Santi Sanchez/Biography

==Biography==
==Before the Timeskip==
===Early Past And Early Childhood===
Santi grew up close to the Spanish coast as the only son of his father and mother. As a Sanchez Family member, Santi had a difficult very fast due to the continuous ongoing wars between many small families in Spain. After the family had to move more than 40 times in the first 5 years of Santi's life, his little sister was born. Soon after his little sister was born, his father started doing Shaman related and physical training with Santi so he could be able to help out in battle and protect his little sister. When Santi was 6 years old, he started focusing on Shaman training together with his grandfather. Since Santi did not have his own guardian ghost, there was a limit to the training he had to follow, but his grandfather's lessons taught him a lot about being a Shaman in common. As Santi got older, his grandfather's lessons and the Shaman Fights that he witnessed made him realize that he wanted to become a well-trained Shaman as soon as possible. One day, his father and other family members came home badly injured after running into an ambush by another family. It was then when Santi decided that he wanted to become the Shaman King so that the people next to him would never get hurt anymore and didn't need to fight to survive.
===Grandfather's death===
When Santi was 9 years old, his father gave him instruction to spy on a yet unknown, but according to his father suspicious, group of unknown people that arrived at the south coast for a vacation. As Santi gets busted by Sharona De Vil Rhodes, he gets captured and finds out that the unknown people are in fact the De Vil Rhodes Family on a spoiled vacation. As Sharona's grandfather is about to hurt Santi, his father and grandfather show up to save him. As his father manages to free Santi and they're about to run off, however, Santi's grandfather gets shot in his back by Sharona's grandfather's Spirit Control. Then, Sharona, who was only a 14-year-old child at that time, started stabbing Santi's grandfather repeatedly crazily. Then, his father decides to run together with Santi because the De Vil Rhodes Family members are showing up to attack them. One week later, after the De Vil Rhodes Family left the country to head back home, Santi and his father are able to retrieve his grandfather's body. During the burial, Santi had to take care of his little sister all the time, Santi inherits his grandfather's wooden walking stick, that was also his shamanic medium to Spirit Control his Spirit in. Thinking of his grandfather every day, Santi started to train for more than 5 years together with his grandfather's old Guardian Ghost, Midori. Meanwhile, the wars were still going on and Santi had the intention to meet again with the De Vil Rhodes Family one day.
===Meeting people from the past and new ones===
At the age of 15, Santi and his family decided to move to America to be safer and in order to increase their Shamanic powers in the big country. As the Sanchez Family has fully settled themselves in a castle, Santi is determined to see many beautiful things in the country. After many trips to cities and camping at many different places, Santi ran into the De Vil Rhodes Family manor. Upset by the wars in his past and losing his grandfather, however, Santi enters the mansion, and then he meets with Sharona's grandfather. Sharona's grandfather doesn't seem to recognize him. however, Santi gets upset and asks him again where Sharona was. however As Sharona's grandfather tells Santi that Sharona is currently heading towards Barrel Volcano to settle some business unfinished business with someone else, however, Santi decides to attack Sharona's grandfather to avenge his grandfather's death. After crashing multiple times. however, Sharona's grandfather is able to attack back at Santi with multiple times and completely wipe out Santi's Spirit Control with his Big Spirit Control. As Santi gets blown away, he is only just able to use the last of Furyoku to create a small Spirit Control of Midori to carry his wounded body away. He was later seen at Barrel Volcano in a weak state while watching Sharona pushing a Dark Cyan-haired young teenage boy off a cliff of a volcano. After the young teenage boy manages to pull himself up from the cliff, however, Sharona was able to stump on his fingers to make him drop down into the volcano. however After coming home, a week later, his mother states that his wounds are already healing but his father gets upset at him for his actions and states that there is so much that he has to learn.
