Malak Coldblood

Strategos Malak 'Coldblood' Kovath was a swordsman, condottiere, horseman, and blood magician. He was leader of the legendary Moor Riders bandit cavalry group for a few decades, and one of the world's most feared brigands at the time.
== Life ==
He was born in the Fallo, near the city-state of Inith in the St. Verehia River Valley in 1486 TE, to Hinava and Theüs Kovath, smiths. He was christened with the Euluska name Malah (pronunciation: /malax/) meaning "gracious" or "welcoming". You would anglicise this name as Malak. He spent his early years training with his parents' swords and joined the local militia at the age of 18. The ruling family of the town of Inith, a family of the ancient and noble house of Decimus, recruited young people from the surrounding countryside to form a standing army to contribute to Imperial defence.
=== Decimus Militia ===
Malak soon proved himself as a cunning tactician and keen swordsman and horse-rider, a perfect fit for the mercenary militia. He spent 15 years serving as Strategos (leader) of the 4th Decimus Sabre Hussars, a shock troop cavalry unit that was famous for its sword skill. When he led the regiment to battle on several occasions, he had a stellar record. He was a power-hungry man and incredibly ambitious, but a great tactician and strategist. 
=== The Moor Riders ===
In 1519 TE the Euluska Empire finally collapsed after years of decline. The Decimus house had no longer any backing or funds to support its regiments of troops. Well-trained soldiers with no pay naturally become mercenaries. Malak joined up as several regiments, mainly the 1st, 3rd, 5th, 12th and 22nd cavalry battalions, formed The Moor Riders. He was part of their thousand-strong ranks for quite some time, turning from land-privateering and bodyguard work to banditry and brigandry. 
Around 1549, Malak and several riders ambushed a small travelling group consisting of several cowherds, some Trevizo guards, and led by Caoilith imCwynëvir. Malak and Caoilith had come to blows previously briefly, when she robbed his encampment years before. Malak and Caoilith dueled with his sword and her spiked chain atop a hill, and he killed her. This is not very notable in the grand scheme of things. 
Malak rose to 2nd in command after several decades of hard work and cunning strategy. When the previous leader died, he was appointed the captain of the warband, from the mid 1550s to 1579 (when the Riders fell). 
=== Best Friend, Pegasus, and a Sword ===
In late 1561, Malak met his confidant, best friend, and right-hand man, Elluin Ethanderal, an elven weather-mage. Unbeknownst to Malak, Elluin had once briefly served as a fellow mercenary for a few weeks alongside Caoilith, who he had killed some time before. This was not important though. 
The two would tell a story about how Malak tried to rob the lone travelling wizard, Elluin disarmed him, but then they both started laughing and agreed to work together. No matter how it truly happened, they became thick as thieves. During this time, Malak travelled alone to Rakkimar (continent) and tamed a wild pegasus, which he named Amffergaled. Amffergaled was a noble, pure white winged horse, fast and graceful, coveted by many. Also, some time during the 1560s, he came into possession of a silver sword known as The Moor Rider's Sword, a silver saber that left no visible wounds, controlled the minds of the weak-willed, and filled its wielder with a thirsting hubris. 
=== The Moomyns ===
In 1579, Malak, Elluin, and the Moor Riders attacked a caravan just outside of Abavale in the Fallo, where the Moomyns Party impromptu-formed to fight his forces off. The party captured Elluin - Malak tried to betray his best friend by shooting him to stop him becoming a prisoner and tell his secrets, but the party saved Elluin's life. They kept Elluin as a prisoner for some weeks, and the group's healer fell in love with him, before during an altercation, he fell to his death outside an abandoned tin mine near Treviso. Anyway, Malak and the party fought several battles, including where he sent Ioreth Rhesyra to Abavale to kill the group's friend Zasenna, and where he burned down the town of Trevizo. Exactly how this skirmish ended is lost to history, but everyone on both sides eventually passed out of memory by the early 17th century when the God Wars began. 
If Malak hadn't died before the God Wars, he almost certainly died during their early years. His pegasus escaped and interbred with local Fallonese and Lakayan horses, creating a lasting lineage of native pegasi.
And that was all.
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