Īfter that, Sharess spent much of her time in Arvandor, frolicking and pursuing pleasure in all of its forms, despite the warnings of her deific allies and the offers made by Shar, and guarding herself from Loviatar. Sune doused Sharess with a chalice filled with waters from Arvandor's Evergold that restored Sharess' beauty and willpower, giving her the will and the edge to rebel against her mistress. During the Time of Troubles, Sune freed Sharess from Shar's influence, when the latter tried to assassinate Sharess, as she had Ibrandul due to her reluctance to be completely dominated by the goddess of shadow. Īfter Myth Drannor fell, she began to experiment with the darker side of pleasure and fell under the sway of Shar, and became known as Sharess. During these travels, she also subsumed the divinity of Zandilar the Dancer, a goddess of the Yuir elves, gaining that goddess' portfolio of intense passionate love. Struck by wanderlust, Bast traveled across Faerûn leaving many cults in her wake. During the Second Mulhorandi Empire (beginning −1048 DR), she subsumed the portfolio of Felidae, a beast cult deity of felines, nomads, and sensual pleasure. Sharess was originally known as Bast, a Mulhorandi power who was the patroness of cats, and Anhur's lieutenant.
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Sharess didn't have any orders as such, but a group of werecats devoted to both her and Selûne, and calling themselves the Eyes of the Evening, hunted down Sharran cultists on nights of the full moon.
Sharessan clerics prayed for their spells at dusk. Their most beloved festival was the Midsummer's Eve festival, where the pursuit of pleasure had no boundary. Even daily events, such as the rising and setting of the sun, presented a chance for Sharessans to revel. These revels were known collectively as the Endless Revels of Life. The Church of Sharess probably celebrated the most festivals out of all the faiths of Faerûn.
Privately owned festhalls usually employed at least one or two Sharessan clerics. These festhalls sought to indulge every pleasure imaginable. The Church of Sharess was of casual nature, and her clergy were responsible for the running of many festhalls found throughout large cities in Faerûn. Īs Sharess, she was an ally of Selûne, Sune, Milil, Hanali Celanil, and Lliira, and she opposed both Loviatar and Shar, the latter of which never forgot that Sharess escaped from her clutches. She also had a romantic relationship with Anhur, though their opinion of each other varied wildly from absolute love to indifference depending on how many fights they had. She had a close relationship with Nobanion, who shared her interest in felines, though Sharess did as much to annoy him as she did to entice him. Relationships Īs Bast, she opposed the evil Set along with the other good-aligned gods of that nation. Sharess was an innate flirt and loved toying around with beautiful mortals once she had her fill, she swiftly moved on to other sources of pleasure. She was constantly grooming herself to ensure her appearance was always up to standards.
Sharess was often depicted as a beautiful, voluptuous woman with the head of a cat, especially in Mulhorand.
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