Shadow Hearts List and Feat Discussion Thread

Most of this is copied and pasted from Gwyn's and Keollyn's thread. I'll add it all for them, just in case mbxx deletes it.

Gwyn's post

Anyway, I went over some of the bestiary and here's what I could find. There are some things that have already been brought up, and others that haven't been.

Shadow Hearts

Deathblade, Jiru is able to inflict instant death. Which ignores durability.

(http://imgur.com/qUP6imP)
The seraphim is able to eat souls, and do so even in people's dreams.

(http://imgur.com/HCdoIvE)
Soul Block is able to attack at the speed of light. It isn't as impressive as Meta-God flying millions of light-years in a week but it's still something.

(http://imgur.com/EvxGJ1F)
Atman can eat the souls of harmonixers, and is a product of all people. It being the darkness that exists in all of their minds. Who Yuri Hyuga defeats so he was able to overpower the gestalt consciousness of everyone's evil, basically.

(http://imgur.com/EkB5Tdb)
Lobo has control over space bound rocks. In other words meteors, and comets.

(http://imgur.com/gxLT2JO)
Seraphic Radiance has the power to destroy the gods.

https://i.imgur.com/1bOw3RN.jpg

Shadow Hearts: Covenant

Heaven, and the world tree exist. Ofnir was exiled from heaven, and now gnaws at the world tree.

https://i.imgur.com/V8JDk63.jpg

Star Gazer came from another dimension.

https://i.imgur.com/bwN04lV.jpg

Grail Gazer exists in another dimension, and interacts with our world making it appear as if it exists in ours. Which means anyone beating it up is ignoring the fact it's not actually there.

https://i.imgur.com/I1S1tS3.jpg

There is the mirror world, and it is a perfect but reverse reflection of our world.

https://i.imgur.com/6UwWwUr.jpg

More on soul manipulation. Danters can assimilate them.

https://i.imgur.com/sawhveu.jpg

There is luck, and probability manipulation. Pera-pera can grant bad luck, or good luck.

https://i.imgur.com/kGUDIri.jpg

Shoki can create an infinite number of Koshoki.

https://i.imgur.com/r4urqAc.jpg

A soul can be trapped, and forced into lava to suffer for eternity.

https://i.imgur.com/ZBMvVe7.jpg

Neo Astaroth can drive people into insanity just by existing.

https://i.imgur.com/7oOIXbz.jpg

Graffias is the spirit, and embodiment of a star in the Scorpio constellation.

https://i.imgur.com/JQpm4JG.jpg

Another monster is able to devour the souls of those who die in forest fires.

https://i.imgur.com/3WvRjHX.jpg

Another god is stated to govern all bad fortune. The god of snakes, or Yatonokami.

https://i.imgur.com/uP87Pk8.jpg

Ghosts are able to claim the souls of others, and thousands if need be.

https://i.imgur.com/lpWohsU.jpg

Heaven is confirmed to exist, yet again. There is another angel that fell from it.

https://i.imgur.com/fohcr2m.jpg

Neo Amon heralds the end of the world, and with a stray thought it can destroy the world.

https://i.imgur.com/dhvPoT6.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/VLJqFkE.jpg

The Dark Seraphim has complete control over death, and rebirth.

https://i.imgur.com/Ch4tiM1.jpg

Baal is noted to be representative of all negative human emotions, and he roots himself in the souls of all humankind.

https://i.imgur.com/Z68BN16.jpg

Now this one is funny. Aerolite was able to survive the destruction of its home-world, and the explosion of said planet was so intense it was rocketed Aerolite towards Earth.

https://i.imgur.com/d7yLCeF.jpg

Onlooker has the ability to see everything that happens.

https://i.imgur.com/mWm6SDK.jpg

Orobas is able to warp, and distort things into whatever images he desires. Not sure if transmutation, or reality warping.

https://i.imgur.com/sOJ4zqV.jpg

King Solomon conquered the Spirit World.

https://i.imgur.com/atkGsjC.jpg

Susano-o is a threat to the world.

https://i.imgur.com/kLv7qLO.jpg

The Ring Soul actually exists outside of gameplay mechanics, and controls all fortune. Which means the Judgement Ring exists too.

https://i.imgur.com/RSkbykB.jpg

Shankar controls all of creation, and destruction. He can be used to empower the Judgement Ring.

