Yami Marik is Marik Ishtar's second personality created by his own inner hatred and pain. He serves as the main antagonist of the Battle City Finals arc after Odion falls into a coma, triggering his possession of Marik's body. Unlike The Other Yuugi and The Other Bakura, Yami Marik did not originate as an entity sealed within a Millennium Item, but instead was spawned from the pain and suffered and hatred he endured from having his back craved as part of his family's rite of passage.