List of Shaman King Characters - Supporting Characters - X-Laws

The X-Laws (X・法律, X-LAWS?) is a paramilitary organization whose purpose is to eradicate all evil and suffering. They only have Archangels (Arch-spirits) as spirit allies. In the current Shaman Fight, they aim to defeat Hao Asakura, whom they view as the ultimate evil; each member of the group encountered him during great conflict and destruction and they hold personal vendettas against Hao for how he has hurt them in the past. In the anime, most of the other X-Laws die during their final assault on Hao after Jeanne's failed attempt to trap him in the Gate of Babylon. In the manga, X-III falls against the Hoshi-gumi early in the tournament while X-II is eliminated when they attempt to kill Hao to avenge X-III. X-I survives long enough to join Yoh's assault on the Plants.

• Team X-I

• Iron Maiden Jeanne (アイアンメイデン・ジャンヌ, Aian Meiden Jannu?): The nominal leader of the X-Laws, a girl with an iron will who is near constantly contained within an iron maiden in a state of near death to raise her furyoku levels. She rarely leaves it unless she is desperately needed, believing her suffering will bring justice to the world. Despite her young age and fragile appearance, Jeanne is a god-class shaman and widely regarded as a contender to become Shaman King due to her high furyoku levels. Though she is decisively ruthless, she is an innocent soul who possesses a strong sense of justice alongside a sincerely kind heart. All the X-Laws are unquestionably faithful to her and revere her as a holy maiden.
  In the anime, Jeanne leads the X-Laws in an attempt to open the Gate of Babylon to seal away Hao. When the attempt fails, she is left powerless when her spirit guardian, Shamash, is devoured by the Spirit of Fire. In the manga, it is revealed that Jeanne is actually an ordinary girl with considerable shamanic powers whom Luchist and Marco found in Mont Saint-Michel, France. In order to save Ren's life, Yoh asks Jeanne to revive him and agrees to her condition to leave the Shaman Fight. However, when Yoh reneges on the agreement, he challenges the X-Laws, giving Luchist the opportunity to finish off Jeanne once and for all. She survives the attack and becomes an ally to Yoh, eventually joining him during his final assault on Hao and the Plants until she runs out of furyoku resurrecting the shamans one last time. Several years after the Shaman Fight, she reformed the X-Laws into a non-profit organization known as X-Charity (X・慈善団体?) and met Tao Ren in Europe. They later married and had a son, Men, and she goes on maternity leave while leaving Ren in charge of X-Charity. However, out of concern for her son's need to understand others, Jeanne sends Men to stay Funbari Hot Springs when he is seven-years-old with Blocken Meyer, Han Zang-Ching and Bill Burton as his bodyguards. Voiced by: Yui Horie (Japanese), Veronica Taylor (English)

• Marco Lasso (マルコ・ラッソ, Maruko Rasso?): The captain of the X-Laws, Marco's authority is overruled only by Jeanne herself and he personally takes on Lyserg as a protege. He is extremely loyal and protective of Jeanne, stopping at nothing to achieve her ideals of a world free of corruption and evil. In the anime, he is devastated when Jeanne's attempt to destroy Hao by opening the Gate of Babylon fails. While the other X-Laws go to challenge Hao and avenge Jeanne's defeat and die in the process, Marco becomes the only survivor and he accepts Jeanne's decision to support Yoh against Hao. In the manga, Marco originally founded the X-Laws with Luchist Lasso, who had been Marco's mentor and supporter throughout his life. They both originally came from Sicily and out of their great mutual love of cars, Marco became a CEO and entrepreneur of a highly successful supercar company with Luchist as his business partner. However, Marco's life was ruined when Hao turned Luchist against him and destroyed the orphanage Marco grew up in; Marco has sought revenge ever since. After entrusting Yoh and his friends with the task of defeating Hao, Marco and Luchist fight to the death as Marco declares that he sees that true justice is love. His glasses are passed on to Lyserg, who later uses them as a medium for his Oversoul. Marco was named for the manga and anime Chibi Maruko-chan, and for the cigarette brand Marlboro. Voiced by: Akimitsu Takase (Japanese), Eric Stuart (English)
• Lyserg Diethel

• Team X-II

A trio composed of John Denbat, Pofe Griffith, and Lucky Dirac. After losing faith in Marco, they decide to kill Hao by attacking his headquarters. When their attempt fails, their spirits are burned by Hao, which prevents them from ever entering Heaven or Hell. However, Denbat's decision to fire the XDI satellite alerts the world to the abandoned island of Tokyo where the Shaman Fight is taking place, forcing the Patch Tribe to conclude the Shaman Fight as soon as possible on the continent of Mu before ordinary humans discover the island.

• John Denbat (ジョン・電場, Jon Denba?) (Dingbat in the English manga): A former member of the SAS from England. In the manga, Denbat leads X-II's attempt to kill Hao after losing faith in Marco. Cursing Hao after realizing that Pofe and Lucky are dead, Denbat is kept alive long enough for Hao to question why he would stand against Hao if he knew that his comrades would die in the process. Aware of the possible consequences, Denbat prepared a test satellite in space wired to his Archangel with a laser known as XDI and set himself as a target so that when it fired from orbit it would not miss Hao. When Denbat realizes he has survived the blast, Hao appears and praises Denbat's attack before incinerating Denbat's body. His name is based on John Denver and Golden Bat cigarettes.

