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MALYEN ORETSEV the loyal tracker

PERSONALITY + LOYAL: Malyen is extremely loyal, especially to those he considers close to him. While this centers around Alina, this isn't limited to her. Mal is willing to go above and beyond for those he cares about, his friends and found family. If they're in danger, Mal's more than ready to come to their defense even if he doesn't have a plan. Loyalty and trust, once earned, are very important to Mal. This is why he feels very betrayed when he believes Alina lied about being a Grisha and has abandoned her old life in favor of the nobility in the Little Palace due to Genya never sending Alina’s letters to him. + BRAVE: Malyen is brave, willing to storm into danger for the sake of a mission. He leads his friends into the Fjerden forest even though he is afraid, heads into the Fold when his unit is reassigned to cross with a look of bravery on his face. Even if he is afraid, he puts on a brave face and knows he needs to do what needs to be done even if it may not end well for him. + CARING: Though he tries to cultivate a cocky, charming and tough guy image, Malyen is a caring person. As a child, he used to rescue rabbits from traps in the forest to prevent them from becoming dinner for the local village or the orphanage. This means while he tries to be tough, even those who annoy Mal quickly worm their way into his heart and may find themselves on the receiving end of his own brand of worry and loyalty. Mal feels responsible for the well-being of those he cares for, which is why he carries guilt from leading his friends Mikhail and Dubrov on the expedition to find Morozova's stag in the Fjerden wilderness. On this mission, both of his friends were killed but Mal survived. - REBELLIOUS: While Mal is a soldier and one that follows orders, heading into the Fjerden wilderness and enemy territory though he is scared, he does have a rebellious streak. This can be shown by the fact he does defect from the First Army to go search for Alina after she runs away from the Little Palace and even before that when he punches a commanding officer to get thrown in the barrack's jail cell to find her. If following orders doesn't make sense or if authority figures aren't doing what Mal feels is right, he's more than happy to tell them to "fuck off" and do what needs to be done. - IMPULSIVE: Sometimes with Mal, it’s act first and think later. Especially in the heat of the moment. On the skiff, before Kaz could come up with a plan on how to handle the situation that wouldn’t get everyone killed, Mal was already heading up with his pistol drawn to try to stop the Darkling. The spur of the moment decisions can also be seen when he volunteers to go look for the mythical Morozova's stag without considering the possibility it could be a dead-end. Mal sees an opportunity to reunite with Alina, someone dear to him, and he takes it. - QUICK TO ANGER: Malyen is pretty quick to get overrun by his emotions; it's quite easy to annoy and rile up, to get on his bad side as a result of it. It takes a few words from the Darkling about Mal dying and why he won’t kill him, for Mal to lose his temper and try to attack him while in chains. It's also not uncommon to see Mal off in the corner, glaring at someone who's annoyed him; especially if they're getting too friendly with someone he considers close to him. He's quite like a possessive tracking dog, really. Mal's impulsiveness is run by his anger, his fears. He's pretty quick to panic, even if he looks put together and will try to keep his composure.

ABOUT History for Shadow & Bone (Netflix) here. REGRET Taking Alina to find Morozova's Stag, a mythical creature and Grisha amplifier. Going to find the stag when the Darkling was searching for them as well resulted in them being caught, Mal nearly killed, and the Darkling killing the amplifier to take it's power and enslaving Alina. ABILITIES ‣ Mal is a talented tracker that can find anything with a heartbeat; he is able find magical creatures like Morozova’s stag due to hearing a high pitched noise when they are near. That said, when it comes to animals and humans he is an exceptional tracker, he has had a natural affinity toward it since he was a child. While this is a skill he has honed with age and practice, the natural affinity is related to the fact Mal is not a mere human being. ‣ He was an amplifier for Grisha. Mal served his purpose as an amplifier and helping Alina Starkov take down the Fold. While he did die, he was (unknown to him) brought back by Alina using Merzost. He does not possess his amplifier powers after this. ‣ A skilled brawler, Mal can hold his own in a physical fight and partakes in fighting rings to earn extra money in the Ravkan army. ‣ Mal is a good marksman. Mal knows how to use a gun, a bow, and pistols from training during his First Army training. He is an excellent shot. ‣ While he is by no means a medic, Malyen received very basic medical training on how to treat wounds in the field. He can identify herbs and plants that have medicinal properties and use them in a pinch.

