Shiva (Arkhamverse)

"What do you know of justice? Behind bars or beyond them, these people never change. As long as they live, Gotham is stained."

- Shiva

Shiva is a highly trained and extremely dangerous assassin whose skills are known to be unmatched. She selects many of her targets simply to test her skills, but there were no known survivors. One of the eight assassins hired by The Joker, disguised as Black Mask, to kill Batman, Shiva exploits the opportunity to implement several operations throughout Gotham that would serve as seeds for massive plans instrumental in an insidious conspiracy to wipe Gotham clean of corruption, crime, pollution, and most of its population in the years to come.

Under the orders of Ra's al Ghul, the mastermind and leader of the secret and worldwide organization, the League of Assassins, Shiva is put in command of a squadron of his trained soldiers, and uses them to murder corrupt cops and countless criminals in order to lure Batman into a series of tests to see if he would be a worthy addition to the organization, perhaps even serve as Ra's right hand man and eventual successor. Manipulating political activist, Quincy Sharp, into reopening Arkham Asylum, using the Joker's destructive schemes for chaos and anarchy as incentive to do so, Shiva helps to instigate a chain of events that would aid Ra's in assuming complete control of Gotham and, eventually, the world and wipe out countless innocent individuals in their goal of "cleansing" the world.

Batman: Arkham Origins
In the Bowery, Batman encounters an abandoned baby carriage with a recording of a baby crying inside. This was used by Shiva to get Batman's attention. After defending himself from one of her attacks, Shiva tells Batman that an "innocent" police man in the Burnley District is about to die if he doesn't help him. While helping the man, Batman had to face numerous ninjas, sent by Shiva as part of her "test". He saved the man, and he said that the ninjas captured him and another police man. Batman tracked him down, but discovers Shiva already killed him for his corruption. She encounters him again at Wonder Tower, alongside numerous ninjas and martial artists, as the final part of her test. Batman defeats her and her ninjas, leading Shiva to believe that Batman was as good as her master has said. Batman tries to arrest her, but she disappears, leaving Batman worried that he has not seen the last of her.

Shiva later appeared in the "Initiation" DLC as a star pupil of Kirigi.

Attributes

 * Highly skilled martial artist

Game Over Lines

 * "You fought well. And so I grant you the favor of a quick death."
 * "I take no pleasure in your death, but I see no other way."

Trivia

 * Before disappearing, Shiva references that Batman was as good as her master has described. Her master could possibly be Ra's al Ghul, hinting her involvement in the League of Assassins.
 * The "Lady" prefix in her name is never said in this game.