===Santi's unfortunate accident===
At the age of 16, Santi decided to travel through apart the country in order to develop himself as a Shaman while being alone in nature. On a day, Santi makes it to an old barn at night after traveling the whole day on the back of his standard Spirit Control Midori. After Santi went to sleep, the barn was set on fire by a few human farmers in the neighborhood who were scared after they say Santi arriving at the back of an Spirit Control. Shortly after the whole barn was on fire, Santi wakes up and realizes what's going on. After quickly getting away from the hay that started to catch fire, he is able to dodge a few parts of the barn that fall down burning. After getting some serious burns over his whole body, Santi is able to reach the burning door. After he sees that his grandfather's walking stick is on fire, Santi tries to open the door but as parts of the ceiling start to fall down, Santi's time is running out. As the whole barn collapses, Santi is able to quickly grab his coat as a medium and covers it in Spirit Control to protect him.
===The change of heart===
The next morning, still surprised by the fact that he survived the fire, Santi escaped from the remaining of the barn. As Santi puts bandages over his few painful burns, he is impressed by the fact that Midori's roots, created by his Spirit Control, where strong enough to protect his body completely. Later on, Santi visits a restaurant and hears some farmers talk about the fire they caused last night. As Santi gets angry and takes his coat off, the farmers recognize him and mock him. As one of them pulls a knife and tries to stab Santi, Santi pierces the farmer with his new Spirit Control: "Roots". As Santi realizes what he has done, he takes out the other 2 farmers as well and flees. As Santi reaches a cave to hide, he starts working on his Spirit Control. While being away from home and everyone for some time, Santi started searching for ways to expand his Spirit Control and Shamanic powers to a limit. After finding out about the Grand Elemental Spirits, Santi started chasing known hosts of the Spirits. After searching for information, Santi arrived at the castle of Zensha Kageyuza. After ambushing the already weakened Zensha, Santi is able to dodge all his attacks due to his Spirit Control. As Zensha is not focused for a moment, Santi appears behind him, grabs him, and pierces him. As Zensha falls down, Santi quickly seals the Spirit of Shadows. Later as Santi bonded with the Spirit of Shadows and thinks that he now has an Spirit Control to have his revenge and become Shaman King, but he is still unknowing about the ways and the powers of the Spirit of Shadows.
===The Devil's shadow===
In a period of 2 years, Santi got involved in several incidents and crimes. While the Spirit of Shadows had a negative influence on his behavior, it was too strong to handle. While getting stronger and learning the Spirit of Shadows powers more and more, he made more and more casualties as well. People that saw him started stories and rumors about him and nicknamed him as "Shadow" or "Devil's Shadow", making the Spirit of Shadows more angry and violent. At some point, Santi encountered the Spirit of Light. As the Spirit of Light stated that the Spirit of Shadows was kind of possessing Santi and wanted to punish the Spirit of Shadows, Santi and the Spirit of Shadows picked a fight with the Spirit of Light. While Santi wasn't able to land a blow on the Spirit of Light, he gets pierced in the chest and injured badly by the Spirit of Light. As a badly injured Santi lied on the ground, the Spirit of Light stated that it would purify the spirits that do not belong in this world. After a ray of light hit Santi, he and the Spirit of Shadow vanished, while their souls where send to Hell. 
==During the Timeskip==
===Hell===
After Santi woke up somewhere in Hell, he was captured by some underworld spirits and judged by the Spirit of Darkness. After getting to know what the Spirit of Light had done and realizing that the Spirit of Shadows, and Santi, where his only ways to get back to the real world and face the Spirit of Light to take revenge for what the Spirit of Light did to him, the Spirit of Darkness decided not to kill Santi. Then, the Spirit of Darkness made his underworld spirit allies lock them up for now. Later on, Santi is locked up with no one other than his grandfather. As Santi asks why he is here in surprise, his grandfather states that there's a lot of reasons for him to be here. After a long conversation, his grandfather told him to chase his true dreams and gave him some tips and tricks to control the Spirit of Shadows Spirit Control. After his grandfather helped him break out of the cage they where in, Santi asked him to come with him but his grandfather refused to go. As Santi left his grandfather's original Spirit, Midori, with him, his grandfather told him to leave the Spirit of Shadows behind as well because he was not able to control it yet. Santi agreed and got away with the Spirit of Shadows helping him for the last time.
