Priest Seto ( manga ) Priest Seto is a character in the " Yu - Gi - Oh ! " manga . He is named after the Egyptian god . This is the original depiction of Priest Seto . Seto , despite unknowingly being related to the Egyptian royal family , ascended to the rank of High Priest , wielding the Millennium Rod and serving his cousin Pharaoh Atem . He partook in the conflict with Bakura , King of Thieves , including leading a " ka " hunt , through which he came to harbor feelings for Kisara . Seto ' s disassociated father , Akhenaden , corrupted by darkness and his obsession with making Seto pharaoh , summoned Zorc Necrophades and murdered Kisara , to pass her White Dragon " ka " on to Seto . Despite his refusal to join Akhenaden , Seto was possessed and forced to battle Atem , until being liberated by the spirit of Kisara . In the twentieth century , Seto ' s existence was known through a tablet , depicting his battle with Atem . Similarities were drawn between him and Seto Kaiba , who also used The White Dragon , via the " Duel Monsters " card , " Blue - Eyes White Dragon " . Seto and Atem appeared to Kaiba and Dark Yugi in visions during Battle City . Seto appeared when Dark Yugi replayed his time as pharaoh through the Shadow RPG . In this version of events , Atem gave Seto the Millennium Pendant , before leaving , requesting that he take over as pharaoh . Personality . Seto is ruthless to a degree , but this alleviated by his open - mindedness and guidance of his superiors . One example being when he initially wanted to hang , draw and quarter a person who tried to steal from king Akhenamkhanen ' s tomb , until Akhenaden opted for a lesser punishment . Seto is duty - bound . When learning Mahado died fighting Bakura , he brushed news of his comrade ' s death aside and was mainly concerned on whether or not Bakura was killed . He held raw power in high regard , above sentimentality . During a sparring battle , he sacrificed allies to achieve victory . Seto became more lighthearted when Atem defeated him using Kuriboh to demonstrate that power alone cannot achieve victory . Biography . Ancient Egypt . Childhood . Seto was the son of Priest Akhenaden , who was the brother of Pharaoh Akhenamkhanen . When Seto was young , Akhenaden led the Kul Elna massacre and forged the Millennium Items . Seto was scared the first time he saw his father with the Millennium Eye . Akhenaden left his family , hoping to protect them from his sins . So Seto lived with his mother , believing his father to have been a soldier who died in battle . As the holder of the Millennium Eye , Akhenaden was granted one , so he wished that Seto would become pharaoh . Seto joined the priesthood as a child . He met Akhenaden again there , but did not know this was his father . Akhenaden taught him about morality , philosophy , order and the law of Ma ' at . Palace battle with Bakura . Seto took part in the exorcism of Dark Spirit of Chaos from a criminal . After the monster " ka " had been exposed by Akhenaden , Seto used the Millennium Rod to seal it within a stone tablet . Seto suggested that the criminal be executed for the amusement of the pharaoh and to set a warning for future thieves , but Akhenaden argued that it was unnecessary , as the evil " ka " had been removed and that it was the duty of a priest to show mercy . Seto then scolded Mahado over the recent influx of trespassing in the royal tombs , before asking that the Dark Spirit of Chaos tablet be taken to the Shrine of Wedju . Bakura , King of Thieves entered the palace , carrying dragging Akhenamkhanen ' s corpse and carrying the treasures he plundered his tomb , and insisted the priests hand him their Millennium Items . When he exposed his " ka " , Diabound , Seto sealed it in a tablet using the Millennium Rod . However Diabound ' s power was too great and it shattered the tablet , breaking free . Seto was surprised at first , but eager to show Bakura the true power of the priests and the Millennium Items . He ignored Akhenaden ' s advice to combine their power , insisting his was enough . He summoned Galestgoras , which engaged in battle with Diabound . Seto thought Galestgoras had killed Diabound at one point , but Diabound used its ability to phase through solid matter to move through the walls and into Galestgoras ' tablet and shattered it , destroying Galestgoras . After Bakura insulted Pharaohs Akhenamkhanen and Atem , Seto and the other priests summoned more " ka " to battle