Malice Magick

> Thank you Loxley, but you're right you *don't* understand me.
>
> -Malice after receiving a heartfelt speech

Malice Magick, born Alice Marjich, is a powerful sorceress and mystical supervillain. She is ambitious, cunning, envious and manipulative- she seeks to become the greatest mage in the world and she will not hesitate to use any means necessary to achieve her goals.

## History

### Origin

Born into the Marjich family, Alice quickly displayed great magical talent far surpassing her older brother Jack and it did not take her long to overtake her brother in her studies. One day while studying the family history she discovered why there was only one Marjich mage in each generation: the most prodigious mage of each generation of children would be chosen to be recipient of the Book of Magick- a tome that contains all the arcane power and wisdom of the Marjich family- and the others would give up their connection to magic to bolster the chosen child's power.

Despite her greater mastery and higher proficiency in the magic arts, her brother was chosen to be the heir to the Book of Magick. Breaking with the family tradition- seeing it as unfair and cruel that she should give up her incredible gifts- she broke the ritual and ran away, taking the name Malice Magick. This would be the last time she ever saw her parents- the feedback from breaking the ritual backfired on her father leaving him a husk of his former self and her mother fell victim to a demon freed by his wards failing before Jack could put them back up.

#### Book of Dark Magick

> The Book of Magick contains the collected arcane knowledge and spell mastery of every one of our ancestors. She made her own version, with scraps of knowledge and power she stole or bartered for from warlocks, fiends and devils
>
> -Jack Magick to Loxley

Malice spent her next few years alone, searching for power that would make her equal again to her brother who had received the accumulated knowledge of their ancestors.

### Ishtar Institute

At some point she was recruited by Hammurabi who saw in her a righteous fury and thirst for vengeance he hoped to redirect towards his noble goal of retribution. She saw an opportunity to befriend and recruit others to her cause but also (though she would *never* admit it) a chance to live a "normal" life: go to school, have friends, do homework and all that Disney channel crap.

It was here that she met Team Freedom while they were in their disguises. Malice and Loxley (in disguise as Darkbolt) seemed to connect quickly, though she clearly used their flirting to get a leg-up on the competition (offering him a massage that actually allowed her to lock up his meridians with a spell later) but she also seemed genuinely upset when he betrayed the Institute.

### Cheating the Collegium

She later joined the Collegium, hoping to steal their collection of forbidden texts and run but instead they stole her Book of Dark Magick. She enlisted the help of Loxley and Firestorm to retrieve it, Firestorm died in the process (but he got better... kind of)

### Homecoming

She kidnapped Bloom and attended Homecoming at Atlas Academy in disguise as her in her place. When she was caught she revealed that Kid Spectacular and Bloom were secretly getting together.

### Marjich Manor

Firestorm's death and instant backup had accidentally lead to a severe demonic possession. Loxley asked if she could fix it and she told him she could with the Book of Magick.

Using Loxley as her proxy she tried to steal the Book of Magick from Marjich Manor, but he was caught by Jack Magick, who told Loxley that it would take her months to be able to use the book and agreed to do the exorcism in her place.

### Relic Hunting

Malice's default state is hunting for items of power and lost knowledge to add to her own- while hunting for an item in the Himalayas she met Todd Stool and recruited him as a minion promising to help cure him in exchange.