Shar’s love of secrecy serves her clergy well, and most residents of Faerun know very little about her mysterious cult. Patron of the Shadow Weave, a corrupting magical force based upon nothingness and mad secrets, the Mistress of the Night bolsters her impressive power with temptation and guile. She uses her mortal worshipers as pawns in a perverse game against everything that has been, is, and will be. ![]() Deeply twisted, the Lady of Loss favors secrets, underhanded dealings, and subterfuge. Since her earliest battles with Selune (which continue to this day), Shar has gained dominion over pain hidden but not forgotten, carefully nurtured bitterness, and quiet revenge for old slights. In this guise, her haunting purple eyes have coal black pupils that reflect the primeval void. Religious art depicts Shar as a black sphere outlined in a magical purple flames or a beautiful human woman with long, raven-black hair dressed in swirling dark garb. Her heart longs for a return to the calm of nonexistence, and she schemes from the shadows to tear down establishments, destroy order, and undermine all creation. Shar reflects the primal dark, the flawless void erased at the beginning of time by a distant, unconcerned over deity. ![]() Shar’s existence, paradoxically, is tied to the shrouded nothingness that existed prior to Ao’s act of creation.
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