Malvasia

**Malvasia** (マルヴァジーア), also known as the "Moon Queen," is the main antagonist in *Nights of Azure 2: Bride of the New Moon*.

## Appearance

Malvasia is a dark-skinned woman with golden eyes and long white hair. She wears a very elaborate and revealing frilly white outfit with golden accents that somewhat resembles a bride dress. Her head is adorned with blue flowers. She wears white gloves and golden sandals.

Her second form during the final fight, sees her trapped in a gigantic demonic knight armor with wings and a red cape.

## Personality

Malvasia appears quite stoic and serious for the most part, but when talking to Aluche her words can be happy and excited. She is very cunning and nothing can stray her from reaching her goal.

## History

Malvasia was once in love with a human called Alstromeria. As the other humans despised demons, the two were constantly harassed, even physically. Alstromeria eventually couldn't bear the suffering anymore, and decided to kill Malvasia by piercing her heart with a sword, and then commit suicide, in the hope they could live together in peace in the afterlife.

However, after getting resurrected, killed and resurrected again from the scientists of the Curia, Malvasia broke out and searched for her love. When she found out that she committed suicide Malvasia's heart broke, and became filled with a deep hatred for humans. Since then she became known as the Moon Queen.

Despite her goal being that to engulf the world in darkness, it appears that what she truly seeks is to simply reunite with her lover.

Malvasia had at one moment kidnapped Arnice's girlfriend Lilysse and threatened to kill her if Arnice didn't surrender. Arnice agreed to surrender knowing she did not have choice. Malvasia then tortured Arnice and told her that she already killed Lilysse which caused Arnice to become corrupted by her rage. Thought it's revealed that Lilysse was still alive and her location is unknown.

When Aluche is fighting demons alongside Liliana and Ruenheid, Malvasia appears before them in order to take Liliana's power. Malvasia succeeds to kill Aluche by stabbing her in the heart before kidnapping Liliana to take her to the Eclipse Palace. As she nearly succeeded to spread the Eternal Night, Liliana stopped time in order to interrupt the process. Liliana then left the Palace while time was stopped.

Malvasia does not appear again until the end of the game, but she will tries to make Aluche, who was revived as an half-demon, suffer in many ways via her minions like Vallderossa. She does that in order for Aluche to become stronger for their next fight, as to remember the one she got with Alstromeria in the past.

When Aluche arrives to face her and proclaims she will save the world and Liliana, Malvasia senses the love Aluche has for Liliana, and proclaims she has known the pain of love and death before preparing to fight. Impressed by Aluche's skills, Malvasia decides to take her second form and to continue the fight. During the fight, Aluche pierces Malvasia's heart, which does not does not meet her expectations claiming that she was stronger while addressing to her as Alstromeria. She then took her final form for the fight's climax.

In the bad ending, Malvasia is happy that Aluche became stronger and absorbs her power. She then become the New Moon Queen and tries to take Liliana's power before being stopped by Ruenheim, who uses a device given by Camilla. Malvasia is changed into a jewel and then destroyed, with the process also killing Aluche.

In the true ending, Aluche pierces Malvasia's heart once more, which makes her vanish. She is then seen freezing in time by Liliana, and as she is about to be set free due to Liliana not having much power left, Aluche decide to go with Liliana and give her the power she need to keep Malvasia frozen in time. Aluche, Liliana, and Malvasia then vanish, and from there, it's assumed that Aluche and Liliana are still alive and will come back, but nothing is known about Malvasia's status.

In the DLC story "Time Drifts Through the Moonlit Night", a fragment memory of Malvasia, which was cut free after Alstromeria pierced Malvasia's heart, appears when Aluche enters into the Moonlight Space. She is searching for Alstromeria until she sees Aluche. Thinking that Aluche wants to stand against her love with Alstromeria, Malvasia decides to fight her. After her defeat, Alstromeria appears and come close to Malvasia. Malvasia tells her about all of her regrets and that she is happy to see her again before the two disappear.

## Relationships

* Alstromeria - Malvasia's former lover. She was stabbed through the heart by Alstromeria before the latter hanged herself in a murder-suicide attempt.
* Aluche - Malvasia is often happy to see Aluche, and talks to her as if she's her late lover Alstromeria, even referring to her as such at the beginning of the final fight.

## Gallery

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