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Shion Uzuki
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Ms. Vector
Flower of First Division
Maiden of Mary Magdalene
Marienkind (possible)
Scientia agent
Olivia Hack (II)
Stephanie Wittels (anime)
| I think the will to change the future is still an important one. We must try to change things around us, little by little. Even if it is one step at a time, and even if everything is already pre-determined, it's not something for us to be sad about. No. On the contrary; the future is overflowing with hope. And we have infinite paths to choose from.
Shion Uzuki is the main protagonist and heroine of the entire Xenosaga series (with the exception of Xenosaga: Pied Piper, which focuses on Ziggy). Shion is the daughter of Suou Uzuki and Aoi Uzuki and younger sister of Jin Uzuki.
Blessed with an intuition, Shion is a seeker and pursuer of truth, unearthing a a massive conspiracy dating back thousands of years.
Role Edit
Born in the year 4745 on planet Miltia, Shion is a survivor of the Miltian Conflict, a horrible war that killed her parents and destroyed Miltia, sealing it into the Abyss. Having witnessed the brutal deaths of her mother and father when she was eight years old, Shion suffers from depression and trauma.
Shion has the special (albeit dangerous) ability to communicate with U-DO. In addition, she is more immune and resistant to Gnosis attacks. Shion's will, as well as her pendant which is the ignition key of Zarathustra, is necessary for Wilhelm's Eternal Recurrence. Shion is allowed to be reincarnated because the universe needs her will to be carried out.
Shion is the reincarnation of the Maiden of Mary Magdalene, the partner of Jesus Christ, and KOS-MOS is the prototype vessel for Mary Magdalene's spirit. Episode I implies Shion may have been called Marienkind (Child of Mary) in her previous incarnation.
In the beginning of the series, Shion is a Camelle Vector Industries First R&D Division computer scientist and programmer who becomes involved with a conspiracy related to the Zohar. Shion helped build KOS-MOS to combat the Gnosis because her deceased boyfriend Kevin Winnicot, original creator of KOS-MOS, was unexpectedly killed by the KOS-MOS Archetype. She is Head and Chief Engineer of the KOS-MOS Project. Shion eventually quits Vector and joins the anti-U.M.N. underground resistance Scientia by Episode III.
Altruism Edit
Deep down, Shion has a pure and kind heart. Having been orphaned as a little girl, Shion tries to be independent. Shion tries to help people as much as she can and is very stubborn about her convictions. She has humanitarian, peace maker, altruistic, and pacifist values, and even extends her compassion to non-human lifeforms, such as Realians. Shion exhibits a strong unwavering amount of compassion and empathy. Shion is motivated by her ideals of what the world should be like, instead of simply accepting it for what it is. She has an unwavering strength and will.
Shion has a fascination for Realians. Shion is a strong supporter of Realian rights, and hates them being treated like property, merchandise and equipment. She considers Realians like normal humans, and puts them on the same level as humans with the same respect. To Shion, Realians are humans who "just happen to be born differently." Realians were involved in murdering her parents and Febronia, but Shion is able to recognize that the Realians involved with her tragic past are different from the Realians of today and forgive them as a species, unlike Luis Virgil who holds a grudge against them.
Shion hates it when people act barbaric, tehn try to justify their primitive actions and behavior, as well as when adults act like immature children. Shion is a peacemaker who hates pain and suffering because she knows what it feels like to experience it herself. She also hates fighting and violence, and she only fights out of necessity to protect those she cares about.
Shion's brother, Jin, commented that she possibly inherited her stubborn nature from their grandfather, and Margulis even comments that her eyes and attitude reminds him of a man he knows (presumably her grandfather), and he clearly doesn't like it. She surrenders judgment to the manifestation of emotion, or to anyone other than herself, and she tries to cling to it.
Mental health, trauma and suffering Edit
Shion is portrayed as a psychologically damaged, hurt, and tormented young woman who tries to overcome the tragic events of her depressing and painful blood-stained past by "looking away from reality and truth" as her method of coping. Shion has an instinctive tendency to run away from her issues and problems. A particular point explored in the series is Shion "looking back at herself and wondering how she should live her life". Shion is extremely reflective and contemplative, and there are many occasions in the series which focus on Shion thinking, wondering, positing, etc.
Shion is a mentally ill protagonist, prone to emotional and mental outbreaks. She is traumatized and her mental health is damaged, having suffered from lots of trauma and death experiences, tormented by her haunted painful memories. As a result, Shion can seem extremely moody and full of angst. Shion is suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, post-traumatic growth, and existential depression; Cherenkov also suffers from post-traumatic growth, and Shion can relate. Kevin's death left Shion in mourning and grief, feeling void, hopeless and empty. Her tragic past experiences as a child heavily affected her personality as an adult. Everyone close to her tends to die in brutal ways such as:
- Febronia
- Both of her parents, Suou and Aoi
- The people who died in the Miltian Conflict
- Kevin Winnicot
- Her co-workers in Carioca who were killed by the KOS-MOS Archetype
- Her co-workers (like Caspase and Kazuichi Moriyama) and Realian acquaintances killed on the Woglinde by the Gnosis
- Luis Virgil
- Andrew Cherenkov
- Kirsch
- Cecily and Cathe
- Almadel
- Jin Uzuki, her brother
In addition, Shion witnesses Febronia's, her parent's, Kevin's and Virgil's deaths twice.
Family Edit
After joining Vector, Shion grew distant from Jin with time and was reluctant to speak to him. Shion didn't speak to him for years, considering him responsible for her parents' deaths and being irresponsible in general, and cut him out of her life as much as she could. Despite this, Jin tried repeatedly to get closer to Shion.
Shion refused to visit her parent's "graves", partly because she knew Suou and Aoi were not even buried in them. Shion viewed her parent's "memorial" as nothing more than a pointless, useless object that could never replace her real parents - Shion hated it. To Shion, the concept of memorials is just an obscure archaic ancient ritual that doesn't deserve to be resurrected - a tradition, a remnant of a bygone era. Visiting their memorial wouldn't bring them back to life.
Shion eventually realizes she was in the wrong, as Jin wasn't really at fault for their parent's deaths. Shion just needed a scapegoat - someone she could pin the blame on. She didn't want to accept that her parent's deaths were beyond even Jin's control and refused to believe that nothing could have been done about it - Shion wanted to believe it was preventable.
Shion also blamed and resented her father, Suou, for using her mother as a guinea pig test subject, making her "suffer subconsciously" for his research. Shion believed he abandoned her.
Pain, sadness, uncertainty, loneliness and happiness Edit
|My pain? No one knows ANYTHING about me! No one knows how I feel. I was always ALONE. Even when I called for help, NO ONE LISTENED! The only one who listened was Kevin.
|I don't know. I don't know what I should do. I'm tired. I don't want to hurt anymore. None of you saved me.
Shion carries an intense burden of sorrow in her heart, believing "No one knows how I feel." Her heart is full of extreme sorrow, sadness, despair, grief, pain and suffering and intense emotion.
Shion always appears cheerful and happy, but she hides her sadness and emotional side, never sharing her pain with anyone, suffering alone. In actuality, Shion isn't truly happy at all. Shion wants to be happy, but doesn't even know what happiness really is, or what true happiness means to her. Shion may have felt entertained and amused at times, but she has never felt "true" happiness, and has a lingering feeling of dissatisfaction with her life and existence.
Whenever she is feeling unwell and is asked about it, she tends to reply, "Don't worry, it's nothing." which essentially becomes her catchphrase. Shion dislikes admitting she is wrong because it makes her feel embarrassed and uncomfortable. Shion has extreme difficulty communicating her feelings of pain, grief and sadness, partly because she has never done it before and doesn't know how to, and is suffering because of it.
|Why am I here? What should I be doing? Where am I going?
Shion suffers from an identity crisis and an existential crisis. Despite living in a vast populated galaxy, Shion feels completely alone and disconnected from humanity like she doesn't belong, as if she was never meant or supposed to exist. Despite the fact that humanity has colonized 500,000 planets, the entire universe and galaxy feels like a prison. Shion becomes more and more scared, afraid, uncertain of what to do with her life, unsure of what she should do, and confused about who she is, and of her future. Shion cries herself to sleep because of it.
Her friends and those she care about are very important to her, though she selfishly chose her love for Kevin Winnicot over them before realizing he was willing to hurt or kill her friends who would not abandon her, and was seriously considering abandoning the rest of the universe and everyone in it so that she and Kevin could find eternal peace.
However, this conflicted with her inner desire to "not be alone anymore" - would an existence with only Kevin really be enough for her? Would it make her "happy"? As the series progresses, she begins to become more distant and angry at the rest of the cast, feeling like they were never there for her when she needed them most.
Shion eventually realizes that to her, the meaning of happiness means not being alone anymore. She is unable to be happy if it means being alone or being unable to share her happiness with everyone else, as one of her greatest fears is being alone, and she's sick of feeling alone.
