Shandra'gralla'dtrin - Shangrin

Shandr'gralla'dthrin, or Shangrin for short, is a key character in the seasons, first appearing in Perfect World. In Aloterra, he was known as "The Resurrectionist", owning his own chambers and the Resurrectionist cult.

After the events of the Perfect World, Shangrin went to convince the Crimsonians to stop their bloody wars, but in the Heart of the Universe season, it became known that he failed. He went to Archaea to find the meaning of life again. He was eventually infected by a skint, after which he was disembodied and disappeared.
Appearance
Shangrin, like other redbuds, has an impressive height - about four meters. His eyes are red, and his face with large mandibles is hidden under black and scarlet clothes, which completely hides his appearance. He resembles an anthropomorphic insect of black color with three pairs of wings, which distinguishes him from other redbuds, who have only two of these wings, [3] Shangrin also has a small tail, reminiscent of a scorpion's tail.
Character
Before founding the Resurrection Cult, Shangrin was heartless and cruel. Like other members of his race, he exterminated dozens and even hundreds of worlds. All he craved was blood and power.

Over the 400 years spent on Aloterra, Shangrin became calm and reasonable, but at the same time did not lose some arrogance, which is logical due to his enormous strength. At the same time, he is not averse to helping someone he likes, which characterizes him as a rather kind creature. Otherwise, he behaved quite moderately. The social system of Aloterra did not interest him, he perceived only how strong and tasty the Will of those who come to him was. [4] Thanks to Lololoshka and Jodah, he was able to overcome his pride, and left Aloterra to stop the merciless bloodshed committed by other purples, and to tell how to gain power without resorting to violence.

Interesting facts
The character was heavily inspired by the Aviators song My Church. Shangrin himself is somewhat of an amalgam of the main character of My Church and Mog, Lord of Blood from Elden Ring.[6]
He used to have his own blood cult, but it was revealed in The Voice of Time that he had disbanded it and also destroyed the astral dimension it was in.[7]
In the season, Ideal WORLD gave Lololoshka his own pocket dimension, which the hero then used in other seasons.
One of those who does not treat the Dasks with disdain.
In one episode of the Voice of Time, as a result of a time paradox, he became the head of the assassins' guild instead of Button.[8]
He acted condescendingly, as if he had never founded a cult and had never met Lololoshka before.
He also changed his character: when Lololoshka said that he used to be friends with the Dasks, he got angry and said that it was a gross insult, although he had previously been quite good-natured with them.

Capabilities:
Sanguimancy (blood magic). Anything that contains blood or life force is susceptible to it.[4] The blood of the purple dragon allows it to move between worlds.
Levitation
Telekinesis
Nihil (from Latin: Nothing)
Oratory.
He is able to revive those whose bodies are well preserved,[5] for which he received his nickname "Reviver".

The Crimson are one of the most brutal races of conquerors, whose life is closely connected with blood and bloody battles, which can result in the destruction of entire species, ecosystems and even worlds. They speak Latin.[1]

One of the races that is most prone to having planeswalkers among its members (approximately every second one, according to Shangrin).
Appearance
The Crimson are a race of insectoids that stand out for their considerable height, approximately four meters. All Crimson are completely black in color, with the exception of their wings, which are decorated with a red and black pattern. Members of this race have large, bright red eyes with dark red whites. They have six limbs: four arms and two legs, as well as two pairs of wings and a tail.[2]

All Crimsonians wear crimson and black loincloths and robes. All members of this race have a hooded cloak that covers their heads, and without which their huge mandibles can be seen.
Character
The Crimson are extremely cruel creatures, trained to kill from a young age. For the sake of blood and freedom, they are ready to exterminate entire races. Thus, the Crimson are involved in the almost complete disappearance of the Noctiir, of which only fifteen remained at the time of the Voice of Time. The bonds of battle bind them even more strongly than family, which is why they apparently do not have particularly developed family relationships.[3]
Capabilities
Even in this aspect, the scarlet liquid cannot be avoided. Sanguimancy is literally blood magic. It is assumed that anything that contains blood or life force is susceptible to the influence of the one who has mastered this magic. In fact, this means that the purple ones can control a person if they wish.[3] They can also resurrect creatures whose bodies are well preserved.

As for the purple planeswalkers, they still use blood for such things as moving between worlds or understanding languages: they only need a drop to begin to understand what the inhabitants of a particular world are talking about.[4]

Story
The origin story of the Crimson begins with their blood-stained homeworld, from which no one escapes except themselves. The Crimson believe that they were able to move between worlds long before the Spark and the planeswalkers. At some point, they found themselves in Archaea and found the dead body of the First Mother. They defiled her by eating her flesh for their own survival, and through this they received the gift of sagvimancy.

According to the JDH theory, the purple race originated in Archaea, and initially they were not even intelligent beings. This theory can be confirmed by the dark red beetles that can be found in Sankho-Gol: their appearance strongly resembles purple beetles. These beetles tasted the flesh of the Mother and thus became anthropomorphic, in addition to receiving the ability to walk in the world. After that, they left Archaea and spread throughout the multiverse. Now they have been wandering around the worlds for millennia, killing creatures and destroying worlds for the sake of blood and will. And nothing changed until one of the representatives of the race, Shangrin, risked moving to the edge of the universe to find a worthy opponent (see Shangrin's History). Thanks to Lololoshka and Jodah, he realized that will can be obtained without using violence, and therefore hastened to tell all representatives of his race how to gain power without fights and murders. Once he even visited Poen in order to find followers.[5] Later, however, it turned out that Shangrin had failed, and the endless wars had won.

Life cycle
The color crimson, from which the race takes its name, was not chosen without reason, for it is the color of fresh meat and blood. The strong connection of the crimsons with this substance is not at all a metaphor. Their existence literally depends on it, and from birth: crimsons are born from cocoons created by their parents, and in order for the fetus to develop, it must be constantly nourished with fresh blood.[3]

A single mother gives birth to several embryos, after which she places them in a special cocoon. This is filled with the mother's blood, which the embryos feed on as they develop. When the potential crimsons are fully formed, they must chew through their cocoon and escape from it. This is not easy, because the cocoon is made of hardened protein. If you hesitate, either the cocoon will become too small and can damage the wings, or the crimson will simply suffocate. The crimsons that do not hatch from the cocoons become food for their fellows. However, in rare cases, crimsons manage to survive without fully forming, as in the case of Mrk'grsh'traklar, who because of this became much shorter than all the others of his kind and was unable to gain a predisposition to sanguimancy.

Exam
The exam is a test to ensure that the purple-headed will not "disgrace" their race in other worlds; purple-headed are forbidden to travel between worlds until they pass it. In it, the purple-headed must show how well they master sanguimancy and bleed the victim faster than the last grain of sand falls in the ritual clock. If the purple-headed fails the exam, they simply kill them. There is a small trick that Mark, who did not have sanguimancy, used; it is not necessary to use blood magic in the exam, the main thing is to bleed the victim within a certain time, which he did with the blades he forged.

Interesting facts
All of the purples shown in the seasons have long compound names, but for the convenience of other races they sometimes use abbreviations.
The purple ones feed on an immaterial substance (will), so they are unlikely to even know about the existence of food or drink. In any case, they would not be able to satisfy themselves with them anyway.[6]
The Crimson killed Noctyrs for the value of their blood. Combined with the fact that there are very few of them left, Noctyr's blood is a gift that can immediately command respect from members of the species.
Sanguimancy is not only used by the purples. This was revealed by Dana in the season of Thirteen Lights.