Shantae

1. #1Shantae's Parentsselective

   Keys: Shantae's Parents

   It is mentioned several times that she doesn't know who her parents are, only that her mother was a genie. Although she's willing to explore her genie side, hoping that it will bring her closer to her mother, she turns down the genies' offer to stay in the Genie Realm at the end of the first game, and at the end of Risky's Revenge is shown expressing sadness as being even farther from her half-genie nature (and subsequently her mother) after having lost her magic powers. It is strongly implied that the mysterious Warrior she meets inside the Village of Lost Souls is none other than the spirit of her father, who went into the land of the dead to search for his daughter but never returned. Neither Shantae nor the Warrior himself seem to realize the possible connection.

2. #2Mimicselective

   Keys: Mimic

   Mimic is Shantae's uncle from the Shantae games. He is called Mimic because he produces exact copies of every artefact and device he discovers.

3. #3Risky Bootsselective

   Keys: Risky Boots, Risky, Lady-Captain, Pirate Queen

   Risky Boots is the main antagonist of the Shantae series, appearing in all games. She is an infamous pirate and the archenemy of Shantae and is known throughout Sequin Land for her love of wealth, power, and all shiny things. Risky is an unchallenged and self-proclaimed 'Queen of the Seven Seas' who commands an army of Tinkerbats, and will caution and toll anyone who thinks otherwise.

   appearance Risky Boots has light purple skin, purple hair, usually pulled up into her hat and wears purple lipstick. She wears a red and purple pirate hat with a pale beige skull and crossbones on the front and red ribbon trails down the back as well as golden hoop earrings. She wears the top half of a skull as a bra with a purple bra top underneath that also fills out the eye holes of the skull. She has purple and red striped cuffs around her wrists with gold circular cufflinks and wears purple harem pants with the bottom jaw of a skull as a belt. She wears a thick belt angled around her waist with a gold buckle.

   Personality Risky Boots is a cruel and cunning villain and pirate, who constantly raids and plunders towns, and has no qualms in hurting and stealing from innocent people. Risky Boots is greedy and power-hungry, hoarding treasure, money, and artifacts for herself, and always seeking to increase her wealth and power. Risky Boots's cruelty extends to attempting to enslave and potentially destroy the entire Genie Realm. Risky Boots is cold, scheming, and calculating, constantly making evil plans behind the scenes and manipulating people and events to further her own goals. Risky Boots is very prideful and arrogant, often boasting about herself and her achievements, thinking too highly of herself to expect failure in her plans, and attempting to make grand entrances to make her presence and actions known. Risky Boots holds grudges on others, and finds law-abiding behavior to be sickeningly pathetic. Risky Boots considers herself to be 'The Queen of the Seven Seas'. Risky Boots wishes to become wealthy and powerful, taking over the Genie Realm and ruling over Sequin Land.

   Powers and Abilities Though she prefers to leave combat to her machines and Tinkerbats, Risky Boots has proven to be a powerful and manipulative fighter (as proven at the end of the first game). In combat, Risky's main weapon is a large pirate's scimitar that she can rapidly slash with or throw like a boomerang, and she also carries a flintlock pistol that fires bullets. Risky can also dash around in mid-air for dive-bombing attacks and perform a brutal slide-kick when on the ground. She is also able to perform various acrobatic feats akin to par-cor, which seems to suggest superhuman levels of athleticism. Her boots seem to be enchanted, bestowing super-speed on the wearer, and her hat can be used as a parachute or hang glider. She can pull a cannon out of hammerspace, firing it to use the recoil to leap great distance. She also appears to have a high level of endurance for a human, as she is able to take many hits from Shantae's magic, and still have enough energy to escape almost unscratched from her final fight with Shantae in the first game. Risky is also highly intelligent and surprisingly effective with technology, being able to conceive grandiose machines for her Tinkerbats to build and to operate them quite effectively.

4. #4Rottytopsselective

   Keys: Rottytops

   Rottytops is a family member of a Zombie Clan. Rotty travels the land by caravan, threatening to eat peoples' brains. She has two brothers (Abner and Poe Cadaver). Rotty is obsessed with Shantae's brains and the thought of eating them.

   Even among zombies, Rotty and her brothers, like Risky Boots, are considered bad news, but Rotty genuinely cares for Shantae. Her true feelings for Shantae are revealed through her former identity when Shantae visits the Village of Lost Souls in The Pirate's Curse.

   Personality Rotty is a free spirit, being friendly, energetic, and headstrong. However, she is also extremely mischievous, unpredictable, and manipulative. From their first encounter, Rotty builds a complicated but mostly friendly relationship with Shantae. Although she initially threatens to eat her brains, she grows fond of the half-genie, mainly because Shantae doesn't run away from her like other people. Rottytops is subsequently both helpful and unhelpful over the course of the series, although it is revealed in The Pirate's Curse that she genuinely considers Shantae her best friend, but has trouble communicating it. In Half-Genie Hero, she also gets to know Sky, Bolo and Mimic. While she does like teasing Bolo from time to time, she and Sky generally don't get along, although they can work together when it comes to helping Shantae.

