Shaula (シャウラ) is a humanoid witchbeast and the apprentice of the Sage, Flugel. Mentioned throughout the series due to being confused for her master, she formally debuted in Arc 6 as a secondary antagonist for the beginning and climax as well a supporting character throughout the majority of the arc.
Tasked with guarding the Pleiades Watchtower, she initially acted as an obstacle toward Subaru and his companions. However, she later took a neutral stance when they started taking the tower's trials. Unfortunately, after the rules were violated, she transformed into her witchbeast form and attacked them due to her contract. In the end, she was turned into a tiny scorpion and is currently in Meili's care, as she is instinctively attracted to her Divine Protection.
Appearance[]
Shaula had green eyes with three additional red dots around her pupils and long blackish brown hair which she wore tied together in what she referred to as a scorpion tail. She was tall and had a model physique along with a large chest, all in all, being a very attractive woman. She only wore a black bikini-bra, a bowtie, a necklace, black hotpants accompanied with an orange belt, and a tattered black-and-orange cloak, which were of the same color pallet as Subaru's outfit.
When she took the form of a colossal scorpion, Shaula had a jet-black body, glowing red eyes and sharp pincers, which could be detached at-will. She also had a long tail with a stinger at the end of it. When entering her Attack Hue phase, her color gradually shifted from jet black to blood red.
Shaula has mentioned that Flugel and her mother were the ones who blessed her with her "design".
After her defeat in Arc 6's climax, Shaula transformed into a small crimson red scorpion. As of the end of Arc 6, it remains unclear whether or not the change is permanent though it is stated that at this point, she retains no human traits whatsoever, effectively making her a tiny witchbeast.
Personality[]
Shaula is described to be like a girl at the bottom of a girls' caste who runs errands for others. She is absolutely loyal to Flugel, however, she tends to be thoughtless, so she is unfit for mental work. Also, she is unable to tell people apart and therefore refers to Subaru as her master based on smell alone as he appears to smell the same as Flugel.
Despite her usual empty-headed, unconcerned manner, Shaula has been shown to show deep emotion in certain situations. Namely when she concealed the existence of the fifth rule of the tower in an effort to spend more time with Subaru. She also stated she'd easily kill Emilia and the other people in the tower if Subaru said so, hinting at the fact she only cares about Flugel. She even told Subaru that if he were to ask her to die, she would be willing to kill herself,[1] and went as far as to beg him to order her to do so before it was too late while she started transforming into a scorpion, in order to avoid killing her beloved master against her will.[2]
At the end of Arc 6, Shaula completely lost her humanity and became a small red scorpion witchbeast. She acts solely according to her instincts, as seen when she instinctively latches herself onto Meili, as a result of being heavily attracted to her Divine Protection of Demon Manipulation, which calms the small scorpion down.
History[]
For currently unknown reasons, Shaula was created by the Witch of Gluttony Daphne, along with help from the Sage Flugel, later serving as the Sage's apprentice.
After the triumphant battle, Flugel decided to give all his credit to Shaula for an unspecified reason, causing people to believe that she was the Sage. She later remained at the Pleiades Watchtower for 400 years, acting on Flugel's orders and watching over the Evil Sealing Stone Shrine.
Abilities[]
Immense Strength: Shaula is able to lift an earth dragon and a dragon carriage with ease and carry them around.
Crimson Scorpion's design.
Transformation: Any time a rule of the tower is broken, Shaula automatically becomes aware of it and is then forced due to her contract, to unwillingly transform herself into the form of a colossal scorpion witchbeast or more commonly known as the Crimson Scorpion (紅蠍, Benisasori), loosing her will in the process, she will then instinctively act and try to eliminate everyone in the tower as a "cold-blooded killing machine"[3] without paying attention to the damages done. This allows her to fire stingers at people with tremendous speed, as well as giving her the ability to attack people with her pincers. Her pincers are able to easily bisect a person in two and the stingers can be fired in rapid successions and are capable of decimating a fully grown Earth Worm midair. In addition, she can detach her pincers and use them as a detonator device which are triggered when the target wanders too close. In this form, she possesses regeneration, as shown when she regenerated her tail after it was cut off. Shaula can partially transform her hand into a pincer for the means of attacking. Even after her body was reverted into its small and not-so-sentient state, she still retained the ability to fire her stinger at targets.
