A shadow adept was a prestige class of Faerûn. Shadow adepts were spellcasters who fearlessly reached out to the Shadow Weave and grabbed for power and knowledge that took others years longer to achieve. Each and every shadow adept was solely concerned with becoming more powerful, which meant those of the good alignments, who singularly refused to be under the control of the goddess Shar, were absent from the ranks of these dark individuals. Shadow adepts made great sacrifices in their ability to tap the Weave in order to gain great power from the Shadow Weave.