Shamash is a collection of six smaller planetoids connected by pliant bridges of light blue thread. While the thread appears weak from a distance, it does overcome the pull of the planets to keep them bonded, and must have great tensile strength.
Effects from Shamash have the color of garnet.
Ancestry: generational knowledge, social structure, and patronage.
Manifestations of Shamash can draw upon otherworldly powers, manipulate physical forms, and replicate the abilities of others.
Ghosts, spirits, and other incorporeal entities are more likely to be produced. In addition, pacts with extraplanar patrons and powerful devils are easier to find and make.
Communing with the dead is more difficult and tension is exerted against patriarchal and matriarchal power structures.