Shalnark

Shalnark (シャルナーク, Sharunāku) is a member of the Phantom Troupe. Shalnark is one of the most intelligent and quick-thinking members in the group — he is adept at using computers, information gathering, and providing the brains behind the brawn. Shalnark is also a licensed Hunter, so he has access to certain information that could be potentially useful in the Phantom Troupe. His physical strength ranks tenth in the group.

Appearance
Shalnark has platinum blonde hair and wears a lavender outfit. In Nippon Animation's adaptation, Shalnark is given brown hair and his outfit is colored differently.

History
Not much is known about Shalnark's past. He seems to have originated from Meteor City, like many of the other members of the Troupe. It seems that at one point in his life he took the Hunter Exam before and became a licensed Hunter.

Personality
Shalnark at first appears to be a normal person, but is really a member of the Phantom Troupe. He is highly intelligent and thinks quickly on his feet. He is fond of electronics, and considers those he controls with his phone to be toys. He expresses a dislike for his autopilot mode not just because of the resulting pain, but because he never remembers his actions in that mode, meaning that he misses out on watching his opponents die.

In the 1999 adaption, he, out of all of the Phantom Troupe, seems to be well-adjusted. In the manga, however, he is almost never shown not smiling, notable exceptions being pouting when one of his "toys" (controlled victims) gets "broken" (killed), scowling when people handle electronics carelessly, and looking highly unsettled when walking in on Feitan reading a book by Trevor Brown next to a bloody corpse.

Yorknew City arc
Shalnark first appeared during their mission in Yorknew City. When Uvo was poisoned, he suggested that Uvo should drink lots of beer and go to the restroom often. Shalnark accompanied and provided Uvogin the information about the chain-user. He appeared next during the Spiders' attack on Yorknew City to get to Cemetery Building. After Pakunoda's death, he deduced Chrollo's prophecy from Neon and formed of a conclusion that their leader might be in Greed Island.

Chimera Ant arc
In the Chimera Ant arc, when an ant tries to subvert Shalnark to their side, he explains, grinning all the while, that he likes Chrollo, and working for Chrollo, and that he doesn't much like the ants, and he would rather die than work for someone he doesn't like.

Combat
Shalnark ranks tenth in physical power among the Troupe, and is well capable enough to defend himself in hand to hand combat. He is also smart enough to hack into computers and provide information to the Troupe.

Nen
Shalnark is a Manipulator in the Phantom Troupe, and generally requires certain conditions to be met before the user is able to control the targeted object, and being fully able to completely and utterly control the body of any person he has targeted (this however requires a special antenna to be placed on them), and by placing an antenna on himself, Shalnark can give himself instructions and can, through this, greatly enhance his physical attributes.

Trivia

 * In the second character popularity pollfor Hunter x Hunter, Shalnark took 17th place with 84 votes.
 * In the third character popularity pollfor Hunter x Hunter, Shalnark took 15th place with 187 votes.