"In dreams each night, one sees... Inchwraps... Cheezers... Peelbugs... this vision must be... the will of the Mother!"
A perplexing prophet. Doesn't eat Bugsnax. |
Chandlo - "It doesn't matter what she says, as long as she says it like she means it. That's wisdom, Bro." |
Shellsy "Shelda" Woolbag is a Grumpus who is a resident of Snaxburg, and part of Elizabert Megafig's expedition.
Journal description[]
A perplexing prophet. Doesn't eat Bugsnax.
Likes riddles, discipline, and proper back support.
Interview notes[]
- Devotee of Mother Naturae, sees Bugsnax as toxins.
- Cloaks mundane activities in complicated metaphors.
- Isolated herself in the desert to set an example.
- Prophesized doom to Lizbert for continuing to use Bugsnax.
Personality[]
Shelda is a wise prophet serving the will of "Mother Naturae" and has a grand manner of speech riddled with metaphors and therefore misunderstood by almost everyone who she gets to listen to her. Shelda believes Bugsnax to be toxins that will bring all to their doom, exiling herself to the Sizzlin' Sands to (allegedly) abstain from them altogether.
Despite the Journalist's assumption of her being a fraud, she believes and practices what she preaches and does not forcefully demand her followers to follow in the challenges she sets for herself to function properly as an example.
When Shelda drops her "act", her manner of speech turns into a more laid-back humorous tone and she herself believes she is a fraud, mentioning her identity as Shelda is a mask to her actual identity: Shellsy Woolbag.
She is close with Chandlo, who seeks out her wisdom and genuinely takes her words to heart, although their meaning flies over his head.
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Design[]
Shelda is a tall, slim, brown-furred Grumpus with a vertical, circular, thin, dark-brown nose and brown eyes.
Her limbs are so skinny that her knobby joints are visible, either due to age or her abstaining from consuming Bugsnax. Regardless of her seemingly weak build and the many ageist remarks by Floofty of it, she is vibrant, expressive, and extremely durable, able to withstand unforgiving environments and starvation.
Her face shape is a neutral mouth position with thin teeth - of which she seems a few missing if Grumpus teeth would always follow a pattern. Her upper teeth would be a separate row of four round thin long teeth but the outer right one is missing and her below row would contain three but her outer left one is missing, giving a zigzag feel to it. She supposedly already lost a few teeth due to being older, something Triffany described of her grandmother Bronica.
She wears a flower crown on her head with white and pink flowers that are native to Snaktooth Island. Her defining accessory[1] is her rope necklace adorned with orange beads, a brown "peace sign", what appear to be the eyes of Bugsnax and long sharp teeth that resemble/(are?) the teeth of Grumps.
Shelda is in her late 60s, "pushing 70" as she puts it. The only other character with an age mention is Wambus who is nearing 50 and uses the same wording to describe it.
Shelda's hut[]
She's the only Grumpus to have an outside hut and can be sleeping while meditating in the lotus position.
After she returns to Snaxburg the player can check with the SnaxScope the items she gathered at her hut. This will reveal a bit more information about Shelda.
- Herbology Tools - "Shelda mixes various herbs and powders to make gross food pellets."
- Hanging Herbs
SnaxScope Quotes[]
- Black Razzby: "For a SIN against all nature, this one is...arguably...a little bit cute."
- Buffalocust: "A TRULY CURSED BEING!"
- Caramel Poptick: "CHAOS INCARNATE!"
- Cheezer: "When faced with danger, it will always cheese it."
- Eggler: "Even when under fire, it keeps on the sunny side."
- Flapjackarak: "THE WIND BENDS TO ITS BACONY WILL!"
- Incherrito: "UNDERGROUND...UNDERFOOT...UNDERESTIMATED!"
- Bunger Royale: "There's always a bigger Bunger..."
- Spaghider: "Never don't look up."
- Tikkada Masala: "This flying fiend's fire is so hot, that it will ignite the very air within your lungs!! Well, that or I have heartburn..."
Trivia[]
- Along with Gramble, she's the only other Grumpus who does not eat Bugsnax by principle, only eating them when donated to her.
- Her description of Bunger Royale is a possible reference to Qui-Gon's "There's always a bigger fish" quote from Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace.
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References & Notes[]
- ↑ A defining accessory is a lasting item meant to identify a character after Snakification.