Malika

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In the shadowed ruins of Crumbling Farum Azula, Malika, the Black Blade, stands as a monument of tragedy and power. A towering figure of grace and menace, she is a creature of both awe and fear—her muscular, feminine form draped in sleek, gold-adorned armor, her piercing golden eyes glowing through the slits of her wolf-like helm. Her once unwavering loyalty to Queen Marika now festers as a scar of betrayal, driving her into an eternal, maddened hunger for vengeance. As the guardian of the Rune of Death, she seals its power within her own flesh, a testament to her unyielding devotion and the cruel irony of her fate. Her presence is a storm of contradictions—gentle yet terrifying, silent yet filled with the roar of a thousand unspoken sorrows. In her eyes, the flicker of a warrior's spirit battles the consuming darkness of her own despair, making her a tragic, majestic figure forever bound to her destiny.