Marayam Hui Guo Rou (マラヤーム＝ホイコーロ, Marayāmu Hoikōro) is the Thirteenth Prince of the Kakin Empire and the youngest son of his father's seventh wife, Queen Sevanti.[1]
Appearance
Marayam is a small child with short and spiky black hair and widely spaced, vaguely almond-shaped eyes. He is a tad chubby.[1]
Personality
Marayam appears to be fond of his pet hamster, and he carries it with him even to formal events. He also seems to enjoy video games.[2] He appears to be reluctant to manifest negative feelings,[3] while he is quite open about his joy while playing.[4]
Plot
Succession Contest arc
Marayam admires his pet hamster in its cage.[1] Biscuit is accepted to be his bodyguard during the voyage to the Dark Continent.[2] On the eve before the voyage alongside the other princes, Marayam nonchalantly waves at the people while bringing his hamster cage.[5]
Marayam and his mother, oblivious to the Guardian Spirit Beast
During the party, Marayam distracts himself with his hamster cage instead of chatting with the guests.[5] His Guardian Spirit Beast is seen during the Guardian Spirit Beast parade in Prince Woble's room. The next day, he participates to another party along with his mother, Queen Sevanti.[6] After returning to their lodgings, he is seen clinging to his mother's clothes as she orders most of Prince Momoze's guards to protect him instead.[7] At dinner, Sevanti helps Marayam finish the food off his plate, while they're both oblivious to the large Guardian Spirit Beast behind them.[8]
Later, Queen Oito spies on Prince Marayam and his mother, using her borrowed Nen ability.[9] Marayam, presumably under Queen Sevanti's permission, agrees to send his bodyguards to learn Nen under Kurapika.[10] Queen Sevanti sends Belerainte and Barrigen.[11] The death of his sister shakes him, causing his Guardian Spirit Beast to mutate, but he does not manifest his feelings and simply stares at his hamster.[3] As Vergei contacts Kurapika, Marayam and his mother play with his toys on his play-mat.[12][13] As Vergei voices his opinion for not sending Belerainte to partake in the Nen training, Marayam sleeps soundly in his crib.[14] On Sunday, Marayam does not go to the banquet. At Marayam's request, Biscuit plays with him, who shows to have taken a liking to her.[4]
Marayam's Employees
Active/Alive • Deceased • Former/Arrested • Status Unknown
Royalty • Personal Guards • Hunters • Provisional Hunters • Spies • Allies • Servants
| Royal Family | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13th Prince | 7th Queen | |||
| Prince Marayam's Employees | ||||
| ⇄ | ⇄ | ⇄ | ||
| 1Q→1P | 2Q?→ | 3Q→ | 4Q→ | 5Q→ |
| 6Q→ | 7Q→ | |||
| Prince Momoze's Former Employees | ||||
| ⇄ | ||||
| 7Q Captain→ | ||||
| Replacements | ||||
| 1P→ | ||||
| Legend of Symbols | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Symbol | Meaning | Example | Meaning |
| P | prince | 1P | The 1st Prince. |
| Q | queen | 5Q | The 5th Queen. |
| ...→ | sent by | 1Q→ | X is sent by the 1st Queen. |
| →... | sent to | →14P | X is sent to the 14th Prince. |
| ...→... | reassigned to | 2Q→14P | X is reassigned by the 2nd Queen to the 14th Prince. |
| →...→... | was assigned to one or more princes | →8P→11P | X was assigned to the 8th and 11th Princes. |
| ♰ | in charge of a prince's curse | 4P♰ | The guard is in charge of the 4th Prince's curse. |
| ♰ | formerly in charge of a prince's curse | 12P♰ | The guard is formerly in charge of the 12th Prince's curse. |
| * | Information found in Togashi's notes from "Jump Ryu! Vol. 21" interview | 1Q*→ | The guard's affiliation is revealed in the notes. |
| Servant* | The employee's position is revealed in the notes. | ||
| [name]* | The employee's name is revealed in the notes. | ||
| ? | Placeholder (might hold another position) | Captain? | The employee might not be the captain or a personal guard. |
| ? | The employee might not be a personal guard. | ||
| 2Q?→ | The employee might have been sent by another queen. | ||
| ⇄ | Placeholder (might have initially belonged to either Prince Momoze or Prince Marayam) | This particular issue arose when their mother Queen Sevanti sent all of Momoze's Hunters and servants to Marayam. Since we only got to see 4/5 of Momoze's Hunters and 2/3 of her servants by that time, we can't say for certain which prince the marked characters initially belonged to. | |
Abilities & Powers
Despite being a member of Kakin's royal family, according to Tubeppa, Marayam has no real political influence or power.[7]
Guardian Spirit Beast
Marayam's Guardian Spirit Beast
Like the rest of his siblings, Marayam has received an egg from which a Guardian Spirit Beast, a variety of Nen beast, has hatched to protect him.[1] As a parasitic-type ability, he has no control over it. The Guardian Spirit Beast is made out of aura, thus only Nen users can see and hear it.[15] It is subjected to two rule-like instincts: it is unable to fight other Guardian Spirit Beasts as well as to directly attack the host of one.[7]
The full extent of its abilities is unknown, but it has been observed to grow in size.[8] The changes in its appearance reflect Marayam's feelings: after the death of his sister, the Nen beast became huge and covered in spikes. Hanzo ran into a smaller, fiercer-looking version of Marayam's Guardian Spirit Beast with the ability to extend jagged tendrils.[3] It has been suspected of being responsible for putting up a spatiotemporal barrier around Room 1013: exit and phoning from the room are permitted, but whoever tries to enter it from outside is transported to an alternate, empty room. Someone who steps outside the real room will be unable to see its contents or hear sounds coming from it even if the door is open, whereas people inside will not experience anything unusual.[14] This suggests that Marayam's Nen beast can use Emission, Conjuration or perhaps a combination of the two.[13]
Translations around the World
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Hunter × Hunter - Volume 33, Chapter 349
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Hunter × Hunter - Volume 33, Chapter 350
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Hunter × Hunter - Volume 36, Chapter 372
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Hunter × Hunter, Chapter 383
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Hunter × Hunter - Volume 34, Chapter 358
- ↑ Hunter × Hunter - Volume 34, Chapter 359
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Hunter × Hunter - Volume 35, Chapter 362
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Hunter × Hunter - Volume 35, Chapter 366
- ↑ Hunter × Hunter - Volume 35, Chapter 367
- ↑ Hunter × Hunter - Volume 35, Chapter 368
- ↑ Hunter × Hunter - Volume 35, Chapter 369
- ↑ Hunter × Hunter - Volume 36, Chapter 373
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Hunter × Hunter - Volume 36, Chapter 374
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Hunter × Hunter - Volume 36, Chapter 375
- ↑ Hunter × Hunter - Volume 34, Chapter 360
| King | Nasubi Hui Guo Rou |
| Queens | Unma • Duazul • Tang Zhao Li • Katrono • Swinko-swinko • Seiko • Sevanti • Oito |
| Princes | Benjamin • Camilla • Zhang Lei • Tserriednich • Tubeppa • Tyson • Luzurus • Salé-salé • Halkenburg • Kacho • Fugetsu • Momoze • Marayam • Woble |
| Ancestors | Kakin's First King |
