Nichrom

Nichrom of the Ten Patch Officiants(ニクロム, Nikorom) is a fictional character in the manga and anime series of Shaman King. He is one of the Ten Patch Officiants and is responsible for overseeing the Niles Team, Team Tsuki-gumi, and also Faust VIII. He is also one of Hao's followers along with Magna. After his brother, Chrom of the Ten Patch Officiants was killed by Tao Ren, Nichrom took Chrom's place as a Patch Officiant.

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Nichrom has messy brown hair that is braided together into a waist-long poytail in the back. He has orange paint under his eyes and wears a simple blue headband with two feathers. He wears Native American robes with black patterns, and the silver plate on his chest is shaped like a scorpion stinger.

On his right hand he wears a thick bracelet, with some sort of scorpion tail attached to it. He also wears a pair of fingerless gloves, with knuckle-braces.

Personality
There isn't a lot said in regards to Nichrom or his personality within the series, but it can easily be diciphered. Nichrom has a wandering and short tamper which can easily rise when around Tao Ren, especially when concerning the death of his brother. Normally when he's calm, he is cool headed and very decieving. Although, he misunderstood and took in Tao Ren as an enemy of his who had killed his brother, Chrom, one of the other patch officiants who was killed while he was testing Ren's strength. Nichrom seeks revenge on Tao Ren and goes into battle with him as they entered the Plants.

Spirits

 * See More: Yellow Whip|Purple Kick

His guardian ghost Yellow Whip(イェローウイップ) is a yellow scorpion spirit, using the medium of a bracelet seen on his wrist, that has an appendage shaped like an scorpion's tail. While fighting can the scorpion tail be extended to long lenghts to attack the opponent with poisonous stinger from any range. While grasping the opponents, paralyzing them and seizing the opportunity to inject poison in them, just like a real scorpian would do so.

Nichrom also inherited his deceased brother's guardian ghost Purple Kick(パープルキック). This ghost appears to be a purple locust spirit, that when materialized provides an incrediable boost of strength to Nichrom's legs allowing him to move at extreme speeds. Or which he says, "Purple Kick is the fastest amoung all the ten officials guardian ghosts."

Protecting the Plants
When Team "Funbari Onsen", Team "The Ren" and Team "X-I" forfeited the third round of the Shaman Fights, Asakura Hao was atomaticly declared the new Shaman King, and together with other nine Patch Officiants, Nichrom went to guard his plant of the cave.

When Tao Ren and the remaining three teams reached the 7th Plant of the Cave, Nichrom quickly revealed his medium and spirit and Over Souled Yellow Whip. He the proceeded to attack Ren with the scorpion tail whip, only to have the tail wrap itself the arm of Bason in his Full Body O.S. Ren then uses the Over Soul to slam Nichrom to the ground and punch him with the massive Over Soul.

Ren then used 100 %Hyoi Gattai, to the surprise and shock of Nichrom, to rapidly attack Nichrom with the Vorpal Dance(Zhong Hua Zhan Wu) leaving him a bloody mess and his patch cloak tattered Walking over to him, Ren pulled the angered Nichrom by his long ponytail. Ren then kicked Nichrom in the chin and away from him. Nichrom still wanting to fight slowly rose up and thinkin that Ren was now open for an attack, he, in a state of insanety, tried to attack Ren yet again, to which Ren easily grabbed the scorpion tail by the brod himself. Ren then tells Nichrom fight with all his might or die. Taking in Ren's words Nichrom throws away his tattered cloak and reveals a new Over Soul on his legs, made with the spirit of his deceased brothers Guardian Ghost, Purple Kick. With this Over Soul Nichrom gains an incredible speed and is able to appear behind Ren and then kick him into a wall. Using the speed, Nichrom charges towards Ren and grabs him with the claw of his Yellow Whip Over Soul while punching him in the gut with the brod of his scorpion tail.

Seeing that Nichrom is now going all out, Ren prepares his own Armour Over Soul and both of them have one final clash. The result of the fight is not seen, but as Ren is later seen beeing patched up by Asakura Yoh using the ghost of Faust VIII, it would seem that Ren was the winner.

Anime/Manga Difference
In the manga, Nichrom supervised over Hao's followers, Peyote Diaz, Hang Zang-Ching, and Turbine as they fought with Horohoro, Tao Ren, and Chocolove Mcdonell, where as in the anime he does not.

Triva
Nichrom is a vegetarian.