   Appearance Rottytops has green skin, choppy dark green hair, and red eyes. She has stitches on her left arm and right leg. She has a curvy yet slim figure and wears a short purple tank top, a yellow headband, skull earrings, a matching skull buckle on her brown belt, navy blue jean shorts, a black choker around her neck, purple socks and brown boots. Her idle sprite animation has her hands on her hips as she swings back and forth in place; her eyes are closed while she does this in Risky's Revenge and The Pirate's Curse, but in Half-Genie Hero and Seven Sirens, they're open, and she occasionally blinks.

5. #5Skyselective

   Keys: Sky

   Sky is a warbird trainer and Shantae's best friend. She lives in Scuttle Town with her friends, and keeps a pet bird named Wrench, who she uses to help Shantae get around places quickly.

   In the first two games, Sky is portrayed tan-skinned, has blonde hair held back by a blue headwrap, and a purple hood. She wears pink and blue earrings in the shape of eggs, a blue tube-top with a pink lining at the top, pink bikini bottoms, a blue and purple sarong, brown wrappings on her shins and right wrist, pink socks and wears a falconer's glove on her left hand.

   Personality Sky is an ally of Shantae's who lives in Oasis Town, then moves to Scuttle Town. Sky owns a loyal war bird named Wrench and a hatchery of some sort where she trains warbirds. Since she's slightly older than Shantae, the half-genie tends to look up to Sky as a mentor of sorts; she tends to defer to Sky's breadth of experience and generally listens when Sky has wisdom to impart. Shantae practically treats her as an older sister, and the two having a very close relationship in spite of the trials and trifles that come from their adventures. They tend to tease one another good-naturedly fairly often.

   Occasionally, Sky has shown a more irresponsible and selfish side. despite transporting Shantae to different locations, she didn't mind pushing her off Wrench abruptly, and she prefers to relax on the island instead of helping to rescue the other Half-Genies.

   Sky's also on fairly good terms with Bolo, despite her getting upset with him often and the fact that Wrench thinks that he's edible. However, she doesn't usually tolerate Rottytops, and they fight often, even when they're working together to help Shantae. While Sky can seem selfish at times and tends to be snobby, even towards her own friends, she cares deeply for them, as seen in Risky's Revenge after Shantae lost her powers, and in Half-Genie Hero where she helped save Shantae from dark magic.

   Sky has an adversarial relationship with her parents, indicating that no matter how cool and collected a warbird trainer she may be, she cannot be cool in front of her mother and father. Her mother dotes on her constantly to the point of coddling her, and generally treats Sky like a baby bird, which Sky generally resents. Her father is a relic hunter, like Shantae's Uncle Mimic, but he is far less skilled, having dug up cursed items and dooming her prospective dates on more than one occasion. Sky repeatedly accuses both of trying to ruin her life.

6. #6Boloselective

   Keys: Bolo

   Bolo is a fighter and a life-long friend of Shantae's. he helped Shantae once by opening the Dribble Fountain for her. he served as a guide, giving hints to Shantae. he gets unwillingly involved in misadventures, but he saves the day by unintentionally sabotaging a piece of Ammo Baron's cannon.

   Appearance Bolo has navy blue hair, a yellow headband, and frequently wears a determined expression. A white bandage is wrapped around his right upper arm. He wears a white tank top underneath a short blue vest and has dark blue shorts. He also wears tan gloves with metal rings around the cuffs. In Risky's Revenge, he has bandages wrapped around both arms and does not wear a jacket. Throughout all of the games, his shoulders appear to be very boney.

   Personality Bolo is described as a "block-head hero for hire". Supposedly, he springs to life when he has a chance to fight, but he's often left behind during Shantae's adventures and has yet to show off these skills.

   Bolo is frequently trying to seduce girls or spy on them, including Risky Boots, but fails every time. He's shown to be jealous of Bran-Son's popularity. However, he has a more argumentative brother-sister relationship with Shantae. Bolo serves as a sparring partner and punching bag for Shantae and as an assistant for Mimic. Bolo is the one who taught Shantae her Fighter Moves.

   It is revealed that Bolo is nearsighted, although this may be just him being too literal.

7. #7The lighthouseselective

   Keys: The lighthouse, lighthouse, Shantae's home

   The Lighthouse is Shantae's home on the coast near Scuttle Town. It is housing provided by the Mayor of Scuttle Town as part of her job as the town's Guardian Genie and allows her to watch the seas for enemies

   It also has a backdoor hatch leading into the sea. It could have been accessed by hair-whipping the stairs leading to the Lighthouse's door.

   The interior of Shantae's home is a two-story building, with the bottom floor serving as the living room/kitchen. It sports cobbers, a pantry, and a large stove for cooking.

   upstairs is Shantae's bedroom, where she sleeps on a hammock, dries her clothing on a drying rack attached to the roof and a wardrobe to store her clothing

8. #8Scuttle Townselective

   Keys: Scuttle Town, Scuttletown, Ammo Town

   Scuttle Town (briefly known as Ammo Town) is a fishing port town. Shantae is the 'Guardian Genie' (actually only a half-genie) of the town and is responsible for its protection. The town is run by Mayor Scuttlebutt. Mimic lives here when he isn't out adventuring - he is first seen when his workshop is destroyed and then hangs out on a dock during the course of Shantae. By the time of Risky's Revenge, he owns a new workshop. It is also home to Shantae's friends Sky and Bolo as of Risky's Revenge. Scuttle Town has an Arabian architectural style.