Complexity, flaws and criticism Edit
Shion has been criticized for many reasons. For her detractors, she's:
- "ditzy", "clumsy" and "scatterbrained"
- "annoying" and "obnoxious"
- "self-centered" and "selfish"
- "whiny" and "mopey"
- "dumb" and "naive"
- "bossy" and "controlling"
- "mean" and "rude"
- "stubborn"
At times, Shion has treated others poorly, especially Allen Ridgeley (at one point, Shion tells Allen to "just shut up!") and Miyuki Itsumi. She is oblivious to Allen's feelings for her, and is unnecessarily cold to her older brother, Jin. In Episode III, she betrays her team to be alongside Kevin who wants to kill all of humanity and end the universe. Shion also explicitly says, "Kevin, all I ever wanted was to be with you. Even if that meant I was being used. Even if I was being deceived. As long as I could be by your side, I thought it didn't matter."
As the series progresses, Shion becomes angrier to others with a "no-nonsense" attitude, especially with Miyuki Itsumi in Episode III, sometimes to the point of being insufferable. Shion has a lot of pent-up anger, angst, rage and frustration from a lifetime of pain and suffering.
Shion in Episode I is strong-willed, has a backbone, and doesn't back down when challenged about her views. Shion isn't afraid to speak her own mind (except about her own pain and suffering).
In Episode III, Shion breaks down mentally and blames humanity, everything and everyone around her for her suffering and unhappiness, and turns to Kevin and KOS-MOS for support. She begins to comfort herself with her hatred towards her father, and anger over her mother's death. She also does things she doesn't want to do just to escape her feelings of guilt. A large amount of time is spent on Shion lying in bed, venting about how much life and the world sucks and how no one understands her.
Shion's motives are complex. In the beginning of the series, Shion does everything in her power to save humanity and make the universe a better place and struggles so much to please people, meet their expectations of her and make people happy (despite being extremely unhappy herself). Shion is ignorant of the true nature of the universe.
During the series, Shion becomes feeling more lost and confused, and wondering if humanity is even worth saving. Shion's motives switch from saving humanity and the universe to being hellbent on revenge for everything and on everyone who has ever caused her to suffer. She cares less and less about what others think of her, which makes her seem rude and stern at times. Her motives become rooted in revenge, anger, resentment and spite. Shion becomes tired and exhausted.
For her defenders, Shion a compelling protagonist who manages to stay strong despite struggling and suffering massively from angst, trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder, and has an engaging character development, which makes her very sympathetic. Shion is not intended to be a shallow, one-sided character. The developers of Xenosaga wanted to portray Shion as a vulnerable human being with depth, complexities, and opinions. Shion's defenders says that she has exhibited compassion, empathy and kindness for the weak and unfortunate throughout the series.
It is also important to note that Shion is both young and mentally ill, and has experienced so much torment, hurt, pain and suffering in her life, which can sometimes cause her to make rash choices and decisions. Shion has lived a very abnormal life without any parental figures to guide her. To Shion, the universe is a hurtful and painful place which she doesn't want to live in. All of her family and many of her friends and loved ones are dead by the end of Episode III, leaving her feeling confused, lost, traumatized, broken and emotionally/psychologically stunted.
In addition, Shion's visions, hopes, dreams, expectations, and ideals of everything become distorted, destroyed, crushed, and ruined throughout the series. She becomes influenced by the Testaments, especially Luis Virgil and Albedo, who constantly tell her humanity is useless, unnecessary, driven by impulses and animalistic urges, and would be better dead.
Shion suffers from astraphobia and hates thunder, the result of two traumatic incidents which occurred during lightning thunderstorms; losing her parents and later her boyfriend, Kevin. Shion subconsciously associates loud booming thunder with tragedy and death, and it acts as a traumatizing trigger reminder. This is seen when Jr. turns on the artificial weather on the Kukai Foundation's beach. Shion screams, covers her ears, and enters the fetal position.
Interests and skills Edit
Shion is skilled at computer science, coding and programming. Shion is also very intelligent, inquisitive and enjoys testing KOS-MOS, but is displeased by KOS-MOS' roboticness and is angered when KOS-MOS killed Virgil. When KOS-MOS disobeys or malfunctions, Shion is hurt because it makes her feel like a failure. Shion also likely felt some guilt and responsibility for Kevin's and Virgil's deaths - maybe if she just deleted/tweaked/refined a few lines of KOS-MOS' code, or worked on improving her human/Gnosis recognition system, then they wouldn't have died.
One of Shion's ultimate dreams is the ability to allow a robot (i.e. KOS-MOS) to have the ability to feel and develop emotions and become "real". She dreams of giving consciousness to inorganic matter.
Upon receiving an e-mail promoting Ninja Assault by Namco, Shion comments "It sounds like fun! I enjoy video games." Shion is a little "nerdy", always interested in the latest technology and how it can benefit humanity.
Shion is a skilled chef, specializing in curry, as she grew up learning from Boss, the owner of Moby Dick's Café on Second Miltia.
She makes a reference to H. G. Wells's aliens, implying she may be into the science fiction and horror genres.
Shion has been a fan of Bunnie since she was a little girl.
As seen in Namco × Capcom, she seems to dislike amphibians, mostly frogs.
Lost Jerusalem EraEdit
Thousands of years ago, Shion's previous incarnation was the Maiden of Mary Magdalene, the partner of Jesus Christ, though she was not known as "Shion Uzuki" at the time. Episode I implies Shion may have been called Marienkind (Child of Mary).
She was required to release the power of Animus, meaning both Mary Magdalene and her need to exist for this power can be used to its full extent.
She met Jesus, and was possibly an acquaintance or friend of Jesus'. Her flashback in Episode III is not from Mary Magdalene's, but her own's.
Unfortunately, she died in front of Mary, who at that moment had lost all of her power by dividing Yeshua's (chao's) Anima, rendering her helpless. This is apparently the biggest regret in Mary Magdalene's life. It is unknown how she died, but it was probably a result of being caught up in some larger occurrence - possibly killed by Pontius Pilate or Wilhelm.
Childhood in Dasgupta, MiltiaEdit
Shion was born on the planet Miltia in the year 4745 T.C. from the union of Suou and Aoi Uzuki, workers for the U-TIC Organization, 13 years after the birth of their son, Jin. She lived in its capital, Dasgupta.
Only a few people know that she has a congenital, unique sense that has allowed her to see into imaginary space since early childhood--impossible, for most people. The holographic glasses she wears were a present from Kevin during her time at Vector; they serve not to correct her vision, but to control this ability. However, as this sense of hers is not active all the time, and as she "has gotten used to it," she removes the glasses when they present an inconvenience to her daily life.
Shion lived in a house on block B-32. She became friends with Febronia and her sisters (or more accurately, clones), Cecily and Cathe. Shion also met Almadel. Febronia taught Shion how to grow flowers and gave her seeds to plant. Shion was raised by her father after her mother was confined to Labyrinthos's hospital wing due to her disease linked to U-DO, and regularly went to see her. From her mother's room she saw the part of the Song of Nephilim. Shion would often wait on a swing-set at a playground for her father. Shion never got to play with Suou much while he was alive because he was too consumed by his work.
With Febronia, she helped save the life of Luis Virgil, even though he was a Galaxy Federation soldier, thus an enemy of the U-TIC.
She met a 14-year-old Kevin Winnicot for the first time in front of Labyrinthos, planting flowers by Labyrinthos. Kevin tried to approach her on Wilhelm's orders, not being kind to her. Kevin expressed that he was surprised to see that they can still grow around the area, and that they probably haven't died yet. Shion assured that they won't die, since she places seeds and gave them fertilizer. Kevin then stated that there's no guarantee that they won't die in the future. He continued to say that he doesn't understand it, but wondered why she planted them here instead of the rear garden. Shion explained that they would too far from her mom's room, and that this spot by Labyrinthos would be much closer, and so that her dad can see them too. Kevin, however, chides that he can't see Supervisor Uzuki having any interest in flowers, which Shion looks to him with a look and grunt of disagreement.
Kevin then told her how he believed the world works: humans must conquer, destroy, kill and feed on other organisms to live, and that it's the "basic function of an organic being." He then told Shion that there is no point in what she's doing. Shion doesn't believe that to be true, and she says that when her flowers bloom, everyone will be happy, including her dad. Kevin wouldn't bet on that, and Shion replied that Febronia said so too. Kevin continued to not get the idea and Shion continued to help the plants. Kevin then stared at Shion for a moment, as he remembered that he had been ordered by Wilhelm to keep tabs on her safety, yet felt like he was starting to know her more than needed.
Shion, not waiting any longer, told Kevin that, if he's just going to sit around, he should give her a hand on watering the flowers. Kevin, taken by surprise at such a request, argued on why he should do that. Shion then had the water pot for the plants in his face and replied that he's not doing anything, so he should help. She continued to push him into assisting her, and it resulted in him having the water splash on himself. He whined that it was cold, and blamed her for it, but Shion merely laughed. Kevin, feeling really irritated, decided to help out, and asked her on where to water them. Shion then gave him several spots to water, but he was being to rough with it. Shion told him to be more careful, otherwise he'll hurt them. Kevin complained why would he hurt them, since they're just flowers.