==After the Timeskip==
===A test with Silva===
After Santi returned to the normal world, he decided to pick up life again and his work for his old dream of becoming Shaman King. At some point, Santi met and bonded with a new guardian ghost, Kaminari. While Santi was training the connection between him and his new spirit, he decided to leave his hatred toward the De Vil Rhodes Family behind him for the time being and fully focus on the Shaman Fight that was about to start soon. When Santi was training in the woods close to a waterfall, he was later approached by Silva Niumbirch the Dobie Officiator. and Silva would ask Santi if he had what it takes to join the Shaman Fight. As a surprised Santi told Silva that he really wanted to, Silva left and told him to wait for the right moment at the right place. Two weeks later, as Santi was chilling on a cliff, he saw the "Destiny Star" flying over and knew that the moment was there. Santi headed toward the great waterfall where he met Silva for the first time and then Silva showed up as well. Silva explained that Santi had to land a blow on him to pass the test. As Santi could not handle Silva's five spirits frustrating him and blocking his attacks, Silva was able to exhaust Santi pretty easily. With Santi's final move, he was able to cut through a little piece of Silva's cloak. After Silva told Santi that he passed, he gave Santi an Oracle Bell and told him to stay tuned for info about the first round of the Shaman Fight. After a few weeks, Santi received information about the first round in where he needed to win 2 out of 3 battles to proceed to the main tournament.
===Meeting Renako for the for first time===
As a well-trained Shaman, Santi was able to defeat his first 2 opponents easily. Santi easily overpowered the 2 unknown Shamans with his Spirit Control and movements. Silva, who watched both battles, was surprised about how easy Santi was able to get himself a spot in the main tournament. As Silva asked Santi how he could keep his focus and fight so passionately, Santi answered that his dream and believing in all that was the key for him. As the Oracle Bell assigned Santi his third and final opponent, Santi stated that he was already in the main tournament but that he would probably win his third battle anyway. As Santi and Silva stared at the Oracle Bell displaying the name of Renako Kuina Tearson, Silva told Santi that it would be an interesting battle after all. After a few days, Santi went to the place where he was supposed to meet his last opponent. As he waited, a girl and a somehow familiar man showed up. As Santi is surprised and remembers that he saw the man dying in a volcano some years ago, he asked if he is his opponent. After the man told him that it was his cousin that he had to fight, Santi stated that he was ready to start. After both Shaman fighters used their Spirit Control, Santi was quickly able to cause Renako problems with his well-trained skills. As Santi was about to land an attack on Renako's Spirit Control, Renako screamed and somehow pierced Santi's Spirit Control and injured him. As Santi stood up and wondered what was going on, Renako went berserk and seriously injured Santi before Silva could interfere. After the other man and Silva calmed Renako down, they took Santi to their Family household.
=== Making new friends ===
After Santi woke up at the Thūrwolf household in the master living room, the familiar man asked Santi if he was okay and told him that his name was Eliskūya Michael Thūrwolf. After Eliskūya has explained what really happened at Barrel Volcano, Santi asked him about what happened with his cousin Renako. Then, he explained the bad situation, and then he told Santi that Renako was a bit ashamed of what happened. later on, Santi went to the hospital to offer Renako to help her with her Shamanic training, which she accepts. One time, Renako lost control of her guardian ghost and her Spirit Control again but Santi was able to calm her down by grabbing her arm. As Santi and Renako kept training, Silva showed up and told them that they had to find the Dobie Village in order to participate in the main tournament of the Shaman Fight. As they are preparing themselves to head for America, Eliskūya returns home. After Eliskūya told Santi to take care of his "cousin" and later on to watch out for Sharona, Santi and Renako decide to take off the next morning.