   Scuttlebutt is forced to sell the town to the Ammo Baron in order to save it from financial collapse. Shantae delivers the town deed, and the Baron renames it to Ammo Town, Mayor Scuttlebutt says he is going to get the town back.

   the Ammo Baron still owns the town, as it turns out that Scuttlebutt spent the money from selling it on cheap, waxy chocolates that he's already eaten. The Ammo Baron fortifies his legally-owned town into a military fortress, Shantae uses her restored genie powers to remove all of the military additions and, frightened by her powers, Ammo Baron leaves the town with his army in a hurry. After this, the mayor gives Shantae her Guardian Genie position back and Ammo Town is renamed back to Scuttle Town.

   Scuttle Town serves as the main hub for Shantae's adventure. She returns to town after completing each adventure. people of the town will generally offer hints depending on where she is in her quest, or point her in the right direction with quests of their own.

9. #9Shantaeselective

   Keys: Shantae, guardian of Scuttle Town, half-genie

   Shantae is the titular main protagonist of the Shantae series. The half-genie guardian of Scuttle Town, Shantae works tirelessly to thwart the plans of the nefarious lady-pirate, Risky Boots.

   Physical Appearance Shantae is a young woman with a very slender build. As a professional belly dancer, her outfit usually consists of sheer harem pants, a bra, and gold jewelry. This look is also known as the red bedlah attire and is the default look in every game, though it does change slightly as well. She has a relatively thin yet curvy figure and is rather short compared to some other characters in the game. Shantae has olive/tan-skin with blue eyes, and long growing purple hair tied up in a ponytail stem stalk. Her parentage is uncertain, but it is known that her mother was a genie and there is speculation about who her father was.

   Shantae has had the ability to transform into many different things by using her magical powers. Depending on the adventure and circumstance, she also has worn many different outfits.

   Personality Shantae is an energetic, childish, happy-go-lucky tomboy who lacks some common sense, but noble girl who will place the safety of others above all else. Shantae finds it enriching and fulfilling to be helpful, which has caused her to sometimes help the wrong people. Shantae is incredibly optimistic and happy-go-lucky but knows when to be serious. Shantae can be a bit ditzy at times but is still rather clever. Shantae is somewhat childish and enjoys messing around in her free time. Shantae has a strong moral compass, however being raised with little supervision has left her mostly naive to sexual intricacies, making it easy to trick her. She is also shown to have a short fuse at times, especially when people waste her time. Shantae, as the guardian genie of Scuttle Town, Shantae lives in a lighthouse by the sea where she can spot incoming ships and trouble. She is initially portrayed as young and somewhat naive. Additionally, her strong sense of justice drives her to help people in need. She chases Risky Boots around the map to stop his plans, and as a result, has a strong enmity with the pirate. Slightly shy, Shantae is initially afraid of the citizens of Scuttle Town finding out about her half-genie status. Additionally, she often puts herself down; believing that being only half-genie is not enough. After being tricked by Risky and subsequently foiling his plans, she overcomes her insecurity and shyness coming to terms with these anxieties, and is happy that the townspeople still accept her. Shantae has a deep affection for her adoptive uncle, Mimic, as well as her friends Sky and Bolo, and at the end of the first game gives up the chance to enjoy eternal peace in the Genie Realm in order to be with them. She also considers the zombie Rottytops to be her friend, though Rotty's own attitude towards her, while friendly for the most part, is more ambivalent, as she does not hesitate to state that she would like to eat Shantae's brains (which Shantae seems to take as a joke

   Shantae's Parents It is mentioned several times that she doesn't know who her parents are, only that her mother was a genie. Although she's willing to explore her genie side, hoping that it will bring her closer to her mother, she turns down the genies' offer to stay in the Genie Realm, and shows expressing sadness as being even farther from her half-genie nature (and subsequently her mother) after having lost her magic powers. It is strongly implied that the mysterious Warrior she meets inside the Village of Lost Souls is none other than the spirit of her father, who went into the land of the dead to search for his daughter but never returned. Neither Shantae nor the Warrior himself seem to realize the possible connection.

10. #10Sequin Landconstantselective

    Keys: Sequin Land, Sequinland

    Sequin Land is the location of the Shantae series. It is where Scuttle Town, Water Town, Oasis Town, Bandit Town etc are located.

    Mayor Scuttlebutt mentions a place called Sequin Land Palace where Scuttle Town ships fish via wagon. Though never explicitly stated, this is probably the capital of Sequin Land.

    Have you ever heard of Sequin Land? It was once a magical place, protected from monsters and mishaps by beautiful Guardian Genies. Their heroism won long years of peace, during which many of the genies fell in love with mortal men. The resulting offspring were all girls, seemingly human but with a trace of magical power, often lying dormant or manifesting in unusual ways. Thus half-genies came into the world.

