Shiva

**Shiva**「シヴァ」 is an elite warrior of the Demon Clan, serving directly under the Demon King as the **Purity** of the Ten Commandments.

As a member of the Ten Commandments, Shiva fought in the ancient Holy War against the Goddess Clan and the other races.

After a horde of demons were imprisoned by Ludociel, Shiva alongside Melascula, Monspeet, Galand and Fraudrin, led an army of demons to Stigma's base. There they are confronted by the goddess Elizabeth, who wanted to stop the fighting between the Goddess and Demon Clans. When the goddess warns them about Ludociel's plans, Shiva refuses to believe her and demands that she release their companions. Elizabeth accepts even if they try to refuse, but when Shiva puts as an extra condition that she also must hand Meliodas to them, Elizabeth decidedly refuses, claiming that they can not continue to negotiate like that. At that moment Ludociel reveals all the demons captured within a giant Ark, including Shiva's sister, Shiva believes that Elizabeth was only gaining time and then watches in horror as all the hostages are killed. An angered Shiva knock Elizabeth down shortly before other two archangels appear to fight the Ten Commandments.

Shiva fiercely battles against them along with the other Commandments in an almost evenly matched fight, until Ludociel joins in, overpowering all of them by himself.

Without seeing another option, Shiva, along with Monspeet, decided to sacrifice six of their seven hearts to perform their Indura Transformation, being able to hurt Ludociel and the other Archangels with all their power unleashed. However, Elizabeth intervenes and uses her powers on the demons' Indura and purifying them, returning them back to normal with the help of two of the Archangels. When Ludociel attempts to kill them as they are defenseless, Meliodas stops him and proclaims to let them live. King tells Meliodas that they may end up coming after him one day but Meliodas brushes it off with a smile saying he will handle it when that time comes. Shiva is shown to be conscious and overhearing everything, blushing after hearing Meliodas' words.

Along with the rest of the Demon Clan, Shiva was sealed away by the Goddess Clan after losing the Ancient War against the other four races (humans, fairies, giants and goddesses).

## Powers and Abilities

As a member of the Ten Commandments, Shiva is exceptionally powerful. Like all members of the Demon Clan, she is able to utilize the mysterious jet-black power of darkness, as previously seen by Meliodas, to form wings for flight. Her aura, combined with the aura of the other Ten Commandments is so terrifying that it made the normally calm Hendrickson sweat in fear by their presence and unnerved Meliodas when he felt it from several kilometers away. Shiva was the first demon to showcase the power to devour the souls of the other races, leaving them as empty husks. Like Monspeet, she has incredible sensory abilities as only she and him were able to sense that the Ten Commandments were being watched by Meliodas' comrades from several kilometers away at Liones castle.

* **God's Soul**「神々の具現化 Kamigami no Gugen-ka; literally meaning "Embodiment of Gods"」: Shiva's arcanium allows her to harnest the powers of literal gods and is quite rare even for a demon but it allows to take in the power and is the arcanium that's only compatible for Titan Gods as a stand.
* **Minerva**「知識の神 Chishiki no Kami; literally meaning "God of Knowledge"」: Minerva was once a god but was corrupted causing it to become a Corrupted God but was still a god of knowledge and for each of its 8 arms represented 1 of its gifts to be bestowed.
	+ **Hakai no Kami** 「破壊の神 **Hakai no Kami**; literally meaning "God of Destruction"」: This gift that Minerva bestowed, allows Shiva to create destructive magic from the hands of Minerva and can do heavy damage.
	+ **Shōkyo no Kami**「消去の神 Hakai no Kami; literally meaning "God of Elimination"」: This gift allows Minerva to eliminate any creature completely even if immortality has been applied but can only be used once and can't be done in an instant as they must be weak enough to be able to be completely eliminated.
	+ **Kami no Inpei**「神の隠蔽 **Kami no Inpei**; literally meaning "God’s Enpowerment"」: This gift allows Minerva to borrow/take an ability from any being of the same race as her so she can only take in powers of any demon and can only be limited to one power at a time and has certain restrictions that doewn’t allow her to take more power than she can like taking the power of her brother.
	+ ***Konbo Sutā***「 連撃星 ***Konbo Sutā***; literally meaning "Star Chained Attack"」: This gift is taken effect for Minerva itself and as long as it continues attacking without interruption, each consecutive blow receives an additional 200,000 pounds of force compared to the previous one. If its chain of attacks are interrupted then it resets, and she has to restart her count once more.
	+ **Kami no Jigen**「神の次元 **Kami no Jigen**; literally meaning "God's Dimension"」: This gift allows Minerva to open gates into any other of the 7 realms or other places without any restriction but it takes a while to open it up.
	+ **Kamigami no Michi**「神々の道 **Kamigami no Michi**; literally meaning "Path of the Gods"」: This gift bestowed by Minerva allows Shiva to forsee possible futures of any events.
	+ **Kako o Sai Kōchiku Suru**「過去を再構築する **Kako o Sai Kōchiku Suru**; literally meaning "Reforging the Past"」: This gift allows Minerva to return a specific being or item that's considered lost and can be used multiple times.
	+ **Kami no Kenryoku no Keishō**「神の権力の継承 **Kami no Kenryoku no Keishō**; literally meaning "A God's Inheritance of Power"」: This gift is considered a powerful trump card as it releases Shiva into a final state and if used will cause instant death the time the effects wear off and what they do is they turn Shiva into a true god as she then names herself "Neo-Minerva" and it boosts all her abilities by tens among thousands times and also gives all the other 7 gifts once bestowed to her.

### Commandment

The Demon King bestowed Shiva with the Commandment of **Purity**「 *Junketsu*」: Its curse and activation condition are currently unknown.