https://i.imgur.com/EDRJUy8.jpg

The black crane is the messenger of the god of death, and he can be used to empower the Judgement Ring. This is so it can instantly kill anything that doesn't have an immunity against it.

https://i.imgur.com/XHKDGB3.jpg

Medusa can be used to empower the Judgement Ring, and give it the ability to petrify enemies.

https://i.imgur.com/GAUXbRb.jpg

The Eternal Key can stop time, and the gods all have access to it. Which scales to a lot of characters.

https://i.imgur.com/9w2Rdsl.jpg

The Chimera Claw is powerful enough to obliterate Earth, and this is why it was hidden on the moon.

https://i.imgur.com/uk4ZSxp.jpg

The blessed saber grants whoever uses it lightning-fast attack speed.

https://i.imgur.com/7qTi2v1.jpg

The Crimson Thread is said to be able to make the wishes of those who use it come true.

https://i.imgur.com/YYb3XSf.jpg

The Nemesis Fan holds the power of the "comet" that destroyed the dinosaurs.

https://i.imgur.com/QwVnE1x.jpg

Shadow Hearts: From the New World

Hard to get the screen-captures here so I will just copy, and paste the text.

Deep One:

"An apparition that lives in a world without time. A fearsome character whose only pleasure in life is to butcher and devour living creatures."

Awaker:

"Johnny who released the sleeping malice. It is a purely evil mass that has the power to destroy the world, Johnny has to decide whether or not he should use that power."

Thunderbird:

"Spirit Ruler of the sky, wearing lightning wings. Fiery tempered; responds to anger or grief. Her beating wings summon the wind from afar to banish evil from the sky."

Tatan'ka:

"Ruler of the earth, wrapped in stone. Brave; responds to readiness and resolve. her fist is a hammer that shakes the earth and sweeps away the evil that prowls it."
La Sirene:

"The Ocean spirit wearing the surging sea. Has a gentle nature; responds to tenderness and woe. Her tears form a tsunami that swallows all evil floating in the ocean."

Tirawa:

"The Sun spirit residing in the primordial flame. Noble character; only kindles pure strength. If one is tainted with even a bit of evil, the flame will consume them."

Oiloon Knife:

"Made by Flagagh, half-man, half-elf. The blade is made from a special ‘Silver That Summons Death’ and can cut spirit forms as well as physical beings."

Cherry Bowie:

"A short sword with the strength to cut through a planet. Nameless until now, as even the gods feared its power. On this occasion, Natan names it on impulse."

Big Elk:

"Hatchet from an ancient underground kingdom. Made from crystallized human spirit, inflicts wounds on both body and soul that can never be healed."

Keollyn's blog

About

Shadow Hearts follows the journey of a young man named Yuri Hyuga who has been hearing voices in his head instructing him on a mission. What's unique about Yuri is that he's a harmonixer; a people that can take in monsters and transform into them. He eventually meets a young girl named Alice Eliot, who has her own problems to bring to the fray. Their journey is of mythical proportion, where they must fight against beings straight out of a Lovecraft novel

Power stat

High-end

Universal (4, maybe 5 if you count non-beings)
Star, possibly Small Galaxy (possibly 5 in this range)

Mid-end

Planetary (possibly 3 (5 if you factor in weapons))

Low-end

Country level (4 in this range, scaling = more)

Bottom

City level (anyone worth a damn)

Speed stat

High-end

Yuri's galactic round trip and ascending to the heavens (2,524,000,000,000 and 47,330,000,000,000,000c respectively)

Mid-end

Meta makes its way to earth (250,400,000c)
Hilda galactic home run

Low-end

Combating foes that can reach lightspeed

Bottom

Reacting to gunfire

Top abilities

Yuri's control over death and rebirth
Astaroth manipulating the evil in man
Halley/Kouldelka black hole creation
Harmonixing in general
Somnion power of the abyss
Atman curse
Tirawa sun manipulation
Susano-O reality/time manipulation
Wugui death magic

Quick ranking (in order)

Seraphic Radiance
Amon
The Awaker
Tirawa
Kato/Yamato/Susano-O
Jutendouji
Astaroth
Limiter Amon
Meta-God