    Sadly, as the ages passed large numbers of Guardian Genies began to disappear from Sequin Land until not one remained. Many folks imagined that they had been captured inside bottles, while others believed that the genies had returned to their own realm. With the guardians gone, Sequin Land began to fall prey to evil.

    In spite of their lack of skills, the daughters of the Genies made a decision to pool their powers and stand against evil as best they could. Few and far between, these half-genies traveled the land, each choosing a kingdom to guard until peace could be won again. As they struggle to keep the peace, new villains emerge and ancient foes return to wreak havoc on Sequin Land. Is this newest generation of Guardian Genies up to the challenge?

11. #11Guardian Geniesselective

    Keys: Guardian Genies, Genies

    In the past, Guardian Genies protected Sequin Land from monsters and mishaps. Their heroism won long years of peace, during which many of the genies fell in love with mortal men. The resulting offspring were all girls, seemingly human but with a trace of magical power, often lying dormant or manifesting in unusual ways. Thus Half-genies came into the world.

    Sadly, as the ages passed, large numbers of Guardian Genies began to disappear from Sequin Land until not one remained. Many folks imagined that they had been captured inside bottles, while others believed that the genies had returned to their own realm, Genie Realm. With the guardians gone, Sequin Land began to fall prey to evil.

12. #12Half-Geniesselective

    Keys: Half-Genies, Genies, Half-Genie, Half Genie

    Half-Genies are the offspring of Genie mothers and human fathers. All the ones seen so far have been female, and they do not possess the full powers of their Genie lineage. In spite of their lack of skills, the daughters of the Genies made a decision to pool their powers and stand against evil as best they could. Few and far between, these Half-Genies traveled the land, each choosing a kingdom to guard until peace could be won again. As they struggle to keep the peace, new villains emerge and ancient foes return to wreak havoc on Sequin Land.

    there is only one generation of Half-Genies, as they have not been around for that long. She further explains to Shantae that their kind will eventually go extinct if the genies do not return.

13. #13Ammo Baronselective

    Keys: Ammo Baron, Barons of Sequin Land

    The Ammo Baron is a buff cyclops military leader, and is one of the Barons of Sequin Land.

    he resides in a military tent in Baron Desert, from which he commands his army. His goal appears to be military conquest of Sequin Land. He wants to use Scuttle Town as a staging area for his new campaign, and to this end negotiates the purchase of the town with Mayor Scuttlebutt.

    Though a bit of a sleazy jerk, he is not overtly evil. Of the three barons, he alone does not attempt to fight Shantae. Additionally, his negotiations with the Mayor suggest he will sometimes choose diplomacy over bloodshed. Once he owns Scuttle Town, he renames it Ammo Town and grants all the townsfolk citizenship, giving them the same rights as citizens of his army.

    The Ammo Baron owns Battle Tower and uses it as a training compound. He stored his Magic Seal in the final chamber for any victor to claim. It's not clear if he really valued it that much and simply misplaced it - Barracuda Joe did not even recognize the artifact as important, and perhaps didn't recognize it at all.

    Though the Ammo Baron claims he doesn't need another girlfriend, he later makes a pass at Shantae.

    Ammo Baron's army (revealed in The Pirate's Curse to be called the Ammonian Army) consists of human or humanoid soldiers. They wear blue coats and blue hats that appear to be styled to resemble some sort of furry mammal, a bear perhaps. Some are sleazebags like their leader, others (like Barracuda Joe) are pretty decent.

    In addition to Barracuda Joe, the Ammo Baron has a pair of girls (Twitch & Vinegar) in his employ who operate his long-range cannons. He is also a friend of the Techno Baron of Frostbite Island, who is responsible for building much of the Ammo Baron's arsenal.

14. #14Barons of Sequin Landselective

    Keys: Barons of Sequin Land

    The Barons of Sequin Land are a group of thieving bandits who pass themselves off as artifact collectors. They collect all kinds of old magic trinkets including the Magic Seals. The known Barons are the Squid Baron, the Ammo Baron, and the Hypno Baron. The Techno Baron is often considered a Baron as he visits Sequin Land frequently from his flying Propeller Town workshop above Frostbite Island. they are constant thorns in Shantae's side, and are always up to some nefarious plot.

15. #15Tinkerbatsselective

    Keys: Tinkerbats, Risky's crew

    Tinkerbats are Risky's silent shadow army. Individually, they are not very formidable in battle, and therefore tend to huddle in groups of 3 or more. They are intelligent and skillful, yet skittish and non-communicative. Their loyalty knows no bounds, and like drones serving a queen they act as an extension of Risky's will. Where Risky harvests her Tinkerbats is unknown, but she apparently inherited them from her mentor, The Pirate Master.

    The Tinkerbats are small, pitch-black, humanoid creatures with hands featuring four clawed fingers and feet featuring three similar clawed toes, yellow eyes, and always wear the same outfit: a red bandana and pants. They have protruding spikes on their backs, presumably forming part of their vertebrae. It is unclear whether they have a mouth or not: their sprites feature three protrusions resembling teeth, but their character portraits never feature them, instead showing their heads as uniformly circular.

