Rishid ( manga ) Rishid is a a character in the " Yu - Gi - Oh ! " manga . This is the original depiction of Odion . Biography . Childhood . Rishid is the adopted brother of Marik Ishtar and Ishizu Ishtar . Abandoned in the desert as a child , Rishid is found by the current tombkeeper ' s wife and taken in . Rishid ' s mother loved him as her own , but his adoptive father only saw him as a servant . When Rishid found out that they needed a son to carry on their legacy , Rishid asked if he could be that son , which his mother also suggested after their first child was a girl ( Ishizu ) since a boy had to be the heir of the tombkeeper ' s , but his father refused . When Marik was born , their father declared him his heir . His mother died during birth , and Rishid held her hand as she died , her last request that he take care of his brother and sister . Marik and Rishid were close siblings . When Marik was bitten by a cobra and took ill , their father beat Rishid , furious he allowed Marik to be harmed , and ordered he not leave Marik ' s bedside until he recovered . Marik sees Rishid as his brother , despite the fact they are not blood related , and this took away his resentment to Marik , but not his desire to be a tombkeeper . When Marik ' s father plans to have the tombkeeper ' s initiation forced upon his son , Marik admits to Rishid he is terrified . Rishid asks his father once again that he be chosen instead , as Marik is young and scared . His father once again denies his request and refuses , ordering Rishid to never ask again . When Marik is taken to have the ritual performed , Marik is seen asking Rishid for help , but he stands silently , knowing he cannot interfere . Rishid , fearing what might happen to him as a result , performs his own ritual , carving hieroglyphics on his face with a knife as proof of his loyalty to Marik . This mark later becomes critical to sealing away the true darkness that becomes seeded in Marik during the ritual : Marik ' s other personality . The elder Ishtar , however , saw these carvings as blasphemous , and repeatedly ordered the boy to keep them covered . When Marik and Ishizu sneak away on a trip to the surface , Rishid remains behind to keep their father from discovering this . However , the two siblings tripped a silent alarm , alerting their father , who went onto savagely cut Rishid with heated blades , with the intent of killing him , a sight that Marik and Ishizu return home to . When Rishid falls unconscious from the severe abuse , Dark Marik is released . Dark Marik seizes the Millennium Rod from his father and kills him , and then throwing the skinned back of the man onto an unconscious Rishid . Rishid wakes up in time , which re - suppressed Dark Marik , and Shadi appears to warn of the return of the Pharaoh as Marik regains his sense . Rishid , refusing to let Marik discover the truth of his father ' s death , tells Marik that Shadi killed him . As a Rare Hunter . Rishid remains by Marik ' s side for years afterwards , even when Marik betrays the tombkeeper ' s , presumably because abandoning him would cause Dark Marik to emerge again . He becomes the second - in - command of the Ghouls with Marik ; unlike the rest of the Ghouls , whom Marik treated with low regard and would easily kill for failure , Rishid remained within his younger brother ' s trust and respect . When Marik arrives at Battle City , he has Rishid duel and collect 12 Locator Cards , enough for both of them to enter the finals ( they each needed 6 to participate ) . Marik enters under the guise of Namu while he has Rishid pretend to be Marik , drawing suspicion away from the true Marik ( neither Yugi or Kaiba had ever seen Marik in person , having only communicated with them via his Millennium Rod through his Rare Hunters . However , Yugi ' s friends Anzu , Jonouchi , and Ryo Bakura unknowingly had , when they met Marik " helping " Bakura , but he used the name Namu in order to gain both their and the rest of their friends ' trust ) . To help the deception , Rishid is armed with a fake version of the Millennium Rod and a copy of Marik ' s Egyptian God card , The Winged Dragon of Ra ( although Rishid is not aware Marik has placed the card in his deck ) . Rishid appears during Dark Yugi ' s duel with Dark Bakura , and pretends to use the fake Millennium Rod to make the spirit abandon his host . This is meant as a ruse to have Dark Yugi forfeit the duel rather than harm his friend . It fails when Dark Bakura repossesses his host and betrays Marik , since for the time being he could not risk Bakura being injured . Rishid then duels Katsuya Jonouchi . During the duel , Jonouchi ' s friendship with Yugi and his love for his sister Shizuka reminds him of his mother and the relationship he once had with Marik , while his brother continues to order him through the Millennium Rod . Rishid draws " The Sun Dragon Ra " , and is horrified to see it as he knows its dangers and that he is not worthy to use it ( many Ghouls in the experimental unit have tested playing the fake copy of Ra , only to be struck with madness or death , but Marik believed that Rishid would have the superior willpower due to his upbringing among the tombkeepers ) . Jonouchi begins to suspect that Rishid is not Marik : Marik was cruel , cheated , and was a general low - life to Jonouchi , but Rishid has been dueling with honor as a True Duelist . Rishid was about to win the duel against Jonouchi ; however , Marik , afraid his deception may be unmasked , commands Rishid to summon the God card to dispel any disbelief . Rishid does not want to risk the task , but Marik convinces him that if he can do so and control Ra , he will have proven himself a true tombkeeper . Excited by the thought of being accepted into the clan , as he always wished , Rishid summons the God Card , but factors , such as his lack of a real Millennium Item and the card being a fake , incurs the god ' s wrath , striking Rishid and Jonouchi with lightning . Heartbroken ( as he misunderstood this as god ' s rejection of him ) , Rishid did not bother to evade Ra ' s strikes , and was struck down . Before losing conscious , he saw , to his horror , Dark Marik ' s awakening , and confessed to Jonouchi that he is not the real Marik and he had a good duel with him . Now comatose , Rishid is taken to his room to rest as Dark Marik emerges . During the rest of the Battle City arc , Dark Marik returns to Rishid ' s side again and again to kill him , but is unable to complete the task for a multitude of reasons . When Dark Marik faces Yugi in the final duel , Rishid is awakened from his sleep by the fading spirit of the true Marik , who thanks Rishid for remaining by his side for so many years and being a faithful brother . Rishid stumbles to the top of the Duel Tower , calling for Marik to fight his dark side . With Rishid ' s encouragement , along with Yugi ' s " Dimension Magic " card , Dark Marik is destroyed and Marik regains control of his body . Rishid returns to Egypt with his siblings and is seen in the Memory World arc to see Atem pass on to the afterlife .