Shiva

Shiva is the main character of The Girl From the Other Side: Siúil, A Rún.

Profile
She is a human that was found in the Outside by Auntie before the start of the series. She was thought to be cursed and was to be executed, but was left abandoned with a note and was found by Teacher. She was later touched by an outsider but is unique, because even though she is cursed, she isn't becoming an Outsider. Auntie states that the reason she is immune is because she has been a good girl, and the gods are rewarding her. Teacher seems to have a different idea why she is immune to the curse, but it is yet to be revealed what that idea is. The Priest seems to want Shiva for unknown reasons, possibly because of her immunity.

Appearance
Shiva is a young girl with white neck length hair and black round eyes. She is almost always seen wearing a white button up dress with black boots.

Personality
Shiva is naive and sheltered. As the series starts, she seems to only remember living with Teacher, who is always trying to keep her safe and indoors. She can be gullible, as seen when Auntie tells her that Teacher is bad. She instantly believes it, despite trusting Teacher prior to that conversation. She has a childish sense of right and wrong, with a limited view of why people would hurt others, and difficulty distinguishing degrees of danger. When she asks a ruthless soldier if he has seen her auntie, she is shocked that he would fire arrows at her although she didn't do something to him. She also begs Teacher to stop hacking apart the headless outsider, even though she also felt very threatened by him. She very slowly becomes less trusting, as seen when she makes Auntie apologize to Teacher, and when she hides from soldiers in Auntie's Hamlet.

Plot
At the start of the story, Shiva and Teacher were living together in peace. They never touched each other, since Teacher had the curse of an outsider, but they still had a stable relationship.

Trivia

 * Shiva and Teacher's eye colour seem to mirror each other. Shiva has black eyes and her clothes are white, while Teacher has white eyes and his clothes are black.