Diabound . Mahado was about to use his " ka " to protect Atem , who was taking Akhenamkhanen ' s corpse back from Bakura . However Seto insisted his " ka " was too weak and used his Battle Ox to distract Diabound . This allowed Mahado ' s " ka " , the Magus of Illusion , to cast the " Curse of Illusions " on Diabound , preventing it from using its phasing ability . The priests attacked Diabound together , hoping to defeat it before their heka was drained , but Diabound used its " Spiral Surge " ability , deflecting all its enemies and dispelling the " Curse of Illusions " all at once . Atem saved the priests and revealed to them that he was the one capable of summoning the gods , by summoning The God of the Obelisk and forcing Bakura to retreat . Seto met with Akhenaden at the Shrine of Wedju to discuss Bakura . He believed that they would need to kill Bakura in the interest of security . He doubted the monsters they had gathered would be powerful enough , as they had all been collected from criminals . Akhenaden reminded Seto that Bakura was also a sinner , yet he had a strong " ka " . Akhenaden theorized that its power stemmed from Bakura ' s strong hatred . He disclosed to Seto that the Millennium Items , as Bakura claimed , did secretly have an evil side hidden within them and together are keys to opening the underworld and can be used to forge a contract with the great evil god . Seto proposed that they find people in the kingdom , possessing " ka " with hidden abilities , and capture and torture them . This would cause their " ka " to become strengthened by hatred . Akhenaden thought the plan was mad and said that the pharaoh would not allow it . Seto was aware and argued it is the pharaoh ' s duty to protect the world ' s peace , but in times like this the priests must step up and protect the royal house using shadow politics . He believed he could create a " ka " to surpass a god and asked that Akhenaden leave everything to him . Mock battles . In preparation for further attacks from Bakura , the priests conducted mock battles to strengthen themselves and their " ka " . In one such battle , Seto was teamed with Akhenaden and Shada to battle Mahado , Isis and Kalim . Seto attempted to attack with his personal " ka " , Duos . However his opponents used defensive abilities to block his attacks . Seto ' s teammates managed to counter the defensive abilities , but became immobilized in traps in the process . Seto then used Duos ability , by attacking his teammates monsters , Duos original strength doubled for each ally sacrificed . Duos then proceeded to destroy all three opponent ' s monsters at once . After the mock battle , Seto scolded Mahado for having a weak " ka " , insufficient for protecting the pharaoh ' s tomb . Kalim questioned the value in Seto ' s win , when it meant sacrificing his allies . Seto replied that war is not won by the number of soldiers or words and said he would listen to Kalim after he becomes a more worthwhile opponent . Atem explained to Seto that a battle relying on strength can sometimes reveal an unforeseen weakness and that true power would never mean hurting one ' s friends . Seto requested a demonstration of such power and Atem agreed to a mock battle . Seto looked forward to seeing the power of the gods , but Atem choose to summon Kuriboh . Seto saw this as an insult and got Duos to shatter the tablet before Kuriboh could materialize . However a Kuriboh materialized from each fragment of the broken tablet . Atem explained that this was Kuriboh ' s special power and by attacking without thinking , one loses . " Ka " hunt . When Mahado and Atem were discussing new security measures , Seto warned Mahado that he would not get a second chance to clear his name . He suggested that Mahado be stripped of his priesthood should a pharaoh ' s tomb be robbed again . However Mahado ' s trap involved using his own suicide to merge himself with his Magus of Illusion to become the Dark Magician . When Seto learned of Mahado ' s death , he was thought Mahado had been too rash . He believed Mahado died a " dog ' s death " and was concerned over whether or not Bakura had survived and taken the Millennium Ring . He requested the pharaoh ' s permission to take his men to search the city for Bakura . Atem granted it , but instructed him to make sure none of the civilians were harmed , as Bakura was their only target . Seto enrolled Shada for the hunt . He explained that the true intent