Originally Posted by Auric
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It's been a minute since I really dug into Shar's whole schtick but isn't there a little wiggle room for what life COULD still exist in those conditions? She wants complete darkness, but I don't remember it being a necessity that ALL life be extinguished.

I don't think so, no. There's a SH and Wyll banter where SH mentions the original betrayal and Shar is the god of old wrong hidden but not forgotten. The betrayal, the original sin was creating life. In Shar's mind she was willing to tolerate the balance (think yin-yang symbol withe Chantea in the center) but after Selune's betrayal it's back to the void.

The reason Shar won the first battle is that she was the first twin to emerge. Before that she was the void - now she wants to go back. In the end even the undead will go away - which is why she's at odds with Myrkul and the dead three.