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Shanoa

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"I am the blade to banish all evil, and I've come to see you annihilated."
—Shanoa, to Dracula, in Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia






Shanoa
Japanese Name シャノア, Shanoa
Role Glyp Master; Member of Ecclesia
Age 20 Years Old
Appearances Early 1800s[1]: Judgment

Early 1800s: Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia

Weapon(s) of Choice Glyphs
Special Abilities Glyph absorbtion and combinations
Relatives Albus (adoptive brother)

Barlowe (master)

Official Background

Order of Ecclesia: Shanoa is one of Ecclesia's female warriors. She joined the clan at a young age, and was groomed in her training to destroy Count Dracula. An accident during the Dominus ceremony wiped away her memories and emotions. Shanoa possesses a unique ability, allowing her to channel power through glyphs that are marked on her body.
Judgment[2]: Shanoa comes from a period in history when he Belmonts have disappeared from the world, and an order known as Ecclesia formed to oppose Dracula. She is a female warrior of their order. She draws her power from tattoos on her body - called glyphs - to execute skills instantly. She was saved by the organization at a young age, and raised to be a trump card in Dracula's destruction.

Shanoa from Order of Ecclesia

The heroine of Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia. She represents the Order of Ecclesia, the only group who seems up to the task of defeating Dracula in the Belmonts' absense. She is able to absorb magical glyphs using the large rune on her back, which provide her with magical weapon abilities. Although she is often seen wielding an ethereal crimson-colored rapier, Shanoa can use any other weapons granted by her glyphs.

She is able to equip 3 glyphs, much like Soma Cruz's souls, and can combine them to unleash devastating combos either with a spell or a massive weapon, such as a large Holy Claymore or a hail of daggers. The weapons range from scythes, axes, daggers, lances, hammers, and swords, while spells range from summoning a fierce wind, lightning orbs, giant stone fists, fireballs, ice shards and blasts of light or darkness. Shanoa's glyphs also allow her to swing from place to place using magnetic forces or transform into monsters such as a cat-woman or a winged succubus.

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[edit] Appearance in Castlevania: Judgment

Shanoa will appear as an unlockable character in the 3D fighting game Castlevania: Judgment for the Wii. She is unlocked through a wii connection option from the game Order of Ecclesia for the Nintendo DS, or by beating the True Story with her. Her outfit is something resembling a nun's. Her theme is "An Empty Tome".

In Judgement, Shanoa is pulled inside the Time Rift while searching for Albus, and returns to keep searching for him after defeating the Time Reaper in the game's Story Mode. She attacks with a variety of glyphs like Confodere (rapier), Secare (sword), Hasta (lance), Arcus (bow), Lapiste (mistakenly identified as Grando), Ignis, Luminatio, Umbra, Dominus Hatred and surprisingly Dextro Custos and Sinestro Custos (biting Cerberus heads), because the Cerberus glyphs are obtained after Shanoa finds Albus.

Like in the original game, Shanoa is voiced by Michelle Ruff. Her seiyuu is Houko Kuwashima.

[edit] Judgment Quotes

  • Short description: Glyph Master who was deprived of her memory and emotions.
  • "One day man shall look to dawn, without need to fear darkness."
  • "Such passion, I've forgotten what that feels like."
  • "I am the morning sun come to vanquish this horrible night."
  • "Thank you. It's been... illuminating."

[edit] Appearance Gallery

See also Shanoa Artwork

Shanoa in Order of Ecclesia

Shanoa as a cat lady

Shanoa as a Werebat

Shanoa as an Automaton

Shanoa in Koma comics

Shanoa in Castlevania: Judgment

Concept art in the Ultimate Judge guidebook

Shanoa in Eternal Knights 2 (as an avatar for Richter's whip)

[edit] Shanoa in Fandom


[edit] References

  1. ↑ Judgment states Ecclesia was founded in early 1800s
  2. ↑ The original Judgment press release profiles was: Shanoa is the main character in Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia. In this era, the Belmont family is gone, but Dracula's resurrection is still prophesized. This female warrior is a member of an organization called Ecclesia which seeks the power to stand against Dracula. Shanoa has the ability to instantly unleash special moves by absorbing crests called "Glyphs" into her body. Shanoa was taken in by the Order at a young age and raised as a trump card against Dracula.
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