Shaman King (title)


 * For other articles using this title, see Shaman King.

The Shaman King (シャーマンキング) is the winner of the Shaman Fight, who takes on the Great Spirit as their Guardian Ghost and guides the future of humanity.

Every 500 years, Ragoh and Keito pass by the Earth and herald the approach of a great calamity about to befall humanity. Through the Shaman Fight, a Shaman King is chosen to save the world and change the calamity into a great rebirth. The Patch Tribe have the duty of overseeing and safeguarding the selection.

However, they are not the supreme deities, as they were also once mere humans. They are under control by further greater beings, and are not allowed to freely interfere fates of individuals.

Abilities and Powers
The Shaman King uses their own body as the medium for their Guardian Ghost, the Great Spirit, and possesses the wisdom and power of every soul in the spirit's 5.6 billion-year memory. As such, the Shaman King is considered omniscient and omnipotent. In order to become one with the Great Spirit, the winner of the Shaman Fight must take part in a purification ritual on Mū and enter a temporary coma, during which the winner is vulnerable to attack. However, the Patch Officiants—and any allies the winner might have—stand guard to prevent such an attack.

Shaman Kings are capable of resurrecting people and, by cutting and reconnecting time and space, can restore physical bodies to those who have lost theirs.

Because of their immense power and immortality, the Shaman Kings must settle disputes amongst themselves through proxy wars, like the Flower of Maize, in which mortals fight with their physical bodies at stake.

History
In 500 BC, Mr. B of Gandhara became Shaman King.

In AD 500, the Shaman King made a volcano erupt, decreasing the world's population by a third.

In AD 1500, YVS became Shaman King and guided humanity towards its modern capitalist society.

In AD 2000, Asakura Hao became Shaman King. Following Hao's ascension, YVS and four others disagreed with Hao's plan for the future of humanity, so a Flower of Maize competition was set for September 9, 2014 on the Earth's moon.

Dreams
Because the Shaman King can change the world as they see fit, competitors in the Shaman Fights have various desires they wish to see fulfilled once they win.

Trivia

 * The videogame Shaman King: Master of Spirits introduces the Shaman King from 2500 BC, Mephias.