Shiva (Final Fantasy XIII)

Shiva, also known as the Twin Sisters of Shiva, is Snow's Eidolon in Final Fantasy XIII. The Twin Sisters, Stiria and Nix , 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.
:Aurora Borealis
:Aurora Australis
== Story ==
=== Final Fantasy XIII ===
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 ===
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 ===
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.
== Gameplay ==
=== Boss ===
thumb|Snow fights the Shiva Sisters.
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 ===
200px|right|Gestalt Mode & Diamond Dust
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, and Stiria's stats are used for the damage calculations.
==== Stats ====
Stiria has 3 ATB bars and Nix has 4. The Eidolon's rank is the sum of Snow's current Crystarium level and the number of roles Snow has advanced to level 5.
Rank	SP 	Stiria	Stiria	Nix 	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 	Image
 	1 	Inflicts ice magic damage on one opponent. 	
 	2 	Inflicts ice magic damage on opponents within a small radius. 	
 	3 	Inflicts ice magic damage on opponents within a large radius. 	
 	1 	Fully restores summoner's HP. 	
 	1 	Removes the most recently inflicted status ailment on one ally. 	
 	Auto 	Fully restores summoner's HP and removes all status ailments. 	
 	Auto 	Ignores target's fire, ice, lightning and water resistances when attacking.	N/A
Against few enemies, Stiria attacks the enemy Snow is targeting with Blizzard and does nothing while her ATB gauge charges. For enemies with high hitboxes, she will use Blizzara, and for clustered or distant enemies, 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. If either his HP or the Eidolon's SP reaches 0, she will cast Arise before being dismissed.
==== Nix's abilities ====
Ability 	ATB Cost	Description 	Image
 	1 	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent. 	
 	1 	Inflicts physical damage and launches a staggered opponent in the air. 	
 	1 	Inflicts multiple physical damage on one opponent. 	
 	1 	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent from long range. 	
 	2 	Inflicts physical damage on multiple opponents within a small radius. 	
Blizzara 	2 	Inflicts ice magic damage on opponents within a small radius. 	
 	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. 	N/A
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. She also casts Blizzara on distant enemies.
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 ====
Name	ATB Cost 	Move PS3/360 	Image 	
 	3 	/ 	 	
 	Charge forward and deal non-elemental damage to target. 	Charge forward and deal non-elemental damage to target. 	Charge forward and deal non-elemental damage to target. 	Charge forward and deal non-elemental damage to target.
 	3 	/ 	 	
 	Deal ice damage to surrounding targets and launch staggered ones into the air.	Deal ice damage to surrounding targets and launch staggered ones into the air.	Deal ice damage to surrounding targets and launch staggered ones into the air.	Deal ice damage to surrounding targets and launch staggered ones into the air.
 	3 	/ 	 	
 	Deal non-elemental damage by sliding into enemies. 	Deal non-elemental damage by sliding into enemies. 	Deal non-elemental damage by sliding into enemies. 	Deal non-elemental damage by sliding into enemies.
 	3 	/ 	 	
 	Jump off conjured ramp and deal ice damage. 	Jump off conjured ramp and deal ice damage. 	Jump off conjured ramp and deal ice damage. 	Jump off conjured ramp and deal ice damage.
 	All 	/ 	 	
 	Deal ice damage to all targets. 	Deal ice damage to all targets. 	Deal ice damage to all targets. 	Deal ice damage to all targets.
Diamond Dust raises the chain gauge by a various amount based on level prior to dealing damage:
: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
== Other appearances ==
===Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade===
Some of the Eidolons appear.
;Ability Cards
FFAB Diamond Dust - Snow SSR.png|Diamond Dust (SSR).
FFAB Diamond Dust - Snow SSR+.png|Diamond Dust (SSR+).
FFAB Pirouette - Snow UR+.png|Pirouette (UR+).
FFAB Pirouette - Snow UUR+.png|Pirouette (UUR+).
FFAB Wheel Rap - Snow UUR+.png|Wheel Rap (UUR+).
;Legend Cards
FFAB Flip Kick - Snow Legend SSR.png|Flip Kick (SSR).
FFAB Flip Kick - Snow Legend SSR+.png|Flip Kick (SSR+).
FFAB Wheel Grind - Snow Legend UR.png|Wheel Grind (UR).
FFAB Wheel Grind - Snow Legend UR+.png|Wheel Grind (UR+).
FFAB Pirouette - Snow Legend UUR.png|Pirouette (UUR).
FFAB Pirouette - Snow Legend UUR+.png|Pirouette (UUR+).
FFAB Wheel Rap - Snow Legend UUR+.png|Wheel Rap (UUR+).
=== Final Fantasy Record Keeper ===
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.
WoFF Shiva FFXIII.png|Shiva.
WoFF Shiva-Ixion Artwork.png
===Final Fantasy Trading Card Game===
The Shiva Sisters appear in Final Fantasy Trading Card Game as Ice-elemental Summon cards.
1-033u - Shiva TCG.png|Shiva [1-033U] Chapter series card.
Shiva5 TCG.png|Shiva [12-027U] Chapter series card.
Shiva 1-038R from FFTCG Opus.jpg|Shiva [1-038R] Opus series card.
Shiva 4-033C from FFTCG Opus.jpg|Shiva [4-033C] Opus series card.
===Final Fantasy Portal App===
Shiva appears as a Triple Triad card.
271a Shiva.png|
271b Shiva.png|
271c Shiva.png|
== Non-Final Fantasy guest appearances ==
=== Guardian Cross ===
==Behind the scenes==
The Shiva Sisters represent the Farron sisters, Lightning and Serah.
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.
== 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.
Shiva shirt.jpg|Shiva shirt.
Creatureskai3.jpg|Creatures Kai Vol. 3.
Square-enix-final-fantasy-creatures-vol3 12.JPG|Creatures Kai Vol. 3 series.
Ffxiii styria nix play arts kai.jpg|Final Fantasy Play Arts Kai "Shiva Bike".
== Gallery ==
;Concept art
Shiva Artwork XIII.jpg
Shiva Sisters Design.jpg
Snow Cool Riding.jpg
Shiva Bike Artwork.jpg
Shiva Sisters symbol.png|Summon animation.
;Screenshots and renders
FF13 ShivaSisters.jpg
FFXIII Stiria CG.png|Stiria.
FFXIII Nix CG.png|Nix.
Snow Shivas.jpg|Snow with the Shiva Sisters.
FFXIII Shiva.jpg|Gestalt Mode.
Shiva in gestalt mode.png|Gestalt Mode.
ShivaXIII2.jpg|Nix in Final Fantasy XIII.
Shiva Artwork FFXIII-2.jpg|Artwork for Final Fantasy XIII-2.
Shiva - Nix - FFXIII-2.png|Nix in Valhalla.
FF13-2 Shiva.png|Shiva Sisters in Final Fantasy XIII-2.
Stiria-ffxiii2.png|Caius attacks Nix in Final Fantasy XIII-2.
LRFFXIII Shiva Sisters2.png|Shiva Sisters in Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII.
== Etymology ==
==Citations==
Category:Eidolons in Final Fantasy XIII