Silva

Silva(シルバ Shiruba, Shilva) is a fictional character from the anime and manga Shaman King.

Appearance
Like all the other members of the Patch Tribe he wears Native American robes with a red headband. He has nine silver rings on his rigth hand each shaped as one of his five totem spirits. He is a very muscular man and during his first appearance, because the headband constantly shaded his eyes, he appeared very cruel. However once his fight with Yoh was over he appears as a very gentle person. When not working with his duties as a Patch Priest he wears an american styles leather shirt and sunglasses. His battle clothing consists of black pants, leather shoes, and a blue shirt tied together with strings at his chest. He wears bracelets on his wrists used to hold the mediums for two of his spirits.

Personality
He is a very calm person. During his qualification match with Yoh he appears quite supportive to Yoh constantly remarking his strength and hints what he should do. He believes the Shaman King should be an intuative and flexible person capable of getting ideas in an instant and out of nothing. However he has his own way of dealing with the Shaman Fight, saying that the Ten Officals Priests should interfere more and prevent the blood spatter that is apparently the will of the great spirit. After trying to steal the four remaining great spirits he is captured and brainwashed using the Patch Song. Because of this he becomes very cruel and does not hesitate to kill people. He has also made himself good friends with Kalim the offical responsible for Horohoro and even lives together with him during the Shaman Fights in Tokyo City.

Abillities and Powers


Silva has trained with the patch tribe for a long time and are therefore a strong shaman with enough Furyoku to materialize five elemental spirits at the same time. At the end of the tournament when Yoh and the others invade the Plants, Silva appears and stops them in their way. During this time he reveals an enormous strength having materialized his five totems on a higher plane and making them fare stronger. It was later revealed by Bron that they had "taught" him the true way of the Patch and that his devotion is what had made him stronger. Later on Bron revealed that his powers also come from the Patch Song, that gives more Furyoku and also focuses one mind.

Spirits

 * See More: Silver Arms

Silva has five familiars, who are luminous totems. They are originally five animal spirits that have trained and refined themselfs for over five hundred years eventually becoming elemental spirits.


 * Silver Horn - An American Bison spirit. He rarely talkes, and stutters a lot.
 * Silver Rod - A snake spirit. In the anime it is revealed she is a female.
 * Silver Shield - A turtle spirit. He is often seen talking reason.
 * Silver Tail - A coyote spirit. He ussualy just agrees with the other spirits.
 * Silver Wing - An eagle spirit. Appears rather arrogant. Says that human spirits cannot be oversouled because of their large ego.

The five animal spirits can become mechanical/robotic and combine to form a totem pole. This totem pole can then change into a cannon that can fire a ball of concentrated Furyoku.

The Spirits are usually seen gathered around or on Silva discussing things. When Silva is to oversee a mach they appear very analytic.

History
Silva is a Native American of the Patch Tribe and a member of the Shaman Fight Selection Committee. He was born on September 16, 1971, and his blood type is B. He is also the decendent of Patch Hao

Shaman Fights in Tokyo
After seeing the "Destiny Star" he is assigned to travel from the United States (The "Desert of the West" in the English anime) to Japan to find, test and qualify the Shamans there. During this time in Tokyo he meets with Yoh Asakura and decided to test him, telling him to land one hit on him to become qualified for the Shaman Fights. After some difficulty, Yoh learns how to use OverSoul and lands a hit on Silva, passing the qualification test.

Silva watches over Yoh after he defeats him in the qualification test. During this time Silva makes friends with Kalim, the man assigned to Horohoro (Trey Racer).

Silva often is seen as a street vendor, trying to sell traditional Native American crafts while in Japan. When not working as a Patch or seeling crafts he lives in an apartment with Kalim.

The terrible Doctor Faust VIII
After the the fight between Horohoro and Yoh he is seen together with Kalim, selling handmade Native American crafts and saying the reason they aren't selling anything was because Kalim was scaring people away. However Kalim was also there to warn Silva about Yoh's next opponent. Kalim explains that Faust VIII killed his last opponent, and severly hurt the Patch Officient who tried to interfere.

Anime/Manga Difference
In the anime he and Kalim spends the rest of their spare time watching soap operas. Also in the anime he appears to be more interested in interfeering with the Shaman Fights, than he does in the manga.

Trivia

 * Like the other Patch Priests his name is derived from an element from the Periodic Table of Elements, his name(Silva) being derived from Silver