Mala

## Queen Mala

**Queen Mala** is a major character in the Valerix Franchise. She is the Queen of the Defenders of the Wing and one of the few surviving Maltosian members that lived on Caldera Cay.

She is also the wife of Dagur and the tenth great aunt of Fiona.

## Description

***"Mala is the tough and determined Queen of the Defenders of the Wing. As a highly respected member of the Maltosians, Mala was taught all the ways of a true fighter, where she joined in the island's forces and eventually became their new Queen."***

## Appearance

Mala is a young woman with light skin, green eyes and blonde hair.

Mala's outfit is very similar to the rest of her tribe (mainly females') with the exception of it being longer and having a Mandarin collar and gold lining on her tunic, boots, shoulder and arm guards, and rebraces. The tassets on the front of the garment are adorned with the Eruptodon symbol.

## Personality

As leader of the Defenders of the Wing, Mala holds high authority over the island and does everything she can to ensure its safety, even if it means carrying the fate of both her island or people on her own shoulders. She always speaks elegantly and politely, referring to Hiccup by his first and last name every time he is addressed.

Though as much as Mala is a fighter and a defender of her island, she has deep admiration and respect for Ashley, as seen through her giving Ashley a job as a guard on Caldera Cay and aiding her.

As a defender, Mala holds a strong, religious admiration for dragons, actively antagonizing dragon hunters, suspected dragon hunters and anyone who may have harmed dragons. This has led her to assume the worst multiple times, antagonizing the riders on and off again at the slightest provocation. This antagonizing can even lead to self-fulfilling results, such as when she was twisting Hiccup's words against him at every opportunity during the trial.

Despite her cynical nature, she does have a strong sense of honour, waiving the charges when she sees Toothless willingly defend Hiccup from speed stingers, seeing that he was speaking the truth. She also cares about her tribe's traditions, as she insisted on taking care of the Great Protector's egg and making Snotlout face the trials that would make him her king.

She is shown to have a sense of wonder at the idea of flying which Hiccup offered her, though she politely declines, on the grounds that it is "forbidden," but when her tribe's alpha was kidnapped she climbed onto Hookfang's back so she could assist the riders in their task of saving her people's guardian dragon.

## Abilities, Skills, and Talents

* **Fighting:** Mala is a very skilled warrior as she was able to defeat two Dragon Hunters in a few seconds and quickly overpowered another with her bare hands, using ninja techniques.

* **Reflexes:** Mala has very good reflexes as she was able to catch a flying arrow with her hand.

* **Agility:** Mala has proven several times to be very agile as she can do flips and other such agile manoeuvres. She also jumped from the back of Toothless on a Dragon Hunter.

* **Swordmaster:** Mala is very good at fighting with her sword. She used it against Astrid, Hiccup and then against the Dragon Hunters.

* **Leadership:** As the leader of the Defenders of the Wing, she rules by respect and her subjects obey her without questioning.