Dhalsim

Dhalsim is one of the major protagonists of the video-game series Street Fighter. He is a yoga master competing as the main representative from India.
==Personality==
Dhalsim is quite stoic, serious, self-disciplined, humble, and also very stern when needed. Being a pacifist, he will never hurt a person more than necessary, or kill an adversary, even the most evil ones such as M. Bison. His pacifistic beliefs also allow him to be a greatly loving father and husband towards his family.
As an extremely altruistic man, Dhalsim fights mostly for the poor and oppressed, as he constantly tries his best to raise money for his poverty-stricken people. Dhalsim is aware that if he uses his power to harm, he may become evil, and frequently questions his decisions to use his powers for fighting. Furthermore, all forms of yoga are meant to aid a personal journey towards enlightenment, and not to harm others. Therefore, Dhalsim is constantly concerned about his fighting style overwhelming his own principles of non-violence.
In contrast with Ryu's depiction as a young, but still serious and self-focused, type of person, Dhalsim has a more "mature" and less "enthusiastic" nature, as he regularly relies on his traditional yoga meditation rites to expand his spirituality, and keep his inner neutrality in the face of emotional involvement that may compromise his discipline.
==Abilities==
His intense yoga training has enabled Dhalsim to contort and extend his limbs into forms physically impossible for a normal human. He can project his arms and legs outward in order to deliver attacks that would be out of the range of normal limbs, and teleporting to maintain the distance. Likewise, he also has the ability to breathe fire in various ways.
==Biography==
===Street Fighter II===
Dhalsim was first introduced in Street Fighter II as one of eight main playable characters. Dhalsim's skill set allowed him to attack from a distance even with normal attacks, beating him had to do with overcoming his move combos to get close enough to hit him directly. Dialog from Dhalsim had to do with him rejecting using one's skills for violence and him regretting needing to resort to it himself to address the other fighters. His goal is to win the prize money from the world tournament to feed his poverty stricken village.
===Street Fighter III===
In Street Fighter 3, Dhalsim's main goal is to strike out against the evil M. Bison. During his travels Dhalsim meets Bison's enforcers, Rose and Birdie, and uses telepathy to find out Bison's location. While reading her mind, Dhalsim discovers that Cammy White had been brainwashed by Bison and uses hypnosis to make Cammy reassert control over her own mind - freeing her from Bison's control. Though in his play-through he confronts Bison and destroys the Shadaloo this is not considered cannon to the following games.
===Super Street Fighter IV===
As of Street Fighter IV, Dhalsim's village is flooded after S.I.N. builds a dam upstream. Dhalsim's son, Datta, was a pen-pals of Amy, Guile's daughter. Through Amy and thus Datta, Dhalsim learns that Guile went missing on a mission to investigate dam. Dhalsim sees a potentially serious situation in both his village's future and his former rival and current ally's safety. Due to the situation Dhalsim reluctantly decides to once again use his powers for combat. Dhalsim participates in the S.I.N.'s tournament S.I.N. to resolve both issues.
=== Street Fighter V ===
In his character story, a police officer named Mahesh seeks out Dhalsim and requests to be taught the ways of yoga. When Dhalsim inquires as to why he wishes to be taught, Mahesh says that he wishes to become strong enough to protect his people in the same way Dhalsim does. However, the yoga master replies that yoga is not meant to be used for strength, nor for violence; it is meant to spread harmony and understanding. Mahesh is taken aback by this, but Dhalsim ultimately decides to train the eager police officer. However, they are interrupted by the arrival of Rashid and Azam.
Rashid is enthusiastic to be in the presence of one of the "seven yoga masters you have to meet at least once", as it was stated on the Internet. Dhalsim is confused by Rashid's words, and Mahesh angrily tells the pair that the yoga master is busy. Rashid asks to spar with Dhalsim, and when asked why, he replies that he needs to get stronger. However, he is unable to improve himself and presumably loses. Before leaving, hhe asks if Dhalsim has seen his friend, but to no avail. He and Azam then depart.
A short while later, whilst showcasing his flames to Mahesh, Dhalsim is greeted by Oro, who claims that the yoga master's abilities are odd. A surprised Mahesh asks if Oro knows yoga, as he was floating in the air much like Dhalsim; Oro laughs, saying Mahesh has much to learn. Shocked to see the ancient hermit whom he had been previously acquainted with at some point in his earlier life, Dhalsim expresses how he never thought he would encounter Oro in India. Oro replies that he sensed interesting people here and came to investigate; he also questions Dhalsim as to why he is training a new pupil instead of mastering his own skills. Dhalsim responds by saying that honing his own skills is a secondary goal, as his primary goal is to harmonize everything as he believes it will set him upon the right path in life. Oro humorously says that Dhalsim hasn't changed since they last met, and sensing another interesting person in the area, decides to leave. He bids Dhalsim farewell, telling the yoga master to make him curry next time they meet.
=== Street Fighter 6 ===
Dhalsim is meditating with his disciples inside the Dhalsimer Temple before introducing himself to the player as the one who "walk[s] the path of yoga". Dhalsim then describes his duty of the yoga master as the guide for those who were "led astray" from the rightous path, especially in the modern times where more and more people were "led astray". To that end, Dhalsim chose to fight to deliver justice himself. He recognizes that during his journey, conflict "[were] waged so that [another] conflict might be avoided", to which he struggled to find an answer to this contradiction. Because of this, Dhalsim admits that he, too, were "led astray" from the path of yoga, yet he still wanted to fight to protect regardless using yoga as a guidance.
As Dhalsim continued meditating, he sensed an "incredible power" that lies "dormant" somewhere in the world. He then decided to investigate it.
At the Thunderfoot Settlement in Mexico, Dhalsim teleports from the other side of the world to meet the source of an "incredible power"; a young girl named Lily. Lily notices that Dhalsim is levitating, and asks if he was some kind of a spirit before introduces herself. Dhalsim replies by stating that he is no spirit, but simply an ordinary monk. Because of Dhalsim's calm and stern personality, Lily compares him to the chief Singing Wolf and asks if he has a message for her. Dhalsim confirms that he indeed came to deliver a "message" with her, and asks for a fight to test Lily's strength, to which an girl eagerly accepts.
==Other Media==
===Super Smash Bros.===
Dhalsim's themes from Street Fighter II and Super Street Fighter II appears as a soundtrack on Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Dhalsim himself appears as a ace-ranked support spirit who gives the user a immunity on lava-floor. His spirit only can be summoned using cores of Fire Man and Great Tiger.
==Gallery==
===Images===
Dhalsim SF2.jpg|Dhalsim in Street Fighter II.
200px-Super Dhalsim.png|Dhalsim in Super Street Fighter II.
SFXT-Street-Fighter-X-Tekken-Art-Dhalsim.jpg|Street Fighter vs. Tekken appearance.
Dhalsimclean.png|Street Fighter V appearance.
E0ugW1IXsAUt6xy.jpg|Dhalsim on a tarot card (courtesy of Capcom artwork collection)
===Videos===
DHALSIM MOVE LIST - Street Fighter EX2 Plus (SFEX2P)
DHALSIM MOVE LIST - Capcom vs. SNK 2- Mark of the Millenium 2001 (CVS2)
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