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'''Shadowheart''' is an [[origin]] character and a recruitable [[companion]] with the [[Acolyte]] background. She is a [[Half-Elf|half-elf]] and a [[Trickery Domain|Trickery]] Domain [[Cleric]]. | '''Shadowheart''' is an [[origin]] character and a recruitable [[companion]] with the [[Acolyte]] background. She is a [[Half-Elf|half-elf]] and a [[Trickery Domain|Trickery]] Domain [[Cleric]] first appearing during the [[Prologue]]. | ||
As a loyal servant of the goddess [[Shar]], Shadowheart can be cold and calculating, willing to do whatever is necessary to serve the Dark Lady with devotion. She can be first found on the [[Nautiloid]] during the prologue where she serves as a temporary companion, and properly recruited at the start of Act 1. | As a loyal servant of the goddess [[Shar]], Shadowheart can be cold and calculating, willing to do whatever is necessary to serve the Dark Lady with utter devotion. She can be first found on the [[Nautiloid]] during the prologue where she serves as a temporary companion, and can be properly recruited at the start of Act 1 as well as be romanced by characters of any gender. | ||
{{Q|We're in this together, but I'll happily go it alone. My faith will keep me company.|Shadowheart's strong devotion.}} | {{Q|We're in this together, but I'll happily go it alone. My faith will keep me company.|Shadowheart's strong devotion.}} | ||
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== Overview == | == Overview == | ||
{{hatnote|For a full overview of Shadowheart's starting features, see the articles [[cleric]], [[Trickery Domain]] and [[half-elf]].}} | {{hatnote|For a full overview of Shadowheart's starting features, see the articles [[cleric]], [[Trickery Domain]] and [[half-elf]].}} | ||
=== Background === | === Background === | ||
A devout follower of Shar, Shadowheart is the sole survivor of a holy mission undertaken on the Mistress of the Night's behest. She alone must deliver a relic of immense power to her coven in [[Baldur's Gate]], while threatened by a strange new magic that is burgeoning from within. Her faith plays an important part in her story throughout the game, and she can be steered to or away from it. | A devout follower of Shar, Shadowheart is the sole survivor of a holy mission undertaken on the Mistress of the Night's behest. She alone must deliver a relic of immense power to her coven in [[Baldur's Gate]], while threatened by a strange new magic that is burgeoning from within. Her faith plays an important part in her story throughout the game, and she can be steered to or away from it. | ||
=== | ===Starting class=== | ||
Shadowheart starts as a Trickery Domain cleric, giving her access to [[spells|Spellcasting]] – with a particular focus on illusion magic – and {{SAI|Blessing of the Trickster}}, a class action that grants another creature [[advantage]] on [[Stealth]] checks. This makes her an ideal support character, albeit with few offensive options. | |||
===Special features=== | |||
* Shadowheart has the passive {{SAI|Fear of Wolves}}, whenever a wolf approaches her, she must make a [[Wisdom]] [[Saving Throw]] or become [[Frightened (Condition)|Frightened]] | |||
* Shar, Shadowheart's goddess, plays an integral part in her story, influencing her more than the standard Cleric class experience | |||
=== Personal quest === | === Personal quest === | ||
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{{Hatnote|See main article: [[Shadowheart/Approval]]}}[[File:Shadowheart Approval.png|50px|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. 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. | {{Hatnote|See main article: [[Shadowheart/Approval]]}}[[File:Shadowheart Approval.png|50px|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. 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. | ||
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 unfavourably to being too open with untrustworthy or unknown individuals. | 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 unfavourably to being too open with untrustworthy or unknown individuals. Straying from Shar's mandates results in Shadowheart being punished through the wound in her right hand, a reminder to follow Shar's wishes. | ||
===Romance=== | ===Romance=== | ||
{{Hatnote|See main article: [[Shadowheart/Romance]]}} | {{Hatnote|See main article: [[Shadowheart/Romance]]}} | ||
Shadowheart can be romanced by characters of any gender, and is one of the few characters willing to have a casual relationship. Throughout it, she will have to deal with the topic of her identity and how the idea of love fits the Sharran concept of self-sacrifice for their goddess. | Shadowheart can be romanced by characters of any gender, and is one of the few characters willing to have a casual relationship. Throughout it, she will have to deal with the topic of her identity and how the idea of love fits the Sharran concept of self-sacrifice for their goddess. | ||
== Description == | |||
===Appearance=== | |||
Shadowheart has straight, coal-black hair kept in a long ponytail segmented by ornate silver rings. Her fringe hair is kept short and straight, revealing her brows beneath and a scar running from her nose to her right cheek. Hair adorns her face on the sides, reaching past her chin, her pointed ears barely peeking through them, and her eyes, light-green with speckles of yellow, are contoured by dark make up. Though rarely seen, she has a black circular mark on her right hand, a wound given by Shar used to express her disapproval, causing Shadowheart pain whenever she misbehaves. | |||
