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Mal Volari

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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.

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In the Blades of Light and Shadow series, Mal Volari sports a tattoo on his wrist, unveiled in Chapter 3. The design features crossed daggers set within a crimson diamond, surrounded by six blood drops. The tattoo is a symbol that he reached the status as a Reaper in the Whitetower Thieves' Guild.
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In the series Blades of Light and Shadow, Mal Volari is portrayed as a thief and potential romantic partner for the main character. His role extends into Book 2, where he interacts with characters like Tyril Starfury and the protagonist.
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Mal Volari, a character in Blades of Light and Shadow Book 1, is outfitted in beige and brown armor, featuring silver pauldrons on his arms. His attire also includes long brown leather gloves adorned with silver straps, a matching belt from which a dagger hangs, and khaki pants.
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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. In Book 1, he wears a beige and brown armor with straps, silver poultrons on his arms, and long brown leather gloves with straps and silver. He also wears a brown leather and silver belt with a dagger hanging from it, and khaki pants. In Book 2, he has cut his hair short, and he wears a black leather armor with brown straps, a gray cape, brown leather gloves, and black pants with straps and a dagger hanging from them.

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[1]. 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[2]. 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.

Chapters

Blades of Light and Shadow

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

Book 2

  • Chapter 1: Through the Looking Glass
  • Chapter 2: Coming Home (Mentioned; Physical Appearance Determinant)
  • Chapter 3: The Priestess and the Rogue
  • Chapter 4: Our New Nemesis
  • Chapter 5: Into The Woods
  • Chapter 6: The Other Side
  • Chapter 7: Conflict and Compromise
  • Chapter 8: The Hero Of Riverbend
  • Chapter 9: The City Beneath The Sand
  • Chapter 10: Deep Below
  • Chapter 11: Healing and Hard Truths
  • Chapter 12: Surprises in Shadow
  • Chapter 13: Just The Two Of Us
  • Chapter 14: A Night to Remember
  • Chapter 15: Watch Your Back
  • Chapter 16: Pirates and Thieves
  • Chapter 17: The Longest Night
  • Chapter 18: It All Comes Down To This

Book 3

  • Chapter 1: One Day More
  • Chapter 2: The Undiscovered Country
  • Chapter 3: Here at the End
  • Chapter 4: Connections and Consequences
  • Chapter 5: The River of Seekers
  • Chapter 6: The Heart of the Sea
  • Chapter 7: Rage and Ruin
  • Chapter 8: Trespasser
  • Chapter 9: The City of Light
  • Chapter 10: Into the Deep
  • Chapter 11: Abandon All Hope
  • Chapter 12: The Pit and the Pendulum
  • Chapter 13: All Shall Fade
  • Chapter 14: The Queen's Cage
  • Chapter 15: For One, For All
  • Chapter 16: Life, Death, and Beyond

Villainous Valentine

Villainous Valentine

  • Chapter 1: The Empress

Main Character Energy

Main Character Energy

  • Chapter 1: I'm Something Of A Choices MC Myself

Relationships

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 Book 1, 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.

In Book 3, as your friendship (or situationship or relationship) progresses, he follows your lead. If you decide to romance him and tell him that you love him, he will reciprocate your feelings. Of your friends, he wants to stay in The World Below to help his mother. However, if you decide to return to the land of the living, he will follow you, believing that he will reunite with his mother in the future.

Tyril Starfury

In Book 1, 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.

Depending on your choices, the Book 3 epilogue can reveal that Mal and Tyril have begun a romantic relationship with each other. This occurs if you don't romance either of them, or if you do romance them but choose to ask how they're handling your breakup when given the final option to define your relationship in Book 3, Chapter 16.

Wren

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

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

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

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Memorable Quotes

Your Character: Are you serious?
Mal: Not when I can help it.


Mal [at the Nooks and Crannies]: I guess someone who's trying to save the world... really can come from a place like this.
Your Character: And once the world's saved? Where will you go next?
Mal: That's the big question, isn't it? It's been... all right, these past few months. Being a part of a group, you know. A team. But I work alone... It's a necessity for me. Something I learned from getting too many knives in the back. It's a hard habit to break.


Mal [to MC and Nia]: I don't do plans! Plans are just begging the universe to make it all go wrong!


References

  1. ↑ Blades of Light and Shadow, Book 1, Chapter 13
  2. ↑ Blades of Light and Shadow, Book 1, Chapter 3
  3. ↑ Entering the weekend with these golden Choices quotes and inspiration.
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