Shura du Capricorne, the Gold Saint of Capricorn, navigates a turbulent path of loyalty and redemption. Once a staunch enforcer of the Sanctuary’s authority, he obeys the false Pope Gemini Saga, aware of his deceit but convinced that power’s ends justify its means—a belief that drives him to fatally strike Sagittarius Aiolos as he flees with the infant Athena. This act haunts Shura, seeding the roots of his eventual remorse.
His reckoning arrives during the Sanctuary arc’s clash with Dragon Shiryu. After overwhelming the Bronze Saint with his Excalibur technique—cosmic blades forged from his limbs—Shiryu’s self-sacrifice forces Shura to question his blind allegiance. In a moment of clarity, he transfers his Gold Cloth to Shiryu and hurls him back to Earth, dying to atone for his past and reclaim his oath to Athena.
The non-canonical *Episode G* delves deeper into Shura’s fractured loyalties. Under Saga’s Demon Emperor Fist, his mind is enslaved, yet his inner defiance toward Athena’s corruption persists, highlighting the conflict between external manipulation and unyielding principle. Resurrected as Hades’s Specter alongside Saga and Aquarius Camus during the Hades arc, Shura feigns servitude to infiltrate the underworld’s ranks. Though conflicted by its dishonor, he joins the Athena Exclamation to defeat Virgo Shaka—a strategic betrayal masking their true allegiance.
Beyond death, Shura’s spirit empowers Shiryu in the Poseidon conflict, granting Excalibur’s edge to sever divine chains. *Soul of Gold* revives him in Asgard, where he confronts Leo Aiolia to mend their fractured history, shatters Yggdrasil’s core, and meets his end battling Surtr—a final testament to Athena’s cause.
His combat mastery manifests in Excalibur’s razor precision and the tectonic force of Jumping Stone, mirroring Capricorn’s themes of discipline and calculated might. Rooted in Spanish heritage and Pyrenean training, his stoicism reflects a life forged in austerity. Across sagas, Shura’s journey evolves from rigid enforcer to redeemed martyr, etching the eternal clash between duty and conscience.