Shion took the waterpot to show him how it's done. Seeing Shion watering the plants gently, Kevin saw her with joy of the flowers looking ever more beautiful, and Kevin still looked to her in confusion. Suou Uzuki then called Shion by the front door of Labyrinthos, presumably to see her mother's condition. Shion then went to go and asked Kevin to continue the work in her place. Kevin, before he could make a complaint, just dismissed the issue and continued watering the flowers. As he resumed the work, Kevin then smiled for the first time at this and began to understand Shion better.
When the third descent operation began and the U.R.T.V.s were deployed, initiating the Miltian Conflict, Kevin arrived to where Shion was crying over the battered flowers, Kevin felt a sense of regret. Kevin told her that there was no point in growing them, as flowers won't make anyone happy. Shion objected that they will, and was going to plant more to show everyone. Kevin, remaining dissuaded, said that they'll just get trampled again. Kevin felt that it was futile and pointless to put so much energy, time, work and effort into something that's probably going to be inevitably be trampled and ruined by humans sooner or later. When Shion began to leave, Kevin questioned her where she was going, which Shion replied that she was going to get more seed from Febronia. After Shion left, Kevin looked at the ruined flowers, and thought for several moments.
After much thought, and seeing how this world has gone into chaos and devolved into hell and madness, Kevin told himself that no one has the ability to lead others to the truth, as their powers are too limited. Kevin then saw that there was still one flower left unharmed, and his face was filled with resolve. He took the flower in his hand, with only several petals, and declared that only those who possess divine power can accomplish that: leading others to the truth. These petals from the flowers he picked were then put into the pendent he was given from his mother, and then gave to Shion. Because he loved Shion, the petals he had inside the pendent were proof of his feelings and resolve.
Miltian ConflictEdit
At the age of eight, Shion found herself in a church when the Miltian Conflict began. She entered the church and warned Febronia about "the sky and the people." However, at that very moment, a group of Combat Realians entered the church. Febronia attempted to talk to them, but they beat her. Shion witnessed Febronia's death, being eaten alive by berserk Combat Realians, and ran away in terror. Virgil ordered her to run as far away from the church as she could, but told her not to go to the city, and gave her a key to Labyrinthos so that she could reunite with her family.
She decided to go see her mother in Labyrinthos using a hidden forest path. In the Acute Neurosis Treatment Facility, Shion pounded on her mother's door to no avail as it wouldn't open. Suou arrived and noticed 27-Series Asura Realians were climbing on a nearby window, so he opened the door for her and pushed her inside. Suou was killed by the 27-Series Asura Realians that Kevin was working on. She went to Aoi's side, but was forced to hide under her mother's bed when the berserk Realians entered and then threw her dead father's body into the room. The Realians then proceeded to murder her mother as Shion kept quiet under the bed.
Once the Realians were gone, Shion desperately tried to stop her mother's bleeding and screamed in horror before entering a trance-like state. Due to being an Animus resonant, like her mother, she resonated with the Zohar located under Labyrinthos, which provoked the mass-arrival of the Gnosis in the Real Number Domain (physical and material realm) of the Lower Domain.
Her brother Jin arrived shortly after, but was too late to save his parents because of a fight against Margulis. Hiding his sadness, he took Shion away from the planet which was sealed into the Abyss.
After the Miltian Conflict, Shion lived on Second Miltia, a refuge planet for the survivors of the Miltian Confict, with Jin taking care of her. The Uzuki residence was in the 8th District. Over time, Shion forgot certain events of the Miltian Conflict, namely her part in summoning the Gnosis, as well as Febronia, Cecily and Cathe. Shion didn't forget the fact that her parents died, but she repressed the details of their deaths. Growing up without a mother and father was difficult and awkward for Shion, especially when questions were asked about her parents.
She grew distant from Jin with time, considering him responsible for her parents' deaths and being irresponsible in general, and didn't speak to him for years. Despite this, Jin tried repeatedly to get closer to Shion. Shion refused to visit her parent's graves, partly because Suou and Aoi were not buried in them.
When she was in high school, Shion and her brother spent a lot of time at Boss's restaurant, Moby Dick's Café, where she learned to expertly prepare curry, which became her specialty. It is also commented that Shion had a "nerdy look".
Shion would often go to a hillside overlooking the city and look up at the stars to forget her troubles.
Vector IndustriesEdit
Shion attempted to join Vector Industries' Third Research and Development Division, but after reading an essay of hers, Kevin Winnicot pulled some strings and had her assigned to Vector's First Research and Development Division at the age of 18 in T.C. 4763.
She became reacquainted with Kevin here, and met Allen Ridgeley, who developed a strong attachment to her. While they worked together on the KOS-MOS Archetype, Shion fell in love with Kevin and they became a couple. She acquired her trademark round glasses as a gift from Kevin during this period, and they eventually were engaged to be married. Kevin also gave her his mother's necklace.
This rosy period ended with Kevin's death at the hands of the the KOS-MOS Archetype on planet Carioca, as he tried to defend Shion from it after its activation by U-TIC (this incident was entirely planned by Kevin). Shion became Chief Engineer of the KOS-MOS Project General Operation System Research Center in the Vector Industries First R&D Division, Allen became her assistant, and Kevin became the Red Testament.
Shion and Allen visited Kevin's grave, and Allen remained silent as Shion cried. Shion was devastated by his death and KOS-MOS, who was already a very large part of her life, became the most important person in her eyes. Shion has yet to fully deal with his death and Allen feels that trying to approach Shion on a romantic level would only be harmful to her until she can put the past behind her.
Shion worked endlessly to complete her, which Kevin expected her to do. Eventually, through her dedication to the project, Shion began resonating with Mary Magdalene's consciousness inside of herself as she was the previous incarnation of the Maiden of Mary.
Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur MachtEdit
In T.C. 4767, Shion was stationed on the Federation star ship Woglinde where she was finishing to complete building KOS-MOS. The Woglinde was investigating the missing planet Ariadne. She felt attracted by the Zohar Emulator in the hangar of the ship and saw a small girl (Nephilim Verum) many times. Shion almost touched the Zohar Emulator which is extremely dangerous since it can kill anyone if they touch it, and Vanderkam berated her for it, calling her a "bimbo". She met Virgil, though neither of them show signs of recognizing the other after fourteen years. She also met Andrew Cherenkov onboard the ship.
Shion was summoned to the bridge to deliver a report on the development of KOS-MOS to the ship's captain, Kazuichi Moriyama. While she was en route, the ship was surprised by a Gnosis fleet. Shion tried to activate KOS-MOS, but was blocked by Gnosis. Virgil and his team tried to protect her, but a Gnosis appeared from a wall behind her and grabbed her. Moments of Shion's life flashed before her eyes. She didn't die or transform into a Gnosis, the usual results of a Gnosis encounter, and was saved by KOS-MOS who activated herself.
In the Zohar Emulator hangar, Shion was disgusted and furious when KOS-MOS killed Virgil, even though she did it so she would have a better chance of protecting Shion. Shion and Allen were put in an escape pod by KOS-MOS, with Cherenkov holding on to the outside in a space suit, just before the Woglinde exploded.
KOS-MOS ended up on the hull of the Elsa, a scavenger ship, and threatened to smash open one of the bridge's windows and expose the crew to the vacuum of space if they did not take her aboard. KOS-MOS refused to take Shion's pod on the Elsa, considering that she would be saved soon by a Federation ship. Shion tested KOS-MOS's logic by threatening suicide if KOS-MOS did not take her with her. Eventually, Shion, Allen and Andew Cherenkov arrived on the Elsa. They met Captain Matthews, Tony, Hammer and chaos.
Shion made curry for the Elsa crew and kept an eye on KOS-MOS. After being grabbed, Cherenkov makes himself scarce. Out of the Elsa crew and the player characters, only Shion manages to connect with him briefly over bringing him dinner, almost accidentally stumbling onto another failed attempt to kidnap KOS-MOS that is thwarted by Cherenkov's PTSD regarding the incident with the KOS-MOS Archetype. Bio-engineered as a weapon himself, he tells an obviously still unnerved Shion that what happened to Virgil was an honest accident.
In the Gnosis Cathedral Ship, Shion was surprised by some information possessed by KOS-MOS that she, the leader of her creation, didn't put into her database and could not comprehend her behavior, acting like she was on a secret mission of some sort. Aboard the Cathedral Ship, Cherenkov succumbed to being touched by a Gnosis back on the Elsa and mutated into one. Shion and her friends were forced to kill him and this deeply saddened Shion, who had experienced a connection to Cherenkov when he died and had learned of his past as a bio-weapon that had been mistreated after the Miltian Conflict ended and there was nothing else to fight. Shion, overwhelmed by his death, falls to the floor and cries.
When they escaped the Cathedral Ship, they met Jr., the leader of the Kukai Foundation and the Elsa's debtor, on his ship, the Durandal. He showed them the Zohar Emulators created by Joachim Mizrahi, and revealed to them a room filled with people that had been touched by Gnosis yet, curiously, did not turn into salt nor did they become complete Gnosis. They retained some of their human traits, but more than half of their bodies had become Gnosis. None had survived the process.
