An ex-member of the Kazdelian Confessarii and the leader of the Followers alongside Margaret Nearl and Liz, Shining the Sarkaz healer has laid down her arms in response to the Confessarii's support to the ultra-nationalistic regent of Kazdel, Theresis, and her opposition against their gruesome Arts experiment onto Liz where they transplanted someone's mind onto her body. Following her escape from the organization, Shining and the Follower duo had been wandering around to treat the Infected.