Shay Hanamura

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### Allies

Locaster Helios, Ashton Khanh (neutral), Yuna Hanamura, Damion Halloreen, Fēng Xu, Hideko Inazuma (neutral), Hikage Ishuko, Veena Lu, Nabi Haluška, Windflower Amana, Cherry Amana, Shizuka Ikami (neutral), Kahori, Lyria Emerith, Shiah Bereng, Colbalt Majmua, Soul Kawasaki, Crimson O'Connel

### Enemies

Crow Watanabe, Shizuka Ikami (formerly), Ashton Khanh (formerly) Caius Astrada, Akuji Hasegawa, Cassian Packard, Shítǐ

## Portrayal

### Voice Claim

Silas (FE Fate)

**Shay Hanamura,** sometimes referred to as **Syun,** is a major supporting character in *Challenge of The Shadows*. He is the distant cousin of Locaster Helios and the younger brother of Yuna Hanamura. He is revealed to be deaf and a lieutenant for Elveria's National Navy in the higher division, being seen as a figure of an authority to respect, regardless of his position and goes by his military name, Syun, which he picked out after his hideout, Syuna. Despite being deaf, Shay can hear when using his feet to detect noise coming from the ground to hear people speak and can read lips from far distances.

Shay and his sister are original both members of Team Strelitzia, joining after assisting Windflower and Cherry Amana from a near capture incident from the Black Sun. They were the first individuals who discovered the Founding Demon shrine within the secret archive and the existence of the Demon Gems.

## History

Shay was born into a small family of demons alongside his older sister, Yuna in Theoso, a southern province Leiden where crops were usually rich during the summer and are easy to harvest during the heavy winters, commonly being used to eat or sell for runes, the Azurian currency. His parents ensured that he and his sister will have many opportunities that were unavailable to them at the time and allowed both siblings to have an equal amount of freedom. Shay was described as optimistic and enjoyed playing with his sister in the fields, along with assisting her in housework and if she was injured and often aided his parents in fetching crops and herbs.

Shay, despite dozing off at times, studied about militarism and combat, while his sister usually participated and focused heavily studied medicines, magic, and potions to pursue her dream in becoming a herbalist and healer to help those who were injured: Despite their differences in choosing careers, his parents never compared them to one another nor did the siblings seem to envy one another, ensuring that they would protect one another, regardless of any pointless arguments they had.

The siblings have both gotten along and never had any problems with each-other. Despite their minor bickering over tiny things, Yuna and shay usually trained with each other and tested out their magic abilities in case they needed to defend themselves, while at the same time being cautious to make sure none of the guards that occasionally roamed saw their powers due to the rise of murders that have been taking place in the main capital.

Yuna usually had to cover her horns with a hood and her claws with gloves before learning a spell to hide her demon features, as Shay was not in danger and did not have his demon abilities yet before discovering he was a species of an unknown demon mixed with a bird, where he was able to transform into a bird as a disguise. According to his mother, Shay was very protective of his older sister from the beginning, usually having to defend her whenever needed and protect her from any sort of harm that could come their way because of how her specie was getting hunted down by guards.

One day after Yuna and Shay returned from playing outside, Both their mother and father we're murdered by demon hunters who we're looking for the shadow demon that had been killing people in the area's of Leiden and Myria: After a moment of shock and paranoia, the guards noticed the siblings before they could hide. Sensing that the siblings were demons, the soldiers pursued them as both Yuna and Shay ran off. The guards pursued them and intended on capturing them both, but when cornered and Yuna worn out due to excessively using her magic, Shay created a loud bird squawk and managed to scare the guards away and gave them extreme ear pain.

Unfortunately after creating the squawk, Shay lost his hearing completely due to his squawk being louder than the area around him, and could not hear anymore because of the squawk's loudness, both rendering him entirely deaf: Shay not only lost his hearing but also lost his ability to speak as the squawk had almost broke his vocal cords but eventually had healed up, meaning his ability to talk was also gone, only being able to say fragments or only one word at a time.

