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Shiva, also known as the Twin Sisters of Shiva, is Snow's Eidolon in Final Fantasy XIII. The Twin Sisters, Stiria (スティリア, Sutiria?) and Nix (ニクス, Nikusu?), are ice-elemental mechanical women who can transform and merge into a motorcycle.

Profile

The elder sister Stiria has dark blue skin with a pale blue claw mark on her right eye. She has dark blue and white color palette with bronze highlights. Stiria's torso serves as the front half of the motorcycle, with the wheel on her head as the front wheel, the protrusion near where her ears should be as the handlebars, and her legs as the exhaust pipes.

Nix has pale blue skin with a blue skintight clothing and silver metal armor. Her headdress, which becomes the back wheel well, has Etro script for "Shiva". Beneath her visor is a dark blue claw mark on her left eye. She wields a floating wheel. Nix's forearm and head serves as the backrest of the motorcycle.

The Latin writing on the sphere of ice during the summoning animation reads:

By the grace of Etro, twin rulers arise from your icy thrones. Come forth, sisters of Winter wastes.

A name in blood, a pact of ice. Shiva shall rise, her bond eternal and unyielding.

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Story

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

Final Fantasy XIII

Shiva Sisters — The Twin Sisters appear before Snow.

Eidolons are entities who reside in Valhalla, the middle world between the mortal realm and the unseen realm of the dead. They answer to Goddess Etro, the deity that rules over Valhalla, who sends them out to help l'Cie who struggle with their Focus.

Snow faces Stiria and Nix in Lake Bresha after remaining behind while Lightning and the others moved on. He is apprehended by PSICOM, and when surrounded, inadvertently summons Shiva. After the Shiva Sisters annihilate the PSICOM forces, the sisters turn against Snow, who must defeat them to tame them. His eidolith manifests as a heart-shaped crystal, which he can from then on take from his l'Cie brand and shatter to call forth Shiva's aid in battle.

Snow summons the Twin Sisters when the party returns to Cocoon from their excursion on Gran Pulse. They crash a grand prix event in Eden and ride through the racetrack with their Eidolons in Gestalt Mode. After Cocoon falls and is crystallized, Snow awakes with his l'Cie brand gone and is presumably no longer able to summon the Shiva Sisters.

Final Fantasy XIII-2

FFXIII2 The Future is Hope2 — Snow sitting on his motorcycle in the paradox ending "The Future is Hope".

The Shiva Sisters help Lightning fight Caius in Valhalla, but are of different color then Snow's Shiva, suggesting they are an alternate form, like Caius's Chaos Bahamut.

Snow becomes a l'Cie again, and in the paradox ending, "The Future is Hope", he drives the Shiva motorcycle onto a quest after exposing Alyssa Zaidelle's treachery.

Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII

LRFFXIII Styria & Nix — Shiva Sisters bid farewell.

The Shiva Sisters appear during Lightning's final battle when Snow summons them to shield her. Afterward, the Shiva Sisters bid farewell to the party and disappear alongside the other Eidolons. There is also a general store in Yusnaan called Nix and Styria General Store, named after the Shiva Sisters.

Spoilers end here.

Gameplay

Boss

XIII shiva atb charge — Snow fights the Shiva Sisters.

For battle information, see Stiria (boss) or Nix (Final Fantasy XIII)

The battle with Shiva is the first Eidolon fight in Final Fantasy XIII. The tutorial for Eidolon battles appears before the battle starts.

Since Snow fights his Eidolons alone, Stiria cannot be targeted, but instead heals Snow as he has no other support. Shiva Sisters "yield to those who defend against attacks", so the simplest method of victory is to Paradigm Shift to Sentinel and repeatedly use Steelguard.

Summon

While summoned, the sisters have separate ATB Gauges, but both will be dismissed if their shared SP Gauge falls to zero. This is compensated by Stiria not being able to be directly targeted. In normal mode, Stiria focuses on the Medic and Ravager roles, healing Snow and dealing ice-elemental damage to enemies. Nix focuses on a Commando role, although she does have Blizzara at her disposal. While Stiria cannot be targeted by enemies, she can still be damaged by area attacks.

Their Gestalt Gauge increases by driving up enemy chain gauges and by defending against enemy attacks as a Sentinel. In Gestalt Mode, the Shiva Sisters transform into a motorcycle Snow can ride.

Stats

Stiria has 3 ATB bars and Nix has 4.

Rank	SP	Stiria		Nix
Rank	SP	PA	MA	PA	MA
5	2480	177	193	188	150
6	3488	205	224	219	175
7	4768	323	355	347	277
8	12180	442	483	472	377
9	20544	1557	1702	1660	1328
10	24928	1824	1994	1995	1556
11	27420	2006	2193	2140	1712
12	30163	2207	2412	2354	1883
13	33179	2427	2653	2589	2071
14	36496	2670	2919	2848	2278
15	41971	3071	3357	3276	2620
16	50365	3685	4028	3931	3144

Stiria's abilities

Ability	ATB Cost	Description
Blizzard	1	Inflicts ice magic damage on one opponent.
Blizzara	2	Inflicts ice magic damage on opponents within a small radius.
Blizzaga	3	Inflicts ice magic damage on opponents within a large radius.
Curaga	1	Restores major HP on one ally.
Esuna	1	Removes the most recently inflicted status ailment on one ally.
Arise	Auto	Revives ally from KO with full HP. Instantly dismisses Eidolons.
Penetration	Auto	Ignores target's Fire, Ice, Lightning and Water resistances when attacking.

