![[IMAGE_BESHABA.png]] **Type:** Hidden cult of [[Beshaba]], Lady of Misfortune **Status:** Active, secretive, widespread, and increasingly organized **Headquarters:** _Rumored_ to be the [[Hollow Cloister]], somewhere in [[Stormhorn Mountains]] or [[The Stonelands]] **Threat Level:** Severe; responsible for curses, disappearances, blights, and divine corruption across [[The Eastern Heartlands]] **Overview** - The Doommasters are the black-hearted clergy and zealots of Beshaba, goddess of misfortune, calamity, and spite. Where [[Tymora]] teaches boldness, the Doommasters preach inevitability- that all luck curdles, all joy rots, and all hope is a fool’s delusion. Their goal is not conquest, but collapse: to turn faith into fear, victories into tragedies, and destinies into misfortune’s playthings. - Among the [[Order of the Lucky Blades]], the Doommasters are their oldest and most hated enemy. Their cult has plagued [[Silvercross]] for generations, striking at caravans, temples, and lone travelers. They whisper curses through keyholes, poison wells with misfortune, and delight in turning allies against each other with subtle, cruel manipulations. **Connection to the Eldwynair Bloodline** - The Doommasters mark **Dio Eldwynair** as a living blasphemy- the paladin who slew a woman under Beshaba’s influence, whose curse defies time, and whose existence is a reminder that even Tymora’s blessed can be broken by misfortune. - They know of him. They _hunt_ for him. - Rumors among the Order whisper that the Doommasters view Dio as: - **A vessel** containing the perfect wound of misfortune - **A proof** that Tymora’s fortune can fail utterly - **A key** to unraveling the balance between luck and misfortune - **A prize** Beshaba wants returned Though order leadership protects the truth behind [[Olivia Halcrest]]'s death, the Doommasters openly celebrate the tragedy at the [[Cathedral of Lathander]]. Some say they keep painted icons of that moment; Dio’s blind strike, Olivia’s fall... displayed like holy relics in their hidden sanctums.