Shax
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In demonology, Shax (also spelled Chax, Shan, Shass, Shaz, and Scox) is a Great Marquis (and a Duke to some authors) of Hell, and has power over thirty legions of demons. He takes away the sight, hearing and understanding of any person under the conjurer's request, and steals money out of kings' houses, carrying it back in 1200 years. He also steals horses and everything the conjurer asks. Shax can also discover hidden things if they are not kept by evil spirits, and sometimes gives good familiars, but sometimes those familiars deceive the conjurer.
Shax is thought to be faithful and obedient, but is a great liar and will deceive the conjurer unless obliged to enter a magic triangle drawn on the floor. He will then speak marvellously and tell the truth.
He is depicted as a stork that speaks with a hoarse but subtle voice; his voice changes into a beautiful one once he entered the magic triangle.
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[edit] Popular culture
- Shax has made several appearances in the comic book series Hellboy by Mike Mignola
- Shax appears several times in the Japanese video game series Megami Tensei as a demon or persona.
- Shax is the nickname of the famous Tonbridge Grammar School's curly oak tree.
- Author Shirley Jackson used the name "Shax" in several of her short stories, and her black cat Shax appears in two of her semi-autobiographical works, "Life Among the Savages" and "Raising Demons."
- Shax.dk is a Danish online community where you can debate with other belivers of the true existence and form of the demon/daemon Shax.
[edit] Shax (Charmed)
| Shax | |
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| First appearance: "All Hell Breaks Loose" |
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| Last appearance: "Charmed Again (Part 1)" |
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| Created by: | Brad Kern |
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| Full name: | Shax |
| Status: | Vanquished |
| Species: | Upper Level Demon |
| Affiliation: | The Source of All Evil |
| Notable family: |
Unknown |
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Michael Bailey Smith |
Shax appeared twice in the fantasy WB drama "Charmed" where he was manifested as the demonic, personal assassin of the Source of All Evil. He appears as an evil personification of the air, supernaturally appearing and disappearing in sudden gusts of wind, and killing his targets with large blasts of wind energy summoned in his hands.
In the series, he was originally vanquished by two of the Charmed Ones, Prudence and Piper Halliwell after he had been assigned to murder them. Unfortunately, for the Charmed Ones, the vanquishing was filmed by a local news reporter who streamed the footage live onto television screens across San Francisco. As a result of exposing the existence of the supernatural, the Source (using the upper-level demon Tempus) was forced to rewind time to before Shax was vanquished. Unaware of the change in timeline, Shax remained alive and successfully carried out his hit when he murdered Prudence Halliwell after blasting her through a wall in her family home.[1] He became the only demon to ever permanently kill a Charmed One, thus temporarily rendering the Power of Three powerless.[2][3] In revenge, the remaining three Charmed Ones, Prudence's three younger sisters, vanquished Shax for a second and final time; marking the very first vanquish of youngest Charmed One, Paige Matthews.[4]
Shax also appears in the Charmed novel, "Charmed Again" by Elizabeth Lenhard, which retells the events of Prue's murder, her subsequent burial and Shax's final vanquish by the three youngest Charmed Ones.[5]
Shax was portrayed by Michael Bailey Smith[6] (who also played the roles of the Source, Belthazor and one of the Grimlocks) in the third season finale, "All Hell Breaks Loose", and the fourth season premier, "Charmed Again (Part I)".
Furthermore, Shax came fourth in a poll of the "Top 10 Villains" in Charmed, conducted by Charmed Magazine and Living (the UK broadcaster of the series).[7] Drawing on his high ranking in demonic hierarchy, his ability to kill one of the Charmed Ones, and his frightening appearance, the poll concluded "he is one very dangerous demon". Although he seldom spoke, his "memorable quote" was of his only line on the show, "the end", uttered after killing Prue.
[edit] Description in the Book of Shadows
Shax is one of many demons and warlocks who has a page dedicated to him in the Charmed One's "Book of Shadows" (a magical tome detailing the many magical beings present in the show's fictional universe). The page, however, is only ever revealed on-screen (despite being referenced to on the show) in a special features documentary on the eighth season's DVD, and in one issue of the official Charmed Magazine. The page reads as follows:
Shax. The Source's Assassin.
Demonic hitman called out for only the top assignments by the Source.
Corporealises out of wind and air, method of attack is a ferocious blast of wind that can be lethal to its victim.
[edit] Vanquishing Spell
Evil wind that blows,
That which forms below,
No longer may you dwell,
Death takes you with this spell.
[edit] References
- ^ Charmed, “All Hell Breaks Loose” Summary. TV.com. Retrieved on 2008-02-19.
- ^ Charmed Series 4: Exit Prue, Enter Paige. Ciao (2006-01-20). Retrieved on 2008-02-19.
- ^ Charmed "All Hell Breaks Loose", Prue: [To Dr. Griffiths] You're a healer, you do good. Now, either you have saved too many lives or you're about to save a life that [the Demons] don't want you to save.
- ^ Charmed, “Charmed Again, Part I” Summary. TV.com. Retrieved on 2008-02-19.
- ^ “Charmed Again”. Amazon. Retrieved on 2008-02-19.
- ^ Michael Bailey Smith. IMDB. Retrieved on 2008-02-19.
- ^ Top 10 Villains. Living TV. Retrieved on 2008-02-19.
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[edit] Sources
- S. L. MacGregor Mathers, A. Crowley, The Goetia: The Lesser Key of Solomon the King (1904). 1995 reprint: ISBN 0-87728-847-X.
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