Conrad Malfort

*Now you found Conrad Malfort, and I'm telling you... this is the last village you'll infect.*[src]
Conrad meets the de Rune siblings

**Conrad Malfort** is a minor antagonist of *A Plague Tale: Innocence*.

A resident of a French village located near the de Rune estate, he is seen as a leader in the hard times plaguing his home.

## Biography

### Background and Early Life

Little is known about Conrad's past except that, at some point, he had a son by an unknown woman. With the outbreak of the Bite in his village, his son died from the illness, and in his grief, Conrad came to lead the angry villagers in killing anyone he believes to be responsible for spreading the plague.

### The Strangers

When Amicia de Rune and her brother Hugo arrived at his village, they came across a horrible sight: Conrad and his brute squad were burning those suspected of spreading the plague at the stake. He accused the de Runes' "music" of being what brought the rats, making them invade the church and give his people the sickness. He and his men chased the children all through the village, hounding their every step and driving them deeper into the heavily infected areas.

### Death

Although the two managed to evade him and his militia inside Clervie's home, Hugo became angry with his sister and ran away, running into Conrad out front of the town church. Now clad in full armor, Conrad engaged Amicia in the close quarters of the courtyard, making it difficult for the girl to evade his attacks for long. His armor protected him from her sling, but the sheer weight of his mace and his brutish way of fighting made him slow, allowing her to evade his blows and use her sling to remove his shoddily attached armor piece by piece, exposing his head. She finally killed him with a blow to the skull, and he collapsed dead before he hit the ground as his fellow townsmen looked on in rage.

## Physical Appearance

Conrad is a large man with blocky features, wide shoulders, and a small scar on the bridge of his nose. His head is mostly bald with what hair he has left shaved close to the scalp to match his stubble. He wears a dirty shirt with muddied arm wrappings and dark pants.

When first seen, he was wearing his rusty leg armor composed of steel boots, sabatons, greaves, mismatched cuisse, and carrying his crudely-made mace. His upper body armor is similarly crude. His armor is completed later with pauldrons, a chest plate, and a helmet.

## Personality

Not much of Conrad is seen to give an idea of his character, but he seems prone to violence. However, given his grief over his son and fellow villagers, he may be reacting in fear and panic like the rest, doing what he feels is best to protect what is left. Given his size and power, he sees force as the best way to quell the threat, and he does so with vigor.

## Abilities and Skills

*You're a slippery one... but one hit is all it takes! Just one!*[src]
Conrad

* **Armored Giant**: Conrad is a powerful and dangerous combatant, covered in primitive armor and carrying a crude and heavy but effective mace that can crush Amicia flat if it lands its blow. His armor makes him impervious to what few attacks Amicia is capable of this early in the story, but its shoddy construction allows her to carefully dismantle it with precise attacks, exposing his vulnerable head.

* **Town Leader**: Conrad commands the respect and fear of those around them, rallying the rougher villagers to his cause and letting nothing stop him from doing what he feels is best to protect his village: even if it means killing two innocent children.

## Trivia

* Conrad is the first boss of the game and the second combatant Amicia fights.
* Conrad once was a soldier, given that he has actual steel armor and how the other villagers look up to him and obey his commands, but given their rusty and partially damaged state, they may have been neglected.
	+ During his fight with Amicia, he states he has fought in two wars.