Against few enemies, Stiria attacks the enemy Snow is targeting with Blizzard and does nothing while her ATB gauge charges. If many enemies are clustered together, she will attack with Blizzaga. If Snow is afflicted with a negative status she casts Esuna. If Snow's HP is below 70% she casts Curaga.

Nix's abilities

Ability	ATB Cost	Description
Wheel Rap	1	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.
Flip Kick	1	Inflicts physical damage and launches a staggered opponent in the air.
Wheel Grind	1	Inflicts multiple physical damage on one opponent.
Wheel Toss	1	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent from long range.
Pirouette	2	Inflicts physical damage on multiple opponents within a small radius.
Blizzara	2	Inflicts ice magic damage on opponents within a small radius.
ATB Charge	Auto	ATB gauge fills with x1.5 times the normal speed. If Nix is within range of her target and her ATB gauge is less than 60% full, ATB charge activates.
Penetration	Auto	Ignores target's Fire, Ice, Lightning and Water resistances when attacking.

Nix normally attacks the enemy Snow is targeting with Wheel Rap three times followed by Flip Kick, Wheel Toss, or Wheel Grind. If there are many enemies close together, she will use Pirouette twice in succession. If the enemy resists physical attacks, she will attack exclusively with Blizzara. If the enemy is staggered, she will use Flip Kick immediately if the enemy is not launched, then use Wheel Toss or Blizzara. While the ATB gauge charges she closes in on the enemy she is targeting and ATB Charge accelerates the charge rate.

Gestalt Mode

Ability	ATB Cost	Move PS3/360	Description
Wheelie	3	/	Charge forward and deal non-elemental damage to target.
Spinfreeze	3	/	Deal Ice damage to surrounding targets and launch Staggered ones into the air.
Icicle Drift	3	/	Deal non-element damage by sliding into target.
Ice Ramp	3	/	Jump off conjured ramp and deal Ice damage.
Diamond Dust	All	/	Repeatedly deal Ice damage to all targets.

Diamond Dust is Shiva's finishing move that greatly increases all enemies' chain gauges and inflicts heavy non-elemental damage. How much the chain gauges increase depends on the ability's level. Diamond Dust can reach a maximum level of three by initiating Gestalt Mode with a full Gestalt gauge.

Diamond Dust raises the chain gauge by an amount based on the attack's level prior:^[1]

Level 1: 6.0 * 3 + 17.00 * 5 = 103.00

Level 2: 6.0 * 7 + 17.00 * 6 = 144.00

Level 3: 6.0 * 9 + 17.00 * 8 = 200.00

Creation and development

The Shiva Sisters represent the Farron sisters, Lightning and Serah.Final Fantasy XIII Ultimania Omega, p.343

FFXIII-2 Scrapped Snow Motorcycle Minigame — Abandoned DLC idea for *Final Fantasy XIII-2*.

The Final Fantasy XIII-2 Ultimania Omega reveals scrapped plans for an extension to Snow's downloadable scenario episode, titled "Perpetual Battlefield". Alongside the existing part of the episode in the Coliseum, there would have been a separate minigame in which players would play as Snow as he rode through the Archylte Steppe and try to kill 30 monsters using Snow's skillset—which included being able to spin, drift, jump and use a water-based spell. Once this part of the DLC was scrapped, it was used as a base for the Chocobo Racing minigame in Serendipity.^[2]

Other appearances

Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade

Some of the Eidolons appear.

Ability Cards

Legend Cards

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Final Fantasy Record Keeper

Nix & Stiria.

Stiria and Nix appear as enemies whose abilities may be imparted to the delegation's units as Soul Break skills.

World of Final Fantasy

Shiva-Ixion, a variant of Shiva based on the Shiva Sisters, appears accompanying Snow. She's one of the few Mirages that can't be imprisoned in any way.

Final Fantasy Trading Card Game

Shiva sisters appear as cards, representing their respective element.

Triple Triad

Shiva appears on Triple Triad cards in the version available via Final Fantasy Portal App.

Non-Final Fantasy guest appearances

Guardian Cross

Manifest in the twin sisters Nix and Styria, this icy Eidolon sends shivers down enemy spines.
Description

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Merchandise

T-shirts with Eidolon designs have been on sale in the Japanese Square Enix store. The shirts cost ¥3,900, with two versions, Odin or Shiva. The Eidolons have also been made into action figures in the Final Fantasy Creatures Kai Vol. 3 series. These figures cost ¥6,240 a piece. Final Fantasy XIII -Play Arts Kai- Shiva Bike Action Figure Set with Nix and Stiria was released in November 2010 with the Shiva Sisters, which could either be assembled separately or into a bike as they appear in Gestalt Mode.

Gallery

Concept art

Screenshots and renders

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".

[view · edit · purge]Stiria is Latin for "icicle".

[view · edit · purge]The German Nix and Nixe (and Nixie) are types of river merman and mermaid who may lure men to drown, like the Scandinavian type, akin to the Celtic Melusine and similar to the Greek Siren. Nixes in folklore became water sprites who try to lure people into the water. The males can assume many different shapes, including that of a human, fish, and snake. The females with the tail of a fish. When they are in human forms, they can be recognized by the wet hem of their clothes. The Nixes are portrayed as malicious in some stories but harmless and friendly in others.

References

[1] Final Fantasy XIII – Game Mechanics Guide by ximaus (Accessed: December 21, 2018) at GameFAQs

[2] New Final Fantasy XIII-2 Ultimania Omega Scenario Details (Accessed: December 21, 2018) at Square Portal

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