High Hunt

A High Hunt was a religious celebration in tribute to the Beast Lord Malar. High Hunts were required to be held four times per year, one for each season. They were organised and run by a Huntmaster or Huntmistress. It was a sporting event that consistsed of a predetermined "mark," usually a human male, being equipped with any non-magical weapons, armor or other items, then set loose, usually in woodlands with a guarded boundary. The participants of the hunt (armed only with ceremonial daggers, their natural weapons (if any) or a pair of Claws of Malar and adorned with trophies from creatures that they have previously slain) must then find and kill the mark before the following sunrise. If the mark escapes or otherwise survives until sunrise, he earns immunity from any subsequent hunts and may also ask anything of the Huntmistress unless it involves the deaths of followers of Malar.

Exceptions
Malar can choose to allow exceptions to the rules usually imposed on High Hunts. In one such case, he allowed the vampire Dhusarra yr Fadila el Abhuk to conduct a High Hunt in Waterdeep, and lifted the time restriction on hunting in this urban environment, though also prevented anyone involved in the hunt from leaving the city without direct divine intervention.