Malakai Semrus Ivarro

Appearance
Malakai is a grey-skinned figure, with hard, rigid skin seemingly impenetrable to the traveler's eye. A thick scar runs down the front of his torso. Malakai's hair is straight with the colour of charred woodWhile taking on the natural build of a human, his height greatly exceeds that of an ordinary person at roughly 7' 6" tall. His eyes are crimson in colour, a trait that he displays as a result of a chaotic event that is detailed further in the page.

Personality
Malakai is a stoic character. Quick to anger, he is occasionally in a good mood and somewhat social with the locals of Rathnir.

Early Life
Malakai was born to Zoreus and Edenor Ivarro in the now lost realm of Akalan. After the death of his parents during a great conflict, Malakai inherited the position of Ra-Kama of the Imurian tribe. Not much else is known about Malakai's early life.

The Old World
Akalan (pronounced A-kuh-lan) was the home to many unique species of fauna and flora, many of which differed greatly in appearance from the lifeforms found in Rathnir and Eldham. Peace had dominated the realm and wars were very rarely fought between tribes. Life in Akalan was at its prime during the start of Malakai's life.

Struggle of the Serimuth
Centuries later, the peace between the tribes began to dissolve as each one believed their culture was superior which was an idea rejected by the other groups in Akalan. To spread their ideology across the realm, the tribes were forced to resort to war It was during this war in which Malakai suffered the losses of both his parents during the conflict.

Aftermath
The war was over and the fighting had ceased. Imuria emerged victorious from the conflict, though much of the tribes' sacred territories were ruined during the many battles that took place and many sentinels' lives were lost. Despite the return of peace among the tribes, Narakkam had not ceased and continued to infect every corner of the realm.

Dark Visions
After a few hundred hears in Akalan, each tribe witnessed mysterious occurrences across the realm, seemingly caused by Narakkam. While no major events had yet unraveled, reports of bizarre sightings had rapidly begun to build up over time, including withered flowers beginning to appear and kill off healthy plants, as well as the moss-green grass becoming a crimson-red stone. During the monitoring of the realm, the land had shifted very suddenly and everything had started to collapse; landmasses crumbled to ashes, oceans were vaporized into nothingness and the plants were becoming dry to the point of death. Ecosystems collapsed and all things living in Akalan had ceased to exist. Malakai had fallen unconscious in the midst of what seemed to be the apocalypse and was lying on the ground in the realm which would soon be forgotten.

Humble Beginnings
After waking up and finding himself in a world unknown to him, Malakai had found that his body had suffered as a result of his arrival; His eyes had been morphed, presenting a deep red color and his chest was left with one long, scar lined with dried blood. With no other choice, Malakai observed his surroundings and saw life that had never before been seen by a Serimuth. Through exploration, he discovered new materials he had never seen or heard of before. After scavenging for various crops and other essentials, Malakai had found a city known as Lithranor, which became his residence for many years after his arrival. In Lithranor, he built a small hut which he would call his home, featuring an underground network of farms which were primarily used for growing potatoes.

False Accusation
An average day had come by for Malakai, who was spending time with new friends and fellow citizens when suddenly, he was ambushed by a small group of soldiers and a member of the city's council. It had become apparent that Malakai was accused of theft when it was discovered that the city's vault was robbed and the armors and weapons that were stored within it were gone. It was later proven to have been a false accusation by Malakai.

A New Leaf
To the east of Lithranor was the corrupted remnants of Tarnwick, a place with a dark history, which at the time resembled Akalan after Narakkam had ruined its lands. Malakai's ambition to form his own thriving city in its location soon became a reality as he stepped foot on the blood-red stained rock and ventured into its forests to settle and restore the ancient lands of the region.

The Fall of Malakai
As time went on in his city of Thera, Malakai's mental state began to rapidly deteriorate. It is theorised by some that the inability by Malakai to cleanse Thera of Tarnwick's sins caused him to hallucinate; to see translucent forms of his friends and foes long gone, and drive him further towards insanity. A rising conflict between himself and the Niedene people did nothing to help; rather, it sped up Malakai's mental decline. Fearing he was unfit to rule Thera any longer, Malakai was dismissed by his Count and Thera was handed down to his understudy, Scythe Yari Orne'Valerin.

Malakai today is but a remnant of his past legacy, from guiding the Lithranorian diaspora to asylum in Yimmu-Audal, to his establishment and nurturing of the cursed land of Tarnwick under the name of Thera. This knowledge has since been forgotten by his peers in what is now the Empire of Certaria, and even by Malakai himself. And with this, a brief candle finally went out.