Malia

**Malia** is a major character in the *Blood Legacy: New World of Doom* novel. She was the former village chief of Karragin where Ikaris was first summoned. After the Wall collapsed and her village was practically destroyed, Ikaris took ownership of her Elsisn Stele. After realizing her poor management of her village and seeing Ikaris' superior intelligence and methods, Malia reluctantly agrees to follow Ikaris to the Warring Lands in an attempt to build his own kingdom.

## Physical description

Malia is a young and beautiful woman, she was athletic and curvaceous, her skin slightly tanned but well moisturized, slender but not skinny. Her doll-like face was not anemic like that of the other natives while her lips and rosy cheeks displayed a healthy, radiant glow. She had roundish almond-shaped yellow-orange eyes, long auburn lashes and a cascade of silky reddish-chestnut hair falling to her shoulders. She looked very young. No more than sixteen. She was also not very tall, even shorter than the boy. Unlike the aboriginals, Malia was also properly clothed. Her sunflower yellow ensemble consisted of a skirt and a short-sleeved bolero revealing her toned abs, cute belly button, soft arms and long, lithe legs. She was barefoot like the other barbarians, but curiously this only increased her ravishing charm in the eyes of the prisoners. Malia's two orange eyes shifted colors as well. At times, they even glowed, their color sometimes turning golden yellow, sometimes crimson red.

## Synopsis

### Volume 1: New World of Doom

Malia first appears shortly after Ikaris was summoned near her village. She makes her appearance along with Granny Grallu. After the elderly woman performed a language spell, Malia politely asks the summoned people for their names, likely in an attempt to be more approachable. After the invading Crawlers attacked the village that night, the prisoners were all killed except Ikaris and Ellie who both survived by hiding. Malia then picks up the unconscious Ellie's body and leads Ikaris to her cottage to quietly spend the rest of the night.

The next day, Malia along with Grallu welcomes the next batch of summoned otherworlders again. When she gets back to her cottage, she is met by Ikaris who requests her to teach him magic. Malia laughs at the absurdity of the boy's request and attracts Grallu's attention. The elder woman then tells Ikaris about the complexities of magic and the risks that comes with it. However, Ikaris' resolve to learn magic is firm and would not budge. Shortly after, Ellie also expresses her wish to learn magic, revealing that she had been awake for some time and had secretly listened in on their conversation. Relenting to the two's attempts, Grallu guides them on casting their first magic spell to determine their talents, while Malia silently watches. Malia is surprised with Ikaris' monstrous talent, and Grallu tries to persuade her into turning the boy into a Sorcerer. But Malia rejects this, citing that the boy may have had a chance if he was 5 years old, but that he was too old now to succeed. Likewise, Grallu attempts to persuade her again when Ellie shows promising results, stating that the young woman has a slightly better physique than the boy and a more developed Spark as well. But Malia remains silent, ignoring the older woman's suggestion. Inwardly, however, she was still of the opinion that Ikaris had much better potential.

Several days after Ikaris' arrival, Malia went inside the jungle to gather some Heart Strawberries. However, the fruits were heavily guarded by a strong Demonic Beast. During her fight, Malia somehow senses Ikaris presence, who was hiding in the bushes, also trying to steal some of the fruits. When Ikaris goes back his tent, she immediately demands her share of the fruits. Ikaris offers her a single fruit, but she instead takes two, citing that she gave him free meat earlier, she also trades him two kilos of meat in exchange for three more strawberries.

## Personality and traits

One of Malia's traits that caught Ikaris' attention is her habit of asking each summoned prisoner's everyday before the bloodletting ritual. According to Ikaris, this was likely her attempt at easing her guilt knowing that most of these prisoners will die once the Crawlers invade at night. However, Krold, one of the aborigines, warns Ikaris to never let Malia nor Grallu's kindness to fool him. He further states that to preserve the village one more day, they will sacrifice anyone in a heartbeat.

Due to the scarce resources in Karragin, Malia also had the habit of keeping all her food for herself, only sharing them with Grallu whom she sees as a grandmother figure. Even when she had the strength to hunt Demonic Beasts, Malia never shared her bounty to anyone. One time Ikaris even caught her butchering a boar that weighed several hundred kilograms. It was surreal enough for Ikaris to see such a small woman lift it alone. But he was even more astounded when he saw her keeping it all for herself. According to Ikaris, if she didn't suffer from congenital stinginess, then he could deduce that she needed all that meat, which was even more disturbing. However, Malia is instead willing to trade food for another valuable resource, like the Heart Strawberries that Ikaris found.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Chapter 1
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Chapter 6
3. ↑ Chapter 3
4. ↑ Chapter 2
5. ↑ Chapter 4
6. ↑ Chapter 5
7. ↑ Chapter 17
8. ↑ Chapter 18
9. ↑ Chapter 15
10. ↑ Chapter 11