16. #16Cacklebatsselective

    Keys: Cacklebats, Mutated Tinkerbat, Pirate Master's crew

    Cacklebats are a more powerful form of Tinkerbats, in which they transform when influenced by dark magic through the Pirate Master's curse. This form has wings, a huge mouth with sharp teeth (and are notably capable of screeching in contrast to their Tinkerbats form), and their colour scheme is lighter than the pitch-black of Tinkerbats.

17. #17Naga-Shantaeselective

    Keys: Nega-Shantae, Nega Shantae

    Nega-Shantae is an evil clone of Shantae created from her own genie magic.

    Shantae is forced to surrender the three Magic Seals to Risky Boots so that she can restore and use the Magic Lamp's power. Once the lamp's power is restored, Risky uses the lamp to enslave Shantae; although since Shantae is a half-genie, The Magic lamp only captures her genie half, leaving Shantae as a pure human. With Shantae's other half trapped inside the lamp, Risky commands it to destroy Shantae, resulting in the birth of Nega-Shantae which does her bidding.

    After a long battle, Nega-Shantae is defeated and explodes, thus resulting in Shantae's genie half being completely destroyed and Shantae being left as a pure human, with her hair being her only weapon. Shantae is left stunned by this loss but is comforted by Mimic, Sky and Bolo, who tell her that they'll help her protect Sequin Land. However, her scattered Dark Magic start turning Tinkerbats into Cacklebats, leading to the Pirate Master's awakening.

    Naga-Shantae returns after Shantae successfully helps Uncle Mimic create the Dynamo by fetching the last needed item, the Zombie Hamster. When Mimic starts up the Dynamo, the machine bursts into a cloud of black smoke and blasts Shantae with a black bolt of energy, immobilizing her. Risky Boots enters the scene and reveals that she has swapped Uncle Mimic's blueprints so as to build the Dynamo to the her own specifications. She explains that the machine was built to generate great quantities of electricity with a significant counterflow of negative energy as the machine rotates. Her altered plans have converted the negative energy into dark magic, which transforms Shantae into Nega-Shantae. After Risky leaves with the Dynamo, Nega-Shantae comes to, at which point she threatens to attack her former self's friends and tells them to beg for their lives.

    While this is happening in Shantae's mind, Shantae pleads with Nega-Shantae to stop her actions but is ignored and is told by Nega-Shantae that she will remain in her sub-conscience where Shantae will have no control over her actions. Shantae's friends attempt to reach Shantae to tell her to fight the Dark Magic by reminding her of her defining character traits. Sky reminds her of her loyalty and honesty, Rottytops reminds her of her kindness and compassion, and Bolo reminds her of her strength and courage. Thanks to her friends' words, Shantae is able to regain control, and the dark magic dissipates from her body; after which, she sets out to retrieve the Dynamo from Risky.

    Appearance As Shantae's opposite, Nega-Shantae fittingly has a complete pallet-swap design from Shantae. Instead of Shantae's blue eyes, purple hair, red clothing and darker skin tone, Nega Shantae has green eyes, red hair, purple clothing and light grey skin. In her animal forms, her opposite design mostly stays intact; her monkey form has red eyes, light purple fur on it's most of it's body and grey fur on it's face, tail, hands and feet, her Elephant form has much lighter grey skin and has a slightly pinkish saddle and jewelry instead of purple ones and her Mermaid form has red hair and light grey scales instead of green scales and purple hair. In her speech Nega Shantae takes on a much more sinister and demonic form, spouting a monstrous expression and summoning flames into her hands.

    Personality In contrast to Shantae's goodness, Nega-Shantae is completely evil in every sense of the word and seemingly has none of Shantae's good character traits. when Nega-Shantae first formed, Nega-Shantae seemingly has no personality beyond her evil nature, likely due to how she is only a construct of Shantae's corrupted magic. However, when Shantae becomes Nega-Shantae due to her exposure to dark magic, Nega-Shantae fully becomes Shantae's opposite, as she showcases her personality in her short speech to Shantae's friends. In her speech, Nega-Shantae states her utter distaste for Shantae's friends and otherwise any being she considers weak and pathetic (which could likely be every creature in Sequin Land) and shows sadistic tendencies when she orders them to beg for their lives. Nega-Shantae later gets pleasure from seeing the defeated and desperate Shantae beg her not to hurt her friends, to which she responds by reminding Shantae that she has absolutely no control of her actions and that she is completely helpless to stop her and has therefore failed her friends and family.

    Powers and Abilities As a full genie, Nega-Shantae possesses all of Shantae's transformations, but with much greater control than the original ever did:

    Monkey: Nega-Shantae can crawl on walls faster and jump farther than Shantae could. In Half-Genie Hero, she can even jump around in the air. Elephant: Nega-Shantae can charge into her opponents and also teleport into the air to drop down on her enemies with tremendous force, something Shantae couldn't. Mermaid: Nega-Shantae can jump into the air and spin around to create a barrage of water bubbles, unlike Shantae who needed to be in a body of water. Crab: Nega-Shantae creates two waterfalls to climb and jumps sideways to attack with her pincers. Mouse: Nega-Shantae runs around the floor and repeatedly turns back and forth to damage her enemies. Spider: Nega-Shantae spins a web to the ceiling and rains down venom onto her opponent. Harpy: Nega-Shantae flies around the stage to scratch her prey with her sharp talons.

