Mal

### Alternate Names

Mal (primary nickname)My Nasty Little Girl, Pumpkin, Darling & Nugget (by Maleficent)M (by Evie)Malsy (by CJ)Poser, Little Traitor, Snooty Little Witch, Loser & Princess (by Uma)Traitor (by Harry)Lady Mal (by Auradon citizens and Ben)Mali, Little Girl, My Girl (by Hades)Chicken (by Celia Facilier)

### Profession

Student at Auradon Prep Student at Dragon Hall (Formerly)Future Queen of the United States of Auradon and the Isle of the Lost

## Personal

### Relatives

Maleficent (mother)Hades (father)

Hadie (paternal half-brother)

Kronos (paternal grandfather)

Zeus (paternal uncle)

Hera (paternal aunt)

Poseidon (paternal uncle)

Hercules (paternal cousin)

Megara (cousin-in-law)

Herkie (first cousin, once removed)

Ben (fiancé)

Belle (future mother-in-law)

Beast (future father-in-law)

Unnamed Grandmother (Maleficent's mother; mentioned in Evil Like Me)

Maurice (future grandfather-in-law)

Belle's Mother (future grandmother-in-law; deceased)

### Personality

Edgy, creative, loving, nice, emotional, brave, loyal, intelligent, artistic, protective, caring, confident, sweet, gentle, stubborn

### Allies

Ben, Evie, Jay, Carlos, Freddie Facilier, Audrey, Doug, Lonnie, Jane, Jordan, Ally, Anti-Heroes Club, Dizzy, Arabella, Celia Facilier, Uma, Harry Hook, Gil, Hades

### Enemies

Maleficent, CJ Hook, Uma (formerly), Zevon, Mad Maddy, Ginny Gothel, Gaston Jr., Gaston the Third, Madam Mim, Harry Hook (formerly), Gil (formerly), Audrey (formerly)

## Appearance information

### Appeared In

DescendantsDescendants 2

Descendants 3

Descendants: Wicked World

**Queen Maleficent "Mal" Bertha** is the main protagonist from the Disney Channel films *Descendants*, *Descendants 2,* and *Descendants 3*, she is also the protagonist of *Descendants: Wicked World*. She is the daughter of Maleficent and Hades, the fiance of Ben and the future queen of the United States of Auradon, plus the Isle of the Lost. She returns in Descendants: The Night is Young as a supporting character.

As a natural-born leader, Mal takes charge of carrying out her mother's evil plan to steal the Fairy Godmother's magic wand and enjoys drawing and casting spells (but only if needed).

As the series progresses, Mal lets go of much of her fears and goals, becoming in tune with her true self; thus she abandons the hollow life of evil, for a life of being good. With friendship and love, Mal ended filling the hole in her heart that couldn't be satisfied through what her mother had taught her.

## Background Infomation

### Personality

Mal is a sneaky, smart, and ruthless girl who is a natural-born leader and skilled at artistic things, especially spray paint. Though she is compassionate, she is also vengeful and doesn't forgive others easily. She has a knack for casting spells, but only if needed.

In *Descendants*, as the daughter of Maleficent, she wants to be like her mother: pure evil. Yet whenever she tries to prove herself to her mother, she often disappoints her instead. She enjoys coming up with wicked schemes and is the most feared on the Isle because of her reputation. She isn't fond of beautiful surroundings or anything pink, calling them gross, but she does sometimes wonder about how life would be off the island. Despite this, she is not necessarily immoral; she is just misguided. Her "mean girl" facade is mostly an act, likely because she does not want to be seen as weak in her mother's eyes; being evil is the only way she is respected by Maleficent, who never cared about Mal. Ben is the only person who sees through Mal's act (including herself), and saw her for who she was - a good person.

She also tends to be overly-sarcastic and has a strange love of mud.

### Physical Appearance

Mal is described as a girl with dark purple hair with highlights of lighter shades of purple that is curly and reaches a little bit over her shoulders. She has green eyes with "flecks of gold" and is of medium height (5'2"). She mostly wears purple and shades of green and pink during the movie. At Ben's coronation, she wears a lavender dress that is short on the front but long and regal looking on the back. Mal had her hair tied up in a bun. According to *Isle of the Lost: A Descendants Novel*, she has a dragon-shaped marking on her arm, the symbol of Maleficent.

In *Descendants 2*, while in Auradon, her hair's blonde and slightly longer with purple tips at the end. When she goes back to the Isle, she goes back to having purple hair, only this time, light, straight, and with bangs. Towards the end of the movie, she has wavy purple hair with bangs.

Also, in Descendants 3, her hair is lighter purple and appears to be blue. In some scenes her hair is reflected and appears to be blue.

### Powers & Abilities

Being the daughter of Maleficent and Hades, Mal inherited the following powers:

* **Fairy Magic:** Like her mother, Mal is able to manipulate fairy magic at her will, which usually manifests a green energy glowing in her eyes.
	+ **Spell Casting:** Mal is able to change and control events through the use of incantations and recitations, which either she creates or comes from her mother's old book.
	+ **Potion Making:** Mal is able to brew and concoct paranormal potions with supernatural effects. Mal successfully made the love potion and place it inside a cookie, which was later given to Ben. Subsequently, she made the counter potion in order to end the last one all by herself. She was able to create a Truth Potion, for Carlos in the form of a sweet.
	+ **Dragon Transformation:** Mal is able to transform herself into a giant dragon, like her mother Maleficent. She transforms into a dragon in *Descendants 2*, and she does so twice in *Descendants 3*.
	+ **Demigod Abilities:** Since her dad is Hades, she is a demigoddess, but it is unknown what goddess powers she has. It is known that she can use Hades Ember, although not to the same level as her godly father.

Aside from her magical powers, Mal also have the following abilities:

* **Art:** One of Mal's most notable talents. She's an avid lover of art, especially for graffiti. She is seen doing multiple drawings throughout *Descendants*, *Descendants: Wicked World* and *Descendants 2*.
* **Driving:** As seen in "Pair of Sneakers" and "Wild Rehearsal", Mal is capable of driving cars. In *Descendants 2*, she learned to drive a scooter.
* **Swordsmanship:** As seen in *Descendants 2*, Mal is capable to withstand a sword fight with Lost Revenge's Crew.