Shar, Shadowheart & Loss | Baldur's Gate 3 Lore

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The Mistress of Night, The Dark Lady and Lady of Loss.
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00:00 Intro & Spoiler Warning
00:47 Shar's Iconography
02:05 The Importance of Secrecy
04:49 Forgetting & Memories
07:40 Sharran Hierarchy
08:38 Dark Justiciar
10:28 Statues
12:00 The Nightsinger
12:54 The Dark Dancer
14:20 Other Manifestations
15:01 Shar in Baldur's Gate 3
17:43 Sharran Culture
20:18 Alignments
22:12 The House of Grief
24:14 Shadowheart's Parents
28:16 Closing Thoughts
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Credits & Sources
Script, editing and gameplay by me with the exception of the credited parts below.
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Shadowheart Dark Justiciar dialogue on consequences by PerfectParadox: • Shadowheart ends the r...
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@miss_chalice 9 ай бұрын

Hi all! Just wanted to say that I am relatively new to Forgotten Realms. There may be things that I get wrong, as I understand things can change/get retconned between editions. I did my best to research across a range of books and will always provide sources where I pull information from. But most importantly, I welcome any tips and advice from veterans of these franchaises, so please feel free to leave any feedback. Thank you!!

@MechaBorne 9 ай бұрын

Hi yes my feedback is that I would like an Armored Core lore video with cosplay pls, thank you Chalice

@professorJorge11 9 ай бұрын

I don't know Challice. My friends and I played in highschool, and now I have a mortgage and car payments 😅

@wylon87 9 ай бұрын

Strangely, I don't seem to remember these so-called "realms"..

@garrick3727 9 ай бұрын

Forgotten Realms lore is a mess, with new versions of D&D drastically changing the world and not always for the better. If you can make any sense of it, you're doing better than 99% of DMs and players. The Forgotten Realms wiki is rather good though. Once you stray too far from anything mentioned in BG3 it can get all be a bit debatable, but since you managed to cover Elden Ring, which has highly speculative lore, I'm sure you will do fine.

@HanniekHarker 9 ай бұрын

Nah, it's good to see you in this community too. Elden Ring is kind of over for now until the DLC, and I'm playing BG3 as I type this. You're on point. I'm learning about this world too. All videos welcome and we all make a mistake here and there but that's the learning process and the fun of it all!

@killgriffinnow 9 ай бұрын

I KNEW Shadowheart reminded me of someone but I couldn’t quite remember who until now. You pull off her look in the thumbnail so well, it’s scarily good!

@miss_chalice 9 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for thinking so well of me and my likeness to our favourite princess !!

@Jamie_Pritchard 9 ай бұрын

Glad it wasn't just me then 😅

@proggz39 9 ай бұрын

It’s uncannily similar

@naterod 9 ай бұрын

Right she was made for this cosplay!

@user-pc5qj2ix2c 5 ай бұрын

Shadowheart witshes her voice is that good :P

@priestvallon4654 9 ай бұрын

Such a pleasant voice. I could listen to her narrating a users manual for a 1997 riding lawnmower. 😂

@scotiej 9 ай бұрын

That was fantastic! Shadowheart is my favorite companion in BG3 and seeing her story play out was a heartbreaking one. One thing I noticed is that Shar revels in others pains while giving her followers a false sense of forgetfulness. Meaning she'll wipe their memories, but only after reintroducing the pain of their losses again and again as if they're reliving the pain for the first time. Meaning it's done as a sadistic act instead of doing something beneficial for those in pain. Not to mention robbing people of the ability to grow and heal from loss. Very interesting all around.

@sadv3 9 ай бұрын

This just makes me wish my Tav could punch Shar in the face.

@miss_chalice 9 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! And thank you for your great perspective. It is indeed a sick and twisted cycle Shar is fostering!!

@fallenmind153 9 ай бұрын

nailed the shadowheart look! shes one of my favorit characters and her story arch is awesome! great video!