    However, Nega-Shantae does not use her hair or magical items to fight, as those come from Shantae's human side.

18. #18Pirate Masterselective

    Keys: Pirate Master

    He is an undead pirate captain and Risky Boots' former mentor.

    When he was alive, the Pirate Master was a feared captain, and was Risky Boots' former mentor. At some point, he attacked Sequin Land in his attempt to destroy every single genie there, but the genies combined their power to defeat the Pirate Master and sealed him away in a grave on an isolated island. After his defeat, Risky Boots inherited his crew, gear, and to rub salt in the wounds, she took his face to turn it into her bustier and belt.

    when Shantae's magic was stolen from the young half-genie, Shantae was then corrupted and used to create her evil counterpart, Nega-Shantae by Risky Boots herself had spread all over Sequin Land upon her destruction. Sensing this from his grave, the Pirate Master began using the dark magic to enact his "Pirate's Curse" over Sequin Land. He begun turning Risky Boots' Tinkerbats into vicious Cacklebats, and continued to gather dark energy from the Dens of Evil from surrounding islands in order to revive himself. He also somehow caused Risky to lose her gear, sealing each item away into each Den.

    With no other alternative, Shantae and Risky Boots join forces to defeat their common foe. Sailing on Risky's ship, they travel across the islands in order to hunt down the Cacklebats, collect their magic (using the very same lamp that Risky used to steal Shantae's magic in the first place) and seal away every Den of Evil that they find. Afterwards, they then travel to the island where the Pirate Master is sealed on and destroy his grave in an attempt to prevent his revival, but were unsuccessful. Freed from his prison, the vengeful captain captured his former mate and then fled to the Sequin Land Palace, with Shantae pursuing them.

    Shantae fought the undead captain and appeared to have won, but the evil pirate stole back his gear and transforms into a giant, powerful being. With Shantae trying to defeat him and fails, the Pirate Master demands that she either gives him the Dark Magic, or else Risky will die.

    Shantae begrudgingly agrees to his deal and release the Dark Magic, but it turns into Light Magic at that moment. Reabsorbing the magic herself, Shantae regains her genie powers and was able to weaken the Master Pirate, which allowed Risky Boots to fire Ammo Baron's cannon on him, destroying the villain for good.

19. #19Seven Sirensselective

    Keys: Seven Sirens

    The Seven Sirens are a group of enigmatic Sirens who are secretly the rulers of Paradise Island, residing underground. They are responsible for the kidnapping of the Half-Genies during the Half-Genie Festival, and are the eponymous main antagonists in Shantae and the Seven Sirens. Six of them were defeated by Shantae, while the Lobster Siren was last seen bidding farewell to her.

    The Seven Sirens tend to have humanoid upper bodies but are merfolk to some extent, melded with an animal (or plant in the case of Water Lily) of some kind. While most of them are purely aquatic, the Empress Siren and the Lobster Siren both have legs. The Coral Siren's mech has legs to aid her mobility as well.

    The sirens tend to have something that references their name in their design. Their leader, the Empress Siren, and the Coral Siren are the exceptions, because their names do not reference the living organisms they resemble. Instead, the former's name is a reference to her leadership, while the latter is presumably named after the Coral Mines.

    A long time ago, the Sirens had full rule over Siren Island, luring ships to their doom and weilding firepower strong enough to blow up whole islands. A genie put a stop to their reign of terror at the cost of her own life, sealing them away in the deepest parts of the island and depriving the Empress of her physical form, as well as her ability to drain the life of others.

    Some time later, Risky Boots found the island. She sought to claim the Siren's airship as her own, and struck a deal with the Empress - to bring her five Half-Genies to drain the life from in order to restore her to her former glory. Siren Island was renamed to Paradise Island, and Arena Town was chosen as the ultimate tourist destination for unsuspecting festival-goers and Half-Genies.

    The Half-Genie festival was announced. Shantae, "Fillin", Harmony, Plink, Vera, and Zapple all attended, eager to show off their abilities, but all except Shantae were kidnapped effortlessly thanks to the Lobster Siren's power of teleportation.

    Unwilling to sit by idly, Shantae descended into the Sunken City. She freed her fellow half-genies and defeated the Sirens, and ultimately ended up thwarting the Empress and destroying the Flying Fortress.

20. #20Fillin the Blankselective

    Keys: Fillin, Fillin the Blank

    Fillin, short for Fillin the Blank, is the pseudonym used by Rottytops while she pretends to be a Half-genie in order to sneak into the Half-Genie Festival on Paradise Island in order to spend time with Shantae.

21. #21Squid Baronselective

    Keys: Squid Baron, Barons of Sequin Land

    Squid Baron is a Warp Squid, one of the Barons of Sequin Land. He dwells in his sealed fortress Squid Baron's Labyrinth and once held the first Magic Seal. He is also the father of an enormous number of baby warp squids, of whom he eats.

    Squid Baron is greedy, rude and dishonest, though is ultimately not a malicious figure and only fights to protect his family and property. Despite that, he still does not hesitate in using his children as weapons during his fight against Shantae.

