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 Book 1, 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.

In Chapter 15, after Tyril confesses he is afraid, Mal stops himself from making one of his usual jokes and instead admits to being afraid as well. When Tyril asks if "the cocky rogue who always meets danger with a smile" can really be afraid, Mal answers that the reason he is always smiling is because he is always a little afraid.

Background
Mal was born and raised in the Nooks and Crannies, the forgotten slums of Whitetower. He doesn't remember much about his mother, except that she worked too hard, and was too tired and too thin. She told him the most amazing stories though. When she passed away, he and his younger sister were shuffled from orphanage to orphanage. He joined the Thieves Guild when he was six and became a Whitetower Reaper. Once, he found out where the thiefmaster had stashed all the goods, swiped half for himself and was halfway out of the city before he was caught. He swore that once he clawed his way out of there, he would never be broke, desperate, or downtrodden again. At twenty, he left the Guild to become an Adventurer.

Book 1

 * 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
 * Chapter 14: City of Horrors
 * Chapter 15: Into the Shadow
 * Chapter 16: Blade of Light and Shadow

Your Character
"You're a lot of trouble, kit. But you're my kind of trouble."

- Mal, to Your Character

He is one of Your Character's love interests. In Chapter 13 when your party makes it to Whitetower, he takes you to the Nooks and Crannies where he grew up. He "introduces" you to his late mother, telling her that you're a fighter just like her and always standing up for what's right.

Tyril Starfury
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 often.

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 Pompedorfin
"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

When Mal first meets Threep, he is the only one to object from adding Threep to your party. First, he is unsure if Threep will grow bigger and think all of you are his prey; second, Mal thinks Threep will be defenseless against the Shadow Court. Threep tells him and the rest of you that he's an excellent judge of character, and since Nia and you want to keep him, Mal begrudgingly accepts Threep. They are often found bantering with each other, and sometimes including Tyril Starfury. While Mal calls Threep "mangy", Threep calls Mal out when the latter tells his tall tales.

Miscellaneous

 * -|In Games=

Trivia

 * He is shown on the cover of Blades of Light and Shadow.
 * He resembles professional wrestler Adeel Alam, better known as Mustafa Ali.
 * 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.