@miss_chalice 9 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!! Really happy that you enjoyed and could represent her well enough :)

@DrBJJCarpenter 9 ай бұрын

I've been immersed in Forgotten Realms lore since Baldur's Gate 2 consumed my childhood and honestly this is one of the best explorations of Shar that I've ever come across. I feel like there's a lot of nuance to her as a deity that BG3 sort of glossed over, but this video was great for bringing some of that back into the conversation!

@miss_chalice 9 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for thinking so! I really like to deep-dive into the motivations and psyche of individuals, and fictional deities are no exception to that! Really glad you could enjoy :D

@bavettesAstartes 9 ай бұрын

Shar might not want to drown the world in blood like Bhaal, or rule the world by fire like Bane, nor own its ashes like Myrkul... but Shar is an evil far older, and more insidious, than all of them. She is as old as the world, if not older. She and her sister predates magic itself. It was Selune who, after fighting with Shar, hurled a piece of herself with such force that it tore at Shar. The result was Mystril, first goddess of magic, who ever since took Selune's side. That was before the sun, it was in a time where the twin sisters were deciding how to nurture the world (Chauntea) into what it became today. Selune wanted stars and a giant bright moon to illuminate the living things that crawled in the muck back then. Shar wanted for a world devoid of light. Every bad thing that every single cleric of Shar ever did, every plot of the goddess of spite, was because the two of them couldn't agree on whether to turn on the lights or keep them off during their play time. Poor Lathander (and previously Amaunator), gods of the sun, who have set and risen in the span of time that these two goddesses have fought each other. At least that is how one story goes.

@dominikotmianowski6943 9 ай бұрын

I would also die for seeing whole video dedicated to Selune and her presence in the BG3. Despite Selune being a fictional deity she resembles a lot of lunar female deities worshipped irl by various cultures in history and I hold weirdly intense relationship with her in all my DnD adventures, but also in irl worldview.

@miss_chalice 9 ай бұрын

Yay! I am actually working on a Selune video right now, so I'm excited to share it with you eventually. I have always been drawn to the Moon as a planetary body and symbol, perhaps because I am a Cancerian hehe so I am a sucker for lunar inspired beings and religions. Thank you for mentioning irl applications and examples as well, I may include that in my video!

@dominikotmianowski6943 9 ай бұрын

@@miss_chalice so excited for the incoming video then! Good luck

@blungus9574 8 ай бұрын

I always thought Selune was a combination of the greek and roman names for the same moon goddess: Selene and Luna. I really like lunar goddesses in fantasy TTRPGs myself.

@thomashernandez6536 9 ай бұрын

Yay! New lore. Thank you in advanced for all the new amazing stories you will tell.

@miss_chalice 9 ай бұрын

You are more than welcome! Thank you for enjoying these stories with me :)

@cammantia3482 9 ай бұрын

I respect your knowledge of the lore in the games you talk about. It would be cool if you did an exposé on all the BG3 characters. And DAMN you look good in that outfit.

@Liednard 9 ай бұрын

Wow that is such an unexpected turn in your lore series, and a great one! D&D has so much cool lore to explore, it's really Elden Ring's... grandaddy, or smtg Amazing work on the haircut, for 3s I genuinely thought it was a Shadowheart build video from another channel 😅

@miss_chalice 9 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for your kind words! 😊 I'm really pleased that you enjoyed the change in lore - D&D is a treasure trove of fascinating lore, and I'm excited to cover more of it!

@YellowCladKing Ай бұрын

Thanks for delving into BG3 lore! I hope you do more in the future!

@furiousd123456 7 ай бұрын

How can someone this attractive and talented at cosplay also be so good at lore videos....goodness.

@TheMrCommon 9 ай бұрын

10/10. As a long time DM in FR, solid coverage of both the best NPC and my favorite setting. Keep it coming!

@miss_chalice 9 ай бұрын

The biggest compliment I could get ! Thank you! I have nothing but the highest respect and admiration for DMs such as yourself so this means the world :)

@VashimuXIV 9 ай бұрын

I have been playing Baldur’s Gate 3 a very healthy amount ever since it came out on PS5. And by healthy I mean about roughly 300 hours, I love it so damn much. But I didn’t anticipate to get so enraptured into the lore of the forgotten realms, and now I can hardly get enough of it, so I very much approve of you doing more of this Chalice. Cheers 💙

@miss_chalice 9 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for enjoying my presentation of the lore! Really glad to hear that I could immerse you in the world that BG is based in. Hope you join me for the next adventure!

