Malek the Sarafan
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| Malek the Paladin | |
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 Malek as he appears in the opening cinematic of Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain. |
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| Game series | Legacy of Kain |
| First game | Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain |
| Voiced by | Neil Ross |
Malek is a video game character in the Legacy of Kain series. In Blood Omen he was voiced by Neil Ross, but in his appearance in Soul Reaver 2, his voice actor was uncredited. In the early stages of production, Malek was known as "Guillaume".
Malek was born roughly 500 years before the start of the first game as the Guardian of Conflict. When the Sarafan Order was created, Malek led the seven Sarafan Inquisitors. In battle, he wore full-plated armour, and was always armed with a pike. Malek was also proficient at wielding magic, and often did so when combating vampires. His helmet was adorned with a ponytail of vampires' hair, ripped from his victims' scalps. Alongside his six comrades, with the help of Moebius the Timestreamer, Malek led the Sarafan to many glorious victories against the vampires. His special duties consisted of defending the Circle of Nine against outside attack. When Vorador slew six members of the Circle in retribution for the death of Janos Audron, Malek confronted and was defeated by the powerful vampire.
As punishment for failing the Circle, Moebius and Mortanius arranged a devious punishment. Using his powers over life and death, Mortanius tore the soul from Malek's body and fused it to his armour. Though his body ceased to live, Malek's soul was still bound to a corporeal being, and he was thus damned to eternal unlife in the service of the Guardians.
500 years later, during Kain's quest to destroy the corrupted Circle of Nine, the young vampire confronted Malek in his mountaintop bastion. Their battle ended in a stalemate, with Kain forced to escape the crumbling keep from the Paladin's vampire-slaying magics. Kain sought out Vorador in the hopes that the elderly vampire could tell him how to defeat Malek. Vorador gave the fledgling no direct information, but he did give Kain his signet ring, which Kain could use to summon Vorador to his side in times of serious peril.
Soon afterwards, when Kain confronted Dejoule,Bane and Anacrothe in Dark Eden, Anacrothe summoned Malek before escaping. Kain, in response, used the signet ring to summon Vorador, and as Kain chased after the fleeing Dejoule and Bane, Vorador and Malek dueled. This confrontation led to Malek's second and final death. Because of the help he received from Vorador, Malek was the fourth Circle member killed on Kain's journey.
Malek is mentioned in Soul Reaver. His name is interred above one of the seven sarcophagi alongside the names of his former six brothers-in-arms. Malek was the only one of the seven Inquisitors who was not raised by Kain, obviously because there was no corpse to reanimate.
In Soul Reaver 2, it is explained why Malek didn't get to the six guardians in time. While he and Moebius were trying to get Raziel to pick up the Blood Reaver, the three heard the screams of the council members, as well as Vorador's taunts. Despite this, Moebius did not allow Malek to leave until Raziel picked up the Blood Reaver. It was Moebius' fault that Malek couldn't protect the Circle.
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