::Appearance::

Beautiful long dark hair that hangs down to her waist, much like her mothers. She appears to be the mirror image of her mother, mayhaps in her prime. Dressed in gowns of the finest silk, Shiva appears to be very regal. Shiva's long dark hair is usually swept up away from her face.

::Weapons::

Shiva carries a sword, which was her grandmothers. She calls this sword "Demoness".The sword is said to have great power within it.If you are lucky enough to see under her lavash gowns, you will also see a dagger is always strapped to her inner thigh.

::Personality::

Shiva inherited much of the same qualities as her mother. She can not drink anything other than pure blood, as it will make her very ill. She is known to have the attitude of her father as far as getting things done. Shiva is one to know business and get it done in a prompt manner. Her temperment, varies. She has been known to be a straight bitch like LadyDeath, while also being somewhat level headed like her father.

::Background::

Diva and her twin Shiva were born in Irendi to Dethstryk and LadyDeath. Her siblings are NicolaiCourbon, Satanstryk now known as Satanstryfe,Diablostryk, Amber who was adopted by Deth, Meridiastryk also adopted by Deth,Spellweaver, adopted by her mother LadyDeath, now known as Krendel de'Majen. LadyDreadstryk, adopted by Lady Death and Lastly a half sister, named TaraShani. Diva and Shiva are 3rd Generation of the Stryk family.
Shiva's story begins when Deth and Lady left the land of Tyran, and realized they were expecting twins. They quickly left to go to Lady's homeland so that they could have the twins in a safe place. While on their way to the Varacolaci mansion, Dethstryk felt that his son, Nicolai was in trouble. They headed quickly to Irendi to see what was wrong with their son.Nicolai had been captured by one of the "K" members and was about to be executed. After Deth rescued Nicolai from the grasps of death they went to the stryk castle. At this time Lady was in premature labor due to the stress of worrying about her son. Deth tried to stop the labor, but it was too late....the babies were indeed born.
Deth and Lady decided to name the twin girls Shivastryk and Divastryk, after no one in particular.Simultaneousely Lady was very ill so she and her family could not leave Irendi for some time. When Lady was better, they aged the twins to 14 so that it would be safe for them to travel and they left Irendi.
The Twins became quickly tired of all of the traveling and begged for their mother and father to age them and let them go elsewhere. After some thought, Deth and Lady decided to make their daughters happy and give them what they wanted.They aged Shiva and Diva to 20 years old and told them to go to Tyran and seek out their Stryk family.Their parents knew that the girls would be safer there than anywhere else.
Diva and Shiva left for Tyran and found that the place was quaint enough to stay. Diva joined vT to be with her half sister, TaraShani.While her twin Shiva, could only think of one thing.....leading vT. Shiva felt that she should get to be the Leader of vT and began plotting for just that. On the other hand, Diva was content with things being so calm and mainly kept to herself for some time.After a spell, Shiva made a name for herself.....and went on to date Bale.Even as far as Shiva being temporary leader of vT a couple of times.
Her Twin was the opposite of this. Diva was with drawn and quiet, not seeking fame. But that too soon changed. Diva emerged from her quietness and became more mouthy.Although Diva does at times revert back to quiet competence to observe. She now will quite unexpectantly speak her mind when a situation calls for it, or doesn't. The Twins are close and share a bond that is not like many have.They feel what each other is feeling. They know what each other does and thinks.They both have the bitchiness of their mother and the smarts of their father.
As the twins grew older, their stories became seperate. They became more independant, yet they are still very close. This story will tell Shiva's side of what happened in her life since this point.

Shortly after Shiva's half sister TaraShani fell into a bad way. No longer was she the beloved TaraShani her family had known, she had lost her soul and been possessed by a devious demon who masquaraded around the castle as the infamous TaraShani Death. However their mother LadyDeath caught on, and with love and mercy slayed her daughter in order to release TaraShani's soul from eternal torment. TazraShani and Dartanian now known as Battle-Angel over wrought with grief remain in vT trying to get over the loss of their mother TaraShani. After the death of TaraShani, LadyDeath was beside herself, she then left the land of Tyran's Cove. LadyDeath left Shiva in charge of the Vampire Tremere and Diva in charge of the Syre's. It was around this time that Shiva was told to make a choice by her father. This choice was either she stay vT or Stryk, she was told that she could not do both. Shiva remained vT and took on her mother's name...Syre. All of this became a bit overwhelming for Shiva. Shiva was not herself for some time.
Growing older and wiser, Shiva eventually grew into her new role as Lady of the Vampire Trinity. Though, times were tough here and there...she always managed to keep her family together. LadyDread, her baby sister, joined Shiva in ruling the Vampire Trinity. This made things a bit easier for her, as now she could share the troubles and good triumphs. The clan took it hard at first when news came that the Mother of vT had perished in her sleep, but they healed with time. The girls tried to run vT in the remembrance of their mother and just lived from moment to moment concentrating on getting vT going good again.
Shiva, then married to Darientriel, would soon give birth to her first child...Sabrastryk. Being a mother now, Shiva was complete. She had her family, her husband, and now a baby. The birth of her daughter, however, did not turn her soft. Shiva still accomplished what she needed to with no hesitance. Eventually, Shiva would receive news of her mother....alive. She could not believe this was true. Finally, she set eyes upon LadyDeath. Shiva was very pleased, yet at the same time very cautious of her mother. LadyDeath seemed different. Not long after the revelation of her mother, her fears would come true. LadyDeath, Shiva, and LadyDread would soon come to blows. It seemed Shiva's mother was trying to take away what the girls had worked so hard on in her absence...so the family came divided. Sometime later they all realized that it was all a misunderstanding and a little lying had happened from another family member to start all of the trouble. Eventually they all worked through it and became a family again. Shiva and Darientriel would also bring into this world a set of triplets. They would name these children Dakotastryk, Darienstryk, and Lamiastryk. After the move to a new place...the land of Tyrant's, vT seemed to prosper even more. They changed the name back to the Trinity and became officially one of the Elder clans of the land. The Trinity went through several different third leaders, but the two of them have remained the same since the leaving of LadyDeath. Darientriel left out on a journey, and when he came back he found out that Shiva divorced him. Darien then killed himself. Shiva then married Daggerwolf. Shiva since this time has also had Wolfstryk and has adopted her sister Ambers child...Elresastryk.
With much time past, now days Shiva has left vT, the inner conflicts of power struggle by her nephew and the husband her sister had named third leader in her absence grew to be overwelming. She is still married to Daggerwolf and has currently gave birth to a another child. This child a baby girl,named Casandrastryk. The name Casandra comes from Shiva's fathers' mother. From here Shiva's path has lead her to become the Ruler once again, side by side with Trinastryk, her neice, and Nicolai, her brother, of the family of eternal Flame.