Zria Gagarik

Zria Gagarik (ゾリャー・ガガーリク) is a fictional character in the manga and anime series of Shaman King. She is a shaman from Kem, Russia and is the only female member of The Icemen.

Appearance
She is an average-sized woman who spoke with a heavy Russian accent. She normally wears a Russian dress with some writing on the shirt. She wears a winter hat with antlers during fights. Her street clothes are a shirt with "Russian" writing on it, a neat skirt and snow boots.

Personality
She is very quiet in a way because the experiments that were done to her. She have opened up considerably after her defeat at the hands of Asakura Yoh and finally enjoys her life the best way she can.

Abilities and Powers
Her shamanic powers first appeared during her early to late teens after medical experimentation by Soviet scientists.

Spirit

 * See More: Vodyanoy

Her guardian ghost is Vodyanoy, a nature spirit that is able to manipulate water. Zria uses a shamanic drum as a medium and her Over Soul allows her to manipulate water at will.

Past
Zria originates from Kem, Russia and was born on January 13, 1982. She was one of many children that were gathered together as test subjects at a Soviet research laboratory, that investigated extra-sensory perception. She nearly died several times due to the experiments they were subjected to and all the drugs they were given, in hopes of increasing their skills. One day, during an experiment that involved an Intravenous therapy I.V lines she realized that there was a nature spirit present within the drip. This spirit was Vodyanoy, and they both managed to escape by conducting a Hyōi-Gattai. Wandering aimlessly, she would have died of cold if she hadn't followed some nature spirits, that were hiding underground, to safety.

Shaman Fight in Tokyo
Not much is known about her during the first rounds of the Shaman Fights, but she did win two matches and advanced to the team competition of the second rounds.

Landing in America
She got on the Patch plane headed to the Patch village and was dumped somewhere in American. Not much is known about what she did and how she got to the village but she did beat the three-month time limit and entered the Patch village with a power increase from the Great Spirit.

Shaman fight Second Round
She found out about the team stipulation of the second round and joined with Pino Graham and Tona Papik Cadimahide to form The Icemen team. Her team was paired up against Asakura Yoh, Umemiya Ryunosuke, and Johann Faust VIII of Team "Funbari Onsen". She and her teammates had a little fun with Team "The Ren" before the match showing off their respective powers. Just before the match on the battlefield, Yoh showed Team "Icemen" his new Double medium the "Spirit of Sword". The Icemen were frightened by this show but wanted to fight. They first concentrated their attacks on Faust and was beaten back by Faust's new gigantic Over Soul. They next tried with Ryu and was also beaten back by Ryu's massive Over Soul. They finally attacked Yoh but their attacks were completely worthless. Yoh then wanted them to attack at full force which the group happily obliged to as The Icemen launched their final attack but were finally beaten by the Spirit of Sword and were knocked out of the tournament.

Zria was seen after the fight with Yoh and the gang. She had lightened up considerably since her team's defeat.

Anime/Manga Difference
In the 2001 Anime Series, she and her teammates never made it to the second round.

Triva

 * She is named after a Russian goddess
 * Zria is a more traditional Russian type shaman as demonstrated by her traditional battle attire and affinity towards natural sprits.
 * Her place of birth is one of the few places where Shamanism is still practiced in Russia