Jr. took them to the Kukai Foundation, only to meet the Federation's Navy upon arrival. They had been framed for the destruction of the Woglinde due to doctored video created by the U-TIC Organization, depicting the Durandal destroying the craft. They realized that KOS-MOS had a black box that recorded everything that took place and had a AAA security system, meaning that it was impossible to tamper with and nothing else could prove their innocence.
They decided to access the "box" through KOS-MOS's subconscious using an Encephalon dive system. Because the resonance between Shion and KOS-MOS was strong and they had shared many experiences, some of Shion's memories were projected into the Encephalon. Shion relived difficult moments, such as seeing her father alive or seeing her parents and Febronia die once again before her eyes. The group enters Labyrinthos and Shion's pain, grief, trauma and psychological damage manifests a Gnosis called Tiamat, which is defeated.
They successfully retrieved the information but were contacted by a girl named Nephilim and Febronia who informed them of the existence of the wave-form U-DO. They showed the group a possible future where KOS-MOS fought U-DO and destroyed it along with the universe. They promised to eliminate the threat and were let out of the Encephalon. They tuned in the data to Lapis Roman and were succinctly cleared of all charges from the Federation.
U-TIC dispatched Albedo Piazzolla, Jr.'s brother to attack the Kukai Foundation in order to steal MOMO Mizrahi so that he can extract the Y-Data from her. He uses the Song of Nephilim, another device created by Joachim Mizrahi, to get there, which summons a large hoard of Gnosis to attack the Kukai Foundation. Shion and her friends purge the residential areas of the Kukai Foundation of most of their Gnosis and rescue several people, but when the time comes to return to the Durandal, MOMO stayed behind to take care of a wounded man. She was swiftly kidnapped.
Albedo once again contacted the Durandal and revealed that he had taken MOMO. Jr. was furious and charged after her, boarding the Song of Nephilim with his friends. Jr. said he would handle the mission alone but Shion dissuaded him, saying that the battle affected all of them and they had a right to be there. He backed down and led the way into the Song. There they found MOMO, though they quickly realized that Albedo had taken her essence as she was catatonic. This just served to further enrage Jr. and they rushed further inward.
Shion is seen in the Y-Data as being connected to KOS-MOS by Albedo, who claims that it all makes sense now when observing Shion and KOS-MOS.
They take some time to prepare for the battle but during their reprieve, Shion had to deal with KOS-MOS's communication issues as well as her hallucinations. This consequently results in her slapping both Allen and Jr. due to their behavior.
They fight through the Song and are able to see Albedo, who has MOMO and reveals that the MOMO they found was just a Kirschwasser. However, before they fight, the Blue Testament steps in and fights for him, while Albedo flies away in E.S. Simeon. Blue Testament tries to talk to the group and tells them that their quest is meaningless, but before he can reach the apex of his speech, Jr. tells him to shut up and get out of their way. They fight and the Blue Testament turns into a Gnosis, though he later retreats.
Afterward, they deactivate the Song and thwart the Gnosis's attack. However, Albedo then summoned the space station Proto Merkabah, another work of Joachim's. Albedo uses the cannons on the station to systematically obliterate the Federation fleet and began preparing to fire on Second Miltia. Shion and her friends enter Proto Merkabah using the Elsa and fight their way to the reactor core, where Albedo was waiting. After rebuffing Albedo, he turned the reactor into a Gnosis to "test" the party and buy himself time to escape. Albedo set Merkabah on a collision course with Second Miltia, the party concocted a plan to destroy the station by jettisoning all its compartments, breaking it into thousands of pieces. However, the destabilization would destroy the station faster than any of them would be able to return to the Elsa in time to escape.
KOS-MOS volunteers to stay behind and activate the destruction program, despite Shion's attempt to dissuade her. KOS-MOS calmed her by informing her that she was able to run faster than all of them and would be able to make it to safety in time. Shion reluctantly left her and stalled the Elsa's takeoff as long as possible. They waited until the last possible minute before they took off. Shion then had a strange feeling and told Tony to stop at a wall before leaving the station completely. KOS-MOS blasted through it seconds later and jumped to the Elsa as their section of the station began to break apart. Shion caught her, but due to KOS-MOS's weight, was unable to pull her aboard until Ziggy came and helped her.
The Elsa began entry into Second Miltia's atmosphere but the Elsa's heat shield began to disintegrate rapidly. KOS-MOS briefly morphed into a powerful being to prevent the Elsa from being destroyed.
Xenosaga Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und BöseEdit
The Elsa successfully landed on Second Miltia. Shion gave KOS-MOS to Vector's Second Division so they could create her battle frame Version 2 and install the Tertiary Weapon System. Shion decided to walk around her old home and became hungry. She stopped by Moby Dick's Café and remet Boss, as well as Jr. and chaos. She also reluctantly ran into her brother, Jin, and she became upset when Jin asked her to visit their parent's graves. Despite this, she spent the night at the family's house, though she left early the next morning without saying goodbye. Shion receives an outfit change.
Shion participated in the Encephalon Dive into MOMO's subconsciousness in order to retrieve the Y-Data for the Federation. There, they visited some of Jr.'s memories from his time at the Yuriev Institute as MOMO was based on Jr.'s late love, Sakura Mizrahi, the daughter of Joachim Mizrahi. After an incident where Albedo reappeared and stole the activated Y-Data from MOMO, before being killed, Shion and Allen were stationed on the Dämmerung. There, she had more visions of Nephilim and a request from Febronia to go to Old Miltia to save her sisters.
Shion, with Allen's help, stole E.S. Dinah's main frame, and used to it to join the Elsa. Voyager, in the E.S. Dan, attacks her, but she was saved by KOS-MOS who activated herself from Vector Second Division and came on her motorcycle to show Dinah's true power, causing Voyager to flee.
Later, on Old Miltia, Shion saw what happened to Cecily and Cathe, now part of the Zohar's control system, and attempted to prevent KOS-MOS from killing them in order to stop U-DO, but then, on Febronia's request to free them, allowed KOS-MOS to proceed, though this greatly saddened her. Ormus Patriarch summons another Mizrahi invention, Proto Omega, to fuse with the Zohar and create a weapon that could strike anywhere in space. The Patriarch explains that he will use Omega to destroy the Gnosis and command the galaxy under Ormus. The party is then forced to escape as Second Miltia is morphed into the Omega System, which is the result of the Zohar and Omega fusion.
Shion becomes emotionally distraught by Cecily and Cathe's deaths. Jins finds her on the Elsa, crying alone. When he talks to her about transferring spaceships, Shion screams at him to get out and leave her alone. Shion has a breakdown full of anger and sadness, and becomes angry at the universe for being thrown into another situation where she's forced to watch someone die. Jin attempts to comfort her by telling her Febronia probably loved Shion just as much as she did her real sisters, Cecily and Cathe. He describes her as, "Another sister bound by the chains of her past." At first, Shion misses what he meant and asks, "Another... sister... who?" Jin tells Shion that "sister" is her, and Febronia gave her such a painful role because Febronia believed in her. Jin also tells Shion that the world is full of pain, and she can either learn to accept it, or withdraw from it and become a recluse. However, he also tells Shion that regardless of the choice she makes, she won't be alone. With a faint sense of resolve, Shion leaves the room for him.
Shion and her allies enter the Omega System and confront the Patriarch, who is also confronted by a dying Albedo. The Testaments defeat the Patriarch and revive Albedo so that he can morph Miltian space into a space-time anomaly. After Albedo does this, Jr. decides to confront his brother personally; he dives into the anomaly and defeats Albedo. Although the space-time anomaly is destroyed, the Original Zohar remains floating in space. Before the Durandal and the Kukai Foundation can rush to acquire it, a star system-sized Gnosis appears: Abel's Ark. Abel's Ark retrieves the Original Zohar and vanishes.
After these events, the party separates to try and lead normal lives, although Jin worries that the chain of events is not over (Ormus is still alive, and the Zohar was abruptly seized by a mysterious force).
Xenosaga: A Missing YearEdit
After Episode II, Shion found herself full of questions. She wanted to know more about the Immigrant Fleet, the organization that was behind the Miltian Conflict, as well as the words that were spoken by the Patriarch Sergius. He said that the Ormus are the rightful possessors of the Zohar, so she began to investigate. Shion wanted to know more about the relationship between the Miltian Conflict and the Zohar on her own.
Ever since the Zohar was swallowed up by the giant Gnosis, the Gnosis phenomenon has increased in frequency, and the people are now constantly exposed to its threat. Yet, despite the large number of star systems that have been destroyed by the Gnosis, people continue to resist, refusing to cooperate with each other, and engaging in one pointless conflict after another.
Shion returned to Vector. More Gnosis attacks occur and Gnosis raid the S.O.C.E. lab. Scientia agent Doctus kidnaps Almadel, a mysterious Realian girl.
Jin and Shion pursue Doctus. They infiltrate a Scientia vessel, but are caught.
In order to rescue Shion, Jin goes to the Scientia base and contacts Doctus. Jin confronts Grimoire Verum at Ars Nova, one area of S-Division within the U.M.N. sealed by Vector. Jin succeeds in rescuing Shion from Grimoire at the core of Ars Nova.