of their mission was to find " ka " and that he required Shada to use the Millennium Key to look into people ' s hearts to examine for " ka " . Shada protested to performing tests on innocent people , but Seto insisted that it was in the interest of security and issued the order to arrest those who refused to leave their dwellings . At the Winking Camel Bar , Seto ' s men found an exiled criminal , who had returned to the city . He was brought before Seto , who ordered Shada to search his soul for " ka " . He found the low - level , Saggi the Dark Clown , but commented that it could become a threat if let grow unchecked . Seto sentenced the criminal to be taken to the underground prison . He told his men that they were limiting their search to criminals , but that they were to show them no mercy . Shada protested when Seto ordered him to test the next criminal . As he and Seto argued , the first criminal commented that what they had was not authority and they would eventually be judged by The White Dragon . During the " ka " hunt , they encountered a group of citizens , stoning Kisara , whom they believed to be a witch . Seto told the people off for attacking a defenseless woman . As his men helped Kisara up , the Millennium Key began to react . Shada reported that her Heka was too strong for it to measure and that her " ka " had the form of a white dragon . Seto instructed his men to give Kisara a room in the palace and to say nothing to the pharaoh . Seto reported to Akhenaden that the " ka " hunt went better than he expected and that they had confined about twenty people possessing " ka " to the tower dungeon . Fearing they were going down the path of darkness , Akhenaden urged him to let the prisoners go . However Seto informed him of The White Dragon " ka " , saying it had power to rival the gods and that its power was still in its infancy . He explained that he was letting Kisara regain her strength , after which he planned to find a way to draw the greatest amount of power from her " ka " . He planned on torturing the prisoners to find the best way to do that . City battle with Bakura . Shortly after their meeting Akhenaden was attacked by Bakura . When Seto heard of this , he issued a search for Bakura , but Bakura escaped the palace and was chased by Atem . Seto , Kalim , Shada and some soldiers caught up in time to save Atem , by getting Duos to cut off Diabound ' s hand . Bakura and Diabound turned invisible , but with Diabound wounded its attack range was shortened . This allowed the priests to determine its position after it attacked . When Diabound destroyed Atem ' s Slifer , Seto attempted to get Duos ' " Aura Sword " to impale Diabound and mark its position . However Bakura summoned Illushu as a decoy to absorb the attack . The battle ended with Bakura stealing the Millennium Pendant from Atem , who fell into a chasm . Prisoner battles . Seto was adamant that Atem be found and said that they must not lose faith in the pharaoh , whose dream to protect the country is still strong . Akhenaden thought to himself that faith and dreams were not enough to protect the country and that Seto needed power . With the Millennium Tauk , Isis predicted a " swell " that would drown them in tragedy , unless they got a " vessel " to hold the swell . When Seto learned that Kisara had woken up , Akhenaden accompanied him on his way to see her . With Atem absent , Akhenaden reminded Seto that they had lost the protection of the three gods , to which Seto replied that they needed a " ka " stronger than the gods . Akhenaden said that they also needed a new pharaoh , with the power of new gods , and that he believed Seto was the " vessel " from Isis ' prediction . Gebelk took Seto and Akhenaden to the palace ' s underground prison . He showed them an arena , where two prisoners with powerful " ka " were battling . He explained that monster " ka " was strengthened by the wielder ' s desire to live and that originally ten prisoners with weak " ka " had been put in the arena to fight to the death . Kisara was brought before Seto and she thanked him for saving her life . Seto learned Kisara ' s name and that she was unaware that she harbored a " ka " . Gebelk proposed that they get her to battle the two prisoners to test the strength of her " ka " . Seto was uncertain , as he thought Kisara would not be able to control her " ka " , but Gebelk said that if she possessed a god , it should be no problem for her to defeat