Liam Diethel

Liam Diethel (リアム ダイゼル, Riamu Daizeru) is a fictional character in the manga and anime series of Shaman King. He is the father of one of the series main characters Lyserg Diethel.

Appearance
Liam is a tall, lean man. His hair is a deep forest green, while his eyes are an apple green, like his son Lyserg.

Abillities and Powers
Liam is the world's number one, most famous detective. He uses a crystal dousing pendulum, as well as his spirit, Morphine (which are, both, passed down to Lyserg, before Liam's death). He uses these tools to aid him in his detective work, which is why he became so famous.

Spirit

 * See More: Morphine

His guardian ghost was Morphine (Chloe in the english anime; Morphea in the english manga) a pixie fairy, that has been passes on from generation to generation in the Diethel family. Before he died, he passed it on to his son, Lyserg Diethel

Past
Liam and his wife Jane Diethel lived in London, England, where Liam worked as douser and trained his son, Lyserg Diethel, in the same arts. He set a task for Lyserg, to find a special key, that would unlock a cage, that contained his future spirit ally, Morphine. One day, however, Lyserg would return home, from succeeding his task, and finds his house on fire and both of his parents dead, with Asakura Hao standing in between of the two dead corpses.

Invading the Plants
He appeared on board on the Soul Train together with his wife, having earlier found the spirits of Chocolove McDonell parrents with ease. He expressed joy seeing his son's growth.

Trivia

 * The way he dresses is much similar to that of Sherlock Holmes