She complements her Sharran attire with a silver circlet worn above her fringe, simple, yet elegant, displaying her goddess' holy symbol, a black disc, as well as an argent hairpiece at the base of her ponytail, reminiscent of the decorations found in Sharran temples. | |||
After the events of [[The Chosen of Shar]], if Shadowheart turned from Shar, she will dye her hair silver and part her fringe off-center, showing more of her forehead. If she remained faithful, however, she will maintain her black hair but part her hair nonetheless. | |||
===Personality=== | |||
Zealously devoted, independent and headstrong, she prefers pragmatic solutions to issues, decisive action and staying uninvolved in the problems of others. While she initially seems guarded and reserved – hesitant to reveal information about herself – she is in fact amnesiac, with little memory of her own past. Fiercely devoted to Shar, she won't tolerate any slights against her goddess, often reacting defensively. | |||
Still, Shadowheart displays traits that are often at odds with her Sharran training. She has a fondness for flowers and animals, disapproves of indiscriminate violence, prefers relatively peaceful resolutions to conflicts when possible and often sympathizes with the plights of party members. She can be as sarcastic as [[Astarion]], and doesn't shy away from dark humour. She is introspective, and often harbours doubts as can be seen by romancing her. | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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The group was able to locate the [[Mysterious Artefact]] though at 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 is 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]. | The group was able to locate the [[Mysterious Artefact]] though at 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 is 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]. | ||
==Daughter of Darkness== | ==Events of Baldur's Gate 3== | ||
===Prologue=== | |||
Shadowheart can be encountered during the battle aboard the nautiloid. Trapped in a mind flayer pod, the party can decide whether to free her or not. If released, she will join the party as a temporary companion until they escape the ship. | |||
===Daughter of Darkness=== | |||
{{main|Daughter of Darkness}} | {{main|Daughter of Darkness}} | ||
Daughter of Darkness is Shadowheart's personal quest. It is added to the journal upon recruiting her and spans all three acts of the game. | Daughter of Darkness is Shadowheart's personal quest. It is added to the journal upon recruiting her and spans all three acts of the game. | ||
===Act One=== | ====Act One==== | ||
During the first act of the game, players will slowly uncover the mystery of the artefact Shadowheart carries, as well as the mission that led her to find it. Shadowheart will reveal that she's a devout of Shar and that her mission is to deliver the artefact to her cloister in Baldur's Gate. As part of the operation, she had her memories suppressed so she wouldn't betray Shar, who exerts her influence over her through the wound in Shadowheart's hand. | During the first act of the game, players will slowly uncover the mystery of the artefact Shadowheart carries, as well as the mission that led her to find it. Shadowheart will reveal that she's a devout of Shar and that her mission is to deliver the artefact to her cloister in Baldur's Gate. As part of the operation, she had her memories suppressed so she wouldn't betray Shar, who exerts her influence over her through the wound in Shadowheart's hand. | ||
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Should the party learn about [[Dark Justiciar]]s, they may ask Shadowheart more about them. She will state that they are elite warriors of Shar and that she dreams of becoming one some day. This will add the quest [[The Chosen of Shar]] to the journal. | Should the party learn about [[Dark Justiciar]]s, they may ask Shadowheart more about them. She will state that they are elite warriors of Shar and that she dreams of becoming one some day. This will add the quest [[The Chosen of Shar]] to the journal. | ||
===Act Two=== | ====Act Two==== | ||
A high approval Shadowheart will at some point reveal that one of her favourite flowers is the [[Night Orchid]]. One such flower can be found in the [[Ruined Battlefield]] in the [[Shadow-Cursed Lands]] and given to her. Shadowheart will express her gratitude and lament not having anything to give in return. | A high approval Shadowheart will at some point reveal that one of her favourite flowers is the [[Night Orchid]]. One such flower can be found in the [[Ruined Battlefield]] in the [[Shadow-Cursed Lands]] and given to her. Shadowheart will express her gratitude and lament not having anything to give in return. | ||
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If she's allowed to slay the Nightsong, Shar will be greatly pleased with Shadowheart, and will finally name her Dark Justiciar, granting her powerful rewards. Shadowheart herself will be happy she finally achieved her dream, and will vow to serve Shar faithfully until death. Alternatively, Shadowheart can be convinced to spare the Nightsong, turning on Shar to forge her own future. In doing so, the Nightsong will be freed and Shadowheart will be abandoned by her goddess for good. Finally, the Nightsong can be killed by the party instead of Shadowheart or surrendered to [[Balthazar]], both options will greatly anger her and could lead to a confrontation. Any of these outcomes complete [[The Chosen of Shar]]. | If she's allowed to slay the Nightsong, Shar will be greatly pleased with Shadowheart, and will finally name her Dark Justiciar, granting her powerful rewards. Shadowheart herself will be happy she finally achieved her dream, and will vow to serve Shar faithfully until death. Alternatively, Shadowheart can be convinced to spare the Nightsong, turning on Shar to forge her own future. In doing so, the Nightsong will be freed and Shadowheart will be abandoned by her goddess for good. Finally, the Nightsong can be killed by the party instead of Shadowheart or surrendered to [[Balthazar]], both options will greatly anger her and could lead to a confrontation. Any of these outcomes complete [[The Chosen of Shar]]. | ||
