Shar

Shar, also known as the Nightsinger, is the Goddess of Darkness and Loss.

“

I am nothing. I am the empty room. The dreamless sleep. The shadow's shadow. There was no pain before my sister set the sun aflame. Now you exist to suffer until you find your way back to my embrace.

„

— Shar on existence

Overview

Shar is the twin sister and enemy of Selûne and the patron deity of Shadowheart. She is associated with the domains of Death and Trickery. Shar cannot be the deity of a custom player Cleric.

Church of Shar

Ranks of the Church of Shar from highest to lowest:

• Dark Justiciar
• Mother Superior of Shar
• Justiciar Crusader
• Sharran Fidelian
• Sharran Sentry
• Sharran Novice

Dark Justiciars

Dark Justiciars are elite warriors of Shar, who were gifted with supernatural abilities and carried out her will throughout Faerûn. There are very few living Dark Justiciars remaining in Baldur's Gate 3; the vast majority appear as a race of Undead creatures, serving the Lady of Loss in death.

Variants

• Charismatic Sentinel
• Intelligent Sentinel
• Justiciar Avenger
• Justiciar Crusader
• Justiciar Nightweaver
• Justiciar Soulhunter
• Wise Sentinel

Related quests

•  Daughter of Darkness
•  The Chosen of Shar

Related items

• Dagger of Shar
• Dark Justiciar Set
• Idol of Shar
• Ritual Dagger of Shar
• Shar's Spear of Evening
• Spear of Night
• Shar's Temptation
• Sharran Crossbow

Related literature

• A is for Azuth, and other Gods XI
• An Open Heresy
• Abandoned Journal
• Artefact Mission: Agent Roster
• Artefact Mission: Challenges
• Become Our Friend
• Bonded By Love - Husband's Diary
• Bonded By Love - Wife's Diary
• Canticles of the Dark Mistress
• Captives of Shar
• Client List
• Cloister Budget
• Damaged Journal
• Dark Justiciar's Journal
• Dark Justiciar's Plea
• Dusty Book
• Grymforge: A History
• In Search of the Nightsong
• Innkeeper's Journal
• Interrogation in Three Levels
• Investigation Notes
• Lunar Dark Lies
• Magical Histories, Volume 1: The Origins of Mystra
• Magical Histories, Volume 2: The Spellplague
• Martial Catechism
• Mistress of the Night and Friends
• No Price Too High
• Reflections Upon the Mirror of Loss
• Report on Activities of Enver Gortash
• Scuffed Manifest
• Security Guidelines
• Sharran Initiate's Notes
• Sharran Registry
• Sharran's Journal
• Sharran's Psalm
• Surgery and Physiology: A Sharran's Primer
• Teachings of Loss: Dark Justiciar
• Teachings of Loss: Endless Dark
• Teachings of Loss: Forgetting and Loss
• Teachings of Loss: Light's Love
• Teachings of Loss: Oblivion
• Teachings of Loss: Own Secret
• Teachings of Loss: The Nightsinger
• The Final Sacrifice of the Moon Daughter
• The Gauntlet of Shar
• The Genesis of Selûne and Shar
• The Glories of the Nightsinger
• The Rumour of Reithwin
• The War between Selûne and Shar
• The Unburdening
• The Unclaimed
• Tome of the Faith-leap Trial
• Tome of the Self-Same Trial
• Tome of the Soft-Step Trial

Related characters

• Ferg Drogher
• Lyrthindor
• Malus Thorm
• Morann
• Nightmist
• Nocturne
• Owltalon
• Shadowheart
• Viconia DeVir

Sharran Fidelians

• Gloommask
• Gydd
• Hyrald
• Lamona
• Mirie
• Uttermask

Sharran Sentries

• Baxta
• Hendly
• Imwise

Sharran Novices

• Afara
• Bluenail
• Dohna
• Dollay
• Fredrichk
• Garrigan
• Greymask
• Humboldt
• Monteith
• Tylda
• Wilbur

Related locations

•  Cloister of Sombre Embrace
•  Gauntlet of Shar
•  Grymforge
•  Mirror of Loss

Quotes

	“	Shar will take your sorrow from you But beware: her night is dark. She'll hide your pain, and secrets too. And all your joy, and all your spark.	„
		— A is for Azuth, and other Gods XI

Notes

• Only Shadowheart can have Shar as a deity.
• Shar was available as a deity for non-Shadowheart player character Clerics in Early Access, but the option was cut in the full release of the game.

Gallery

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  Shar's symbol.

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  Model

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  Keeping Shadowheart's Parents

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  Cinematic

External Links

• Shar on the Forgotten Realms Wiki