Malady

Malady
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マラディ

Malady (マラディ: *Maradi)* is a virus-hunting computer worm created and programmed by Azagg Yarrur, a hacker known for making malware that instead protected computers from infections and chased down threats, who now became a coding scientist working for Gallitek in a laboratory within a city on a remote island. His name comes from the same name of the project he was made for: the Malady Project, which was planned by Azagg, Daryl, and Oxidus as a means of a countermeasure against the ongoing attack of various malware from galaxies unknown. Despite his vicious behavior and vile nature as both a hunter and a computer worm, he is overall helpful to the more innocent malware who were victims and witnesses of the attacks.

## Abilities

### Antivirus Physiology

Being a sentient piece of helpful malware which acts as a portable antivirus, Malady has a variety of abilities with the purpose of benefiting each computer and its user by performing three types of actions:

1. Support: Reversing the damage caused by hostile malware, such as restoring and disinfecting files and reverting system's functionalities back to what they were before they changed them.
2. Defense: Sealing up and patching any vulnerabilities they have accessed the computer through as they passed by, as well as adding in an artificially created barrier, preventing any further malware from accessing it henceforth.
3. Offense: Providing additional security to protect the user's info from online threats such as trackers, phishers, etc., as well as departing from the now-cured computer to find and hunt down the actual malware causing the infections in order to eradicate them.

### Polymorphism

Malady is also a polymorphic type of worm, meaning he can be able to change into various forms and disguise as any form of malware.

* Trojan: Malady can transform into a trojan, wearing a suit of armor and equipping a shield and spear, allowing him to travel in a file known as "MALADY\_SUPPORT.exe" to sneak into infected computers unharmed and undetected by hostile malware. If the infectors are present in the computer, they will not be able to infect the file at all. This will allow the user to interact with the file, causing Malady to attack the infectors by surprise. Malady, in this form, is much stronger not only with physique and equipment, but also with a small battalion of his AI duplicates.
* Virus: Malady can mimic a virus in this form, allowing him to duplicate himself into multiple instances in order to confuse the infector, making it hard for them to take on each duplicate. This ability is effective against a group of hostiles. Malady, in this form, though having moderate strength, has increased speed.
* Spyware: As a spyware, Malady can be able to cloak unseen by hostile malware, as well as watch their every move from a distance, allowing him the perfect amount of time to exterminate the target malware while they are unsuspecting. Also, he can sneak in towards their presence and steal data from them while they aren't looking. In this form, he is equipped with a set of concealed arms and tools, a case, and a suit.
* Scareware: In this form, Malady wears a dark cloak and equips a scythe, with the cloak's hood going over his head to shroud his face with a layer of darkness. He can be able to strike fear into hostile malware. He can teleport closely behind them from a distance, unsettling them, along with revealing a horrifying face that glows outside the hood's shadow and emitting a terrible, loud noise, scarring anyone who dares stare in front of him with the intentions of knowing what's behind that shadow. This stuns the enemy for a few seconds, enough for Malady to attack them with his scythe.

## Trivia

* Malady's Arcana Type is *The Chariot*. This allows him to travel within and outside of any machinery within an incredibly short matter of time, as well as absorb damage and remain unharmed, while reflecting that damage back to his opponent.
* Malady appears in another series known as *World System 32*, which was another series that the creator, Zarvoxidus, had also made, though its universe is much different than the *Zarvoxian* universe. He appears in *WS32* as a supporting character.
	+ This made Malady the first character to appear in two different main series, rather than in the side-series.
* Malady's birthday, which was the day he was completely programmed and created, is October 31st, which is Halloween.