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{{Hatnote|See main article: [[Shadowheart/Approval]]}}[[File:Shadowheart Approval.png|44px|left|alt=Shadowheart Approves|link=|Shadowheart Approves]]Shadowheart likes finding pragmatic and efficient solutions to problems. She appreciates discretion, privacy, and open-mindedness. Shadowheart generally responds well to acts of heroism. | {{Hatnote|See main article: [[Shadowheart/Approval]]}}[[File:Shadowheart Approval.png|44px|left|alt=Shadowheart Approves|link=|Shadowheart Approves]]Shadowheart likes finding pragmatic and efficient solutions to problems. She appreciates discretion, privacy, and open-mindedness. Shadowheart generally responds well to acts of heroism. | ||
Shadowheart dislikes those that disapprove of her worship or people pressing her for answers or details. She does not like needless cruelty or violence and can respond unfavorably to being too open with untrustworthy or unknown individuals. While she is afraid of wolves, Shadowheart loves animals and will always react favourably to positive interactions with them and negatively to cruelty towards animals. As a devout | Shadowheart dislikes those that disapprove of her worship or people pressing her for answers or details. She does not like needless cruelty or violence and can respond unfavorably to being too open with untrustworthy or unknown individuals. While she is afraid of wolves, Shadowheart loves animals and will always react favourably to positive interactions with them and negatively to cruelty towards animals. As a devout Sharran, she also approves of acts against Selûne and selûnites in general. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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Born to parents [[Arnell Hallowleaf|Arnell]] and [[Emmeline Hallowleaf]], Jenevelle, as she was named, was raised in a [[Selûne|Selûnite]] household in the forests near [[Baldur's Gate]]. Devout followers of the Moonmaiden, they worshiped her in quiet seclusion away from the city, raising young Jenevelle in the ways of Selûne. In time, she would take part of an ancient Selûnite inititation rite: abandoned in the wilds, she would have to rely on her skills and faith to fend for herself, proving herself as a devout believer once she returned. | Born to parents [[Arnell Hallowleaf|Arnell]] and [[Emmeline Hallowleaf]], Jenevelle, as she was named, was raised in a [[Selûne|Selûnite]] household in the forests near [[Baldur's Gate]]. Devout followers of the Moonmaiden, they worshiped her in quiet seclusion away from the city, raising young Jenevelle in the ways of Selûne. In time, she would take part of an ancient Selûnite inititation rite: abandoned in the wilds, she would have to rely on her skills and faith to fend for herself, proving herself as a devout believer once she returned. | ||
Yet [[Shar]], Selûne's dark sister, had other plans for the child, and commanded [[Viconia DeVir]] and a cadre of Sharrans to kidnap the child. Together, they slayed Jenevelle's parents | Yet [[Shar]], Selûne's dark sister, had other plans for the child, and commanded [[Viconia DeVir]] and a cadre of Sharrans to kidnap the child. Together, they slayed Jenevelle's parents and took young Hallowleaf to Baldur's Gate to a secret cloister of the Dark Lady. | ||
===Life as a Sharran=== | ===Life as a Sharran=== | ||
Jenevelle would be brought to the [[Cloister of Sombre Embrace]], a Sharran temple in Baldur's Gate set up and ran by Mother Superior Viconia DeVir after her previous endeavours in [[Waterdeep]] had failed. Viconia's mission, given to her directly by Shar, was to mould young Jenevelle into a champion of the Dark Lady, an effort that would ultimately take almost half a century. Jenevelle resisted the indoctrination at first, but the brutal training she would be put through, as well as repeated forced use of the temple's [[Mirror of Loss]], would slowly erase her past and in time forge a new identity: Shadowheart. | |||
