Shanoa

"I am the morning sun, come to vanquish this horrible night!"

- Shanoa to Dracula

Shanoa is a member of the Order of Ecclesia, one of the many religious orders formed with the purpose of keeping the forces of the Dark Lord Dracula at bay in the absence of the Belmont family, which had defended the world from Dracula for seven-hundred years prior. After uncovering the conspiracy behind the Order of Ecclesia, Shanoa defeated the newly resurrected Dracula and destroyed him for another on hundred years.

Shanoa was raised by the Order of Eccleisa from a young age, alongside her adoptive brother Albus. Shanoa had the unique ability to absorb glyphs, magical symbols used by Ecclesia as weapons, into her skin, and thus was chosen by Barlowe, the Order's leader, to be the vessel for Dominus, a powerful glyph Barlowe had created as a weapon against Dracula. However, the ritual in which Shanoa was to absorb Dominus was interupted by Albus, who stole Dominus. The interruption of the ritual caused Shanoa to lose both her memories and her emotions.

Upon awakening, Shanoa was charged by Barlowe to hunt down Albus and recover Dominus. When Shanoa finally tracked him down, Albus revealed the Dominus was created from the remains of Dracula himself, and are a manifestation of his power, and that Dominus is so powerful it will kill its user upon use. Albus attempts to absorb Dominus to prevent Shanoa from using it, but he fails and dies in the process.

Shanoa confronted Barlowe, who revealed that his goal was to resurrect Dracula all along. Shanoa defeats him, but Barlowe sacrifices himself to revive Dracula. In the battle against Dracula, Shanoa is forced to use Dominus, but Albus's soul sacrfices itself in her place. With her memories and emotions restored, Shanoa destroyed the rest of Ecclesia and put a final end to its evil.

Battle vs. Sango (by Death'sapprentice77)
Sango is in a dark woods walking all alone. She hears something and throws her Hiraikotsu in the direction of the noise. The weapon misses it's target, which is none other than Shanoa. In retaliation Shanoa fires off two Vol Luminatio burst at Sango. Sango raises her Hiraikotsu in defence and the projectiles bounce harmlessly off. Sango turns around in time to see Shanoa swing at her with Secare.

Sango quickly jumps back but not enough to avoid a small cut on her arm. Sango swings her Hiraikotsu repeatedly at Shanoa only to have them dodged or blocked by the Scutum glyph. Shano does a skillful back flip and lashes out with Hasta but Sango ducks under the attack and attempts to sweep Shanoa's legs with the Hiraikotsu but Shanoa leaps upward avoiding the hit and aims a dive kick straight for Sango.

The demon slayer reacts quickly and rolls out of the way and draws her Wakizashi. The two trade off hits neither gaining so much as a scratch until Sango swings over head and Shanoa blocks with Scutum causing Sango to reel back which Shanoa takes advantage of and kicks the demon slayer and then jumps up attempting to use Vol Luminatio but Sango gives her no such chance and uses her chains to catch Shanoa's legs sending her back down to earth Sango runs to retrieve her Hirakotsu while Shanoa struggles with the chains. Sango again throws her Hiraikotsu at Shanoa who had escaped from the chains but not in time to stop the Hiraikotsu from crashing into her head killing her. Sango catches the weapon, puts it away, and continues her travels, leaving Shanoa's body in a crumpled heap.

Winner: Shanoa

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