Yuna had tried to visit healers and other sort of professionals to see if they were able to help him, but unfortunately they could not seem to find anything to help Shay. After the death of his parents, Shay and Yuna had to rely on their magic and skills to survive in Leiden during the war, while also having to teach himself sign-language until he could eventually become fluent at it because of his hearing loss. He would sometimes have to bring a small journal he could write in to communicate with others before he had learned sign language, to which according to his sister he found it difficult to communicate with other people and often had to allow his sister to interpret what he is trying to say by speaking out what he writes or what he signs.

After a few years living by themselves, Shay and his sister had built Syuna, a hideout for the both of them to keep safe from the guards or any intruders that have wanted to capture the shadow demon and spirit hybrid, giving them safety and security: As he began attending school again, he studied more about the military and decided to join the army at a young age so he could protect his sister despite her being the older one, and had managed to rise among the military ranks fast due to his intense studying about the military, and began fighting more frequently and spent less time with his sister due to the intense schedule of his job. Despite the stressful work, Shay had enjoyed the military and had made friends that supported and accompanied him on the battle field.

After years of serving, Shay was one of the first lieutenants who was deaf and had mainly taught the troops sign language to help communicating with him, and decided to also adapt to two new names, Syun ("Sye-un") and Shun, and when on duty is usually called "Lieutenant Syun" as a form of respect towards him and is considered to be a more formal name when ordering the other soldiers on the battlefield, and had learned how to detect noise with his feet, so he is able to hear others speaking through the ground: Though after some time in the military, he decided to take a break from the military and resided with his sister in Syuna (Sye-una), The hideout both of them had created to ensure safety for the both of them and due to the hideout being deep in the forest, even the ones with the most advanced vision cannot seem to locate where the hideout is to deceive guards into thinking their hideout is a forest.

### Black Sun Invasion

In the Northern and Southern kingdoms, Locaster and Soul were aiding in fighting off the Black Sun, a terrorist military organization that started to rise to power after the invasion of Dawnbloom Village, a province in Northern Ostravik. Shay was outside with Yuna, accompanied by sister's Windflower and Cherry Amana, who were evacuating citizens and attempting to protect themselves from soldiers that tried to recruit or kill the masses of people. When fighting and evacuating citizens, Shay was transporting them out into the meadows near the Leidenan-Myrian border, which despite it being far, proved to be useful as he would return quickly to evacuate more of the citizens.

## Appearance

Shay's physical appearance is of a tall man with a strong build with brown skin and wavy, beige hair tied into a ponytail and extends to his back with round, white eyes that have crescent moons them.

Shay's main attire consists of a gold helmet with a black headband attached to the front with two large bird wings that stick out on the sides of the helmet with feathers dangling from the sides. He's mostly seen wearing a dandelion cloak, a gray and dandelion shirt that has two small yellow shields on the sleeves and sports purple chest armor with golden yellow outlining with gray military pants. Around his waist is a tan belt with a small satchel attached, used for storage of his sister's anecdotes to deliver them to other kingdoms or provinces.

His bird form consists of a bald eagle that is gray and black with purple swirls and markings that has lighter purple decals with a gradient, wearing the same attire, though in a size fit for his species and large wings with purple swirls that cover its body.

## Personality

Despite Shay's status in the military and his rather coy demeanor, he is depicted to be a very mellow and quiet person when being introduced to the group, oftentimes never saying a word. Even if he speaks, he is mostly nonverbal and is incapable of speaking full sentences due to his problem with speech and loss of hearing, thus making it hard for him to communicate with words and would have to communicate with sign language, bird squawks or notes written on paper. He does not find a problem with this and finds it a useful way to interact with others and embraces himself for using sign language.

Shay can be seen as quite observant and slightly obtuse, usually staring at people and observing them for hours on end without getting tired, but also being somewhat bland and having a hard time communicating with others. Though, Shay is a friendly individual and attempts to approach people in a polite fashion, though he would usually "boop" their nose as a way of trying to start up a conversation or somewhat of an introduction. Shay has demonstrated to be extremely sympathetic, such as cuddling Sakura and saying words like "there there," Or giving extremely long hugs as an overly-friendly way of showing his affection and gratitude.