Though the Mother Superior was especially cruel with Shadowheart, forcing her to use the Mirror of Loss more than with any other acolyte, Shadowheart was able to retain a few memories from her past thanks to [[Nocturne|Rennald]], a young [[Tiefling]] acolyte. Any time she would undergo mirror training, Rennald would do his best to remind Shadowheart who she was afterwards. Thanks to him, and whatever scattered notes she was able to jot down between mirror trainings{{ref|[[Hastily Written Note (Night Orchid Cave)]]}}, Shadowheart was able to retain some parts of her identity, such as her fondness for flowers and animals. The two became good friends, and one of the few blessings in her time in the cloister. | |||
===Hunting after the mysterious artefact=== | |||
At some point during Shadowheart's last stages of training, whispers of the rise of a mysterious cult would reach the Mother Superior's ears. This [[Cult of the Absolute]] as it was being called, was quickly gaining traction among the populace and threatened the Sharran influence over the city. As luck would have it, the Sharrans would capture a [[Githyanki]] [[T'reshk Lir|scout]] who, after being subjected to merciless torture, revealed the existence of a githyanki artifact of immense power that the cult were desperate to find.{{ref|[[Subject Mapping Results: Githyanki No. 7]]}} Such an artifact could prove an asset for the Sharrans in thwarting the absolutist presence in the city, and so the Mother Superior quickly formed a party of elite devouts, tasking them with its retrieval. Though deemed a suicide mission, Shadowheart and four other companions set out to fulfill what they believed were Shar's commands. | |||
During the mission, the group was able to locate the [[Mysterious Artefact]] though at a great cost: Shadowheart was the only survivor. Disaster wouldn't stop there, however, as she soon found herself captive at the hands of [[Mind Flayer|Mind Flayers]]. How and where she was captured in never explored, however, at some point during her capture she became [[Mind Flayer Tadpole|tadpoled]] and kept imprisoned in a pod awaiting [https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Ceremorphosis ceremorphosis]. | |||
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===Quest rewards=== | ===Quest rewards=== | ||
* {{MdRarityItem|Shar's Spear of Evening}} — reward for slaying the Nightsong as part of the quest [[The Chosen of Shar]] | * {{MdRarityItem|Shar's Spear of Evening}} — reward for slaying the [[Nightsong]] as part of the quest [[The Chosen of Shar]] | ||
* {{MdRarityItem|Dark Justiciar Half-Plate (Very Rare)|Dark Justiciar Half-Plate}} — reward for slaying the Nightsong as part of the quest [[The Chosen of Shar]] | * {{MdRarityItem|Dark Justiciar Half-Plate (Very Rare)|Dark Justiciar Half-Plate}} — reward for slaying the Nightsong as part of the quest [[The Chosen of Shar]] | ||
* {{MdRarityItem|Moonlight Glaive}} — reward for sparing the Nightsong as part of the quest [[Find the Nightsong]] | |||
* {{MdRarityItem|Selûne's Spear of Night}} — reward for sparing the Nightsong and defeating [[Ketheric Thorm]] as part of the quest [[Infiltrate Moonrise Towers]] | |||
==Interactions== | ==Interactions== | ||
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* According to [[Larian Studios]], until Patch 3, Shadowheart was the most romanced female companion and the second most romanced companion overall. | * According to [[Larian Studios]], until Patch 3, Shadowheart was the most romanced female companion and the second most romanced companion overall. | ||
* At the time of the events of ''[[Baldur's Gate 3]]'', Shadowheart is over 40 years old.{{ | * At the time of the events of ''[[Baldur's Gate 3]]'', Shadowheart is over 40 years old.{{ref|[[Cloister of Sombre Embrace]], ambient line spoken by Shadowheart upon reading [[No Price Too High]] in the dormitory.<br>''"These are all about ''me''... forty years of my life, documented like I was some sort of specimen."''}}. | ||
* Shadowheart appears to have grown up in Moonhaven, which is featured in the game as [[Blighted Village]].{{ref|Dialogue and events triggered by bringing Shadowheart to the Blighted Village. | * Shadowheart appears to have grown up in Moonhaven, which is featured in the game as [[Blighted Village]].{{ref|Dialogue and events triggered by bringing Shadowheart to the Blighted Village.}} | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
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