Shaula using Infinite Hell's Snipe to protect the tower from witchbeasts.
Hell's Snipe (ヘルズ・スナイプ, Heruzu Sunaipu): Shaula is able to connect her needles and her target together with mana and release it as if it's gravitating toward them. It is fast, powerful, and is able to be fired rapidly. The immense power is easily able to snipe a person's head clean off, erase a Hungry Horse King's entire body from existence by showering it with projectiles and blowing people's limbs off without them even being aware of the incoming attack. It is worth mentioning that the needles are stated to be enchanted with magical powers and to carry high heat, meaning that Hell's Snipe may be a spell of Yang magic nature, though not confirmed.[4]
- Infinite Hell's Snipe (インフィニティッド・ヘルズ・スナイプ, Infinitiddo Heruzu Sunaipu): An advanced version of Hell's Snipe, Shaula is able to summon countless white magical circles , which can then be used to simultaneously shot many needles in rapid succession towards her desired target(s).
Immense Power: As a unique witchbeast created by the Witch of Gluttony, Shaula is mentioned to be strong enough that she can even force Reid Astrea to use both hands while in combat once every ten times. Subaru also mentioned she could potentially be more difficult to deal with than the Sin Archbishops themselves. She also stated she'd easily kill Emilia and others if Subaru said so.
Trivia[]
- Shaula, also known as Lambda Scorpii, is the second-brightest star in the southern constellation Scorpius. In Arabic, Shaula (شَوْلَة) means stinger, which also refers to the star's position on the Scorpius constellation.
- According to the author, Shaula's birthday is December 20.[5]
- This is referencing the release date of the song "Sasoriza no Onna" (Scorpio Woman) by Mikawa Kenichi, also on December 20.
- Shaula was familiar with slang only known by people from modern-day Earth, as she can be observed using terms such as "Ok Google" while fighting invading witchbeasts. It's currently unknown how she's familiar with these phrases, though it is likely that she learned them through Flugel, who is also said to hail from Japan.
- She survived all those excruciating four centuries solely on witchbeast meat. The meat is stated to have a disgusting taste and is nigh inedible, so when she ate Emilia's cooking, she confessed that it was better than witchbeast meat and was impressed by Shaula's words about her cooking.
- According to the author, Shaula was almost the last of the main characters to appear.[6]
- Shaula has her own named chapter in Arc 6, in both the web novel and light novels.
References[]
- ↑ "Does Master, want me to die? Hmm, if it's Master's request then I'll listen to anything, and I'm perfectly fine with it personally, but again, isn't it quite a weird timing for such a thought?" Arc 6: Chapter 70. Section 2.
- ↑ "Please tell me to die... If you do that, I will, for Master..." Arc 6: Chapter 70. Section 2.
- ↑ "Yeah, yeaaah! I'm the Stars-Keeper! If a rule violation happens, I will become a cold-blooded killing machine who you will all be scaaared of!" Arc 6: Chapter 37. Section 1.
- ↑ "I don't know the small details, but it was firing long and narrow needles enchanted with magical powers. The needles carried high heat, probably the effect of firing magic." Arc 6: Chapter 13. Section 4.
- ↑ Author's Comment
- ↑ "She was almost the last main character ..." Author's Comment
Note[]
- ↑ Shaula is stated in both the light and web novels to be around Subaru’s height, if not taller, despite her listed height in Re:Zeropedia 2 being 170 cm. This would make her about 173 cm or taller in the text.