    In Pirate's Curse, Squid Baron fills a humorous role. He has become self-aware of his role as a video game character and consequently, his role as a "filler boss" in the series with no actual relation to the plot. This leads to him suffering "post-boss syndrome", suffering depression over his defeat on wish to not be a filler boss again. He thus wishes to find a new purpose in life, with most of his interactions with Shantae being repaying her for helping him find a new purpose in life. After repeated frustrations, he finally embraces his destiny as a filler boss. He doesn't seem disturbed by this, as he seems happy even when Shantae beats him again.

    For some odd reason, Shantae seems to gain the same awareness whenever she talks to him, making Squid Baron a sort of fourth-wall nullifier.

22. #22Hypno Baronselective

    Keys: Hypno Baron, Barons of Sequin Land

    The Hypno Baron is one of the Barons of Sequin Land. He dwells in his sealed fortress Hypno Tower and once held the third Magic Seal.

    Hypno Baron is a humanoid creature that cloaks himself in a dark purple robe with golden trimming, similarly to the red robes worn by the Druids that reside in Hypno Tower with him. Strangely enough, in Risky's Revenge, his character sprite has empty eye sockets with glowing red lights, while his artwork and character speech box have cartoonish eyeballs. In Half-Genie Hero, his sprite and artwork appear consistent with one another, showing the glowing outline of a skull and piercing yellow eyes. Though the skull under his robe would make people believe that he is a shape-shifting skeleton (possibly a Cackler), his actual physical appearance is unknown.

    Very little is known about Hypno Baron-- he initially seemed to be perfectly content with being left alone in Hypno Tower to his various evil schemes. However, he now appears to be interested in dominating the market with toys and merchandising, rather than destroying the world himself. This leads him to build mutually beneficial partnerships with those he thinks will be of use to him, even including the other Barons of Sequin Land and Shantae to get what he wants. He is also not against getting information or advice from others, as he is noted by Rottytops to have asked her brothers for advice on "summoning a creature of unspeakable horror". As one of the Barons of Sequin Land, he collects artifacts, but is willing to give them to others when offered a fair exchange (such as completing tasks for him) or when he is defeated in combat. He seems to heavily dislike the other Barons, and prefers to stay secluded from them in Hypno Tower; however he was shown to be capable of cooperating with both Ammo Baron and Squid Baron, while being frustrated by their presence at the same time.

    While he is heavily implied to be evil, Hypno Baron has respect for both Risky and Shantae as his opponents. Upon meeting Shantae for the first time, he compliments her plans to collect the Magic Seals, and even tries to inform her that Mimic was keeping secrets from her before his defeat in Risky's Revenge. Eventually, in Shantae: Half-Genie Hero, Hypno Baron appears to have changed his ways, for the most part, and intends to sell toys and merchandise with the likeness of Squid Baron on them.

    Hypno Baron is a very powerful sorcerer, capable of casting powerful spells comparable to those of Shantae, or even far exceeding her level. He's been also shown to be skilled alchemist, capable of creating deadly mixtures in a matter of seconds. So far he has proved to be capable of:

    Shape-shifting - Hypno Baron can transform in anything he wishes to. Similar to Shantae's transformations he also takes the full appearance of entity he changed in.

    Teleportation & Flying - Hypno Baron is capable of teleporting himself in any direction (Risky's Revenge) and flying (Half-Genie-Hero) while casting spells.

    Hypnosis & Mind Reading - Hypno Baron might be capable of using hypnosis (since his name alludes to it). He uses his mind-reading skills to learn about his opponents and use their weakness against them.

    Magic Spells - Hypno Baron can use various kinds of magic spells like throwing Fireballs or shooting Energy Beams from his finger. He's also capable of lifting heavy objects with his Telekinesis as proved when he was throwing Squid Baron with his telekinesis.

23. #23Techno Baronselective

    Keys: Techno Baron, Barons of Sequin Land

    Techno Baron is one of the Barons of Sequin Land (despite operating out of Frostbite Island) and appears in The Pirate's Curse.

    He is a short, squat reptilian creature wearing a metal eye-concealing helmet and resides in Propeller Town, a flying fortress hovering over Frostbite Island. He is the main engineer for Ammo Baron's Ammonian army and is frequently paid great sums of money to build his weapons of war, though his desire to take his time on his "art" frustrates the Ammo Baron. His greatest dream is to rule the world and he works for the Ammo Baron so he can gain the money needed to build his own glorious empire.

    When Shantae arrives on Frostbite Island, she spots the Techno Baron in conversation regarding the completion of a Targeting Device for one of the Ammo Baron's cannons. Not recognizing Shantae, he sends her to Propeller Town to pick up the device and deliver it to the Ammo Baron, which she does with extreme reluctance. As it turns out, Bolo was hired to construct the device, which (unsurprisingly) results in the cannon misfiring and blasting the Techno Baron right where he stands. This coincidentally also reveals the entrance to the Abandoned Factory, the last Den of Evil in the game.

