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Sharess

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Sharess

Title(s) The Dancing Lady
Mother of Cats
Bast
Power Level Demipower
Subservient Deities {{{minions}}}
Dominion {{{dominion}}}
Alignment Chaotic good
Sphere {{{sphere}}}
Portfolio Hedonism
Sensual fulfillment
Festhalls
Cats
Worshipers Bards, hedonists, sensualists
Cleric Alignments
Domains Chaos, Charm, Good, Travel, Trickery[1], Pleasure[2]
Holy Day(s) {{{holy days}}}
Favored Weapon A great cat's paw
(claw bracer)
Channel Divinity Prayer {{{channel divinity}}}

Sharess (pronounced SHAH-ress) is the deity of hedonism, festhalls and sensual fulfillment. Sharess is oft depicted as a beautiful, voluptuous woman with the head of a cat (especially in Mulhorand). She has the individualistic and hedonistic personality of a feline and she is constantly grooming herself to ensure her appearance is always up to standards. Sharess is an innate flirt and loves toying around with beautiful mortals; once she has had her fill, she swiftly moves on to other sources of pleasure.[1]

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[edit] Worshipers

Sharess at far right.

[edit] Church of Sharess

The Church of Sharess is of casual nature, and her clergy are responsible for the running of many festhalls found throughout large cities in Faerûn. These festhalls seek to indulge every pleasure imaginable. Privately owned festhalls usually employ at least one or two Sharessan clerics.

The Church of Sharess probably celebrate the most festivals out of all the faiths of Faerûn. These revels are known collectively as the Endless Revels of Life.. Even daily events present a chance for Sharessan to revel; sometimes even the rising and setting of the sun. Their most beloved festival is the Midsummer's Eve festival, where the pursuit of pleasure has no boundary. Sharessan clerics pray for their spells at dusk.[1]

[edit] History

Sharess was once Bast, a Mulhorandi power who was the patroness of cats, and Anhur's lieutenant. During the Second Empire, she subsumed the portfolio of Felidae, a beast cult deity of felines, nomads, and sensual pleasure. Struck by wanderlust, Bast traveled across Faerûn leaving many cults in her wake. She began to experiment with the darker side of pleasure and fell under the sway of Shar. She began to become known as Sharess, but before she was completely subsumed by Shar, she was freed by Sune, during the Time of Troubles. [1]

[edit] Relationships

Sharess has restored alliances with Selûne, Sune, Milil, Hanali Celanil, and Lliira. She now opposes both Loviatar and Shar, who has never forgotten that Sharess escaped from her clutches. She also remembers her Mulhorandi roots, and opposes the evil Set along with the other good-aligned gods of that nation.[1]

[edit] Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Eric L. Boyd, Erik Mona (May 2002). Faiths and Pantheons. Wizards of the Coast. ISBN 0-7869-2759-3.
  2. ↑ Richard Baker, James Wyatt (March 2004). Player’s Guide to Faerûn, p. 189. Wizards of the Coast. ISBN 0-7869-3134-5.

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