Mal Volari

Mal Volari, a character from the Blades of Light and Shadow series, is a thief and one of your love interests. He first appears in Chapter 1.

Appearance
Mal has brown eyes, medium-long brown hair, and tanned skin. He has a slight scar cut through one of his eyebrows. A premium scene of Chapter 3 reveals that he has a tattoo on the inside of his wrist, consisting of a pair of crossed daggers in a crimson diamond, framed by six blood drops.

Personality
Mal is prideful and cares about his reputation as a treasure hunter. He also shows signs of being greedy and self-serving such as only agreeing to help stop the Shadow Court because Nia offered to pay him.

Blades of Light and Shadow

 * Chapter 1: The Adventure Begins
 * Chapter 2: Of Loss and Legends
 * Chapter 3: The City By The Sea
 * Chapter 4: Escape at Sea
 * Chapter 5: The Floating City
 * Chapter 6: The Cursed Isle
 * Chapter 7: The Deadwood
 * Chapter 8: A Tale Of Two Princes
 * Chapter 9: The Queen, The Prince, And The Exile
 * Chapter 10: The City of Glimmering Lies
 * Chapter 11: What Lies Beneath
 * Chapter 12: The Murderous Masquerade
 * Chapter 13: City of Wonders

Your Character
He is one of Your Character's love interests.

Tyril
In Chapter 3, you bump into Tyril Starfury in the market. If you decide to confront him, Mal tells you later that he was forty percent sure that he could've taken Tyril or at least gotten a punch in. After Tyril joins your party, he and Tyril are seen squabbling several times in Chapter 4.

Mal's Sister
He checks on her from time to time. She still lives in Whitetower and runs a bakery together with her wife.

Threep
"You do know that doesn't make sense, right? You can't just say words with that flirty little smirk and hope no one notices?"

- Threep to Mal

Mal and Threep often banter with each other. While Mal calls Threep "mangy", Threep calls Mal out when the latter tells his tall tales.

Trivia

 * He is shown on the cover of Blades of Light and Shadow.
 * He resembles professional wrestler Adeel Alam, better known as Mustafa Ali.
 * A guard and the Thiefmaster in Chapter 3 call him a Whitetower Reaper in a premium scene.
 * He also reveals he was once a member of the Thieves Guild.
 * He grew up in the slums of Whitetower.
 * On April 10, 2020, Pixelberry tweeted their #QuarantineHouse challenge, placing Mal in House 5 with Hana Lee, Kamilah Sayeed, Michael Harrison, Duke Richards and Damien Nazario.
 * He teaches you the Stealth elite skill.
 * In Chapter 13, he tells you that he joined the Thieves' Guild when he was six, and left when he was twenty to become an Adventurer.