Shay, despite being a lieutenant, has demonstrated to have little to no cooking skills, and is deemed as a less than average cook and almost burned down his sister's home once on accident when leaving toast in the toaster for too long, sometimes mistaking objects as other kinds of food he would eat, or at times would give it to other people: When cooking, he is shown to be easily stressed due to him forgetting the recipes to complex meals and making what Hikage calls an "abomination." Shay can only make simple foods, mainly being a sandwich with cream cheese or toast with butter because he is able to tell when it is ready, but has an incredibly hard time cooking meat and vegetables due to occasionally burning it on accident. Though over time, he began to gradually improve and tries to make meals himself without having assistance from his sister or the other people in the group. According to Yuna, Shay can only cook certain things if he is under some supervision and well taught by her or anyone else in the group fluent in cooking.

Despite his problems with cooking and mistaking some things as edible, Shay has shown to be quite keen and incredibly intelligent, knowing how military traps are set up and is very familiar with the army overall due to being a lieutenant that has had previous experiences with military-type work, as he is able to sense when something is wrong with an environment due to his sense of detection with his feet and his keen sense of smell. Shay has demonstrated to be very fluent in sign language, being able to sign multiple paragraphs at a time and even at times being able to sign with one hand or even when fighting, But also uses squawks to communicate when in his bird form or sometimes in his human form.

Shay is shown to be very serious about his job due to how much power a lieutenant holds, and is shown to always have some sort of partner work with his Older sister, Yuna. Despite being her younger brother, Shay is shown to be extremely protective over her and even went as far into losing his hearing so she wouldn't be seized by the guards of Leiden because of her specie, and went as far into losing his hearing for his sisters safety. His protectiveness stems from when their parents had died at a young age and the Leidenan soldiers had suspected Yuna of being the hybrid killing the people in both Leiden and Myria, leading him to make the ultimate sacrifice and creating a loud squawk that damaged his vocal cords and hearing.

Not only is he protective of his older sister, but is protective of his distant cousin, Locaster and his companions due to having a fear of losing anyone he loves after his parents died by protecting him from guards who were willing to seize him and Yuna solely because of their species after the rise in deaths that had occurred in Leiden, causing him to cling on and protect those he meets, never wanting to see what he had saw the day that his parents were killed or lose anymore of his friends or loved ones.

Shay, like many other characters, is shown to have a rather vulnerable side to him: He once had a soft spot for his friend, Sakura, whom he had met in the meadows during the search for the spirit temple, and was A flower demon who had The shards of the flower gems carved into his hands. Shay and Sakura had a complex relationship, as when the two of them both met they immediately bonded and became rather close, with their relationship being unusually good, even when first meeting each other, they both had demonstrated to get along almost immediately after being introduced during their stay to find the spirit demon temple.

According to Hikage, Shay was very protective and kind towards Sakura, usually carrying him around whenever he was injured and usually said he was his (usually saying the word "mine" to indicate his protectiveness of another individual) Before Sakura had disappeared, and would seem to be attached to him and would seem to spend loads of his time with him, and after he had disappeared unknowingly it had made him saddened and slightly more mellow, as he began protecting the Flower Gem at all costs in order to preserve his memory and still feel like Sakura is still there despite his disappearance and tended to cling onto Hideko whenever he had the chance.

Shay has demonstrated to be very awkward and is seen as off-standish in normal conversations, only being able to talk to his group of friends and his sister, And due to him losing his speech, he cannot seem to express his emotions properly like sadness and anger and can only use his facial expressions to signal how he is feeling and not with his voice. His troubles with emotions seem to cause stress for Shay, since he does not like being portrayed wrongfully because of one mishap and is seen as somewhat of a perfectionist when it comes to mainly expressing his emotions. He usually signs at a rather slow pace so another person could understand what he is trying to say to them, but is able to sign when both running and fighting.