===Act Three=== | ====Act Three==== | ||
Whether commanded by Shar as a Dark Justiciar, or guided by [[Aylin]], Shadowheart's next destination is the [[Cloister of Sombre Embrace]] in Baldur's Gate. A Dark Justiciar Shadowheart will be commanded by Shar to cleanse the cloister from corruption, while a Shadowheart who freed Aylin and turned on Shar will be spurred by the hope that she may find her parents alive there. | Whether commanded by Shar as a Dark Justiciar, or guided by [[Aylin]], Shadowheart's next destination is the [[Cloister of Sombre Embrace]] in Baldur's Gate. A Dark Justiciar Shadowheart will be commanded by Shar to cleanse the cloister from corruption, while a Shadowheart who freed Aylin and turned on Shar will be spurred by the hope that she may find her parents alive there. | ||
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If Viconia is refused and defeated, the party may enter the Threshold of Loss, Shar's hidden sanctum. There, Shadowheart will come face to face with her parents, long thought dead. Shar's ultimate test for a Dark Justiciar requires her to slay them, in doing so, Shar will bless Shadowheart by wiping her memory and tasking her with rebuilding the cloister. Shar's faithful will be available as an ally for the final battle. If Shadowheart turned from Shar, she will have a difficult choice to make: save her parents but be forever bound to Shar's curse, or sacrifice her parents and sever the curse at last. Whichever the choice made completes [[Daughter of Darkness]]. | If Viconia is refused and defeated, the party may enter the Threshold of Loss, Shar's hidden sanctum. There, Shadowheart will come face to face with her parents, long thought dead. Shar's ultimate test for a Dark Justiciar requires her to slay them, in doing so, Shar will bless Shadowheart by wiping her memory and tasking her with rebuilding the cloister. Shar's faithful will be available as an ally for the final battle. If Shadowheart turned from Shar, she will have a difficult choice to make: save her parents but be forever bound to Shar's curse, or sacrifice her parents and sever the curse at last. Whichever the choice made completes [[Daughter of Darkness]]. | ||
===Endings=== | |||
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====Adventures throughout the Sword Coast==== | |||
If Shadowheart turned from Shar, and lost her parents in the process, she will embark on adventures throughout the [[Sword Coast]], visiting the [https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/House_of_the_Moon House of the Moon] in [[Waterdeep]], battling Sharran assassins and even befriending an [[Imp]] named [[Bing Bong]].{{note|Bing Bong is the name of an imp appearing during one of the Larian Studios' sponsored Dungeons and Dragons sessions with the main cast of voice actors for the game. Run and hosted by the High Rollers DnD channel, during this adventure, Shadowheart and Lae'zel encounter an imp named Bing Bong working at a store, and Shadowheart briefly adopts him before Lae'zel kills him.}}{{cite web | |||
|work = Official Livestream & VOD | |||
|author = High Rollers DnD | |||
|date = 22-09-2023 | |||
|url = https://youtu.be/jeJKnofNBNs?si=8kzZzr9EBp1UXRJg | |||
|title = Baldur's Gate 3 Cast play D&D #1 / High Rollers Presents: Shadows of Athkatla | |||
|publisher = High Rollers DnD YouTube Channel | |||
|accessdate = 17-01-2024}} If romanced, the player character can join her in these adventures. | |||
====Life at a country farmstead==== | |||
Shadowheart moves to a country farmstead to live surrounded by flowers, pets{{note|Four dogs, eight cats, nine chickens, six pigeons, four sheep, one cow named Daphne, a squirrel and Buttons, a wolf cub. She can also adopt the [[Owlbear Cub]].}} and family, if she turned from Shar and rescued her parents. There, she is finally able to live the life she wanted surrounded by love. If romanced, the player will be living with her and her family, a quiet life after adventures. From time to time Shar will inflict pain on Shadowheart through the wound on her hand, but she no longer minds and notices those events becoming more infrequent lately. | |||
====Mother Superior of the Sharran cloister==== | |||
Should Shadowheart have chosen to remain in Shar's embrace, she will have become the new Mother Superior of the Sharran cloister in Baldur's Gate, operating from the House of Grief. In the months since, word of Lady of Loss has spread far and wide, thanks to the efforts of Shadowheart. If romanced, Shadowheart will end the relationship prior to this, explaining that she needs to be fully devoted to her goddess. She will agree to be kissed for old times' sake, but remains faithful to Shar. Shadowheart also expresses sympathy for Viconia's fate, now able to understand what she went through as Mother Superior. | |||
==Quest rewards== | ==Quest rewards== | ||
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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
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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. | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||