From a contraction of Shadowheart, itself a compound of shadow + heart, likely chosen as a jocular homonym of shart (“wet fart”).
Shart
- (Baldur's Gate fandom slang, humorous or derogatory) The fictional character Shadowheart from the video game Baldur's Gate 3.
- Synonym: (endearing) Shadowbae
2021 March 21, Exerosp, Reddit[1]:They [BG3's female companions] aren't particularly evil, if you sided with the Goblins you can clearly tell that Shart isn't even evil, just very pragmatic about your Tadpole problem.
2022 July 20, K1ndr3dSoul, Reddit[2]:I felt like Lae and Shart will have potential redemption arcs and will be trying for those.
2023 September 7, Gned11, Reddit[3]:This build works equally well whatever you do with Shart, but obviously the whole stalking gloom thing is a better thematic fit for a Shar loyalist.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Shart.