Due to the completion of Lemegeton, Nephilim's consciousness awakens within Almadel. Grimoire is annihilated. Almadel vanishes in order to stop the song of Nephilim. Ars Nova collapses.
Shion has an emotional breakdown from Almadel's death and gives up on living as Ars Nova collapses, too devastated to even stand up. Jin slaps Shion on the face for considering suicide, telling her not to waste Almadel's sacrifice for her, and comforts her. KOS-MOS helps Shion up and they leave Ars Nova.
Shion is disciplined and demoted for breaking into Vector's S-Division, but was offered the opportunity to continue working at Vector. However, having lost confidence in the U.M.N. and disgusted by Vector's secretive nature, Shion decides to resign and distance herself from Vector. She also decides to research the truth of her father's involvement with the Miltian Conflict, U.M.N. and Vector.
Doctus introduces Shion to Scientia and is able to obtain their aid.
Xenosaga Episode III: Also sprach ZarathustraEdit
Shion learned many things over the course of the next year, such as Vector and her father's involvement in the Gnosis Terrorism. Vector had contact with the U-TIC Organization, and the U-TIC Organization was connected with Ormus. But the evidence was concealed, and the truth had been buried away into the darkness. This led Shion her to leave Vector and join Scientia with Doctus, Miyuki Itsumi and Canaan. Vector allowed her to keep E.S. Dinah as a present of departure. She then began to research the true purpose of the U.M.N.
In the beginning of the game, Shion has been relaxing at Pedea Island on Second Miltia to take care of her mental health after everything that happened. After a notification from Allen, she later traveled to Fifth Jerusalem to visit Allen and KOS-MOS. She was surprised by the view of the Ω Res Novae as well as T-elos, and was saddened when she heard about the cancellation of the KOS-MOS Project. She then proceeded to rescue KOS-MOS from the facility where Vector had put her, treating her as garbage, and reactivated her.
On Rennes-le-Château, when T-elos attempted to destroy KOS-MOS, Shion yelled and set in motion the events leading to everyone diving into her subconscious in an attempt to save KOS-MOS from T-elos.
In her subconscious, on Old Miltia, that she thought to be the past, she discovered the first blueprint of KOS-MOS and use them to fix the android. Voyager tried to kidnap KOS-MOS when they were unable to activate her, and also attempted to take Shion's necklace. It was at this moment that KOS-MOS finally activated. Shion had visions of U-DO in the form of Abel. This is because Shion possesses the same characteristic as her mother where she is inherently able to link with U-DO, and for that reason, her life was being eaten away little by little.
In a bid to attempt to change history and prevent the Miltian Conflict from happening, the team returned to Labyrinthos. They found the Vessels of Anima in the base and stole them. When they were escaping from the place with their E.S., Shion heard her mother's name, Aoi, being called over the public announcement system, and returned to Labyrinthos to find her. She was caught in her attempt and was questioned by the younger Margulis, Kevin and her father.
Hours away from the Federation's 3rd descent operation (which triggered the full-scale battles), the team decides to return to Labyrinthos to rescue Shion. While held captive, Shion realizes that her father (who does not know she is the older Shion) was secretly aiding her. In the battle between the U-TIC soldiers and the Federation forces, he asked Shion to go look for the young Shion at the church and bring her to safety. Unfortunately, the Miltian Conflict had already began.
When the team reached the church, they realized that it was attacked by Realian troops that went crazy due to the Song of Nephilim. Febronia was killed in her attempt to save the recuperating Virgil and the young Shion. Virgil, who developed a relationship with Febronia during her care, fought the Realian troops to help the rest escape. It was during this moment that the Blue Testament (Virgil) appeared. Just as he was about to attack the team, Febronia appeared and convinced him to abandon this Testament duty and together, they disappeared into the twilight, or Collective Unconscious.
After a series of events, Shion re-lived the traumatic deaths of her mother and father by the 27-Series Asuras and discovered the truth about her summoning the Gnosis - Shion's despair resonated with the Zohar in Labyrinthos. This means she unleashed the Gnosis on the world and all the blood of the people killed by Gnosis after the Miltian Conflict is on her hands - millions or billions of people died because of her. Unable to bear this, Shion panicked, screamed, and entered a trance, summoning Abel's Ark, and the team realized that everything around them is her subconscious, not the past as they initially believed. In other words, Shion tried to change her parent's death while time traveling but she doesn't succeed, as it all took place in Shion's subconscious memories and mind.
Kevin, who revealed himself as the Red Testament to her. Kevin began to explain how Shion, like her mother, has the ability to "talk" with U-DO. Therefore, by staying with KOS-MOS (who draws power from the Zohar), she is slowly and surely losing her life. Filled with love and misery, Shion attempted to leave with Kevin, but was stopped by the team. The team escaped to the Elsa and returned back to normal time. Kevin tries to convince her to join him, but fails because of Jin, Allen, and KOS-MOS, who then take Shion away from him and T-elos in the Elsa.
On Michtam, Shion learned the truth about of her identity as the reincarnation of the Maiden of Mary and that KOS-MOS contained the spirit of Mary Magdalene. After KOS-MOS awakened, Shion and KOS-MOS met Kevin Winnicot and Shion decided to go to his side, fighting her friends. Allen tried to make her see what a monster Kevin was but was unsuccessful. Shion looked worried while Kevin proceeded to torture him despite his failure. KOS-MOS then saved Allen's life and Shion saw the truth and chose to leave Kevin. Kevin, unwilling to let Shion go, decided to eliminate her friends, thus he transformed and prepared to battle.
Despite using all the powers of a Testament, Kevin lost the fight and questioned if this was the result Shion desired. Kevin then told her that she was confused, and is unable to make calm decisions about where she stood. Kevin proceeded to continue the fight with her friends, but Shion got in between him and her friends, and pleaded to Kevin to stop. Kevin told her that he didn't want to hurt her either, and asked her in frustration on why she can't seem to understand his feelings. Wilhelm, having waited long enough, told Kevin to stand down since his time was up. Kevin grunted in anger and left to regroup with Wilhelm, and Shion tried to stop him from leaving.
Wilhelm tortured Shion when she refused to activate Zarathustra with her pendant, the Key. Out of pain, agony and desperation, Shion begged Kevin to save her, and Kevin, not willing to lose the one woman he loved, chops off Wilhelm's right arm, and freeing Shion from her torture. Shion looked to where Kevin turned against Wilhelm, and Wilhelm was unsurprised by Kevin's betrayal. Wilhelm told Kevin that he knew he would betray him, and that his only reason for becoming a Testament was to save Shion. Wilhelm then placed Kevin in agonizing pain, and did so to Shion as well. Wilhelm then asked Shion if she's changed her mind, but she stubbornly refused to use the Key. Wilhelm then ordered KOS-MOS to do it instead as a way for her to protect Shion from the torture. KOS-MOS destroyed the Key at the last moment and saved Shion. In one last effort to end Wilhelm, Kevin punctured Wilhelm in the back, and told him that it was time to end this battle.
Upon Zarathustra going out of control, Kevin used his power to suppress the system's energy, and told Shion to destroy it. However, Shion feared that Kevin will vanish from this world as a result of his attempt to minimize Zarathustra's power, but Kevin assured her to not worry about him, but to concentrate on the system, for this battle won't mean anything if she doesn't stop it. After a moment to build her strength, Shion accepted to proceed with stopping Zarathustra while Kevin kept suppressing its power.
With Zarathustra defeated, Wilhelm and Kevin began to disappear, but not before KOS-MOS allowed Shion and Kevin to express their feelings one last time. Shion said a last farewell to Kevin, who tried to save her from torture and died because of it. She hugged KOS-MOS and cried, since KOS-MOS had to stay behind. She also cried when Jin decided to stay behind as well, and they both expressed regret for how they behaved. Jin told her she won't be alone and she has wonderful friends: Allen, MOMO, Jr., Ziggy and Miyuki.
She left with the Elsa, and while onboard upon escape, Shion senses Jin's death from far away, suggesting that, despite the friction between the two of them, she ultimately cared for him deeply.
She goes on a journey to find Lost Jerusalem with Jr. and Allen via the Elsa. It is implied Shion begins a romantic relationship with Allen, and hopefully Allen will be able to help Shion recover and heal from her grief.
Mary MagdaleneEdit
Shion is the Maiden of Mary. Nephilim states that her existence is vital to her during Episode I, and later speaks of how close they were, laughing and crying together. They were always together in Lost Jerusalem, and both of them are necessary to fully use the Animus, Shion being an Animus-resonant consciousness. Unfortunately, Shion died in front of Mary, who was unable to save her. Mary still regrets this event even after her revival in KOS-MOS.
Shion was also necessary for Mary's consciousness to awaken inside of KOS-MOS; as such, Wilhelm orchestrated the events leading up to Shion becoming the one in charge of the KOS-MOS Project to create a special link between herself and KOS-MOS. KOS-MOS always protected Shion during the game, it was the only thing that no order given to her could change, at first this was due to orders from Kevin, but eventually also due to Mary's consciousness.
