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Shi Maria

Donut summons the enormous spider-woman partly outside FOCSA, where she immediately impales Alpha Carl before their planned fusion.

Story so far

Donut deploys Shi Maria near the open edge because the creature is too large for the damaged hallway. Her bulbous body hangs outside while long legs snake through the interior, bending and snapping steel during materialization.

Alpha Male Carl appears just before her. Before he can speak, Shi Maria drives one leg through the back of his head, incapacitating him and covering the real Carl in gore.

Golden Combo consequently loses its intended partner and selects Carl as the next available minion target.

Appearance

A colossal bulbous spider-woman clinging outside a skeletal tower with long legs filling the hall.

Role

Shi Maria is meant to become a temporary defender but instead forcibly combines with Carl.

Relationships

Donut — She summons Shi Maria.
Alpha Male Carl — Shi Maria incapacitates the intended fusion partner.
Carl — Golden Combo redirects the fusion to him.
Golden Combo — The card combines her with the next valid minion.
Sources — 8 recorded facts, by chapter
Chapter 10
  • Shi Maria is a unique spiderlike demigoddess and possible pulpmancer whose swamp-spanning web, permanent afflictions, loneliness, and missing husband make her both terrifying and potentially negotiable.
Chapter 27
  • Shi Maria is a colossal human-faced spider demigod specializing in illusion, fear, mind-breaking magic, webbing, and venom.
Chapter 28
  • Shi Maria is revealed as a level-140 city boss with celestial blood, double Cockroach survival, a hidden fifth eye, and a calculated plan to reach Larracos as a card.
Chapter 29
  • Shi Maria becomes the party's sixth totem card, apparently obedient for now while secretly pursuing an unknown plan.
Chapter 30
  • Shi Maria survives HeyZoos's friendly fire, dominates the puppet herd with illusion and madness, and kills Rude-Dolph while still affecting Carl.
Chapter 31
  • Shi Maria trivializes challenge mode, displays sadistic combat habits, advises Donut on card play, and becomes the first target of an enemy's legendary banish card.
Chapter 48
  • Shi Maria physically tears through the vulnerable hydra, mentally links with Carl, removes Asher's echo, and returns to the deck through Cockroach after dying.
Chapter 72
  • Donut summons the enormous spider-woman partly outside FOCSA, where she immediately impales Alpha Carl before their planned fusion.
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