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| '''Beshaba''' a.k.a. "The Maid of the Misfortune", is a fictional Faerunian ]. She is considered the deity of bad luck, fate, capricious activity and accidents. | |||
| ==Overview== | |||
| Beshaba is revered more out of fear, than out of religious faith. Her alignment is ]. Beshabic doctrine states that bad luck befalls everybody, and the only way to avoid it is by worshipping her. She is renowned for being spiteful and malevolent. | |||
| Her clergy is responsible for spreading the Beshabic doctrine, and for making ]s. Clerics must offer an entreaty for their spells, and make sacrifices of alcoholic beverages such as burning ] or ]. There are two festivals in the calendar of Beshaba followers, "Midsummer" and "Shieldmeet". Both are celebrated by revelry and indulgence in food and drink. | |||
| Beshaba is the sister of ], and they dislike each other. Her symbol is black antlers on a red field. Her weapon is a "barbed" scourge, aptly named "Ill Fortune". | |||
| ==Life== | |||
| Beshaba came into being as a result of ] splitting the Cataclysm of ], which also triggered the waning of ]. ] was infected with a taint of ], and she has to be split into two parts, the enemies ] and ]. | |||
| Beshaba is considered to be attractive to many male deities, and some have testified that they have been devoured with her lustful passions. She has rejected advances from ], and other hopefuls. | |||
| Beshaba's aim in life, is to dessicate and disintegrate her antithesis, "Lady Luck". She also delights in cursing others, such as causing seafarers to lose their navigational instincts, or causing travelers to get lost. She has no allies. | |||
| The aforementioned ] has an important role in Beshaba's life. Daimon was in love with Tyche, who was involved in a ''menage a trois'' with the Lathander Morninglord. Daimon, though he is in dread of Beshaba, has roused himself to seek reunification of both ] and ]. | |||
| ==References== | |||
| * - An excellent source of knowledge for Planescape information. | |||
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