Śuri

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> ### Full name
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> Śuri
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> * Shirley (used by El, Leta, Oscar, Milena and Kieran)
> * Surly Śuri (used by El and Ognyena)
> * Calu (used by Etruscans)
> * Manth (used by Etruscans)
> * Soranus (used by Ancient Romans)
> * Apollo Soranus (shares with Apollo)
> * Apollo Soractis (shares with Apollo)
> * Nosferatu
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> ### Titles
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> * Solar God of Light, Volcanic fire, Thunder and Lightning, Health, Plague, Divination and the Underworld
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> ### Species
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> Celestial (God)
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> Male
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> Black
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> Blazing flames
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> Alive
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> * Semele (mother) †
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> * Catha (1st wife) †
> * Feronia (2nd wife - divorced)
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> “We're all islands shouting lies to each other across seas of misunderstanding.”
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> ― Rudyard Kipling
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**Śuri** is a Celestial who was worshipped as the Solar god of light, volcanic fire, thunder and lightning, health, plague, divination and the Underworld. Humans began merging him with Apollo which has caused a one-sided bitter relationship.

## Abilities

* **Solar Manipulation** - Śuri was the solar god of the Underworld more commonly known as Hell, as such when he left the underworld Śuri took the sun with him as such eternal darkness has returned and he relocated to the House of a Thousand-and-One. Śuri can summon a great fiery sphere akin to the sun itself, which can heat the surrounding area to dangerous levels, give the impression of daylight, and shoot rays of energy.
	+ **Solar Generation** - He is seemingly able to project a solar energy around his hands, which he demonstrates when angered.
	+ **Solar Travel** - Provided there is enough sunlight in his vicinity, Śuri is capable of solar teleportation across great distances, the limits of which are unknown.
	+ **Laser Vision** - Śuri is capable of emitting red energy from his eyes in the form of lasers to burn his target. This power is extremely destructive, as the laser can easily pierce through stone.
	+ **Fire Manipulation (**limited**)** - Given his position as a Sun God, it's been implied by Śuri that he also possesses the power to create powerful blasts of fire or highly concentrated explosions that could make something spontaneously explode if he desires. He also admits he isn't on part with the ladies of the sacred flames and other more noticeable Celestials.
* **Healing** - He is capable of healing broken bones, serious injuries, as well manipulation and modify a person's anatomy as well as restore someone to full health in exchange with the right price.
	+ **Disease Manipulation** - Śuri can heal someone and also has power to induce and manipulate plagues and epidemics, and he can channel this ability to create special disease-ridden arrows that Shizuki uses or he can take a shit somewhere in wolf form to slowly kill a population via disease.
* **Supernatural Sight** - As an ocular deity, he is able to see almost anything and anywhere during the day.
* **Precognition** - Śuri has the ability to see the future. To help focus and cope with the taxing nature of this power, Śuri performs a ritual that requires a large, open space to properly see his visions, and initiates it by drawing a circle in sand and burning leaves. He does not have full control of his ability and some visions can come involuntarily. The vision he sees, he can force into the sand via lightning that turned the sand into a diamond slab that depicts what he saw.
* **Wolf Transformation** - He is able to transform himself into a normal wolf while interacting with physical beings and a more glorious wolf form while in his true form.

## Etymology

* Śuri means "black" in Etruscan, it is also a cognate to Surtr also meaning "black" in Old Norse.
* Calu is an epithet of Śuri meaning "dark" or "darkness" in Etruscan. It is an epithet of the Etruscan chthonic fire god Śuri as God of the underworld, roughly equivalent to the Greek god Hades; moreover, as with Hades, this god-name was also used as a synonym for the underworld itself.
* Manth often latinized as Mantus, is an epithet of the Etruscan chthonic fire god Śuri as the God of the underworld; this name was primarily used in the Po Valley, as described by Servius, but a dedication to the god manθ from the Archaic period was found in a sanctuary in Pontecagnano, Southern Italy. His name is thought to be the origin of Mantua (Italian *Mantova*), the birthplace of Virgil.
* Soranus means both "black" and "from the black" in Latin.
* Shirley is from an English surname that was originally derived from a place name meaning "bright clearing" in Old English. This is the name of a main character in Charlotte Brontë's semi-autobiographical novel *Shirley* (1849). Though the name was already popular in the United States, the child actress Shirley Temple (1928-2014) gave it a further boost. By 1935 it was the second most common name for girls.

## Trivia

* According to the Databook(s).
	+ His hobbies are playing video games,
	+ Śuri sacred animals are wolves and goats.
	+ His favorite offering is curry goat with rice and garlic flatbread.
		- His second favorite offering is smoked lamb with boiled potatoes.
	+ Śuri hates human sacrifices seeing them as useless.
	+ There is nothing precious life in his life anymore, beyond his roommates.