Shion's relationship with KOS-MOS was complex. Shion was often motherly towards her, trying to explain what was right or wrong. Eventually, their relationship evolved into genuine friendship. KOS-MOS would also act as her confidante whenever Shion was uncertain or afraid. KOS-MOS is the only person that Shion never rejected, despite Kevin's urging. Shion treats KOS-MOS humanely, rather than merely an artificial robot.
It is revealed that this is partly due to the fact that KOS-MOS contained Mary's spirit and that Shion was the Maiden of Mary in a past life. Their relationship may be therefore be considered akin to the one Mary Magdalene and the Maiden shared, though the exact nature of the ancient characters' relationship is unknown.
Allen RidgeleyEdit
Allen Ridgeley fell in love with Shion the first time he saw her though she never returned his feelings or considered him anything more than a co-worker until the end of their adventure. He tried several times to tell her how he felt but something always prevented him or she didn't pay attention. His affection for her was completely evident to everyone working on their team constructing KOS-MOS. Allen revealed his feelings for her successfully during his stand against Kevin. After this, Shion was much more compassionate toward him and even intervened when Allen was tortured by Kevin.
After Zarathustra was defeated, the two enter a relationship.
Jin UzukiEdit
Shion did not get along with her older brother, Jin Uzuki, after the Miltian Conflict and their parents' deaths, which she blamed him for as he was unable to save them from Gnosis. Shion always held him responsible for their parent's death, and since then, has never tried to get close to him. In fact, it is not that Jin left his parents to die, but that he was delayed by Margulis. He still succeeded in saving Shion, however.
Shion resented Jin for his lax attitude and was frustrated by his inability to hold a steady job for more than six months, constantly changing professions. Shion has a tendency to add the phrase "no-good" when referring to Jin. In the anime, Shion calls him an "idiot" to Tony.
Despite her attempts to avoid him, Jin reached out to his sister often and tried to get closer to her, inviting her to honor their parents or come visit their family home, which he had turned into a medical practice and later a bookstore due to his annoyance at his patients, but it was to no avail. Jin was scared that if he tried to get too close to Shion, she would reject him completely. Shion's avoidance of her brother reached the point of desperation when in close proximity to him. Although they don't always agree, Jin looks out for his little sister like when Kevin Winnicot tried to get her to go on his side.
They apologize mutually for their behavior after Zarathustra was destroyed and are able to forgive each other, moments before his death.
Kevin WinnicotEdit
Kevin Winnicot was Shion's boss and lover before the events surrounding KOS-MOS's awakening. He attempted to manipulate her at first for Wilhelm's plan, but fell in love with her and were engaged to be married.
He died when the KOS-MOS Archetype was risen by U-TIC and his death devastated Shion. When she replaced him as the leader of the KOS-MOS project, Shion became obsessed with finishing her for Kevin. He was risen by Wilhem as the Red Testament and he became the leader of Vector's right-hand man. Kevin still held feelings for Shion and persuaded her to leave her friends in order to join him.
He died again when he attempted to stop the awakening of Zarathustra and this saddened Shion, though she had already realized that he was evil, but did all this to save her life. They exchange their feelings from the broken pendent that KOS-MOS destroyed, and it is revealed to contain flower petals from the garden Shion made. The exact flower petals that shows how much he truly loves her, even to the very end. As Kevin bids her farewell with a smile and passes on to the other side with peace in his heart, Shion now looks forward to the future and bids him farewell with renewed resolve. Despite all the pain and suffering within the story that he may have caused, Kevin's undying love for Shion, and Shion's discovery of his determination to sacrifice himself for her, helped her become stronger and looking forward to saving the universe from destruction.
Juli MizrahiEdit
Shion's relationship with Juli is plain and clear, and both of them are in friendly terms. Juli expressed that she envies Shion's resolve to stay true to her calling, while Juli continues to do things that she doesn't know if they are right or wrong. Juli even gave Shion a warming conversation about the duties of a creator, and how one should believe in those they created and cherish. Interestingly, both Shion and Juli had family members that had suffered a mental or subconscious disease: Shion's mother was unable to move and fell into a coma, and Juli's daughter was unable to speak and express her emotions on the surface. This is due to the fact that Shion's mother shared the same blood from the People of Zohar, and that Juli's husband, Joachim Mizrahi, also came from the People of Zohar that have the ability to utilize the Zohar and make contact with U-DO.
Battle skillsEdit
In addition to Shion's intellect, it is heavily hinted that she learned the same martial arts that Jin and Margulis are masters of, as taught by her grandfather. This shows in her Double Tech attacks with her brother which include fast and skillful swordplay. Upon destroying an object, most of her moves are kicks and punches, not just her M.W.S. attacks. Though unlike them, she primarily focuses on hand-to-hand combat but uses her M.W.S. in conjunction with it. It is stated that she was taught at least some of this battle technique in the Episode I database, which states that their grandfather taught her a strong, high kick.
In battle, Shion relies primarily on the M.W.S., an invention of her co-worker Miyuki Itsumi. She is also skilled in the use of Ether to augment her combat skills. Shion is the only character who can use the ultimate Erde Kaiser spell in Episodes I and II. It uses 60 ether points, more than she will likely acquire by the end of the game, though with the Angel Ring that number is halved to a more manageable value. A special side-quest is required in order to obtain this item, but it will do 9,999 points of damage. It can kill almost any boss, including both optional bosses of the first game, but can only be used once per battle.
Episode I
Battle quotes
- "Do you really think this is a good idea...?"
- "Get out of my way! Or else..."
- "Okay, here we go!"
- "I've come this far, I can't lose now!"
- "KOS-MOS, let's go!"
- "KOS-MOS! Activate Hilbert Effect!"
- "Great! I collected some good data."
- "Who would've thought one of Miyuki's inventions would come in handy?"
- "Okay, let's go on."
- "Take it easy on me... I'm not meant for this line of work!"
- "Is everyone alright...?"
- "I'm sorry... everyone..."
- "I'm not... done yet..."
- "Take this!"
- "Open ether circuit!" (Normal Ether)
- "Reveal thy ancient power to me..." (Robot Parts/Erde Kaiser)
- "Transmit A.G.W.S.!"
- "Commander, is that really you?" (during Andrew Cherenkov's Gargoyle Gnosis boss fight)
Cutscene quotes
- "Good morning, KOS-MOS."
- "Do you feel sad... or anything?"
- "But you know, KOS-MOS, I've got mixed feelings about all this. Of course, I'm happy that you're awake. But the fact that you'll go back to sleep makes me a bit sad. On the other hand, the next time you wake up, it may be a time of much bloodshed. So deep down inside, I hope that day never comes."
- "It sounds like fun! I enjoy video games."
- "What do you think you're doing?! Those bullets could've KILLED me!"
- "Look, I got my own problems to deal with! Here I am getting attacked by the Gnosis... I'm getting lost at every turn, and, and... DON'T give me a hard time right now!"
- "Stop it! What do you think they are?! This is a clear violation of their rights!" (to Virgil about the Realians)
- "Stop it! You have no right to play god with their lives! Using them as bombs...! I won't let you do this!" (to Virgil about the Realians)
- "I guess... this is... it.... I'm going... to die... What's... this girl... doing here...? ...seen her... before...? ...not safe there... Run... run away... it's no use... my... voice... Oh... well... I'm... going... to die... any... way..." (almost killed by Gnosis)
- "Wait, KOS-MOS... do... do you understand what you've just done?! That's no excuse! You have NO RIGHT TO GO ABOUT KILLING PEOPLE! Why did you shoot Lieutenant Virgil?! With your power, you don't have to sacrifice ANYONE to...!" (to KOS-MOS)
- "How could...! How can you even SAY that! Have you no conscience?!" (to KOS-MOS)
- "Hey, that's kind of a racist comment." (Shion, annoyed at Allen for insulting Übermutants)
- "I hate... thunder... STOP IT! I HATE THUNDER! ...I'm sorry... I just... really... hate thunder."
- "Identity diffusion... the eternal dilemma." (to MOMO in the Durandal)
- "There's no difference between illusion and reality to the person experiencing it." (in the Encephalon)
- "I can't believe I just handed over top-secret company info to the Federation without permission... I am SO fired..."
- "Those girls weren't toys for your enjoyment! They were all individuals with wills of their own! Yet you..." (to Albedo about the Kirschwassers)
- "KOS-MOS, I really ought to put you on a diet!"
The Animation
- "The memorial? That's just an ancient ritual. Why resurrect it?"
- "I want all Realians to be happy and healthy!"
- "You like Bunnie? Well, guess that makes two of us then."
- "Maybe so, but nobody just thinks about what they need to do, nor should Realians. You've been given free will, just the same as us." (to Kirsch)
- "That's not true! We don't treat them anything like equipment or merchandise!" (to Virgil about Realians)
- "NO! STOP! DON'T! HOW COULD YOU?! LOOK WHAT YOU DID!" (Shion furious at Virgil for killing a Realian)
- "All of them... All of them are DEAD now... I can't stand it. I don't want to see anymore people DIE..." (Shion cries in the escape pod)
- "It can't be...! She said... "Daddy"... I don't... Don't leave, Dad! Wait for me! DON'T GO!" (to Suou's memory)
- "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! NO! STOP! PLEAAAAAAAAAAASEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" (Shion having a mental breakdown at the sight of her parent's dead bodies)
- "In your mind, everyone is just a toy for your enjoyment. I'll show you how wrong you are! We'll all show you! You're going to see! We all have wills of our own!" (to Albedo)
- "Thank you... Thank goodness you're alive, Kirsch."
