Namari

Namari of the Ten Patch Officiants (ナマリ, Namari) is a fictional character in from the manga series of Shaman King. He is one of the Ten Patch Priests overseeing the Shaman Fights and the Patch Officiant responsible for overseeing the Gandhara teams and also Team "Tsuchi-gumi". He openly supports Asakura Hao in his quest of becoming Shaman King, even to the point where he lets Hao's followers butcher the majority of the Gandhara members right in front of him.

Appearance
Nemari is above average height. His hair is long like most of the patch tribe. When not in battle he wears a standard patch cloak with a silver plating on the chest ressembling a curdled up snake. When in his plant or in battle he wears the skirt of his patch cloak and metal rings around his arms and stomach.

Personality
He was an open supporter of Asakura Hao, intimidating some of the remaining contestants in the tournament. He also has the tendency to refer to himself in the third person.

Spirit

 * See More: Red Rope

Namari's spirit is that of a giant cobra named Red Rope(レッドロープ) with his medium being snake skin on his wrist. When oversouled it appears, with the head over his arm and covering his hand.

Shaman Fights Second Round
Namari is an official who first appeared when Yoh's friends attempting to stop Hao's followers from killing Lady Sati. He is seen eavesdropping on the conversation between Lady Sati and Ryu.

When Ryu later threatens to attack him, he claims he will not interveene in the entire ordeal and emphaphises his intentions by revealing his gigantic cobra spirit.

Invading the Plants
On their journey to get to the Star Sanctuary, Namari was in the first "Plant of the Desert" and therefore the first opstacle the invaders would face. Having barely greeted the group he revealed his Over Soul in the sand behind them but made it dissapear again and then taunted them to attack him.

He initially had the advantage against both Tao Ren and Usui Horokeu as the dessert prevented Ren from generating lightning and Horohoro from creating ice. Ryu instead fought with him first one-on-one revealing his new over soul. Even after Ryu slised up his Over Soul like it was sushi, he was still able to recreate it and later attack him while Ryu was fighting a mirage. He offered the group to spare him if they would retreat. Ryu however merely revealed his strategy of clearing a path for the others and after a short stalmate between the two Namari killed Ryu with the poison of Red Rope. After a short fight with both Ren and Horohoro, he was quickly killed by Ren with the help of the ice of Horohoro had made from the plant's small lake, that allowed Ren to generate his lightning.

Before he died he smiled, knowing he'd won by having his boastful opponents use a part of their furyoku to defeat him and to ressurect their fallen comrad. This caused Ren to respect him afterwords.

He later appears, together with all the other Patch Priests, within the Great Spirit.

Anime/Manga Difference
Due to the major changes to the second part of the Shaman Fights in the anime, Namari was one of the many Patch Tribe members not to be introduced in the anime.

Trivia

 * Like most of the other Patch Tribe members Namari is after elements on the Periodic Table of Elements. His name being derived from the Japanese name of Lead.