@gmo3501 9 ай бұрын

Chaliceee, you are an amazing content creator! never give up doing this!

@kikyo2462 8 ай бұрын

you’re just so good at this. never stop💞 you’re special

@thomaskemp8803 Күн бұрын

I love this. im just sad i found it so late. I hope you do more

@shazbotnanunanu3188 9 ай бұрын

Awesome work! Cant wait to see what else you might cover like Minthara and House Baenre. Thanks again the relaxing lore videos and much love for your work!!!

@pmnl98 5 ай бұрын

Love those videos! I'm addicted to BG3 lately and any content you'll do on it will get my attention.

@beholderofdeath 9 ай бұрын

Absolutely loved this video!!! I'm so excited for you to dive more into BG/forgotten realms lore. also i love your cosplay! 🥰❤️

@iTunsiscool26 9 ай бұрын

Really enjoyed the video. Thank you for making it!

@dregnoff9361 8 ай бұрын

This was so good, just wanna add that Shar wanting to be a Mother figure is just a facade, she also a bit of a trickery goddess with her most devout followers being her biggest rubes. Her true goal is simply the death of everything and a return to the oblivion of TOTAL darkness

@zahreel3103 9 ай бұрын

YES! I suggested this and it finally happened! Marvelous video and great cosplay to boot.

@axelstoner 2 ай бұрын

just stunning

@xiledturtle766 9 ай бұрын

It great video, love the loreplay you look just like Shadowheart. learned a lot about Shar I never knew about love your work!!! can't wait for more.

@envoyofrot7046 9 ай бұрын

I am happy to see you expand your lore videos even more now with Baldur's Gate! Variety is always nice 😊

@miss_chalice 9 ай бұрын

Thank you for enjoying something different from me! I really am grateful that you decided to join me for a new lore venture. Your feedback is much appreciated !

@MariaH-yo9vv Ай бұрын

Amazing video, would love a video about Selune!

@martinjrgensen8234 8 ай бұрын

Absolutely lovely video. Your voice is just perfect for lore videos

@ironstark917 9 ай бұрын

To be honest, the most hyped I've been for one of your videos since the first Bloodborne episode. Looking forward to watching this after work!

@deepstonecostco 9 ай бұрын

This is fantastic! Given her cameo, I'd love to see you do one on Vlaakith!

@KMGZbis974 Ай бұрын

Straight to my ASMR playlist :O

@coldsun1187 9 ай бұрын

Wonderful video. I could watch stuff like this all day. I hope you do a lot more Forgotten Realms/BG3 lore videos.

@samlaven582 9 ай бұрын

Really glad to see you cover bg3/dnd, can’t wait for more videos on the topic!

@tra779 9 ай бұрын

I don't know much about D&D lore but loved learning this from you! Hope to see more of this from you!

@travis3474 9 ай бұрын

Awesome video, and amazing cosplay! I'll never froget that first time you get to the end of the Gauntlet of Shar and you hear her voice recognise that you're listening to Shadowheart's conversation with her in her mind. Chills. Hope to see more BG3 videos. :D

@momentarymalaise 9 ай бұрын

omg I love the Shadowheart cosplay! Thank you for covering Baldurs Gate 3!

@UnspokenOldOne 9 ай бұрын

I am so excited to see you doing Forgotten Realms Lore videos. I've been a Forgotten Realms fan since BG1 and I am glad other people are starting to see how amazing the lore can be. Can't wait to see more lore videos for BG3 and the Forgotten Realms.

@Lore-Collector 9 ай бұрын

Love your videos

@jam34786 9 ай бұрын

No way! Youre doing BG3 now?!! LETSSS GOOOOO!!!!!

@-crixusdingess6562 9 ай бұрын

happy you're expanding out with bg3

@finnmertens8394 9 ай бұрын

this was so great omg shadowheart is my favorite companion alongside astarion, such a well written character with such a fun questline. i’d love more bg3 videos! :]

@melkerbotin7098 9 ай бұрын

Loved this video on Baldurs gate lore!