two criminals . Akhenaden urged Seto to agree , saying that they needed a new god . Seto was surprised by Akhenaden ' s sudden passion and consented . Kisara was put in the arena , but put up no resistance , so Seto interfered with Duos . He ordered the prisoners to stop , but they decided to take the chance to get revenge on Seto . Although he had originally planned on letting the prisoners live , Seto got Duos to cut the chains on the suspended platform . Ha caught Kisara and held onto a chain , as one of the prisoners fell . However one of the prisoners had his " ka " , Gudoul , spin a web to save himself from falling and immobilize Duos . As Gudoul was about to kill Seto , The White Dragon emerged while Kisara was unconscious . Seto attempted to wake Kisara , but Gebelk warned him that the " ka " only appears when Kisara sleeps , so waking her might make it vanish . The White Dragon shielded Seto and Kisara with its tail and launched a light - based attack from its mouth , killing the prisoner and Gudoul . The attack burst through the dungeon ' s ceiling , sending a pillar of light into the sky . When Seto and Kisara were taken out of the arena , Gebelk explained Kisara ' s " ka " and ba seemed to be united , meaning The White Dragon was possessing Kisara and using her as a vessel . Akhenaden said that Seto must become the vessel of the dragon , which Gebelk said would be possible by freeing Kisara ' s soul from her body . Seto was not happy with the idea of killing Kisara . He said that they were getting ahead of themselves and should focus on finding Atem first . Seto was curious about Akhenaden ' s order to kill Kisara and desire for Seto to become pharaoh . He had understood Akhenaden to have always been merciful . Seto felt it was his duty to protect the pharaoh and thought he wanted to be heir to the one who protects the throne , heir to Akhenaden . When Seto heard that Atem was still alive , he laughed and ordered for Kisara to be transferred to another room and that he was to be the only one told her location . Kul Elna battle with Bakura . Seto , Siamun Muran , Isis , Kalim and Mana went to Kul Elna to help Atem and Shada , who had confronted Bakura . Kalim used the Millennium Scale to combine his Curse of Dragon with Seto ' s Duos , forming Duos Dragon . Mahado , as the Dark Magician , doubled Duos Dragon ' s power . While strong enough to equal Diabound ' s " Spiral Wave " , Duos Dragon could not match its combined " Sprial Wave " and " Thunder Force " attack . Seto allowed Duos Dragon ' s arm to be blown off , blocking Diabound ' s attack , in order for it to get an opening to attack Diabound . The attack began to penetrate the shield created by the ghosts of the Kul Elna villagers , until Bakura got his Bone Snapper " ka " to attack Kalim . However Duos Dragon created a big enough hole in the shield for the Dark Magician to attack and kill Diabound . Although Bakura was defeated , Akhenaden managed to gather the seven Millennium Items and place them in the Millennium Stone , resurrecting Zorc Necrophades and becoming the High Priest of Darkness . Battle with Atem . Atem , the priests and their soldiers engaged in battle with Zorc and the High Priest of Darkness . When Atem was too weak to summon a god and all the priests , bar Isis , Seto and Akhenaden , had been killed , Akhenaden confronted Seto , who demanded to know why he had betrayed them . Akhenaden said that the last time he saw that look on Seto ' s face was when Seto first saw him wearing the Millennium Eye and revealed that he was Seto ' s father . Seto attempted to attack Akhenaden , but Akhenaden destroyed Duos with his shadow magic . Akhenaden raised an army of the dead to battle Atem ' s side , while he took Seto to the palace . At the palace , Akhenaden informed Seto that Kisara would die soon and her great power would become Seto ' s . He planned on then making Seto king in the new world of darkness . He asked Seto to join him , kill Atem and rule the world . Seto refused to sell his soul to darkness and ran to save Kisara . He took Kisara form her cell and she asked him if the recent catastrophes were caused by the monster that resides in her . Seto informed her that the catastrophes were caused by monsters , called " man " , who had been seduced by evil and it was not a monster that lived in Kisara . He took Kisara outside the palace and advised her to go as far away as she could , where " the fires of fire " would not reach