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'''Shangri La''' is one of the worlds that are participating in [[The Game]]. It is based on Tibetan lore, Buddhism, and East Asian Mythologies and is named after the fabled valley where time flows slowly. | '''Shangri La''' is one of the worlds that are participating in [[The Game]]. It is based on Tibetan lore, Buddhism, and East Asian Mythologies and is named after the fabled valley where time flows slowly. | ||
The [[World Representative]] of Shangri La is {{transient icon| | The [[World Representative]] of Shangri La is {{transient icon| Smoky God}}. | ||
The exiled soul of Shangri La is Asura. | The exiled soul of Shangri La is Asura. | ||
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|{{Team member|Mahakala|flavor=Exception}} | |{{Team member|Mahakala|flavor=Exception}} | ||
|{{Team member|Snow}} | |{{Team member|Snow}} | ||
|{{Team member| | |{{Team member|Smoky God|flavor = Representative}} | ||
}} | }} | ||
</onlyinclude> | </onlyinclude> | ||
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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
* {{Transient icon|Barong}} is based the king of the spirits and the force of goodness who opposes the Rangda the demon queen in the Balinese mythology. | * {{Transient icon|Barong}} is based the king of the spirits and the force of goodness who opposes the Rangda the demon queen in the Balinese mythology. | ||
* {{Transient icon| | * {{Transient icon|Smoky God}} is based on Gautama Buddha Siddhartha, founder of Buddhism whose teachings sought a path to freedom from ignorance, craving, rebirth and suffering. | ||
* {{Transient icon|Mahakala}} is based on deity of the same name and one of the forms taken by {{Transient icon|Shiva}} when full of anger. Mahakala is also sometimes interchangeable with Daikokuten ({{Transient icon|Daikoku}}), Shiva's Japanese counterpart. | * {{Transient icon|Mahakala}} is based on deity of the same name and one of the forms taken by {{Transient icon|Shiva}} when full of anger. Mahakala is also sometimes interchangeable with Daikokuten ({{Transient icon|Daikoku}}), Shiva's Japanese counterpart. | ||
* Originally, Shangri La was named Agartha, determined via datamining. Why this was changed is currently unknown. | * Originally, Shangri La was named Agartha, determined via datamining. Why this was changed is currently unknown. | ||