Changes: Shiva (Final Fantasy VI)

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Shiva

This female Esper launches a freezing blizzard attack by crystallizing air moisture.
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Shiva is an esper in Final Fantasy VI who can be acquired as a magicite after being fought.

Profile

Shiva appears as a blue, humanoid creature with a very feminine look. She wears small, pink clothing, and has green hair.

Story

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow. (Skip section)

Shiva encounters Returners in the Magitek Research Facility of Vector. After being drained of her power, Kefka disposes of her and Ifrit in a waste chute. Believing they mean the two espers harm, Ifrit attacks the party. Shiva soon senses Ramuh's power within them, and halts the battle and the two grant their abilities to the Returners.

Spoilers end here.

Obtained

Shiva is obtained after being defeated as a boss. If the party moves on without picking the magicites up, they are permanently missed.

Battle

Shiva costs 27 MP to summon, and casts Diamond Dust (Gem Dust in the SNES release). It is an unblockable spell with a Spell Power of 52.

Magicite

Shiva is equippable as a magicite, and teaches the following abilities:

Blizzard x10
Blizzara x5
Osmose x4
Rasp x4
Cure x3

She does not provide stat boosts when leveling up.

Gallery

Etymology

[view · edit · purge]Shiva (also spelled Śiva) is a Hindu god. The Hindu Shiva once saved the world by consuming poison, giving him blue skin around the area of the neck and throat. Shiva is a male god, but can merge with his consort Parvati to become Ardhanari, an androgynous Hindu god of duality. Shiva is the god of destruction along with Vishnu, who is the god of preservation, and Brahma, the god of creation. Together they are the three principle deities of the Trimurti (Hindu Triad). It is believed he periodically destroys the world, then recreates it.

Shiva has different human forms, males and females. When he was in his avatar form, he spent most of his times in the Himalayan snow mountain. Shiva in the Final Fantasy series is likely inspired by one of his female avatars.

The Japanese pronunciation "Shiba" could refer to the English word "shiver", which in Japanese would sound like "shi-ba" or "shi-va".

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 |name=Shiva
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 |home=[[Esper World]]
 |summoners=[[Returners]]
-|acquired=[[Magitek Research Facility]]
+|acquired=[[Magitek Research Facility (Final Fantasy VI)|Magitek Research Facility]]
-|element=Ice
+|element=[[Ice (Final Fantasy VI)|Ice]]
 |summonabilities=[[Diamond Dust]]
-|taughtabilities=[[Magic (Final Fantasy VI command)#Blizzard|Blizzard]] (x10), [[Magic (Final Fantasy VI command)#Blizzara|Blizzara]] (x5), [[Magic (Final Fantasy VI command)#Osmose|Osmose]] (x4), [[Magic (Final Fantasy VI command)#Rasp|Rasp]] (x4), [[Magic (Final Fantasy VI command)#Cure|Cure]] (x3)
+|taughtabilities=[[Blizzard (Final Fantasy VI)|Blizzard]] (x10), [[Blizzara (Final Fantasy VI)|Blizzara]] (x5), [[Osmose (Final Fantasy VI)|Osmose]] (x4), [[Rasp (Final Fantasy VI)|Rasp]] (x4), [[Cure (Final Fantasy VI)|Cure]] (x3)
 |designer=[[Yoshitaka Amano]]
 |boss page=Shiva (Final Fantasy VI boss)
 |recurring appearance=Shiva
 }}
-{{Q|Who are you...?|Shiva}}
+{{Quote|Who are you...?|Shiva}}
-{{Q|This female Esper launches a freezing blizzard attack by crystallizing air moisture.|''Final Fantasy VI'' PlayStation esper section}}
+{{Quote|This female Esper launches a freezing blizzard attack by crystallizing air moisture.|''Final Fantasy VI'' PlayStation esper section}}
 '''Shiva''' is an [[Esper (Final Fantasy VI)|esper]] in ''[[Final Fantasy VI]]'' who can be acquired as a [[Magicite (Final Fantasy VI)|magicite]] after being fought.
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 ==Story==
 {{spoiler}}
-Shiva encounters [[Returners]] in the [[Magitek Research Facility]] of [[Vector]]. After being drained of her power, [[Kefka Palazzo|Kefka]] disposes of her and Ifrit in a waste chute. Believing they mean the two espers harm, Ifrit attacks the party. Shiva soon senses [[Ramuh (Final Fantasy VI)|Ramuh]]'s power within them, and halts the battle and the two grant their abilities to the Returners.
+Shiva encounters [[Returners]] in the [[Magitek Research Facility (Final Fantasy VI)|Magitek Research Facility]] of [[Vector]]. After being drained of her power, [[Kefka Palazzo|Kefka]] disposes of her and Ifrit in a waste chute. Believing they mean the two espers harm, Ifrit attacks the party. Shiva soon senses [[Ramuh (Final Fantasy VI)|Ramuh]]'s power within them, and halts the battle and the two grant their abilities to the Returners.
 {{endspoiler}}
 ==Obtained==
-Shiva is obtained after being defeated as a [[Shiva (Final Fantasy VI boss)|boss]]. If the party moves on without picking the magicites up, they are [[List of permanently missable content|permanently missed]].
+Shiva is obtained after being defeated as a [[Shiva (Final Fantasy VI boss)|boss]]. If the party moves on without picking the magicites up, they are [[permanently missable content|permanently missed]].
 ==Battle==
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 ==Magicite==
 Shiva is equippable as a magicite, and teaches the following abilities:
-*[[Magic (Final Fantasy VI command)#Blizzard|Blizzard]] x10
+*[[Blizzard (Final Fantasy VI)|Blizzard]] x10
-*[[Magic (Final Fantasy VI command)#Blizzara|Blizzara]] x5
+*[[Blizzara (Final Fantasy VI)|Blizzara]] x5
-*[[Magic (Final Fantasy VI command)#Osmose|Osmose]] x4
+*[[Osmose (Final Fantasy VI)|Osmose]] x4
-*[[Magic (Final Fantasy VI command)#Rasp|Rasp]] x4
+*[[Rasp (Final Fantasy VI)|Rasp]] x4
-*[[Magic (Final Fantasy VI command)#Cure|Cure]] x3
+*[[Cure (Final Fantasy VI)|Cure]] x3
 She does not provide stat boosts when leveling up.
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