@QuillASMR 9 ай бұрын

You have the voice of someone perfect for the Soulsverse! Amazing content, Miss Chalice!

@teriyakigringo 9 ай бұрын

YESSS! I was waiting for you to do Baldur's Gate 3 lore and I knew it was going to happen!

@streisky 9 ай бұрын

I start to play BG3 a week ago, and your video came just in time! That's a great game to cover, because the d&d lore is very intricate and complex, there are many places and characters to explore... Awesome video, as usual!

@mushyygirl9325 9 ай бұрын

AAAH i’m so happy to see you make bg3 content

@kevinholmes3587 9 ай бұрын

oh my god I love your elden ring videos and have become obsessed with BG3 and the lore I’m so glad you’re covering it

@jamie8703 9 ай бұрын

GIRL YOU LOOK STUNNING I'm genuinely amazed by how accurate the cosplay is

@cowboy4187 6 ай бұрын

Great vid! I hope that you do more bg3 stuff

@Maloman05 9 ай бұрын

I would love more BG3 content and I loved the sound quality in this video. It sounds lovely

@superpotato2387 9 ай бұрын

Would love more DnD/ Forgotten Realms content. Just stumbled upon your channel and wow, perfect blend of interesting and chill relaxing

@berb4413 9 ай бұрын

YES I WAS WAITING FOR THIS !!!

@asoto1516 9 ай бұрын

Gaaaah need to finish the game, so excited to come back and hear more about Shar from you!

@KeriKittyGaming 9 ай бұрын

omg omg omg i clicked on this video so fast I've been so curious and you're the perfect person to explain it all now like you said, a companion piece to this would be to talk about Shar's adversary, Selune!😄please yes!

@choosenoftheeightfields3429 9 ай бұрын

Never thought i needed such a video, but a welcome suprise it's!

@lostnumber08 9 ай бұрын

Magnificent video.

@tacovoltage 9 ай бұрын

Ive been looking forward to you tackling dnd lore!!!

@grizzlednutz 9 ай бұрын

I love the casual usage of "shart" @6:37

@packyouabowl2921 9 ай бұрын

So great to have you cover BG3!! Forgotten realms has some amazing lore , especially the book series “the legend of Drizzt” by RA Salvatore

@paradoxdungeon 6 ай бұрын

you just unlocked a memory from teen me, I read those books

@nhall129 9 ай бұрын

Id love more BG3 content from you, this was great

@ianadair1280 9 ай бұрын

Yesssss! Thank you lady

@BarnabasVideos 9 ай бұрын

Dude ms Chalice and bg3 is a dream come true👏👏

@NidhCthon 9 ай бұрын

Excited for these! So much great FR lore

@PaladinFeora 9 ай бұрын

Really enjoyed you mentioning the Darkcloaks, the one oddity among the followers of Shar that provided benefial services to others in society, sometimes helping to make the worship of Shar more socially acceptable. They actually have compassion towards the sufferers of mental angush. Great video! You did a wonderful job!

@miss_chalice 9 ай бұрын

Thanks, I'm super happy that you enjoyed the bit on the Darkcloaks; that was a really fascinating subsection to go down. Made me really question myself on if Shar is REALLY 100% bad to the bone. Well maybe she is, but that doesn't mean her followers have to be; they can create something good out of an otherwise dark and sorrowful time in someone's life. Anyway I appreciate your insight and thank you again!

@PaladinFeora 9 ай бұрын

@@miss_chalice You're welcome and thanks again for this wonderful lore video!

@frankcaggiano8282 3 ай бұрын

I've watched a few of your elden ring videos now, and finally came across bg3. I had wondered why you looked so familiar, it's because you literally look like Shadowheart lmao. Woah

@AdnanAhmed 9 ай бұрын

I am gonna love this! More Baldurs Gate 3 content please!

@ProblematicHuman 9 ай бұрын

This was great and would love to see more BG3.

@spooks271 8 ай бұрын

Finally beat bg3 on one of my many playthroughs and glad i waited til i finished Shart's questline to watch this. She is such a beautifully tragic character and i always appreciate these lor dives you do.

