Shōnō

**Shōnō** (商悩, *Shōnō*) is one of the Ignorance Spirits, ancient cursed spirits that have existed since the dawn of humanity. He is the incarnation of greed, material accumulation and war. Similarly to Daji, he has spent most of his existence directly engaging with humans, though he never bothered to hide the fact that he was not a human himself. Outside of Japan, he is also referred to as **Bull** (ブル, *Buru*).

Throughout the history of humanity, Shōnō has been promoting various destructive and illicit economic practices such as piracy, organised crime, slavery, colonisation, war and the stock market. His enjoyment comes from driving humans further and further towards an existence of eternal material accumulation that leads towards their selfdestruction and suffering.

Together with Daji he was responsible for the Long Night of Spiritual Darkness, where they declared a war against humanity during the Nara period, starting a chain of events that lead to the establishment of the modern Jujutsu community.

## Personality

Shōnō is an incredibly sadistic, egoistic and brazenly self-confident individual. He views himself as a being superior to everything else, and considers it his right to play with the human world as a toy that only is allowed to exist in order to pleasure him. Unlike Daji, who derives pleasures from the individual suffering of humans, Shōnō strives for the pain and anguish of entire civilisations and countries. This is why he is constantly manipulating large companies and national economies to further exploit their citizens and destroy the planet. When his economic schemes do not work out, he will simply instigate a war and profit off the chaos that this creates.

As a pleasure- and thrillseeker above all, Shōnō is easily bored and disinterested after having lived for so many thousands of years. Most of the time he dons a stoic expression and never stays too long in one place. Humans are little more than insects to him, and he only engages with the most excessive forms of violence and mass conflict that they create. Whenever he does encounter an interesting situation, however, Shōnō becomes excited like no other, completely filled with bloodlust and a desire to destroy and kill until nothing remains, or he loses interest again.

Shōnō has enormous pride and will not allow anyone to disrespect him, even if it means that he has to take actions that are not in his interest. When Daji and he collaborated during the Long Night of Spiritual Darkness, he immediately turned on her when she insulted him, giving humanity a chance to halt their efforts.

## Powers & Abilities

#### Innate Technique

**Poison-Fire Warbeasts** (毒火戦争獣, *Dokuhi Sensōjū*): Shōnō's technique allows him to summon three giant shikigami, each one so large and powerful that just their physical presence can flatten a city. The shikigami all possess a unique ability, and can not be destroyed like other shikigami. If badly injured, they will melt away, but with enough time they will revive and Shōnō can call on them again. According to Shōnō, even just one of his shikigami would be able to destroy all of Japan if he ordered it to. They are named warbeasts not because they are to be used during war, but because their appearance causes it. Because of their immense power, Shōnō almost never has to summon all of them at once, because doing so would mean creating a catastrophe capable of world devastation.

* **Chi** (癡, *Chi*): a giant boar representing confusion and delusion. Its scream causes people to attack their allies, forsake their goals and ambitions and betray their loved ones. When Shōnō summoned it during the Long Night of Spiritual Darkness, its ability causes hundred of jujutsu sorcerers to turn on each other and kill themselves.

* **Ton** (貪, *Ton*): a giant bird representing greed and desire. Shōnō has been shown to ride it sometimes as a means of transportation.

* **Shin** (瞋, *Shin*): a giant snake representing hate and aversion. It can manifest itself with multiple heads and bodies, up to eight. Before Shōnō tamed it, it was known as the Yamata no Orochi.

**Warmongering Poison-Fire Sky-Limiter** (戦争屋毒火限目空, *Sensōya Dokuhi Girimekara*): By dispelling his shikigami, restricting his access to them and concentrating their power within his own body, Shōnō becomes enveloped in a corrosive aura that emenates everytime he attacks in waves of electricity. This aura decomposes any organic material that it touches, and nullifies all attempts at regeneration. In addition, the sponteaneous destruction of this technique continues to spread to any organic matter that comes into contact with the original target, causing a chain reaction that can only be stopped by completely destroying what it has already affected. Shōnō only uses this form when he gets excited enough to face an opponent in close combat, but like the warbeasts, it is a technique that is more fit to wipe out armies than to target a single oppponent.