He talks a big talk and walks a big walk but don't worry, his bark is worse than his bite. If actually challenged, he runs to hide behind Oksana. Shuja is friendly and affectionate - all most too much so, he seems to think he's a lapdog. He was gifted to Ellie after she and her brother War killed an exiled demon lord and his horde that had been terrorizing a village in one realm or another. She took him back to her home in the Forge Lands to rise and train.