@KaitN9 9 ай бұрын

Quite surprised by the sudden D&D Lore video! But you are sublime as Shadowheart! And it is good to initiate new people to Shar's ways! 😈

@andreip9378 8 ай бұрын

Great narration! I think you could expand the scope of your videos to movies, books, historical figures/events...

@johnsmith-4904 9 ай бұрын

You have to appreciate the amount of effort these videos take

@Pandarian300 9 ай бұрын

You have a nice unique voice! I like it!

@tcainz8802 9 ай бұрын

Haven't played and don't plan to play, but I love your content, this was also fun to watch!

@Liam-pi9vi 9 ай бұрын

Awesome vid Chalice! Loved your Elden Ring Videos / Cosplays. Seems we both took interest in Baldurs Gate and DnD. Love this game and characters, especially Shadowheart. Cosplay looks Great. Looking forward to more lore and character vids on the world of DnD / Forgotten Realms.

@lunarcryptid 5 ай бұрын

I'd love to see you do more BG3 videos

@Nintendoitis 4 ай бұрын

Ive seen elden ring in the past i just seen you had baldurs gate too 👍 its been a little bit since i visit this channel but i like your videos and i like your voice i could honestly listen to you talk about anything 👍

@Gyrospire 9 ай бұрын

Been watching you for awhile for the Elden Ring and Soulsborne lore, but Baldur's Gate and D&D is an ever deeper favorite of mine. I'd love for you to do more videos in that universe!

@PureYang0 9 ай бұрын

I am so happy I subbed to your channel, it's like we are into the same games too because when I initially subscribed you were making Elden Ring videos, that game which took over my life all of last year, and now you are on BG3 which is taking over my life now.

@Galamoth06 7 ай бұрын

Wow, you both enjoyed the most popular games of the year they came out. You must be soulmates.

@mythicalnpc3156 9 ай бұрын

Chalice doing a Baldur's Gate vid? Today is a good day! Cosplay is on point btw 👏

@aranthur 9 ай бұрын

This is so exciting to see! BG3 has quickly become one of my favorite games ever, and I've been an avid dnd player for years, so I would love to see more of your takes on the lore Also, Shadowheart and Lae'zel are my absolute favs lol

@M12Z0 9 ай бұрын

Chalice you are gorgeous

@chase6054 8 ай бұрын

Yes! More BG3 videos pretty please? ❤

@thecommonwhale 9 ай бұрын

i would love more baldurs gate 3 vids this was awesome

@TheCudmaster 4 ай бұрын

There are books in the game that talk about a Selunite indoctrination involving dumping kids in the woods with wolves at night. I wonder at some point if they were going to make her a Selune aligned lycanthrope that was mindwiped with silver embedded in her hand to prevent the change.

@maxanderson8872 9 ай бұрын

Shart really is the best

@Kargoyle 9 ай бұрын

The Forgotten Realms has such great lore, I cant wait for you to get deeper into it and cover them!

@ihatevnecks7015 9 ай бұрын

Always happy to see FR lore; there's so much to see and talk about with Faerun, and most of it outside the Sword Coast has been largely ignored in more recent years.

@CrapsGoodxD 6 ай бұрын

Nice thumbnails!

@alecolson8360 9 ай бұрын

Your Player Character looks cool!!

@SilcronKaytor 9 ай бұрын

This is great. If you need more for your research, Ed Greenwood, the creator of the Forgotten Realms has a KZfaq channel too.

@miss_chalice 9 ай бұрын

No way! That's awesome, thanks for letting me know. I went over and subscribed now :)

@nothershineless3822 9 ай бұрын

omg Chalice u look so cute ayayaya Also THANK YOU for this lore video now i can only think what would happen if a cleric of Shar go through all this questline with shadowheart how much choices it could have...

@ilyana1126 9 ай бұрын

So excited for this video! Forgotten Realms is my favorite setting for D&D

@QuinForTheWin_ 5 ай бұрын

Great video! I can never and will never have SH go down the DJ path. I always have to see her free of Shar. My head canon is that she always gets free from her.