Marik Atem Ishtar

Biography:

Marik's family guarded the tomb of the pharaoh for generations and two of theMillennium Items (the Millennium Rod and Millennium Necklace) were passed on to Marik and his sister Ishizu Ishtar. Marik was forbidden to leave the Pharaoh's tomb due to his father's fear that the freedom and marvels of the outside world would further divert Marik's attention from his heritage. Marik no longer wanted to become a Tombkeeper, so his adoptive brother Odion Ishtar asked if he could take Marik's place but was refused. When Marik was forced to take the initiation ritual to become a full Tombkeeper, Marik spawned a second personalityfrom the pain he endured. A year later, after Marik and Ishizu took a forbidden trip to surface, Marik's father, having found out, attempted to kill Odion. Marik blanked and Yami Marik (the second personality of Marik) emerged for the first time to resist his father's punishment and claimed the Millennium Rod for himself. Ignoring his father's orders to put the item down, Yami Marik used its powers to smash him against the wall. When Ishizu protested, she suffered the same strike. Yami Marik then proceeded to kill his father (or, in the English anime, send his father to the Shadow Realm). Yami Marik was sealed away in Marik's body by Odion.

In the Battle City arc, Marik was the leader of the Rare Hunters organization, as he wished to obtain the threeEgyptian God Cards, and with them, unlock their power for himself so that he could gain the title of "Pharaoh" and set his family free. He also had a hidden agenda - to get revenge on the Nameless Pharaoh's soul, which currently resided in Yugi Muto's body, for killing his father, for he mistakenly believed that it was the Pharaoh's fault. In the English anime, he is more fiendish. He wanted the God Cards and the Millennium Puzzle to gain the power of the Pharaoh and rule the world, but he retains his hate of the Pharaoh. Marik uncovered two of the three Egyptian Gods ("The Winged Dragon of Ra" and "Slifer the Sky Dragon") from where Maximillion Pegasus had hidden them away due to the danger associated with them. However, the third Egyptian God, "Obelisk the Tormentor", was taken by Ishizu, who gave it to Seto Kaiba.

Marik and his Rare Hunters hacked into to the Battle City computer system and entered themselves in the tournamen