The Chosen of Shar

The Chosen of Shar is a sub-quest of Shadowheart's Companion quest, Daughter of Darkness. It is added to your journal when you arrive at Grymforge.

Objectives

Objectives and journal entries may vary pending player decisions.

Find the Dark Justiciar's lair.

• Shadowheart has shown interest in finding the lair of the Dark Justiciar - an elite force dedicated to her goddess Shar.

Explore Grymforge.

• We entered the ruins of what may have been a fortress dedicated to the goddess Shar. We could be close to the Dark Justiciar's lair.
• We found the corpses of several Dark Justiciars - Shar must have been worshipped here. Shadowheart suggested we search for answers.
• We found traces of hellish fiends. Could they have killed the Dark Justiciars? If so, where is their temple of Shar?

Reach the Ancient Temple

• We learned that Grymforge leads to an Ancient Temple. Perhaps the truth of what happened to the Dark Justiciars can be discovered there.
• The bridge to the ancient temple has been destroyed - there must be another way in.
• The cultists were trying to find an ancient temple, but the bridge has been destroyed. If we find another way in, we might discover what happened to the Dark Justiciars.
• It seems that there are limits to Shadowheart's resistance to the shadow curse - she is as vulnerable as anyone wherever the shadows are strongest. Perhaps her goddess tests her.
• A great many Dark Justiciars seem to have perished while fighting near the graveyard. We must be drawing close to the place Shadowheart wishes to find.
• We discovered that Shadowheart possesses a certain amount of resistance to the ill effects of the shadow curse. It seems that this must be due to Shar's patronage - but given the mercurial nature of the dark goddess, the extent of her protection remains to be seen.
• We discovered the remains of long-dead Dark Justiciars in the ruined town of Reithwin. It seems they fought to the death in an effort to defend something important to them.

Explore the Gauntlet of Shar

• We discovered an ancient temple dedicated to Shar. This will be of great interest to Shadowheart - we should investigate further with her.
• We reached the place that Shadowheart had been seeking - an ancient temple dedicated to Shar. We should investigate further.

Complete the Trials of Shar

• Shadowheart realised that this temple is the legendary Gauntlet of Shar - a proving ground where initiates would seek to become Dark Justiciars. After investigating an altar, she learned that a series of trials must be overcome in order to be anointed a warrior of Shar. Shadowheart wishes to complete the trials and become a Dark Justiciar herself.

Find the Spear of Night

• Shadowheart revealed to us that in order to become a Dark Justiciar, she must first acquire a weapon called the Spear of Night, hidden somewhere in the Silent Library.
• After praying to Shar, Shadowheart told us that she must retrieve a weapon called the Spear of Night from the Silent Library before she goes any farther. Otherwise, she will be unable to become a Dark Justiciar.

Proceed with the Trials of Shar

• We have found the Spear of Night. Now we only need to clear the way to the Inner Sanctum of the Gauntlet of Shar, where Shadowheart seeks to be anointed as a Dark Justiciar.

Venture into the Inner Sanctum.

• We have cleared the way to the Inner Sanctum. Shadowheart is now very close to proving herself to Shar and becoming a Dark Justiciar. We should accompany her downwards.
• We have surmounted all the trials and cleared the way to the Inner Sanctum. Shadowheart is now very close to proving herself to Shar and becoming a Dark Justiciar. We should accompany her downwards.

Help Shadowheart finally become a Dark Justiciar.

• We retrieved the Spear of Night. Now we only need to venture through the Inner Sanctum to where Shadowheart's final test awaits. If she succeeds, she shall be anointed as a Dark Justiciar.
• We have entered the Shadowfell - Shar's very own realm. We must descend to where a final test awaits Shadowheart.
• After praying to Shar, Shadowheart told us that she needs to proceed to where a final test awaits her. If she succeeds, she shall be anointed as a Dark Justiciar.

Defeat Balthazar.

• We have decided to turn on Balthazar. Now we must defeat him so that Shadowheart can deal with Nightsong.
• We have entered the Shadowfell - Shar's very own realm. We must descend to where a final test awaits Shadowheart. However, Balthazar, necromancer and ally of Ketheric Thorm, is also present, and may pose a threat to Shadowheart's ambitions if we do not intervene.

On Completion

• We surrendered Nightsong to Balthazar, who took her away to Moonrise Towers. Enraged, Shadowheart turned on us.

Related Quests

• Find the Nightsong

Quest Rewards

If Shadowheart kills the Nightsong:

•  Shar's Spear of Evening
•  Dark Justiciar Half-Plate (Very Rare)

If Shadowheart spares the Nightsong:

•  Moonlight Glaive (technically a reward from Find the Nightsong)
•  Selûne's Spear of Night (granted after completing Infiltrate Moonrise Towers, upon speaking to Dame Aylin in camp)