Shae

Shae is a character and member in the Mark SMP. They were previously a part of the Make a Wish Community before moving to Gamertalis with Doodles—it's also rather well known that they grew up in the Nether.

## Personality

Shae is quiet, untrusting and apprehensive at first, however incredibly loyal and helpful to those they find trustworthy. They don’t seem to like fighting, but they will take action if you hurt anyone they consider their friend or ally. Despite their trust issues, they’re easily manipulated and hurt emotionally if you speak of their past and use it against them.

Previously mentioned earlier, Shae is a more passive character, they'd rather talk things out than fight however they seem to be aware that some people never change, and thus they know fighting may be necessary sometimes.

Shae is also not a forgiving person, however they may suppress their own distrust if they feel that it's for the best, as seen with Sayoru, who Shae does care deeply for but can't find it in themselves to completely forget what happened with him.

### Flaws

Shae has their flaws like any other person. Shae can be seen as a hypocrite for seemingly being disappointed in Tenacity for lying to Dark—even though they were also not being entirely truthful to Dark about the book they wrote about the Nether, claiming they didn’t know anything about the book.

Shae being a secretive person had caused issues before, an example being everyone believing Sayoru to be an ordinary person from the Nether which could've been prevented if Shae elaborated more on who the ruler of the Nether was.

Another one of their flaws is that they seem to be afraid of problems that they should be dealing with, this was made clear when instead of trying to find a solution to Sayoru's sudden change in personality due to the Wither King, they found out how to leave the Nether, opening a portal to the overworld and leaving in fear of him.

## History

### Season 1

#### **The Nether Opening**

Shae had written a journal while trying to leave the Nether, taking notes of all their failed attempts until they eventually found out how to open a portal. While travelling, Dark found this journal near a ruined portal, unaware that it was written by Shae. Dark showed them the journal, however Shae responded with confusion, not wanting the truth to be revealed.

Later as everyone was discussing the Dark issue in Tenacity, Doodles said to Shae that she thinks they should tell everyone the truth. They weren't sure at first, but ended up telling the people of Tenacity that they were in fact the writer of the journal.

At first, Shae seemed to be on board with what Tenacity was doing, but they were disgusted by the idea of lying to Dark to prevent him from opening the Nether—and as someone who grew up in the Nether and was aware there were strong items and rare materials there, they could see where Dark was coming from. However, Shae stayed silent.

Shae was also present for the conversation between the members of Gamertalis and Dark, making it clear they weren't 100% happy with the Nether being opened, but they were more disappointed in what Tenacity did to try and stop Dark.

#### **The Birthday Party**

Shae was spying on the birthday party while talking to Dark, talking to him about Tenacity until the meeting house blew up, when Dark told them he believes it was Ninth who did it.

They eventually began discussing what happened at the Gamertalis Festival as Shae was absent, not even knowing Sayoru came to the overworld or that Doodles was imprisoned.

They quickly found out about all of this after Dark explained what happened—Dark also told them about the jailbreak. Shae decided to go home and process the information after spying on the arguing in Tenacity.

#### **Azakana**

Azakana appeared in Shae's house one day, taking the form of Sayoru. This startled Shae as they yelled at him, asking him why he was here, and that he wasn't supposed to be here. 'Sayoru' responded with anger, saying that they shouldn't have left the Nether. He tried manipulating Shae into thinking the past was their fault and as much as they were denying it, yelling at him more, they started to believe it.

After a few minutes of arguing and panicking, Azakana revealed himself and taunted Shae some more before leaving them alone with their thoughts.

#### **Meeting Neiny**

Shae came across Neiny in Gamertalis one day and had a casual conversation with him. They talked about the state of the SMP and eventually found out Maky died after Neiny mentioned it, being shocked by this. After talking some more, they said their goodbyes and parted ways.

#### **The Soul Merge**

Shae came to Doodles' castle after being sent a letter asking them to come there. Outside the castle, they encountered Avalon and Maky, unaware that the latter was no longer dead. As they all progressed through the castle, they found Doodles in a room of pure corruption, in her corrupted form. Shae was shocked, not aware Doodles was even corrupted or even alive until now due to not seeing her for so long.