=== Taking revenge on Sharona with Eliskūya ===
As Santi and Renako are about to take off to America with Eliskūya watching them leave, just then Sharona and her Mysterious Masked Second-in-command show up to taunt them. As Santi and Eliskūya look at each other confused yet ready, then they both use their Spirit Control and prepare to fight her. After Sharona blocks their first few attacks, Eliskūya is able to hit her with a frontal attack and cuts off her left arm. Realizing that she only had use of her right arm while the left one was cut off by Eliskūya, however for both Eliskūya and Santi attack her with their Spirit Controls from their right hands, propelling themselves toward their enemy in the sky, punching a hole through Sharona's chest, mortally wounding her. As she was shocked that she has been defeated for the first time in years, Sharona states that Eliskūya and Santi have only won for now and that her spirit will continue to live. When Eliskūya and Santi were not looking, she uses the last of her energy to throw a piece of her skin that turns into an egg-like blob containing her reincarnation, Ruby De Vil Rhodes. After ordering her reincarnation/twin sister to avenge her death and destroy both Eliskūya and Santi when the time is right, Sharona finally succumbs to her wounds and finally dies. Later on, Santi and Renako took the plane to America.
===Traveling to America with Renako===
After they landed in America, Santi and Renako decided to go out for dinner. While they were eating, they were approached by Thiago Vargas. As the two remembered each other, they talked about the Shaman Fight. Santi and Renako then decided to take Thiago with them, find a hotel, and to start traveling the next day. After traveling through the desert together for a few days, they ran into Blaze McCoy and Cara Anderson. After finding out that they were Shamans, Blaze was talking big and challenged Santi to a fight. Santi accepted the challenge, despite Renako telling him not to. After clashing a few times, Santi and Blaze collapsed from using too much Furyoku. As Cara got angry at Santi, Renako then clashed with Cara. As both Renako and Cara tried to think of where they were fighting for, they both went laughing and making fun of the exhausted Santi and Blaze. As Thiago helped both Santi and Blaze up, however, Blaze was talking big yet again and he told Santi that he would probably crush him in the Shaman Fight. As Renako and Cara calmed both of them down and the night fell, they all went to their tents to sleep. The next day, Santi and Blaze constantly tried to be better than the other at things, which Renako and Cara found it very funny. As they both actually found it very funny as well, Thiago suggested going find the Dobie Village together. Later that day, all five of them started traveling together. From that moment on, the group traveled together every day and trained or discussed Shaman stuff at night. Santi and Renako continued practicing Shaman training together or sometimes with the others as well. Later on, Santi heard from Eliskūya on the cellphone that both Renako's foster niece and Eliskūya's Adopted foster younger sister, Milly Jamie Marson and Sharona's grandfather, Adam De Vil Rhodes, where in America close to them as well. As Santi decided to go look for Adam De Vil Rhodes, while Renako wanted to visit her niece. Then, the group split up for some time.
===Traveling with Thiago and Blaze===
After the group split up, Santi traveled towards the mountains to find Adam De Vil Rhodes together with Thiago and Blaze. While they were taking a rest, Santi called Eliskūya and told him that he was going to hunt for Sharona's grandfather for a short time, but that Renako was in good company as well. As the group was climbing the mountain, Thiago heard somebody calling for help somewhere close to the ravine. As the group rushed towards the ravine, they saw a boy in trouble on a rock. After they were able to help the boy climbing up again with their Shamanic powers, the boy told them that he was Haru and that he was a Shaman as well. After Santi explained the situation around finding the Dobie Village and Adam De Vil Rhodes, Haru asked them if he could join them and said that he was very grateful for helping him out. As the group traveled further, they found the old Adam De Vil Rhodes hiding in a church. As he faced them, Santi was expecting an easy fight since the man was so old. After the battle started, Adam De Vil Rhodes was easily able to take out Blaze, Thiago, and Haru. Then, he injured Santi. As he was about to attack Santi again, a portal opened under Adam De Vil Rhodes and a hand of fire appeared that dragged him down to the depths of Hell. As Santi was left behind shocked, he stood up and rushed towards his friends to see if they were okay. While the group was resting before going back, they discussed who would have been to one that helped them out. Then, the group went back to meet with Renako and Cara again soon. As Santi called Eliskūya on the way to tell him what happened, Eliskūya told him that their helper might have been someone close to him and then he said that he might come over to America as well to check some things out. After the group started traveling again, Santi asked Haru about his past and Haru told him everything that has happened to him before. Since they had some spare time, the group also continued doing some training. As they were practicing their new Spirit Controls, Santi was approached by an unknown hooded figure. As Santi asked why it was here, another hooded figure showed up and told Santi that they've been watching them sometimes. As Santi got a bit angry and wondered what they wanted from them, the first hooded figure told him that they were the reason that he was saved in his fight with Adam De Vil Rhodes. The second hooded figure then told them that they were related to someone in the Thūrwolf Family and that they would meet again before the Shaman Fight. As the group continued traveling and training, they all developed stronger Spirit Control.
