player to Nefris 's Academy in Thay to discover her motive . 
