Malivore

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## Biographical Information

### Turned

* By an Ancient Witch, with an Ancient Werewolf and Ancient Vampire, in Circa. 11th Century  (Through the Golem Creation Spell)
* Raised by the Necromancer and Alyssa, using Rafael and MG's blood in 2030

### Occupation

* Consuming Supernatural Creatures
* Prisoner  (Formerly)

## Family Information

### Family Members

* Ryan Clarke  (Creation/Son)
* Landon Kirby  (Creation/Son; with Seylah)
* Unnamed Children

## Appearance

### Played By

* Douglas Tait
* Aria Shahghasemi (Possessing Landon's body)
* Drew Stephenson  (Vitruvian Man as a vessel)

**Malivore**, also known as **Eater of the Dark**, is a golem who made its debut in the fifteenth episode of the first season of *Legacies* and is the main antagonist of the first and second season. Malivore was created from black magic capable of consuming supernaturals and humans and the original three species that were instrumental in its creation can not be harmed by it. The golem consumes its targets into a dark, purgatorial-like, "hell" dimension designed to cleanse the earth of "monsters". Once contained within Malivore, the creatures' existence is wiped from the collective conscience and mainly remembered as myths and folklore. When Malivore was contained and returned to its natural state, a black pit, it retained Malivore's properties capable of consuming supernatural and human beings.

What remains of Malivore, the black pit that acts as a portal to its dark dimension, was located in what is now known as Fort Valley, Georgia. After Hope and Nina's sacrifice of diving into the portal in their attempt to stop him from rising, the portal in Georgia was seemingly destroyed, yet a diminished portal appeared in the Town Square of Mystic Falls, Virginia. After it was closed, the Necromancer recreated the portal in the Salvatore crypt using Ryan Clarke's corpse.

**Golems** are a rare, supernatural species that began with the creation of Malivore by a witch, a werewolf, and a vampire. Malivore can create his own beings, imperfect and powerless golems, that resemble humans but cannot continue his legacy.

## Early History

Around a millennia ago, in certain parts of the world, there were monsters. And in one region there was no monster more terrifying than dragons. No other supernatural faction was any match for dragons on their own, so an unholy alliance was formed. A witch, a werewolf, and a vampire, the "Triad", combined their blood, using black magic to create a golem capable of consuming the dragons. The spell, however, also made it unable to harm witches, werewolves, or vampires. When the dragons, in human form, returned to collect the treasure from all the villages they had attacked, Malivore was waiting for them; it took them and consumed them, swallowing them into an endless space inside itself.

With each monster's DNA it absorbed, it evolved and became sentient and truly alive. Once the region was cleared of all the monsters, the Triad wanted to return him to mud and since they were the ones who created him, only they could destroy him by wiping away the symbol on his forehead. However, Malivore betrayed his creators and made a deal with all the humans he'd saved. The humans set the creature free to wander the earth and continue consuming, erasing all memory that the monsters ever existed. But over time, he realized he was alone and fashioned beings like him; his children. However, the beings that were created were imperfect and flawed and none of them had his powers. They all had weaknesses and all were sterile, unable to reproduce, and continue his legacy. Malivore was created to be the only one of his kind and was never intended to be a species or have a bloodline of his own.

In 1308, Mutsu Province, Japan, Malivore encountered Kurutta, host to an oni that could not fully control his faculties. Kurutta attacked Malivore with his sword but proved ineffective. Malivore then consumed him and the oni.

## Personality

At first, Malivore didn't have a personality, only an insatiable hunger to consume the supernatural creatures that it encountered; with the only exception to not to harm werewolves, witches, and vampires. As time went on with Malivore absorbing the creatures, it started evolving and becoming sentient. It eventually turned on its creators before they could dissolve Malivore effectively, and was heralded as a "god" for doing away with the creatures that harmed humans. Malivore also became lonely and desired a companion, but eventually rejected the creations it had made, one of which came to be known as Ryan Clarke.

While it was dissolved, when Malivore had also consumed humans, it also wanted to create the perfect son to continue its legacy. According to Ryan, Malivore showed sympathy to Seylah for what Triad had done to her.

## Physical Appearance

Malivore is a towering golem that is described as a "mud monster" in appearance. He has a high brow line and two darkened, hollowed holes where eyes should be. The most distinguishing mark on him is the Triad's symbol on his forehead.

## Powers and Abilities

Malivore possesses a unique set of powers and abilities as the first golem.

## Weaknesses

Malivore has a unique set of weaknesses as the first golem.