BASICS NAME: Malyen Oretsev ALIAS: Mal CANON: Shadow & Bone (Netflix) CANON POINT: End of season 2, on the high seas. AGE: 25 HEIGHT: 6'2 NATION: Ravka ETHNIC BACKGROUND: Half-Ravkan, half-Suli ORIENTATION: Bisexual STATUS: It's Complicated OCCUPATION: Soldier, Tracker, Privateer ROOMMATE: Alina Starkov PERMISSIONS BACKTAGGING: Y 4TH-WALLING: N THREADJACKING: Y MIND READING: N FIGHTING: Y ROMANCE: Y INJURY: Y KILLING: N OOC NAME: Grimm TIMEZONE: PST (GMT-8) PLURK: popstars

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draft | canon update

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PLAYER: Grimm
CHARACTER: Mal Oretsev
CANON: Grishaverse
PREVIOUS CANON POINT: S1E8 — Storming on to the skiff in the middle of the Shadow Fold.
NEW CANON POINT: S2E8 — Months after the Shadow Fold is destroyed, Mal sails the high seas as Sturmhond, a privateer chartered by the Ravkan crown.

CHANGES:

In returning to canon, Mal dives into the start of a journey to truly save Ravka from the Shadow Fold. He enters a relationship with Alina as they search for one of the other two Morozova-made amplifiers, the Sea Whip or the Firebird. Alina believes one more amplifier will be enough to take down the Fold. Mal is supportive of Alina’s mission to save Ravka, agreeing to post-pone their plan of traveling the world and building a life together.

On their quest Mal and Alina meet Sturmhond, a privateer who agrees to help them find the Sea Whip. Mal is able to find the Sea Whip, but the second amplifier isn’t enough to take down the Fold. They realize they'll need the Firebird. Mal, Alina, and Sturmhond's crew arrive back in Ravka, where they learn Sturmhond is Prince Nikolai Lantsov. Nikolai is hoping an alliance with the Sun Summoner will bring peace to their nation after they defeat the Darkling and his army. Mal realizes he has little to offer her compared to Prince Nikolai and that Alina's fate is intertwined with Ravka's; that is her focus. He makes an effort to steps aside so that she can bring hard-earned peace to Ravka after he finds her the final amplifier.

With the help of the Darkling's Mother, Baghra, Mal uncovers that the Firebird is a blood line and not an actual creature. Mal is a descendant of that bloodline and the last of Morozova's amplifier. Mal realizes he was destined for Alina and the role he has to play to help her. He accepts his fate and rushes toward it, not truly processing it but feeling it's better to get it over with now that they have all three amplifiers. During the battle in the Fold, Mal’s fatally injured. Mal tells Alina she has to kill him and she drives a dagger into his heart. While Mal does die, he's resurrected. Unbeknownst to him, Alina used Merzost to bring him back.

Having served his purpose to the Sun Summoner, Mal loses his power to feel other amplifiers and Cardinal North. Instead of remaining in Ravka to serve as a bodyguard to Alina and Nikolai, Mal chooses to accept Nikolai's offer to become a privateer.

Upon his return to the Ximilia, Mal’s left to reconcile what to do once he's served his purpose. Both in Ravka and, previously, on the station, he's been driven by helping Alina; he always took her side and rushed to help.

At his new canon point, Mal is shedding the intertwined co-dependancy with Alina that was built through season one and two. He's lost the powers that link him to Alina; he is no longer an amplifier and he cannot hear the frequency he used to find her. While they still love each other, Mal leaves Alina behind in Ravka so that they can experience life without each other and can choose to be together if their paths cross again without Fate intervening. Aside from this, in serving his purpose, he's learned that there is no changing Fate and the ideal outcome isn't always possible. In season one, he'd faced challenges but things worked out in the end in his favor. While things don't always go great for Ximilia's crew, he's been able to distance himself to a degree because his focus was getting the Orbs to undo his regret.

In terms of teamwork and missions, now Mal's learned look at the bigger picture, not the parts that matter most to him personally (he tells Alina that she is his nation, not Ravka. He's helping her.) He realizes that everyone has a part to play and saving every last person isn't always possible. He's become more level-headed on what's possible and able to be more objective, not as quick to jump into an argument on morals. The "we have to do it no matter what" attitude is gone; he's intimately aware of the potential personal costs. He also hasn't really processed his own death, how it happened and its affect on him despite having accepted that it was coming at the time. Mal was brought back and charged forward, focusing on finding new purpose and meaning.

Skill-wise, though Mal's bones can no longer be used as amplifiers and he cannot sense Cardinal North, he can still track using learned skills; such as reading the position of the Sun and stars to find his way, knowing patterns of animal's and people's behavior after watching them. In addition, he's learned to fight with a sword and to how to sail or fly a ship. He will be returning to the station with a golden compass and a functional pistol made by Nikolai instead of his (hardly reliable) Ravkan army rifle.

As for the timing, this would occur after the A Matter of Import mission. Not immediately upon return due to a glitch but after the team has settle in & dealt with whatever is different about the return.