Deinyn Fembrys Deinyn Fembrys was a male Chondathan human cleric of Shar . He was one of a group of clerics Shar posing as clerics of Mystra at a false Temple of Mystra in Wheloon in Cormyr in 1374 DR . History . Serving Lady of Mystery Naedaenya Arthas , Deinyn posed as " Starweaver " Fembrys at the false Temple of Mystra in the Year of Lightning Storms , 1374 DR . His role was to take petitioners through the so - called " Mystra ' s Sacred Trust " , a three - day - long rite designed to sap their willpower , before he exposed them to the " dominating " influence of the " Starry Gnosis " . Victims were abducted and sent to their counterparts in the Vast Swamp . Those who were unsuitable or resisted Fembrys tortured to death and mutilated ; he murdered at least people this way , including Amnic Basult , Duncan , and Kenniwick . In early Eleint , Tunaster Dranik , a genuine cleric of Mystra , stopped by the temple , though the false priests gave him a frosty reception . In the end , Starweaver Fembrys met with him , but Dranik was so off - put by him that he turned and fled from the temple . Priests and guards have chase but Tunaster escaped . The priests later played down the incident . Fembrys was eventually defeated by some adventurers recruited by Dranik to investigate the strange behavior of the false Mystran clerics . Activities . Fembrys ' primary duty at the temple was to supervise and instruct the petitioners of the three - day - long Mystra ' s Sacred Trust rite within the middle temple . He conducted the nightly ceremonies , began the daily chants , and delivered the sermons — all solemn , interminable , and utterly incomprehensible . This was all a calculated effort to wear down the petitioners ' mental defenses , to render them psychologically vulnerable to the final phase of the rite : being presented with the " Starry Gnosis " , which would mentally " dominate " them and make them obedient to the Sharrans ' orders . Although full of religious iconography and symbology and quite bewildering , the gist of Fembrys ' s claims was that , as shown on Mystra ' s holy symbol , magic was born between the stars , with the stars themselves being the known points or schools of magic , and that the space between contained far more secret magical knowledge that Mystra would only reveal to the most promising . Allegedly , the aim of the ritual was to gain her Sacred Trust and this secret knowledge , which would be granted by the " Starry Gnosis " . In his ceremonies , Fembrys employed various vessels and liturgical items , wore vestments and ceremonial attire , and read from his own book , " Preparing for the Sacred Trust " . The most common phrase of his daily chant was " Knowledge lies between the stars . " — in truth , the command phrase of the " Starry Gnosis " . Behind closed doors , however , Fembrys railed against blasphemy of feigning to worship Mystra while the " true one " , Shar , needs must remain hidden . However , Fembrys ' s main focus was in fact his macabre " hobby " , which Lady Arthas permitted him to pursue . First , he tortured to death those petitioners who lacked magical ability , threw off the dominating effects of the " Starry Gnosis " , or were otherwise deemed unsuitable . He tortured them for information , but mostly for sport . He stuffed and mounted their severed heads on the walls of his quarters , like trophies , complete with glass eyes . Fembrys regularly drank " potion s of undetectable alignment " brewed by his colleague Shan Thar , to conceal their evil hearts and maintain their cover . Personality . Outwardly , Fembrys had a dour personality , though this mask would be dropped if provoked to fury . Behind it , he was insane and had some very sick interests . He spoke very little , if he could help it , in order to avoid being caught out in a lie , except at the times he gave his lengthy sermons . When he did speak , he instructed , or tried to have killed those who questioned him . Description . Fembrys had a wizened appearance and often scowling . Though when in battle he might wear full plate armor , he was often seen wearing ceremonial attire as part of his sermons . Equipment . In battle , Fembrys wore full plate armor and wielded a heavy mace and a number of chakram s . He also had a " cloak of resistance + 1 " , a " scroll of restoration " . He also possessed a " disc of secrets " . This false unholy symbol initially appeared to show the symbol of Mystra , then revealed the symbol of Shar after a command phrase . For his twisted hobby , he had a torture chamber at the temple , equipped with a rack , iron maiden , and other devices of cruelty . He also owned a cabinet full of taxidermy tools and supplies . Abilities . In addition to his skills and divine magic as a cleric , Fembrys had mastered the use of Shadow Weave magic .