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Duels 178 and 179: Marik and Bakura meeting
In ancient Egypt, like all [[Millennium Items (manga)|Millennium Items]], the Millennium Rod could be used to summon up to three ''[[ka]]'' from [[stone slab]]s in the [[Shrine of Wedju]].<ref>{{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh!|286|ref}}</ref>
In the twentieth century, the Millennium Rod enabled its wielder to control the minds of any individual it came into contact with.<refname="d 178">{{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh!|178|ref}}</ref> [[Marik Ishtar (manga)|Marik Ishtar]] described its power by noting how easily people are influenced, how they can create split personalities or believe they hear God and by combining his charisma and dominance with their internal image of God, he could control them with the Rod.<ref name="d 171">{{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh!|171|ref}}</ref> The mind control powers include:
* Being able to brainwash a person, such that they act on their own accord, but follow motives the wielder gave them<ref name="d 165">{{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh!|165|ref}}</ref>
* Ability to take complete control of the individual, in which case the skin on the forehead of the person being controlled swells and takes the form of the [[Eye of Wdjat|Eye of Wadjet]]<ref name="d 154">{{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh!|154|ref}}</ref><ref name="d 165" /><ref name="d 170">{{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh!|170|ref}}</ref>
While Marik traveled from [[Port Othello]] to Domino City on his motorcycle, he used the Millennium Rod to inhabit the mind of the [[Doll (manga)|Doll]] and got him to run to Yugi's location, so that he could use the Doll as a proxy in order to Duel Dark Yugi.<ref name="d 170" /> After Marik's loss, he continued to control the Doll to warn Dark Yugi he had better get to his friends, as he had plans to use them.<ref name="d 177" />
The [[Millennium Ring (manga)|Millennium Ring]] alerted [[Dark Bakura (manga)|Dark Bakura]] to the presence of the Millennium Rod and he confronted Marik announcing his intention to take the Rod.<ref name="d 178" /> Marik claimed to have no interest in the Millennium Items beyond getting his revenge on Dark Yugi. He proposed an alliance where if Dark Bakura helped him achieve this he would give him the Rod afterwards.<ref>{{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh!|179|ref}}</ref>
===Rite of the Duel===