Avalon stepped forward, telling Doodles about the soul merge. As Avalon had an incomplete soul, Doodles' soul was the perfect candidate for the soul merge as it'd cure her corruption too. Shae didn't trust this, but knew it was probably be the best thing to do rather than let Doodles be corrupted.

Shae and Maky left the castle as the soul merge happened, watching the castle suddenly explode in shock. However they both survived and the soul merge was successful, Avalon being taken to Arthur Tower afterwards.

#### **Talking to Maky**

Not long after bringing Avalon to Arthur Tower, Shae and Maky left the tower to go talk. The first thing they both discussed was Maky's death as Shae didn't know Maky was alive, however they quickly changed the topic. Maky brought Shae to Mystic's grave and they talked for some time there, mostly about Mystic's death and of course, Sayoru.

Eventually, they went to Maky's house, Maky telling Shae about the planned raid of Sayoru's castle. They didn't believe it would go well. After a while of talking about the Nether, Tenacity and any other concerns they both had, Shae told Maky that despite anything disagreements they had in the past, they trusted her more than most other members of Tenacity—being glad they could talk to someone who somewhat understood them.

#### **The Nether Finale**

The day had finally arrived, the day of the castle raid. Not long after arriving at the castle with the use of Veri's ship, everyone found many books written by Sayoru, each one explaining something about the past, some even mentioning Shae. Everything they were trying to keep to themselves was revealed. Though, a few books in particular revealed something bigger than anything else—Sayoru was being controlled by the Wither King. The books were filled with things Shae could remember vaguely, but they weren't aware of this until now.

As everyone proceeded and searched through the castle more to find Sayoru, their efforts were futile until Shae suggested they all looked through their old lab. The group found many strong weapons here, but still no signs of Sayoru anywhere. Everyone eventually concluded that he must've went to Tenacity with Twinned after they came to the Nether. Finding an open portal, they left the Nether and took refuge in Steel Hallow.

After preparing to fight Sayoru and some arguing, everyone was ready to go back to Tenacity and take back their nation. And finally, after a long battle, the Wither King was defeated, his soul being crushed by Sayoru. Shae was exhausted both emotionally and physically, and they felt incredibly conflicted about the whole situation—so not long after the battle, they went home and rested.

#### **Reconciliation**

A few days after the Wither King's defeat, Sayoru shower up outside Shae's house, wanting to talk to them. After all, it had been ages since the two last talked and they had a lot to catch up on. After talking about recent events, they both apologized to each other for everything that happened between them, finally overcoming the past.

#### **Dark's "Death"**

Shae came to Tenacity to check on the corruption and withering, noticing it got worse in Gamertalis. While doing this, they encountered Maky, who seemed more emotionally vulnerable than she usually is. After some chatting, Maky told Shae that Dark had died, unaware that he was alive. As Dark was someone who Shae trusted and considered a good person, they were saddened by this, so both Maky and Shae decided to go to his house with flowers. On the way there, Sayoru was brought up, Maky saying he doesn't deserve forgiveness. Shae simply responded with silence.

Upon arriving, they found Neiny and Doodles, already there in Dark's house. Shae was displeased by the idea of Doodles living in Dark's house, who was dead as far as they knew, but didn't say much about it. The four of them decided to head to Kioku Valley. This is where Maky and Shae met Lizzy, Doodles' child. Shae disliked the idea of Doodles having a corrupted child as much as Maky did, both of them questioning Doodles about it. Shae stayed outside with Neiny as Maky and Doodles' entered Doodles' house. As both of them argued, Shae expressed their annoyance at the bickering between them.

As Maky ran out of Kioku Valley, Sayoru arrived, showing confusion at what just happened. Doodles left her house, trying to convince Shae to trust Lizzy, trying to prove that her child wasn't like the other corrupted people. They stayed for a little longer before heading back to Gamertalis.