Mal

Ben (fiancé)

Hadie (paternal half-brother)

Zeus and Poseidon (paternal uncles)

Hera (paternal aunt by marriage)

Kronos (paternal grandfather)

Hercules (paternal cousin)

Megara (paternal cousin-in-law)

Belle (future mother-in-law)

Beast (future father-in-law)

### 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)

### Film

Descendants 1-3

**Mal** is the main protagonist of the Disney Channel film, *Descendants*. She is the daughter of Maleficent and Hades.

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 movie progresses, Mal lets go of much of her former fears and goals, becoming in tune with her true self; thus she abandons the hollow life of evil, for a life of good. With friendship and love, Mal ended filling the hole in her that could not be satisfied through what her mother had taught her. She is a supporting character in the Disney Universe.

## **Background and Personality**

Mal is a sneaky, smart, and (sometimes) a ruthless girl who is a natural leader. Though she is compassionate to a degree she is also vengeful and unforgiving. She is artistic and has a knack for casting spells, but only if needed. 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. But she does enjoy coming up with evil plans and is the most feared at her previous school because of her reputation. She is not fond of beautiful surroundings or anything pink and finds them to be horrid, 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 an act because she does not want to be seen as weak in her mother's eyes; being one is the only way she is respected by Maleficent, who never cared about Mal. Ben is the only person who saw through Mal's act, and saw her for who she was, a good person.

In the second novel, Mal is more open and still cherishes Ben; it makes her happy that Ben loves her, despite Mal being the opposite of Auradon princesses. She retains a fear of her mother escaping imprisonment and causing trouble. She also shows regret, for abusing her old friend Mad Maddy. Mal is the only one of her friends not to be tempted by an enchanted item that belonged to their parents, as her heart was filled with love and friendship. She is still the one with the most common sense amongst them, as she knew using the talismans (even for a good cause) would cause items to corrupt them.

## **Powers and Abilities**

Mal is trained in dark forms of magic, courtesy of her mother. Due to the Isle of the Lost negating magic inside the dome, Mal only begins practicing magic after leaving the island, and therefore is only skilled at basic magic. By *Descendants: Wicked World*, however, it is noted by others that something bad almost always happens every time she uses magic despite being skilled in the film. At times whenever she is stressed or agitated, her eyes can glow green. By *Descendants 2*, this is shown to be a latent indication of her growing powers as by the end she has awoken the ability to transform into a dragon.