Bloodied Shrine

The Bloodied Shrine in the Shattered Sanctum

The Bloodied Shrine is a Location within the Shattered Sanctum in Act One of Baldur's Gate 3.

Overview

The Bloodied Shrine is a sacred place for Loviatar, goddess of pain and is located east of the room where  Gut grants the Brand of the Absolute at X: 334 Y: -21.

The shrine is occupied by Loviatar's cleric  Abdirak. He can give the player character the permanent bonus  Loviatar's Love, provided they agree to participate in his sadomasochistic religious ritual. The buff is granted upon passing  Intimidation or  Performance checks (three in a row each), or upon failing three  Constitution checks in a row.

If the player character has preemptively read the book titled  On Receiving Her Grace lying on the table nearby, they also have an additional option to choose a weapon which Abdirak uses on them, which alters the type of damage dealt by Abdirak. Finally, the player character participating in the ritual can also remove their armour to gain the  Ardent Apostle condition, which grants a [+4] bonus to Intimidation and Performance checks for the duration of the ritual.

Successful participating in the ritual grants the following inspiration:

• ⁠A Kiss Without Mercy for party members with  Acolyte background
• ⁠The Art of Agony for party members with  Entertainer background

Characters

•  Abdirak
•  Grush - if no longer torturing  Liam
•  Torturer Spike - if no longer torturing Liam

Loot

•  Loviatar's Scourge
•  On Receiving Her Grace
•  Ritual Axe
•  Ritual Dagger
•  The Screed of the Willing

External links

• ⁠Loviatar on the Forgotten Realms Wiki