Maliketh, the Black Blade

## Introduction

Maliketh was the half-brother of Queen Marika the Eternal, a Numen empyrean who would ascend to godhood as the vessel of the Elden Ring. Maliketh was her sworn shadow and unquestionably loyal. On her behalf, he fought the Gloam-Eyed Queen, another empyrean, and sealed away the power of her Black Flame.

Desiring a world without Destined Death, Marika took the Rune of Death from the Elden Ring and charged Maliketh with protecting it. Maliketh's blade was imbued with the power of the rune, making him a peerless foe for any who would challenge Marika's order.

Maliketh, throughout the long "Age of the Erdtree", preformed his duties faithfully. That was until the Night of Black Knives, when a group of Numen Assassins commanded by Lunar Princess Ranni stole a fragment of Destined Death and imbued it into their own daggers, granting them the power to kill the until that moment immortal demigods. With these daggers, the assassins killed several demigods, among them Marika's firstborn Godwyn the Golden and Ranni herself, leading to the Shattering.

### Character Details

In his shame, Maliketh bound his blade within his own flesh, so that none could ever steal the power of death again. Doing so caused him to become eternally hungry, gnawing at the corruptive deathroot that sprouted from the roots of the Erdtree following the burial of Godwyn's undead flesh at its roots. He took the name "Gurranq, Beast Clergyman" and began recruiting followers to weed out deathroot, which became a source of Those Who Live in Death. Gurranq's followers feed him deathroot to satisfy his unending hunger.

## Powers and Stats

**Tier**: easily **7-C**, **High 5-B**, all the way up to **3-B**

**Name**: Maliketh, the Black Blade

**Age**: Unknown

**Classification**: Half-Wolf, Shadow, Guardian of Death Rune, Numen empyrean

* Powers and Abilities
* Resistences

Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Dominant Physical Characteristics, Daunting Physical Characteristics, Celestial Physical Characteristics, Acrobatics (Maliketh is shown jumping around doing flips throughout his fight.) Weapon Mastery (Maliketh is shown using his sword which he can combat late game Tarnished.) Summoning (summons his black blade which he was not using before hand in phase one.) Immortality (Type 1; Has been alive since the time of Queen Marika.) Shockwave Creation (Using beast claw he can create shockwaves that travel the arena.) Magic Manipulation (in his first phase Maliketh can use and deal magic damage.) Aura (His sword has a red aura around it which is indicative of his power.) Steath Mastery (was an assassin that was capable of assassinating demigods in the past.)

Poison Manipulation (Can resist the effects of Poison Magic/Incantations) Ice Manipulation (Can resist the effects of Frost Magic/Incantations) Sleep Manipulation (Can resist the effects of sleep Magic/Incantations) Fire Manipulation (Can resist the effects of fire Magic/Incantations) Blood Manipulation (can resist the effects of Blood and Bleeding Magic/Incantations which induce bleeding on the enemies body.) Electricity Manipulation (Can resist the effects of lightning and electricity Magic/Incantations.) Status Effect Inducement (Listed to be strong against Status Effects.)

**Attack Potency:** **Large Planet Level** (Far superior to a weakened Radahn, as he can fight against late game tarnished.) **Multi-Galaxy Level** (Fought and killed demigods in the past due to his status under the Numen Assassins.)

**Speed**: **Massively Hypersonic** (Superior than Radahn and Dragonlord Placidusax both of which can complete impressive speed showings.)

**Durability**: **Large Planet Level** (Far superior to a weakened Radahn, as he can fight against late game tarnished.) **Multi-Galaxy Level** (Fought and killed demigods in the past due to his status under the Numen Assassins.)

**Stamina**: **Superhuman**

**Intelligence**: **Above Average** (Although in his initial beast state he seems less than the average man, he was previous apart of the Numen Assassins which can coordinate and kill demigods.)

**Weakness**: *none notable*

**Notable Attacks/Techniques:**

* **Bestial** **Sling**: Collects rocks from the ground with his hand and throws them at the player
* **Bestial Sling (Variant 2)**: Swiftly circles the player and collects rocks while jumping and throws them as soon as he lands
* **Bestial Sling (Variant 3)**: Executes a Forward Ground Stab but follows it up with a Bestial Sling directly afterwards
* **Beast Claw**: Raises his hand over his head and slams into the ground, once he withdraws his hand shockwaves travel towards the player
* **Lunge Swipe** : Very similar to the Bestial Sling Variant however he doesn't throw rocks but swiftly slashes from his left to his right
* **Ground Rupture**: With both hands he reaches up and grabs the ground, bringing up huge chunks of earth which crash down after (similar to Fallingstar Beast), however he occasionally follows this attack with a Bestial Sling so be ready to dodge
* **Stone of Gurranq**: With one hand he grabs a boulder and chucks it at you in a straight line
* **Black Blade**: Backflips into the air and slashes his sword at the player, blades will shoot from the blade towards the player at high speeds, can vary from 2-3 blades however, If it is 2 blades he will most likely follow with a Piledriver which has an AOE. If it is 3 blades he will charge towards player and perform the "Double Spin" attack while moving through the air.
* **Destined Death**: The most punishable attack, he slashes the floor in front of him and follows it with a overhead slam leaving his back exposed