===Reunited with Renako and Cara===
After the two groups got reunited, they introduced the new people to each other and started the last part of their journey to the Dobie Village. After the whole group met up with Renako's "cousin" Eliskūya, who had traveled all the way to sort out some "business", he told them that he had found out the location of the Dobie Village. The night before reaching the Dobie Village, Renako spoke with both Santi about what was going to happen in the future. The next day, as they reached the Dobie Village, they were all welcomed by Silva. Then, one of the Dobie Officiants explained that everyone should join a three-man squad team and fight against other squad teams. Then, Renako and the others were confronted by Renako's niece Raimu Cecilia Thūrwolf, and her hooded figure helpers Misha and Janelyn. After she told them that she would win the Shaman Fight for sure, this made Blaze get angry at Raimu. but the conversation was interrupted by Eliskūya. Later on, Santi formed a team with Renako and Thiago. Then, Renako came up with the name: Team "Storm", due to the elements their spirits are based on.
===Shaman Fight===
After the Shaman Fight started, Team "Storm" was had their first match against Team "Beasts". After Team "Beasts" went all-out attack immediately, Team "Storm" all had a hard time defending their attacks. After Renako was able to trap two enemies in the water, Santi was able to electrocute them and break their Spirit Control. Then, Thiago defeated the leader of Team "Beasts" after clashing multiple times with their beast-like Spirit Control powers. After Thiago was able to cut the last one standing, Team "Storm" won their first round. After the match, Santi praised Thiago's speed and skill while Renako stated that they needed to work better together for the upcoming fights because they were probably even harder than the first one.
Soon after the first match Team "Masked" had their second match against Team "Storm". Before the match started their team leader began mocking Team "Storm" and said that they would show them the strength of their masks, but Santi answered that they would crack all their masks instead. After the match started, Santi and Thiago immediately clashed with two masked men, after the team leader attacked Renako, Santi was able to hold of his own opponent and save Renako. After Renako thanked Santi and hit another enemy with a rain of ice spikes, Thiago's Spirit Control was broken, and he was defeated. As Santi was able to defeat the enemy that Renako attacked a few moments ago, Santi was attacked from behind by the team leader. When Renako got angry, she buried the enemy team leader in water and froze him. After the match, Thiago was alright, but Renako had to take care of Santi, which she found very funny.
In their third match, Team "Storm" had to fight against Team "Wizards". After Renako was trapped by their "magic" powers, Thiago and Santi used great teamwork as Santi saved Renako and Thiago took out the enemy. As Team "Storm" clashed a few times with Team "Wizards", Team "Wizards" combined their Spirit Control and took out Renako and Thiago at once. As they stood up again, they all had to use their immense speed to avoid the attacks from Team "Wizards". As Thiago was able to attack them from behind, Renako was able to get through their defense and Santi gave them the final blow to win the match.
After Santi's first three matches, he talked with Eliskūya about their progress and about the other teams and fights that were coming up. 
===After the Shaman Fight===
==Sharona's Slight Return==
Nobody knew what happened to him until later he returned out of the blue to save Eliskūya from the recently resurrected Sharona who was about to eat him. as He had probably heard the news what was going on and wanted to save his pal's life. as He back came and indeed saved helped Eliskūya from the fight, giving him a few Bombs to launch in Sharona's mouth. After the long battle, Santi seemed eager to rejoin Eliskūya again to help out, after a few tense moments from Eliskūya. That is where he first met Miki Makimura, nudging Eliskūya to get closer and friendly with her.
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