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
Kalim is a tall and muscular man, with long black hair, and wears a red headband beneath the hair. Like all the other Patches, Kalim 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 cannot sell anything.

Personality
He is very calm person and in the anime, like Silva believes in Asakura Yoh, believes heavily in Horohoro whom he tested and qualified. He considers Silva a very 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 think that the Patch Officiants should interfere some more.

Abilities and Powers
Kalim has a lot of muscular strengths as demonstrated when he is able to break the ice of Horohoro with just his hand.

Spirit

 * See More: Black Sickle

His spirit partner is a bull named Black Sickle 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 aside saying it is the will of the Great Spirit

He was first officially introduced when two policemen saw the fight between Asakura Yoh 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 severely 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 restaurant 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.

Shaman Fights Second Round
Kalim was seen in the Patch village selling a keychain to Anna and was on announcing duty for the fight and transporting the shaman to the island of toyko for the fight.

Invading the Plants
When Silva lost To Yoh and company the Officiants came on scene and kalim told off Silva for losing. He went to his plant and waited for Yoh and company. When finally reached it, Horohoro quickly attacked Kalim, who easily brushed of his attack with his hatchet. When he prepared to attack him again, Kalim noticed that something was wrong with his breath, oversouled his guardian ghost Black Sickle and yelled to Horohoro, that he should rest.

He then proceeds to punch him in the gut believing he only got knocked out, and calmly asks who is to fight him next, although, as he puts it himself, he normally wouldn't do, but it is regulation. Horohoro who is still hanging in his fist, announces that he is because there fight had not ended yet. Kalim proceeds to throw him away to which Horohoro smiles, saying that now he could counterattack. However before he could anything is he knocked out by Yoh. When Kalim asks if Yoh is his next opponent, Yoh denies this and fuses Faust spirit with his own to give Horohoro medicall treatment.

During the night time, Kalim sits at a bon fire, where he is approached by Horohoro, who claims that he want revenge by cutting their bonds. Kalim only replies by saying: "Good" and telling him that he want him to hear a song. Later is Kalim seen siting at the fire with all of the invaders, where they are surprised to see Redseb with the Spirit of Fire.

He was last seen watching the dormant Spirit of Fire and later eavesdropped on the conversation to let Lyserg Diethel have the Spirit of Fire to easier defeat Kalim, something he seemed quite shocked to hear. When Lyserg declined he walked into them and told them that their beds was made.

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 apparently, has a fear of blood.
 * Like the rest of the Patch Tribe Priests he is named after an element from the Periodic Table of Elements his name(Kalim) being derived from Potassium (Japanese)