• Pofe Griffith (ポーフ・グリフイス, Pōfu Gurifuisu?): A sniper from the United States' Delta Forces. He is assigned to snipe Hao during X-II's attempt to kill Hao, but is distracted when he notices Hao's tears and is impaled by the Spirit of Fire as he telling Denbat and Lucky over the radio to flee. He is named for Hope cigarettes and the TVR Griffith.

• Lucky Dirac (ラーキ・ディラック, Raaki Dirakku?) (Larch in the English anime): A former Delta Force member from the United States, who joins Denbat and Pofe in their ill-fated attempt to kill Hao. After he hearing a radio transmission of Pofe being killed, he attempts to run, but is burned to death by Hao. Lucky is named for Lark cigarettes and Cadillac cars.

• Team X-III

A trio consisting of Venstar, Cebin, and Meene, who willingly fight the Hoshi-gumi during the tournament despite knowing that Hao will kill them. Their souls and their spirits are consumed by the Spirit of Fire, though the X-Laws' gamble to force Hao to reveal his medium succeeds. However, their deaths becomes a sore point for the members of X-II, who eventually act on their own to kill Hao.

• Chris Venstar (クリス・ブンスター, Kurisu Bunsutaa?) (Bunstar in early editions of the English manga): A severe but kind man with a strong sense of duty who served in the Gulf War as a member of the American military's elite SAS team; he encountered Hao in the same battlefield where Hao found Mohamed Tabarsi. Venstar's unit was destroyed by Hao, with Venstar surviving but losing both his legs. The incident awoke his latent shamanic powers and he later met Marco at a field hospital and joined the X-Laws to take revenge. When both Meene and Kevin are killed by Hao, Venstar detonates a powerful X-Grenade to kill Hao by burning up all the oxygen in the arena. The attempt fails when Hao uses his onmyouji abilities to change the Spirit of Fire into water. Venstar is named for the Seven Stars cigarette brand. Voiced by: Seiji Sasaki

• Cebin Mendel (ケビン メンデル, Kebin Menderu?) (Kevin in the English manga): A former sniper from the EKO Cobra Unit that aided the Austrian Federal Police, Cebin was badly burned by Hao with the Spirit of Fire when Hao taken to be a terrorist ten years ago and Cebin joined the X-Laws to seek revenge. As a result of his burns, he wears a mask and large hat to conceal his disfigured face and his badly damaged body has been extensively replaced with mechanical prosthetics. His primary weapon are his artificial arms, which have long extending claws for combat, and serve as his spirit's medium. He is the second member of X-III to be killed during their battle against the Hoshi-gumi. His hobby is singing in a chorus and his favorite food is Sachertorte. He is named for Cabin cigarettes and Gregor Mendel. Voiced by: Wataru Takagi

• Meene Montgomery (ミイネ・モンゴメリー, Miine Mongomerii?) (Minnie in the early editions of the English manga, Mina in the English anime): A former member of the Canadian Special Forces's Emergency Response Team and the Schweizer Armee, Meene gave up her promising military career and joined the X-Laws after learning her father had been killed by Hao. Her unrelenting dedication to the X-Laws' mission is tempered by her sensitivity and belief that kindness is needed to save the world and not just blind justice. She enjoys swimming and, unknown to her, she is popular among the X-Laws' male members, who have created a secret fan club for her. In the manga, Meene is the first member of X-III to fall to Hao and killed when her soul is consumed by the Spirit of Fire. In the anime, she survives the failed attempt to open the Gate of Babylon and returns Morphine to Lyserg in hopes he will leave the X-Laws and not be killed as the surviving X-Laws attempt to kill Hao. She is named for "Mine" (峰) cigarettes and Lucy Maud Montgomery. Voiced by: Tomoko Kawakami (Japanese), Michelle Newman (English)

• Others

• Luchist Lasso: The founder of the X-Laws, who found and recognized Jeanne as a girl with the power to defeat Hao. He is later persuaded to join Hao.
• Hans Reiheit (ハンス・ライハイト, Hansu Raihaito?) (Lihite in the English manga): The arsenal keeper for the X-Laws, excluded from the main force because despite his high ability, he is too belligerent. A caring man that enjoys the company of others, Reiheit proudly follows the ideals of Iron Maiden Jeanne. However, he believes that Jeanne not longer has the right to live after she joins the enemy and defects from the X-Laws to become a bodyguard for Mansumi Oyamada during the assault on the Shaman Fight's island location. Both Marco and Luchist consider him to be very dangerous because his spirit, Azazel, has a reiyoku level of 470 000, though Reiheit's furyoku is high enough only to materialize Azazel for three seconds. He dies when his Oversoul is suddenly broken by Hao, though he is later resurrected and unexpectedly proposes to his colleague, the voodoo shaman Teruko Amano (天野 輝子, Amano Teruko?). Reiheit is named after Hi-Lite cigarettes.