Banded Rod

Banded Rod is a Beast-Type snake spirit and one of the five Spirit Allies of Anna Raregroove.

Description
Similar, but not entirely the same as Jewelnet in personality, Banded Rod is not so much quiet and reserved as gentle and polite. She takes a liking people who show manners to others, and would appear to be the most outwardly friendly of Anna Raregroove's Spirit Allies.

History
Banded Rod was once a snake that died and ascended to the spirit world, where she became a Beast-Type spirit with intelligence equal to that of an average human. Banded Rod was summoned back to the mortal world to guide and train Silva of the Patch Tribe in the shamanic arts. When Silva was on his deathbed, he instructed his five Spirit Allies - Banded Rod, Silver Wing, Black Horn, White Tail, and Jewelnet - to train his daughter, Anna, in the shamanic arts like they trained him. Banded Rod and the other spirits could have returned to the spirit world upon Silva's death, but decided to honor their former master's last wishes and train Anna. At first, the five spirits only helped Anna out of an obligation to Silva, but over time, they all became such good friends with Anna that they wanted to train her regardless.

In 150,081 CMT, Viriathus asked Anna if she could see her Spirit Allies, so Anna began to meditate and kindly asked Banded Rod and the others to materialize. A few minutes later, all five spirits came to a consensus and appeared around Anna, with Banded Rod materializing on her lap. Banded Rod politely greeted Viriathus, stating that it was a pleasure to meet her. Once Anna had introduced them all to Vi, she dismissed her Spirit Allies and invited Vi to spar with her instead.

Trivia

 * Banded Rod is an adaptation of the character Silver Rod from the manga/anime series Shaman King.