Top feats

Blast encompassing a quasar? - Seraphic!Yuri
Celestial renovation + Supernova - Meta-God
Shanghai removed off the face of the earth - Seraphic
Annihilate a planet with a stray thought - Amon (may not be planet)
Intergalactic travel - Meta-God & Seraphic!Yuri
Destroying the present and remaking the past - Kato/Yamato
Hilda punts enemy out of the galaxy
A tower full of malice capable of destroying the planet
The world of malice potentially ending the universe
Joachim possibly creating a pocket dimension

Keollyn's blog

Decided to make this more than just Yuri's spell

Yuri shoots at a galaxy

Well not really. In fact, I have no clue what he's actually doing, thus the blog. For a long time I've been trying to understand what he's shooting at with his final spell "For the Children"

[YOUTUBE]_0hDOg7FFzU[/YOUTUBE]

(10:50)

Well we know for sure he's shooting at something in space, that much is a given. But what? My interpretation: He's shooting at an active galaxy or a dwarf galaxy.

As for why it could possibly be those things; its bright core. It shares similarities to something like Seyfert galaxy with its bright core. It's obviously not to scale, but these things rarely are

It seems to also share similarities with a quasar. Quasar are also noted to change luminosity very rapidly, which we see in that spell.

Yuri's Infinite Mass Punch

Yuri dips past a few galactic clouds before returning to give a stellar high five

Meta-God does some celestial renovation
Meta gathers up all the planets in the solar system before having the sun go nova and launch them at party

Hilda punts foe into space

[YOUTUBE]a2he7RI_Jlg[/YOUTUBE]

Impressive for someone who's far from the top of the list

Start velocity = 0 m/s
Final velocity = 1.99617149e+16
Distance = 3.9924e+16
Mass = 60kg
Time = 2 seconds

Came to 2.3908545e34 joules

Powerful weapons

There a few of them that are pretty powerful for standard equipment. Here is a couple with cutscene implication

Nautilus (Joachim wpn) can destroy the earth

Gepetto: Yeah. He's got a strange power. Whenever he beats a monster, he takes
their souls and then can fuse with them.

http://lparchive.org/Shadow-Hearts-Covenant/Update 142/40-040_grailgazer.jpg
http://lparchive.org/Shadow-Hearts-Covenant/Update 142/165-165_onlooker.jpg
http://lparchive.org/Shadow-Hearts-Covenant/Update 142/167-167_orobas.jpg
http://lparchive.org/Shadow-Hearts-Covenant/Update 142/171-171_raijin.jpg
http://lparchive.org/Shadow-Hearts-Covenant/Update 142/174-174_yasakanigem.jpg

http://lparchive.org/Shadow-Hearts-Covenant/Update 144/31-31_eternalkey.jpg

http://lparchive.org/Shadow-Hearts-Covenant/Update 145/16-16_kendoarmor.jpg
http://lparchive.org/Shadow-Hearts-Covenant/Update 145/14-14_dandyskimono.jpg
http://lparchive.org/Shadow-Hearts/Update 61/4-2406028970104044975S600x600Q85.jpg


So Kurando can fuck with stars (he better, ^ (use bro) need not be weaker than Hilda-kun)

Skill description
"Jutendouji calls upon the stars to reduce the amount of special damage taken for one ally by a 1/4."

http://lparchive.org/Shadow-Hearts-Covenant/Update 142/86-086_shoki.jpg
Koshoki

Some adage to SH multiverse

Mental Realm
Underworld (referenced here
Mirror World
Timeless world
Abyss (separate reference from the underworld/hell. Noted here
Alien Dimension
Heaven (Angel fell to Earth. Even alluded in a key). Also referenced here and alluded here
The Nine Worlds (see above. Yggdrasil is said to connect the Nine Worlds of Norse mythology)
Other world
Various dimensions 1, 2

Kurando abilities

Steal souls

Roger Bacon, someone who has an observatory that's better than some modern world ones and devices that can teleport people to the moon, tells us that the home of Meta-God is located in Messer 72; some 4,800,000 lightyears away from Earth

Now, this real world cluster is located 54,500 light years away from Earth, making it stationed in the Milky Way galaxy. Since there is no reason to believe that Shadow Hearts one is located outside of the Milky Way (only distance was referenced, for that reason, every other real world markers stay the same), that would mean that the series Milky Way is actually larger than our own.

At bare minimum, that would be 4,800,000 lightyears in diameter (which isn't so, since that would assume that we're counting M72 in all direction)

Joachim creating (?) a pocket dimension to host the He-Man Sushi shop

This one is mine.

