Shamshel (シャムシェル, Shamusheru) is the fourth angel, is a huge creature looks vaguely arthropod, with a long cylindrical body purple shovel-shaped head with two eyes and eight legs and retractable segmented. It also has two arms that can project power whips, with which you can easily cut or manipulate objects. Shamshel remains horizontal while in flight, in battle, stands to be vertical, with the head parallel to the ground. His heart is in your throat.
Shamshel faced with Shinji in Unit 01. In this battle, EVA umbilical cord was cut by the whips of the Angel, and Shinji had to fight him alone with backup power. Ignoring orders to retreat, Shinji gave her a fatal wound in his heart with progressive knife, killing him seconds before their batteries run out. The little damage to the child allowed to NERV have a nearly complete specimen of an Angel. Could regain its S ² Engine, which attempted to use the unit 04.
Rebuild of Evangelion, Angel design changed slightly: his rib-shaped members are mobile and are connected to what looks like an exposed spine, also has a small Sachiel mask on top of the head. When he dies, dissolves completely in LCL, but the whips, which solidified.
Shamshel literally means God's lonely Conqueror. Named after the Angel of the Morning(昼の Asa no Tenshi ) charged with guarding the entrance to Eden.
- Shamshel is misspelled as "Shamsel" in episode 23 of the series, Rei III.
- Its designer, Yoshito Asari, shows this Angel and female in a omake called "Angel Kiss", which was included as extra material in volume two of the official manga.
- In the film version of Rebuild of Evangelion, Shamshel is named as the Fifth Angel.
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