A weathered seafarer with more history than he lets on. Malik earned his reputation in hard waters and harder choices. He once commanded the Pirate Brethren during the Pirate Wars and knows the secret arteries of Brennin’s coast, the Vein. He’s pragmatic and unflinching when steel is drawn, and carries the quiet authority of a man other fighters instinctively follow.

Today, Malik moves at the uneasy edge where ships, secrets, and statecraft meet. Bound to Brennin by an agreement as tense as a drawn bow, he keeps his counsel close and his loyalties closer, especially to those he’s shaped and shielded over the years. Expect a seasoned tactician whose instincts were forged at sea and tempered in courtly chambers.