.𖥔 ݁ ˖ Shamura 🕷.𖥔 ݁ ˖

Sometime in the past, Shamura found their crown in one of their webs and began bargaining with the Mystic Seller and became a deity (although, as said by the Mystic Seller themselves, the two of them didn't barter much since Shamura ultimately needed little from the Mystic Seller).

Alongside their siblings, Shamura ruled over the Lands of the Old Faith as one of the last remaining gods. At some point, they introduced the ideas of change to their brother Narinder. Due to this and him growing discontent with his role and ambitious, Shamura and the other Bishops sealed him away, which resulted in Shamura's head to be wounded.

At some point, they sacrificed two kits so that Narinder (now known as The One Who Waits) wouldn't be alone.

When The One Who Waits started sending vessels against them, Leshy and the others killed them one by one (except for Ratau, who was unsuccessful in his task) and killed all the lambs in the Lands to prevent a prophecy foretelling The One Who Waits' return. However, killing the last lamb sent the lamb directly to The One Who Waits, who revives them and grants them incredible powers.

After Leshy is killed by the Lamb, Heket and Kallamar ask Shamura for advice, who isn't of much help. Later on, Shamura appears in Anchordeep in front of the Lamb after Baalzebub is defeated, briefly calling out Kallamar on his cowardice and stating that after him, the Lamb will come to them before summoning various enemies to attack them.

Once the Lamb reaches Silk Cradle, Shamura brainwashes their followers twice to have them attack the Lamb, while also revealing The One Who Waits' origins during one of their conversations with the wearer of the Red Crown and surprisingly even sympathizing with them at times. Shamura ends up killed like their siblings.

As revealed by the Mystic Seller, however, Shamura and the other Bishops got stuck in a state where they have to relive their last moments of agony. As the Lamb ventures to allow all of them to pass on, Shamura speaks to the Lamb through a statue of themselves before sending minions against them and then attempts once more to kill them themselves.

Defeated, Shamura turns into a mortal and is converted to the Lamb's cult. At some point they will ask the Lamb to look for their skull in Silk Cradle, which will allow the player to use it as a relic for the rest of the game.

While Shamura is ready to have their followers or others sacrificed and is just as responsible for the genocide the Lamb's kind and the tyranny of the Old Faith as the other Bishops, they surprisingly come out as the nicest among their siblings, sympathizing with the Lamb various times during their interactions with them. They're also the only Bishop who's shown to still care for The One Who Waits and the only one to express regret for having chained him away. They're also the only Bishop who has made peace with the fact that the Lamb is going to kill them, although that doesn't stop them from fighting before going down. As an undead, they also seem to accept their fate as punishment for their actions.

Shamura was once the wisest among their siblings, but after The One Who Waits damaged their head, they lost most of their knowledge. Due to this, they now mostly speak through weird prophecies, sometimes even repeating themselves due to short-term memory.

As a follower, their memory gets even worse than before. It's also worth mentioning that upon being recruited, they will immediately start dissenting, which makes sense given they used to be the Deity of War.

Shamura is a purple spider with four eyes of black sclera and red slit pupils, as well as two large fangs appearing from their mouth. Two pairs of cross-like protrusions emanate from their head, and they wear a crown with a concave top and a purple, crescent-shaped eye. Shamura's skull was split by The One Who Waits and is wrapped in bandages, covering their exposed brain. When they lose their bandages, their crown appears to be reaching into their brain, using vein-like apparatuses. Like the other bishops, Shamura wears a long black robe with golden trimmings that hides the rest of their body.

After being transformed during a ritual, Shamura's body grows a large, bandaged abdomen like that of a spider's, ending in a sharp, red stinger. Three sets of long purple spider legs appear from Shamura's body, and two arms ending in blades protrude from their robe, which still hangs from their neck.

Of the four bishops, Shamura appears to be in the worst state of appearance. Their body has been torn asunder; two thirds of their skull are exposed, their ribs are exposed, and a long trail of innards dangles from beneath their bloodstained robe. These wounds persist even into their Eldritch form.

Shamura is non-binary, using they/them pronouns.