Kalim

Kalim (カリウム, Kariumu?) is a character from the manga and anime Shaman King. He is a Patch tribe member and one of Silva's friends who is an organizer for the Shaman Fight. He qualified Horokeu Usui(Horohoro) to be a part of the Shaman Fight.

Appearance
Like all the other Patches he wears native american robes. On his legs he wear the leg bones and skull of a bull. His face appears verry rough which according to Silva scares the customers away, and is the reason why they cant sell anything.

Personality
He is verry calm person and in the anime, like Silva believes in Yoh Asakura, believes heavily in Horohoro whom he tested and qualified. He considers Silva a verry good friend and supports him whenever he can. Like Silva he does also dislike the fact that the Shaman Fights are a big bunch of bloodsheds, and does also thinkt that the Patch Officiants should interfere some more.

Spirit

 * See More: Black Sickle

His spirit partner is a bull named BlackSickle with his medium being a bull skull and leg bones allowing Black Sickle to merge with the lower half of his body, to create a centaur like OverSoul for Kalim.

History
Kalim was born on April 24, 1971.

Coming to Tokyo
Kalim is one of the Ten Patch Officiants that was, when the Destiny Star was seen, assigned to travel from The Unites States(The "Desert of the West" in the English anime), to Tokyo and find, test and qualifie them to the Shaman Tournament. There he met up with Horohoro and qualified him for the tournament.

Shaman Fights In Tokyo
He shares an apartment with Silva during the tournament in Tokyo, where the two constantly bicker over the heat (because they cannot afford an air conditioner and the summer is so warm and humid). Like Silva, Kalim sells handcrafted Patch goods to make somewhat of a living while in Tokyo, because the Patch spend all of there money on the pour Shamans.

He was also present when the Patches mourns over there lost friend Chrom, whom was killed by Tao Ren in his qualification match. However Goldva just pushes it asside saying it is the will of the Great Spirit

He was first officially introduced when two policemen saw the fight between Yoh Asakura and Horohoro, where he stopped them from interfering in the match. He is later seen sitting with Silva selling handcrafts and discussing the fact that Yoh had just won over Horohoro. However Kalim was also there to warn Silva about Faust VIII, who is too dangerous for even Yoh. Kalim urges to Silva to make Yoh forfeit the next match for the sake of his own life, however Silva just sees it as means to get payback for having his contestant loose. It is then that Kalim explains that Faust had, during his first fight, killed his opponent and severvely hurt the Patch Officiant who tried to interfere.

Last Fight of the First Round. Yoh Asakura VS Tao Ren
Kalim is later seen doing dishes to pay for a restuarant bill, that Silva bailed on to save Yoh from Faust. After that is he not seen again until a few days before the fight between Tao Ren and Yoh Asakura, where he and Silva is complaining about the heat and the low amount of food they are getting. At this time they are contacted by Goldva the head of the Patch Tribe who informs Silva to judge the fight between, Yoh and Ren. It is during this time that Kalim shows his support to Silva and argues that he should just try to forget all about the fact that Ren killed Chrom and try to be fair.

Anime/Manga Difference
Throughout the anime, Kalim is usually seen with Silva, providing a voice of reason to somewhat quell Silva's desire to interfere in the Shaman tournament.

Trivia

 * Kalim is, apparently, a hemaphobiac.
 * Like the rest of the Pacth Tribe Priests he is named after an element from the Periodic Table of Elements his name(Kalim) beeing derived from Potassium (Japanese)