- "Kirschwasser... I wanted to help you. Help you make a place where you belonged..."
- "But why... but why does everyone... Tell me WHY!? WHY DOES EVERYONE ALWAYS HAVE TO GO AND LEAVE ME BEHIND?!" (Shion cries)
Episode II
- "Wait a minute, Jin. Not this again. I've already told you, I'm NOT going to their graves. NO! I absolutely refuse. Just stop it. I can't believe we're talking about this again. Mom and Dad aren't even IN those graves! You know just as well as I do where they are! Right?! You and I were the only ones there that day. And if you... if you'd only been there SOONER, they'd STILL BE..."
- "It's horrible... I can't stand this! I'm... I'm sick of ALL THIS! I just... I can't take it anymore! I just CAN'T! UGHHH!"
- "You... you did this to them for THAT?! Shut up! I refuse... I REFUSE TO ACCEPT THIS!"
- "Feb... No, I can't! Why does it have to me!? Why did you call me!? I WON'T DO IT! I CAN'T DO IT!"
- "KOS-MOS... FIRE!" (Shion commands KOS-MOS to kill Cecily and Cathe)
- "I SAID LEAVE ME ALONE! It's just like it was fourteen years ago! It was exactly the same! Feb was... she was killed right in front of me! I was all alone! I couldn't do anything myself, so I JUST RAN! And again... I still couldn't do anything... Why?! Why did it have to be me? I never wanted to feel like that again!"
Episode III
- "Why am I here? What should I be doing? Where am I going? It's as if everything is hidden in a deep fog on a distant shore. But right now, if that's where hope lies, I want to grant your wish."
- "Miyuki! You didn't tell me that they had macrophages deployed! What the hell have you been doing?"
- "When I saw the name, Suou Uzuki, I felt nothing. No surprise, no sadness, and no anger. To be honest, I felt nothing at all. Somewhere in my heart, I think that I must have expected it."
- "Come on. A single thought can change the world. Even fast food can become an elegant dinner."
- "I know what is going to happen already. The coming events will bring suffering... to countless lives. And it will leave a permanent scar on the universe. But I alone may have a chance to change everything. KOS-MOS, what would you do? Would you chastise me for being illogical, just like you always do? KOS-MOS, would you abandon countless lives before you, simply because it's the logical thing to do?"
- "I have nothing to say to a man who doesn't even hesitate to sacrifice his own family."
- "No! Stop! Let go of me! Help me, Kevin! STOP IT! DON'T TOUCH ME! GET AWAY FROM ME! AHHH!" (Shion being held by U-TIC officers)
- "No, Feb, wait! What am I... What am I supposed to do now!? Feb! Please don't go! Feb! No! I don't understand anything anymore!"
- "Dad... Mother... Why...? I'm sorry... I couldn't... I still couldn't stop it from happening..."
- "I have to put it back... I have to put it back... it won't stop... I have to put it back... or else... Mommy's gonna go away... put it back... someone... please put it back... no... no... this isn't true! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
- "You MONSTERS! GET AWAY FROM MY MOM!" (to 27-Series Asuras)
- "No, it-- This can't...be happening! Jin... What is going on? It's a... this is a dream, right? I called- I called the Gnosis. I made them appear, didn't I? This is-- some kind of terrible mistake? Right? Tell me that this isn't possible! Please! Someone tell me what's going on! No! No, I don't believe it! It's a lie! Tell me it isn't true! No. No... NOOOOOO!"
- "Oh, Kevin, I'm happy... I'm so happy to see you again. I missed you so much...! I thought... that... I'd never see you again. And yet... here you are... So, I... I... I..."
- "Kevin, what should I do? Am I just going to disappear from this world, unable to do anything? Kevin... Jin? Jin, why? Why didn't you let me go? Why did you get in my way? If I'd gone with Kevin, I might have been able to be happy."
- "I don't know what I should do. It's not that I want to give Jin a hard time. And it's not that I don't trust my friends. I know that you and Jin and everyone on the Elsa... are worried about me. But isn't everyone really thinking that I'm a dangerous burden? I'm the one who led our universe to destruction. If I die, the Gnosis might disappear. Isn't everyone wishing that would happen? I'm afraid. I'm so scared. No one's going to save me. If everyone abandons me, I... Will you always stay with me? I don't want to be alone, KOS-MOS. Help me, Kevin."
- "What do you want? Are you here to say a bunch of cryptic things again and confuse me? You're always like that. You just appear in front of me, say whatever you feel like, then just watch without actually doing anything!" (to Nephilim)
- "I don't know. I don't understand myself. I'm afraid. I'm afraid of being alone. I don't know. I don't understand anything. Help me. Please, someone help me. Tell me who I am."
- "What's happening? Where am I? Isn't that... chaos? That woman beside him... is the woman in the casket. What is this feeling? Is it... anger? despair? No. You're sad, aren't you? KOS-MOS? Are those tears? Why? Why are you crying? I see... You've lost sight of yourself, just like me. You don't know who you are anymore. You don't even know where you stand, and you feel alone. I understand. Let's find out, together. Alright? Let's try and find out... who I am, and why you are here. Let's look for the answers together, KOS-MOS."
- "My pain? No one knows anything about me! No one knows how I feel. I was always alone. Even when I called for help, no one listened! The only one who listened was Kevin."
- "You're saying the same thing everyone else is. Then why didn't they save me? They stayed away from me, like I was some kind of a disease! It would have been better to have been denounced or condemned!"
- "You don't have to worry. I'll open the seal. But it's not for any of you. It's for my own sake, and to take responsibility for what's happened to the universe!"
- "You saw what happened. I summoned the Gnosis. I caused the destruction of the universe and everything. You're so naive. The situation is already far beyond that. Allen, what power do you have?! Can you save me? Can you save my life?! You don't have any power at all. If you can't do anything, then just shut up! I've made up my mind. Leave me alone!"
- "I don't know. I don't know what I should do. I'm tired. I don't want to hurt anymore. None of you saved me. Only Kevin has made a place for me."
- "Please, don't interfere. Leave me alone! I want this to end. Leave us alone! Stop! Don't hurt Kevin! I want this to end. Please, understand!"
- "Kevin, all I ever wanted was to be with you. Even if that meant I was being used. Even if I was being deceived. As long as I could be by your side, I thought it didn't matter. But... now I know that's not true. It's wrong for me to sacrifice others for it. If I do that... If I run away into the past... all I'm doing is repeating the misery inside me. I do love you, dearly. I'm sure we would be happy together... there's nothing that I would want more. But I can't stand the idea of being the only one who finds happiness. If I can't share it with everyone, then there's no meaning to happiness. And I don't want to be alone anymore..."
- "Thank you, Kevin. Because of you, I have... I've been able to make it this far. Because of you, I'll keep going. Goodbye. Goodbye, Kevin. Farewell."
- "That's unusually vague coming from you, KOS-MOS."
- "I don't believe it... how can you say that? It's not fair of you to say something like that to me now. I'm the one who was wrong, not you. You always thought about me. I knew that you did... but, I was the one who couldn't admit my real feelings. I was embarrassed or uncomfortable or something so... I'm the one who pushed you away. I'm the one who caused you so much pain... and... I'm sorry! I'm so sorry for it, Jin. Forgive me. Please, forgive me!" (Shion to Jin before his death)
- "Jin, I know I never said it, but... I was happy. In my heart, I was so happy to be your sister. So... so thank you. Thank you, Jin."
- "Jin... Now I think I understand what Wilhelm wanted to do, just a little bit better. His methods may have been wrong, but now, I think I understand the logic behind his reasons. Living the same life, over and over again, but living those lives without any regrets is what really matters. That is probably what the ideal vision of being human is all about."
- "Humans are really not that strong. And we know that we can't live like that. We're creatures that are much more flawed, weak, and smaller than that. We hurt others, we lie to ourselves, we hate, we blame others, we regret, but, even if we are weak, and even if it is our fate to disappear entirely, I think the will to change the future is still an important one."
Episode I
- Shion's Crisis
- Shion ~Memories of the Past~
- Shion ~Emotion~
- Closed Minded Girl
- Sorrow
- Rising Emotions
- Kokoro
- Pain
Episode III
- The Harsh Truth
- The Harsh Truth (piano)
- The Harsh Truth (violin)
- Maybe Tomorrow
- In Episode I, Shion says "It's nothing" at least 11 times, at least 3 times in Episode II, and at least 4 times in Episode III. This means that if the player completes the Xenosaga series without skipping cutscenes, she says it 18 times. With text dialog, she probably says it more.
- Shion's surname, Uzuki, is the same as Citan Uzuki from Xenogears. In the Japanese version of Xenogears, Citan is known as "Shitan". Both "Shion" and "Shitan" begin with "Shi". It is unknown if this is intentional homage.
- In the Japanese language, "shi" is the same pronunciation as "death", thus it is considered unlucky. This may relate to Shion who is surrounded by death.
