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{{Deity
| image             = 
| name              = Besmara
| titles            = The Pirate Queen
| alignment         = [[Chaotic neutral]]
| portfolio         = Piracy <br /> Strife <br /> Sea Monsters
| worshipers        = Pirates
| cleric alignments = {{Alignment grid | off  | off  | on | off | on | on | off  | off | on}}
| domains           = Chaos, Trickery, War, Water, Weather
| weapon            = Rapier
}}

[[Besmara]] (pronounced bes-MAR-uh)<ref>{{Cite book/Campaign Setting|246}}</ref>, also known as the Pirate Queen, is a goddess most commonly worshiped by the sailor-folk of the [[Shackles]] or [[Ilizmagorti]].  She is said to captain her legendary ship [[Seawraith]] throughout the seas and waterways of the [[Great Beyond]] (especially the [[Maelstrom]]), making raids on places such as [[Hell]], [[Elysium]], [[Axis]], and [[Heaven]].  Pirates don't tend to be a very religious lot, and generally only call on her on their death bed or if in extreme danger.  Those few [[cleric|priests]] who do devote themselves to her, generally also are captains of their own raiding ships and have a fierce reputation.  Her symbol is the jolly roger, a universal emblem of piracy, normally a white skull and crossbones on a black field.<ref name="CS-170">{{Cite book/Campaign Setting|170-171}}</ref>

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[[Category:Minor deities]]
[[Category:Chaotic neutral deities]]
[[Category:Chaos domain deities]]
[[Category:Trickery domain deities]]
[[Category:War domain deities]]
[[Category:Water domain deities]]
[[Category:Weather domain deities]]
[[Category:Scalykind domain deities]]
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