Here's some interesting bestiary's from Koudelka, although it's from the wiki. I have no idea where they got the information from since you can't view bestiary's in Koudelka, and I checked the Koudelka Prima's Strategy Guide to see if they got their source from there, but no luck.

Koudelka

Giant Plant:

"An offshoot from Yggdrasil, the "Tree of Life", it has magically grown to a huge size. It needs to consume meat in order to survive, wrapping its prey in its long tendrils before swallowing them whole."

Further confirmation that the World Tree exists in the Shadow Hearts universe.


Black Cat:

"A witch's familiar. It is said the anyone who crosses its path will be cursed with bad luck for seven years. It likes to catch mice in the monastery grounds, and frequently likes to drink from the fountain in the courtyard..."


Demonic Bead:

"A strange creature from another dimension. It bobs silently in the air murmuring in an alien tongue."


Giant:

"Creature formed in the womb of the earth and brought to life by Gaia's terrible fury."


Minotauros:

"Beast formed from the sacrifices of the Druids. It arose from the ritualistic deaths of animals offered as a sacrifice to the "Cauldron of Life"."


Pricktail:

"Monstrous fusion of a man and a scorpion. It is the result of an experiment that ended in dismal failure. It has enough venom in it's tail to kill a hundred men."


Dark Young:

"The hatred of the unjustly killed given form. Knowing only of hatred, it rages against the heavens, cursing all who walk beneath the stars, to languish and die."


Spectre:

"A shade washed up from Stygian shores. It stalks people and hides in their shadow. It smothers them in their sleep and sucks out their souls."


Gargoyle

"Formed of the malignant energy present in the Monastery on the twelfth stroke of midnight, it is truly a beast of unfathomable evil. Though it was a difficult battle, the creature was eventually felled by Koudelka, Edward and James, dispersing its dark energies into the ether."

He's an optional boss who gave Koudelka a hard time, she was also in awe of it's spiritual energy.


Gug:

"A being that broke through a dimensional barrier between the worlds. Completely alien in nature, it has a violent and aggressive temper. It relentlessly attacks its enemies with its four strong arms."


Apostle:

"A fallen Angel who delights in death and torture. Summoned by the evils of Nemeton Monastery, his only desire is to unleash chaos upon the world and take glee from its ruin."


Vine:

"Vine born of the "Tree of Life", it seeks to block the path to the Abbey's summit."


Elaine (Final Form):

"Final form of Elaine. Her very presence is a blight to the Earth itself. She must be destroyed so that Elaine's soul may rest in peace!"


Wind Scroll:

"Ancient parchment said to contain the power of Djinn. When used in combat, allow reader to use Air Magic."

Item Description from Koudelka (these one's you can actually view in-game):

Cat's Eye:

"A large gemstone, nearly the size of a real eye. The distinctive cross-shaped pattern inside the stone reflects any light that hits it."


Girdle Sword:

"The Sword of Strange Girdles, as used by Sir Galahad and King David before him. Blessed with the power of good spirits and angels, it has survived the passage of time untouched."


Sacnoth:

"Legendary sword made from the bones of a mighty evil dragon slain long ago. Its eye decorates the pommel."


Flare Brooch:

"Woman's accessory with a multi-faceted ruby centered in a gold setting; meant to represent the sun."


Star Brooch:

"Woman's accessory with a golden statuette of the Holy Mother embedded in a topaz; the shape of the brooch is meant to suggest a star."

Koudelka's Pendant:

"Pendant with strong mystic powers; given to Koudelka when she was young by a gypsy."

Koudelka's Pendant can be used in all sorts of ways, such as it was used to repel Elaine's attack, made vicious dogs docile, and can be used to break out of possession.


STR Idol:

"Statue representing Atlas. Raises the owner's Strength."


VIT Idol:

"Statue representing Hercules. Raises the owner's Vitality."


DEX Idol:

"Statue representing Artemis. Raises the owner's Dexterity."


AGL Idol:

"Statue representing Hermes. Raises the owner's Agility."


INT Idol:

"Statue representing Athena. Raises the owner's Intelligence."


PIE Idol:

"Statue representing Fides. Raises the owner's Piety."


MND Idol:

"Statue representing Apollo. Raises the owner's Mind."


LUC Idol:

"Statue representing Tyche. Raises the owner's Luck."

