The Lord of Shadows was a confident and scheming deity. He loved plotting various secret conspiracies—though his plans always easily placed himself in dangerous situations. The Lord of Shadows was both alert and ruthless, and he never lost emotional control. His appearance was always shifting constantly, so no one had ever known his true face.
Soren was now facing his true body. Ordinarily, in the eyes of worshippers and the outside world, the Lord of Shadows was ever-changing.
Many people feared the church of the Lord of Shadows, not only because of its rumored cruelty, but also because of its penchant for theft and lurking in the shadows. Most outsiders believed the church of the Lord of Shadows was merely a thieves' guild organized under the guise of religion. [Note: This point is entirely correct.]
Clerics of the Lord of Shadows frequently dual-classed as assassins, bards, divine seekers, guild rogues, shadow mages, and shadow dancers, among others.
Come to think of it.
The Lord of Shadows was also a rather unlucky deity.
Because his predecessor offended the Chaotic Hound, Kozak, although the original God of Thieves, Mask, had already fallen, the Lord of Shadows still inherited this hostility and was constantly watched like a tiger eyeing its prey by the Lady of Night. Heaven knew just how much Shar wanted to seize the Shadow portfolio, so ever since his ascension, he had been hiding and never dared to show his true face. The Lord of Shadows was considered a fairly wealthy deity, but his interpersonal relationships were not very good, and he had always been antagonized by the Goddess of Wealth.
"Is that all?"
Faced with Soren and the others surrounding him, a trace of sarcastic amusement appeared on the face of the Lord of Shadows, and then he slowly