- Shion claims she heard the name "Marienkind" somewhere before, which means "Child of Mary". Shion's identity during the Lost Jerusalem era remains unknown.
- Shion's pendant, which had become the ignition of Zarathustra, was something that was built at the same time as Zarathustra in an extremely ancient era of Lost Jerusalem. It was passed from Lost Jerusalem, to Michtam via Kevin's Mother, and then to Shion. Kevin remodeled it, embedding flower petals with the flowers they grew on Miltia, into the interior of the pendant for the purpose of swaying the heart of the Maiden of Mary Magdalene, Shion.
- Most of the primary female characters in Xenosaga are named after flowers. "Shion" is the Japanese name of the Tatarian Aster, a type of daisy.
- Her blood type is A, as seen when KOS-MOS uses her scanner when she first awakens.
- If the bonus e-mails of Episode I are to be believed, she is friends with Kazuya Mishima from Tekken.[1]
- Shion's naked pose appears to have been inspired from Elly from Xenogears.
- Shion makes an appearance in Namco × Capcom, when she, MOMO, and KOS-MOS appear in the middle of Shibuya, Tokyo during a series of dimensional disturbances, in time to help the main characters against a Gnosis attack. In the game, Shion is paired with MOMO as a single unit.[2]


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COLD TRAIL: A special report.; Congo Not Alone in Ending Massacre Inquiry
Published: May 7, 1998
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The United Nations refused some demands, like the budget for Congolese ''counterparts,'' but gave in to others, including the requirement that investigators be accompanied by local officials, and the time frame. The Government insisted on including the killings inside Rwanda, diplomats said, to lessen any suggestion of their culpability by comparing the number of Hutu victims to the half million Tutsi and moderate Hutu killed in Rwanda's civil war.
With each new concession, the Congolese raised the stakes.
They staged street protests, which were announced on the state radio, against the United Nations team in Kinshasa; they accused investigators of maintaining close ties to the political opposition; they issued new restrictions about where investigators could go.
The First Stalemate
Town in the West Becomes the Focus
In this growing confrontation between the Government and the United Nations, access to Mbandaka, in the west, quickly became the prize.
Accounts by foreign journalists and local witnesses had established that on May 13, just four days before Mr. Kabila's forces captured Kinshasa, rebel troops in Mbandaka had massacred at least 200 unarmed Rwandan Hutu.
The United Nations focused on Mbandaka because the late date of the killings meant that evidence was likely to be freshest there.
But for the Congolese, an investigation in Mbandaka, hard by the western border, was particularly threatening. Killings in the east, near Rwanda, could perhaps be written off as random acts of overzealous or vengeful Tutsi soldiers. But for Hutu refugees to be tracked down and killed at the opposite end of this huge country, when Mr. Kabila's victory in the war was already assured, would strongly suggest deliberate extermination.
Months of haggling between the United Nations and the Government followed, marked by warnings, particularly from European donors, that reconstruction aid for Congo would be jeopardized if the investigation were blocked. The first major donors' conference for Congo was scheduled to be held in Brussels in early December 1997.
Fed up with the delays, in early October Secretary General Annan withdrew the mission's leaders and spread word that a decision to pull out altogether was close.
Mr. Richardson, the United Nations envoy, began a high-profile effort to save the inquiry. His involvement dated back to the early allegations of massacres involving Mr. Kabila's troops in the spring of 1997, when he engaged in shuttle diplomacy between Mobutu and Mr. Kabila.
Mr. Richardson's diplomacy soon fell into a pattern: Congolese officials stubbornly blocked the investigators, repeatedly bringing the mission to the brink of withdrawal. Mr. Richardson and other senior American diplomats then issued public warnings to the Government that aid depended on the mission's successful conclusion. Mr. Kabila then pledged cooperation.
Simultaneously, according to Congolese and United Nations officials and American diplomats, Washington was applying strong pressure on Mr. Annan to maintain the inquiry.
The Diplomacy
Conflicting Signals From Washington
But even as Washington publicly insisted on Mr. Kabila's cooperation, American and British diplomats had quietly begun to argue for separating the outcome of the investigation from international aid.
Beginning early last summer, in numerous briefings with American journalists, senior American diplomats alternately expressed concerns that Mr. Kabila was too weak to incur the wrath of its Rwandan allies by allowing the investigation, or that the focus of international efforts should instead be on bringing stability to the region.
For years, the United States had supported Mobutu, but had concluded that his rule had grown too corrupt and that Congo had become a potential source of instability.
Thus Washington had provided vital, if discreet, political support to Mr. Kabila's rebellion, and rushed to embrace Mr. Kabila once he took power, calling the stability of Congo and its new Government ''the key to stability in all of Central Africa.''
At the United States Embassy in Kinshasa, meanwhile, diplomats were bending over backward to shift the blame for the investigators' troubles to the United Nations. A senior diplomat in Kinshasa, for example, castigated the team for its rejection of the Government's insistence that their inquiry be carried out only in the east.
''When are these people going to stop complaining and just get down to work,'' one American diplomat said last fall.
Asked in October why Washington seemed to be growing increasingly frustrated with the investigators, the diplomat said, ''We will not hitch the fortunes of this entire nation to an investigation into the fate of a bunch of Rwandan refugees, many of whom were themselves killers.''
But Mr. Richardson said the United States policy was that Mr. Kabila had to account for the massacres. ''It was not simply to prop him up politically so that he could get international aid,'' he said.
So on Oct. 23, Mr. Richardson returned to Congo to salvage the mission, and after direct talks with Mr. Kabila announced a ''breakthrough'' that led several days later to the return of the team's leaders and a resumption of the inquiry.
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The 6241 standby generator with service-entrance-rated, 200-amp automatic transfer switch supplies your home with up to 14,000 watts of electricity during a power outage. Featuring fully automatic operation and managed whole-house power, the generator and transfer switch start and run automatically during a power outage to provide your home and family with 24/7 protection. Generac's 6241 standby system includes a 5-year limited consumer warranty.
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Designed by Generac specifically to power their standby generators, the 992cc overhead valve industrial engine powers the generating unit at a constant 3600 RPM and provides exceptional reliability, sure starts, and a long life. A fully pressurized oil system keeps the engine lubricated while it is running and a 200 hour/2 year interval between oil changes allow for use during extended outages. Low oil and high temperature sensing allow the controller to shut the engine down to prevent damage. Plasma Moly rings and plateau honed cylinder walls reduce oil consumption and extend engine life.
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NEW YORK Seven midsize vehicles earned the top rating in a new insurance industry test of high-tech safety features designed to prevent front-end collisions.
The Cadillac ATS and SRX, Subaru Legacy and Outback, Mercedes C-Class and Volvo S60 and XC60 won superior ratings in tests by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, or IIHS.
The institute tested 74 midsize cars and SUVs from the model years 2013 and 2014. Those equipped with front collision-warning and automatic braking systems generally scored better. The systems can either warn the driver or automatically stop the car if they sense a potential collision.
IIHS, a nonprofit research group funded by insurance companies, has pushed federal regulators and automakers to require or offer as an option new safety systems such as antilock brakes.
The group also is pushing automakers to bolster front-end crash resistance.
Automakers have been offering the frontal-crash systems on more and more models as the price of the technology falls. The systems use radar, cameras, ultrasonic sensors and computers to spot objects in front of cars and determine if a collision is possible. A driver may be warned to take action, or the system may apply the brakes itself.
IIHS said its data institute has determined that the devices help drivers avoid frontal crashes, but even so, auto insurance companies generally arent offering discounts for people who buy them.
Insurance companies say that as the systems become more popular in certain models, insurance claims will decline. Those models eventually will see discounted rates.
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can anyone tell me why some wraps are so freakin' expensive?! I am looking at you Diddymos wrap for $166!!!
But hey, shipping is free ;)
can anyone tell me why some wraps are so freakin' expensive?! I am looking at you Diddymos wrap for $166!!!
But hey, shipping is free ;)
$166 ain't bad. Let's talk about $250 Diva Milanos. Or HTF/HSA wraps going for 300, 400, etc.
Seriously though, many of the more expensive wraps are made of more expensive fibers (wool, silk, etc) or are limited edition. The crazy stuff often is on the resale market and hard to find or the latest hot ticket.
Mama all the time to Elliott (11/09) and Nora (11/11).
Yes, I know it sounds horribly embarrassing and undignified, but no one ever said parenting would be like having tea at Buckingham Palace.
Do not sell this lady any wraps, no matter what she says! :D
Chimparoo makes very affordable woven wraps that I like
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Thanks for all the responses, mamas!
It never occured to me that the wraps could be handwoven; that's awesome... I'm all about supporting small, family-owned businesses, as well as fair trade.
I am going to put a woven wrap on my Lil Man's birthday/holiday wish list, and look into DIYing one in the meantime. Can't wait to start practicing some back carries :)


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The New York Times heralds Kurt Elling as "the standout male vocalist of our time." We can't wait to heard Elling perform live at KPLU on April 15, 12:15 p.m. He'll is in town at Dimitriou's Jazz Alley April 14-17 in support of his new album, The Gate.
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