    The Techno Baron returns in Shantae: Half-Genie Hero, though not in his former role as a boss. When Shantae learns that maidens are being kidnapped and shipped off to Mermaid Falls, she initially assumes that the Mermaids on that island are responsible. However, when she goes to investigate, she discovers a factory where the captured maidens are being turned into "fake mermaids" by having their bottom halves eaten by fish. After traveling through the factory, Shantae finds out that the Techno Baron has kidnapped the mermaids' queen, Giga Mermaid, whom she frees after a tense battle. After Giga Mermaid is rescued, the Techno Baron admits that he was behind the "fake mermaid" scheme, as he was unable to capture enough "real" mermaids for his latest scheme.

24. #24Armor Baronselective

    Keys: Armor Baron, Barons of Sequin Land

    The Armor Baron is a slim cyclops military leader based in Armor Town, and is the brother of the Ammo Baron.

    Shantae is initially suspicious of the Armor Baron, due to dealing with the Ammo Baron in the past. The Armor Baron admits that his brother's a handful to deal with, then offers to make Shantae a set of armor at Sky's behest as a peace offering. Unfortunately, the armor ends up being enchanted to render Shantae and Sky immobile, and the Armor Baron reveals his true colors when he sends the pair off to a collector (who turns out to be Squid Baron).

    Shantae has the option of shaking the Armor Baron down for 100 gems after being rescued by the Lobster Siren.

25. #25Harmonyselective

    Keys: Harmony

    Harmony is a character who makes her debut in Shantae and the Seven Sirens. She is the oldest of the Half-Genies. Before the events of the game, Harmony was entrusted by the genies with a scrapbook filled with messages from each of the Half-Genies' mothers.

    Harmony has fair skin, green eyes, and long red hair which she wears in a high ponytail similar to Shantae's. She wears a short white tank top exposing her midriff, separate white sleeves, light purple cuffs, white pants with cut-outs at the hips, and light purple boots. She is the tallest of the Half-Genies introduced in Seven Sirens.

    Harmony is calm, kind, patient, and serious. She sees the best in everyone around her, and acts as an old sister of sorts to the other Half-Genies. She encourages them when they're all panicking during the Half-Genie Festival, and reassures Shantae of her own abilities multiple times both before and after she's rescued.

    Harmony is also clever - she sees through "Fillin's" disguise as a Half-Genie immediately, but says nothing as she realizes that she needs friends, and sees no harm in letting her join in on the festivities. She regrets letting the other girl get mixed up in the Seven Sirens' plans as a result, however.

26. #26Zappleselective

    Keys: Zapple

    Zapple is an important character who appears in Shantae and the Seven Sirens, being one of the new Half-Genies introduced.

    Zapple has fair skin and gray hair with white tips tied in a spiky bun. She has gray eyes and wears a revealing suit of armor, with black thigh-high socks and red boots.

    Zapple has a keen eye for out of place details. She's the first of the Half-Genies to notice that something is off about the Sunken City and Half-Genie Festival. It doesn't do her much good, however, as she's captured during the performance like all the rest.

    She also has trust issues. Originally, she suspected Shantae to have kidnapped the other half genies, once she revealed that she hadn't been taken alongside them. However, she also trusted Plink and Vera's judgements, which fortunately made her trust Shantae, and was willing to give her power to Shantae to aid in her battle against the Seven Sirens.

    Her dialogue implies that she is Armor Town's protector, but it is never outright stated.

27. #27Veraselective

    Keys: Vera

    Vera is an important character who appears in Shantae and the Seven Sirens. She is one of the new Half-Genies introduced and the daughter of the Tree Town Chief.

    Vera has dark skin and dark curly hair with two teal leaves on each side, red eyes with three eyelashes, and wears pink lipstick.

    For clothing, she wears a two-piece teal dress. It consists of a strapless top with a pink bottom and a light gold cloth that bares her midriff and a matching thigh-length skirt that has a split on the right side and a pink zig zag design at the bottom along with pink flowers on the top and matching fluffy pink bracelets on each wrist, along with golden armbands, red earrings and pink shoes.

    In the basic winscreen, she is seen wearing a blue-green swimsuit with pink details and a gold bracelet with a pink flower on her left wrist.

    Vera is protective of her hometown and would prefer to stay in hiding, but is willing to leave her village for the sake of the Half-Genie Festival. She's very polite and friendly towards the other Half-Genies, and is particularly good friends with Plink, asking specifically for her whereabouts after she's rescued.

28. #28Plinkselective

    Keys: Plink

    Plink is a character who appears in Shantae and the Seven Sirens. She is the youngest of the newly introduced half-genies.

    Plink is a young girl with blonde hair and blue eyes. Her hair covers her right eye. She wears 2 “eyes” on her hair which react with her emotions. Three longer hairs sprout from each "eye". She wears a green necklace, a pink and green bra, 2 purple sleeves with green spots at the end, purple harem pants with green spots at the bottom, and Turkish slippers.

    Plink is eager to jump to the call of adventure, and is the one who initially suggests combining her powers with Shantae after she rescues her.

    She can be a little spacey while using her powers to focus more on the invisible world than the world everyone can see. However, deep down, she is very friendly and kind-hearted.

    Plink and Vera are particularly close, with Plink seeing Vera as the big sister she's never had.

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