Confirmation that Greek-Roman gods exist in SH.


Fire Scroll:

"Ancient parchment said to contain the power of the Efreet. When used in combat, allow the reader to use Fire Magic."


Water Scroll:

"Ancient parchment said to contain the power of Marid. When used in combat, allow the reader to use Water Magic.


Earth Scroll:

"Ancient parchment said to contain the power of Dao. When used in combat, allow reader to use Earth Magic."


Wind Scroll:

"Ancient parchment said to contain the power of Djinn. When used in combat, allow reader to use Air Magic."

Arabian Genies exist in SH

Some of the feats I made into gif's.

Yuri's For the Children in SH2 flying out of the galaxy in a few seconds and shooting at a galaxy


Yuri's For the Children in SH1 making a galactic round trip and infinite mass punching


Yuri throwing his sword and pulling out a bigger sword to basically perform Cloud's Omnislash


Koudelka's son Halley creating a blackhole

Keollyn's blog

Yuri's speed: Galactic core round-trip; 300,000,000,000 c

2,524,000,000,000 (using the closest visible (unaided) clusters) - Magellanic Clouds = 163-200 kly


Low-end for this feat can use the distance derived by the Meta-God feat (as the spell descriptor says that Yuri ascends to heaven, and in-verse treats Meta-God's "homeworld" as heaven)

4.8mly / 1 second = 4.54105363e22 or 151,500,000,000,000c

Closest radio galaxy Centaurus A = 10mly (translates to 157,800,000,000,000)

Closest quasar PKS2349 = 1.5bly (translates to 46,000,000,000,000,000)

Newest quasar discovery sets the closest to 600mly (translate to 18,000,000,000,000,000)

Shania sun flare speed

93 million miles / 2 seconds = 74,830,000,000 m/s or 249c

Kurando sends light down

Follows this feat

Fei's low-end speed: Scaled from Eldridge; 40,000,000 c

http://www.narutoforums.com/blog.php?b=26710

Gyoumao's potential strength: 367Gt

[ At least] [ as fast] as Meta-God in third highest form, performed galactic [ round trips] in highest

Ukoku's possible sutra speed

1,732,000m/s (earth to the sun in 1 day)
865 767.467m/s (in 2 days)

Keollyn's blog

Ricardo dodging bullets


Some explosion party survived (and normal humans lol)


(Edna barrier reacts and blocks bullets)

Nautilus power


Hilda punts foe into space

Hilda explaining the legendary sword Zondeek was created at the same time as the world and can cut the earth in half. Frank took it with him without pulling the sword from the pedestal and took the whole thing with him.

Koudelka gets even stronger thanks to the Manga sequel.

Adamant soul said:

Shadow Hearts wiki claims the manga's not canon due to being invalidated by later events.

Probably still read it anyway, but is there any confirmation it's canon?

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The wiki claims it's not canon due to time discrepancy because of Koudelka being pregnant with Halley. The English game manual claims Halley to be 15 years old, Koudelka is 19 in her game and 34 in Shadow Hearts. But this is actually an error, Halley is officially 12. This means Koudelka might have crossed paths with Edward again.

Koudelka has the Author sealed inside her body or subconscious, making the Druidic god a part of her power.

Adamant soul said:

Oh so she keeps that power up? Would you say she's stronger or weaker than Elaine's final form in that state?

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The Manga did reveal that she was still a conduit for the Author after breaking out of the trance thanks to her pendant and then proceeded to beat the crap out of Dogol by using the Author as her stand. It's presumed that the Author never left Koudelka’s body, and her title Witch of the Dark Flame might be a reference. Albert Simon took all her powers away near the end of Shadow Hearts though. Elaine might also be empowered by Malice with her energy attacks being red. Koudelka in her game is definitely a lot weaker and not as experienced compared to her Manga self or Shadow Hearts self.

Shadow Hearts revealed that Koudelka is the Key of Darkness, a being born every century that is the embodiment of sorts to dark magic. Similar to Alice who is the Key of Light the embodiment of light magic. Her son who has inherited her power is able to create black holes. Koudelka even tanks an attack from Amon through Albert Simon’s demon contract.

Adamant soul said:

Hmm so would this make Alice (at least by the end of the game) Koudelka's equal?

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Most likely, but Koudelka might be a bit stronger with her combined power with the Author.