Shay as shown to enjoy horror stories or myths that have a dark undertone to them. When Veena was telling the legend of Mr No-Face, he became rather delighted and started to intensely listen due to his fascination with myths and their origins, and has shown not to get frightened easily, unlike his sister, who gets frightened by scary stories. He is sometimes seen as the opposite of his gentle and easily smitten sister, being into scary things and pumpkin carvings, something his sister hates and prefers to work with his sister in order for her not to be alone.

Being a Lieutenant for Elveria's army, Shay was often away from home prior to the main story and deeply missed his sister due to their deep rooted bond. He shows an immense amount of care and compassion for her because of how much he means to her, and protects her more than she protects him despite being the younger sibling. Because of their bond, Shay has shown to have a good sibling relationship with Yuna and always travels with her no matter what circumstances there will be. After discovering Locaster was his distant relative, he too became protective of him because of Locaster being apart of his bloodline and family, despite only being distant cousins.

## Abilities

**Overall Abilities**: Being mixed with an unknown demon species and a Esako bird, Shay is shown to be an extremely powerful demon and an extremely proficient Lieutenant, being able to sneak past guards in Misterin to get the gemstone to open the fallen gates with also having to hold up against the fight against Esper when he was being controlled by Shizuka, despite his injuries and having the capability to tame wild creatures that are commonly seen as dangerous. Shay has demonstrated his strength by fights and with his magic gives him further advantages when in combat. When his abilities fully awaken, his strength increases and his abilities enhance, further exemplifying his power.

**Immense Speed & Reflexes**: Shay is shown to be incredibly fast, where according to Yuna, he used to run marathons and would always seem to surpass the other children, and is able to get away from danger easily and swiftly dodged Shizuka's attacks and has the capability to nearly chase after one of the fastest runners, and was able to escape the guards of Leiden with Yuna before they could catch up to them: Due to having experience in the military, Shay is able to run so quick it appears that he teleports, even being able to quickly run before another could lunge an attack on him. According to Ashton, Shay was able to outrun him after chasing him down for nearly killing Locaster once and was able to keep up with his attacks without difficulty. Shay has been seen to have incredibly fast reflexes: During his fight with Shizuka, he had managed to dodge multiple of her attacks at once without difficulty, much to her surprise due to them having the same level of strength and endurance.

**Immense Strength:** During his years in the military, Shay is shown to have a great amount of strength: He had managed to wrestle Shizuka on the ground for more than five minutes as the both of them share the same strength level. He has demonstrated to be slightly stronger than Ashton, being able to tackle him down with ease despite Ashton using his best efforts to push him off. He was also able to hold himself up when getting shot by a Lyakonian soldier after being injured in his bird form, sending an extreme punch to one of the soldiers who attempted to kill his sister.

**Immense Durability:** Being a lieutenant for Elveria's Ground Force, Shay proves to have incredible durability. He was able to withstand multiple deadly attacks from the Lyakonian soldiers during their escape from Lyakon and evaded multiple of Cassian's explosives he placed underneath the dirt, along with enduring severe burns from the explosives he accidentally stepped on. According to Yuna, Shay is able to resist more damage when in his bird form.

**Unlimited Stamina & Endurance:** Shay has demonstrated to have, if not extreme stamina and endurance to a point of almost: he is never able to get tired and remains in the same physical and mental state when fighting off Shizuka and being able to withstand several injuries that could result in death. When one of his wings were injured by Crow in his bird form, he was able to still fly for a few hours before falling down to the ground and withstanding a severe injury to his arm that was nearly cut off with a sharp shadow vine. Due to being a lieutenant, he was able to withstand many attacks from enemy kingdoms.

**Keen Intellect:** Despite being deaf, Shay is a very intelligent man. He is able to sign multiple sentences at once, even when fighting or occupied and can sign with one hand if he is holding something. He has demonstrated to be an excellent listener and coordinator due to his experience in the military and mainly being educated by his sister about certain spells he could use during battle. Shay's intelligence can be described as being on par with many other lieutenants, if not higher than that. He ws able to swiftly sneak around Misterin in order to retrieve the gem that is able to open the fallen gates.

