Goldva

Goldva is the Head of the Patch Tribe

Appearance
Goldva is a small stuby old lady dressed in the common Native American Chief robes and is commonly seen smoking a pipe. She has long grey hair and, in the manga, has a crocked witch like nose.

Personality
Like most of the Patch Tribe Goldva has a verry high believe in the Great Spirit and will do anything it says, without questioning. She is even commonly heard saying, that everything is the will of the Great Spirit. Unlike most of the Patch Priests who takes interests in in there charges or become a follower of Hao, Goldva remains neutral during the entire tournament, until Hao is declared the Shaman King and it becomes her duty to protect him, even if it means killing someone.

In the anime she is also shows a great interest in the sellings of the various Stands that the Patches are running during the Second Round of the Shaman Fights.

Spirit

 * See More: Big Chief

Like most of the Patch Tribe Goldva have totem spirit called Big Chief. The Big Chief is a bird spirit that uses Goldvas body and her pipe as medium for the OverSoul. It is most likely a Kami-Type Spirit. The Big Chief is based upon the Native American Totem Birds, the Raven or the Thunderbird.

Trivia

 * Like most of the Patch Priest her name is derived from an element of the periodic table, her name coming from "Gold"
 * In the both the anime and the manga it is a common misundterstanding that Goldva is male when she is in fact female