her . Akhenaden asked Seto , why he let Kisara go . Seto replied that Akhenaden was not his father ; the best part of his father died long ago . Akhenaden decided he would force Seto to accept his gift and proceeded to kill Kisara . Seto carried Kisara ' s body to a tablet . He apologized to her and said that for him the world would never be truly bright again . He said that he had never wanted to let her go and that it was her he wanted , not her spirit " ka " . Seto then heard her voice saying she would protect him with the light of her spirit . Akhenaden urged Seto kill Atem and claimed that he could erase the stain of failure in their blood . He said that he loved Seto and merged his soul into Seto ' s . Just then Atem arrived and Seto , possessed by Akhenaden , challenged him to a battle , for the title of king . With the Millennium Rod , Akhenaden had sealed The White Dragon in the tablet . Seto summoned it and Atem countered with Mahado , the Dark Magician . The White Dragon quickly destroyed Mahado ' s tablet , leaving Atem defenseless . However the spirit of Kisara stopped the dragon attacking and turned it on Akhenaden , killing him . Atem defeated Zorc , by sealing his own soul and Zorc ' s within the shattered Millennium Pendant . Afterwards , the tablet depicting Seto and Atem ' s last battle was created . Post death . Battle City . In the late twentieth century , Ishizu Ishtar exhibited the tablet , depicting Seto and Atem ' s battle , at the Domino City Museum . She believed it had the power to attract Duelists . Before convincing Seto Kaiba to host the Battle City " Duel Monsters " tournament , she showed him the tablet and noted similarities between his and Priest Seto ' s use of the White Dragon . However Kaiba was skeptical of its authenticity . When Dark Yugi saw the tablet , he was immediately convinced the tablet depicted himself and Kaiba . During Kaiba ' s quarterfinal Duel against Ishizu , Kaiba saw a vision of Priest Seto holding Kisara before the White Dragon tablet , after her death . This prompted Kaiba to use the White Dragon ' s card , " Blue - Eyes White Dragon " to win the Duel . This interference disrupted Ishizu ' s prediction of Kaiba losing using " The God of the Obelisk " . During Kaiba ' s semifinal Duel against Dark Yugi , the destruction of their Egyptian God cards triggered another vision , in which they saw the battle between Seto , possessed by Akhenaden , and Atem . The vision ended during the summoning of the White Dragon and Dark Magician . Kaiba and Dark Yugi then Summoned the " Blue - Eyes White Dragon " and " Dark Magician " cards . Dark Yugi believed they were fated to continue the battle , while Kaiba believed the vision to have been an illusion created by subliminal suggestion . In Ishizu ' s attempts to get Kaiba to help Dark Yugi in the final Duel against Dark Marik , she mentioned how the tablet had been created by Seto as a gift to the deceased Atem . Shadow RPG . When Dark Yugi played the Shadow RPG against Dark Bakura , in the twentieth century , he replayed his life as Pharaoh Atem . Each player had a deck of blank cards , which filled in as they regained memories . Among Dark Yugi ' s cards were the priests , including Seto . The players could use cards containing people to control their actions . When the players did not issue commands to their cards , they behaved according to the motives they had in the original course of events . Events concerning Seto were largely the same in the RPG as the past . Major differences included : Edits . Kazuki Takahashi stated that he regretfully cut short the story between Seto and Kisara . He explained that in the plot he had planned , Akhenaden tortures Kisara in an attempt to extract The White Dragon and Seto betrays his loyalty to Atem and tries to save Kisara . A confrontation between Seto and Akhenaden drives Akhenaden mad , causing him to resurrect Zorc Necrophades and sign the Contract of Darkness . The story would then develop into a war between Zorc ' s army , the Pharaoh ' s army and Seto , with his own intentions to avenge Kisara . Due to illness and a reduced deadline , as the series dropped in popularity , Takahashi had to shorten the story . The scene where Seto holds the deceased Kisara before the tablet for The White Dragon appears twice in the manga , once during Seto Kaiba ' s vision and once during the Shadow RPG . The one during Kaiba ' s vision had some edits made to it in the bunkoban .