### Magic Abilities

**Bird Transformation:** Shay is able to transform into a bird whenever he desires and is able to fly up to extraordinary heights. His bird form is shown to be slightly stronger than his human form, being able to carry many humans onto his back at the same time and being able to fly off with them without difficulty.

**Bird Communication:** Shay has the capability to communicate with birds. Though his vocal cords are permanently damaged, he is able to make chirping noises and bird-like signals to communicate with any specie of bird.

**Umbrakinesis**: Though not seen frequently, Shay is able to control dark magic. He is able to summon large black vines and control dark magic around his area, including the ink vines that have been taking over Azuren for a temporary amount of time.

**Shadow Wolf Transformation:** As he is mixed with an unknown demon, Shay can turn into a shadow wolf that is able to bleed into other peoples shadows and can stay camouflaged throughout the night and is able to camouflage within darker environments. He has yet to use this ability.

## Weaknesses

**Overuse:** Like all demons, Shay's main weak-point is overusing his magic, as it will cause him to become tired. If he overuses his bird form, he will have a hard time switching back because of how much he had overused his powers. If he overuses his magic beyond a certain limit, he will usually fall unconscious and fall asleep for a couple of days or weeks. His overuse can be exemplified if he glitches between his bird and human form.

**Acid:** Like Ashton, Shay is also sensitive to certain types of acid that can damage his skin or feathers depending on his form. When acid is spilt onto him, his skin would be burned and can hinder his abilities greatly depending on his injuries.

## Relationships

### Yuna Hanamura

Yuna and Shay's relationship is perceived as an idyllic sibling relationship. The both of them show an immense amount of care for one another and often work together as a tag team duo in battles, mainly Shay being the navigator in his bird form. Even though Yuna is his older sister, he is extremely protective of her, seen when Shay shields her body after he was hit by a Lyakonian soldier when navigating for surprise attacks, resulting in a bullet wound to the wing and injuring himself in his bird form.

Since their parents death at a young age, the siblings had to rely on one another to ensure their survival, and with Shay losing his hearing during this time period, he attempted to try and learn sign language as his sister was teaching it in order to not put anymore stress on her shoulders. Yuna, however, did not mind teaching him sign language, as she was already learning it in order to help Shay because of how he was struggling to learn it at first.

As seen in many scenes, Yuna and Shay have shown to be doing partner work with one another and also traveling together like traveling companions. Their relationship is often depicted as the ideal sibling relationship because of the two hardly bickering and getting along with one another quite well despite their differences. According to Hideko, the both of them are incredibly close, cheering her up when she is upset and giving her words of reassurance when doing so and struggles to leave her behind when he needs to.

### Locaster Helios

Locaster is Shay and Yuna's distant cousin. Despite Locaster and Shay recently finding out about their ancestry, the two have shown to get along well and both treat each other with respect and not like strangers. Locaster somewhat looks up to Shay because of his talent as a lieutenant and aspires to be like him in the future, and finds him rather keen, saying what is on his mind through his hands. Shay sees Locaster more like a brother more than his distant cousin and protects him in dangerous moments. He is extremely protective of Locaster, but does not stop him from defending him in necessary moments. Shay holds Locaster closely to his heart, struggling to leave him behind after seeing him in ache because of his wings getting ripped off. When in Misterin, Shay often sat next to Locaster when he was hospitalized in the Misteric Health Department and held his hand when

### Hideko Inazuma

Hideko and Shay had a strained relationship at first, often fighting one another because of being enemies at the time. Hideko would often threaten Locaster's life or anyone else's because of their immense dislike for one another. Because of his hostility, he had a difficult time getting along with him, going as far into throwing objects at him whenever on missions. Hideko found him peculiar, yet odd because of his stance and quiet nature, while Shay found Hideko ridiculous and impolite.

However, Shay begins to become friendly around him after he manages to redeem himself and is often seen joking around with him, though can act hostile if he makes more crude innuendos. He sometimes jokes with Hideko by calling him his "wingman," with Hideko doing the same. According to Shizuka, Hideko and Shay are pranksters, often fooling around with the other members of Team Strelitzia.