Shiz is an individual from the [[Book of Mormon]]. Located in the [[Book of Ether]], Shiz was one of two Jaredite leaders during their final wars. Shiz fought a war against [[Coriantumr]] which eventually led to the destruction of the entire [[Jaredite]] people.


== Initial Conflict ==
Shiz came to power after the death of his brother, Lib, who was slain by Coriantumr in battle. After assuming command of the army, Shiz pursued Coriantumr’s army to extract vengeance for the death of his brother. Shiz’s army became very powerful, killing thousands and destroying many Jaredite cities.http://scriptures.lds.org/en/search?search=Ether+14%3A16-17&do=Search. Shiz and his army became so great that the entire Jaredite nation began to fear for their lives and choose sides with the army of Shiz or the army of Coriantumr. These two armies began to battle against each other, leaving many Jaredites dead on both sides. Coriantumr’s army was eventually pursued to the borders of the seashore by the army of Shiz, and they battled heavily for three dayshttp://scriptures.lds.org/en/search?search=Ether+14%3A26&do=Search. After suffering heavy losses, Shiz withdrew his army and made camp in the land of Corihor. Coriantumr fortified his people in the valley of Shurr and prepared his army for battle on the hill Comnor, where they were met by the army of Shiz and engaged in several bloody battleshttp://scriptures.lds.org/en/search?search=Ether+14%3A28-29&do=Search. During one of these encounters Shiz was able to wound Coriantumr enough that he fainted due to loss of blood and had to be carried off by his own men; Shiz was unable to pursue due to the incredible losses his own army had sustained. http://scriptures.lds.org/en/search?search=Ether+14%3A30-31&do=Search.

== Final Confrontation ==
Coriantumr recovered from his wounds and wrote an epistle to Shiz to stop the bloodshed because two million Jaredites had already been slain. In the epistle, Coriantumr offered to give up his throne in exchange for an immediate end to the warhttp://scriptures.lds.org/en/search?search=Ether+15%3A4&do=Search. Shiz responded in his own epistle stating that he would stop the bloodshed if Coriantumr would allow himself to be slain by Shiz. An agreement could not be reached, and the two sides began warring against each other againhttp://scriptures.lds.org/en/search?search=Ether+15%3A5-6&do=Search. The war culminated at the hill Ramah, where every Jaredite joined in the battle, excluding [[Ether (prophet)|Ether]], The people battled over the course of many days with neither side prevailinghttp://scriptures.lds.org/en/search?search=Ether+15%3A14-16&do=Search. The Jaredite population rapidly declined until the only two surviving Jaredites were Coriantumr and Shiz. After battling for this prolonged period of time, Shiz fainted from the loss of blood, and Coriantumr smote off his head before collapsing himselfhttp://scriptures.lds.org/en/search?search=Ether+15%3A29-32&do=Search.


== See Also ==
*[http://scriptures.lds.org/en/ether/contents Text of the Book Ether]