Post by mugenginga on Feb 22, 2010 2:06:30 GMT -5
Full Name: Malik Ishtar
Past Aliases: Namu
Nicknames: N/A
Age: 17
Height: 180 cm/~5'9"
Weight: 55 kg/~121 lb
Gender: Male
Race: Human
Alignment: Neutral
Home: Egypt
Franchise: Yu-Gi-Oh!
Physical Description
Malik is a tall pure-blooded Egyptian teenager. His skin has a solid tan to it, but it to some it may come across as a touch light. It comes from limited exposure to the sun despite his ethnicity. His hair is sandy blond, enough that some have mistakenly called it bleached. He is rather muscled and skirts the heavy end of lean. The muscle shows the best in his arms.
His hair is a bit wild, but there is a level of chaotic organization to it nonetheless. It is rather long. The longest of the uneven tips falls to the base of his shoulder blades. His bangs are rather pronounced and the entire thing seems to be clubs that end in points.
Malik's eyes are intense and capable of a surprising range of emotion given said intensity. He has rather pronounced and harp eyelashes, but this should not be mistaken as giving him a feminine look. They tend to be narrow, but his softer emotions show that they are capable of being wide. They are dark violet in color. He has a black tattoo under each eye, and it extends to the eyelid almost as if it comes down from the eye. At the top of the cheek bone it takes sharp turn inwards and angles downward at a slight angle. The thin points are about two to three fingers widths away from his nose.
The teenager favors tight sleeveless shirts and normal fitting pants. When he accessorizes, he prefers to do so with gold jewelry. About the only piece of jewelry he'll always have are his earrings, which he has one of in each ear. They are shaped something like dowsing pendulums and hang down to just above his shoulders. They come to a sharp point and could draw blood if he felt the need to do so with them.
When Malik comes to the Island, he is wearing a sleeveless navy shirt that is a touch loose. Its is tucked into his tan pants of the style previously mentioned. He has a brown belt looped through the belt straps of the pants, and it is held on with a silver buckle. Over the shirt is a thick black vest with a tall collar. Over the tops of the shoulders are what appear to be metal plates. On both of them there is a large round stud near the edge furthest from his neck. His shoes are simple black boots of which he has his pants over.
Weapons
Malik doesn't carry any traditional weapons on him. However, he does have a deck of Duel Monsters cards, several of which are more than a bit rare in the context of his home world. What makes them weapons is the odd effect the Island has on cards from his home world. However, due to being an uncommon factor it is better described as a power.
Abilities/Powers
Malik has the ability to summon Ka from his Duel Monster cards. He can also utilize the power of his Ba to activate the traps and spells in the literal sense. He doesn't have a favored card, unlike many of the people from his homeworld and will choose based on the situation.
At least two of the seven Ancient Egyptian artifacts known as the Millennium Items recognize him as worthy of them. It is probable others would as well. The Items that accept him, at least to a certain degree, are the Millennium Rod and the Millennium Ring. However, both Items would favor their "true" masters (Kaiba and Bakura, respectively) over him. The Items regard him as worthy due in main to his connection as the heir to the family meant to guard the "Nameless Pharaoh"'s memory. The other factor is his direct blood relation to the reincarnation of one of said Pharaoh's priestess, Isis.
Skills
The teenager has many skills. He is skilled at behind the scenes manipulation, lying, and leadership. He has a fair few skills relating to robbery and forgery. He is a skilled fighter, more than capable of hand to hand combat and many melee weapons. He has some limited knowledge of explosives. He is good at politics and is knowledgeable about the laws of Egypt and Japan. His knowledge of Ancient Egypt is pretty much only beaten by those who lived there. He speaks and reads near fluent Ancient Egyptian as part of his upbringing. He speaks/reads modern Egyptian as his first language, and speaks fluent Japanese and English with near fluent skills in reading both.
The one skill of his that qualifies as the odd one out is his ability on a motorcycle. He is capable of more than a few stunts and has near supernatural reaction time on said vehicles. If he could be bothered to enter, he could probably win most competitions.
Personality
Malik is a somewhat quiet individual. He seems to be brooding most of the time as a result, and the man has a wall around himself. He dislikes letting people get close to him and opens up to almost no one. He is a man that does not like to speak unless he considers it necessary, but has the observational skills to understand when things need to be said.
His most common expression is rather flat. He does not smile often, nor does he seem easily surprised. He does have a shorter than average temper, but he is seems aware of when it is coming short and is good about removing himself from a situation when it begins to occur. He respects when people make decisions and he treats things at face value, even if he doesn't believe what is being put forth.
Malik is somewhat quick about showing his more temperamental side, but he is just as quick about stuffing it away. He tries to see a situation with a level head, but he is not always successful. Regret over choices he has made in his past have caused some to call him angsty, but he isn't very. He won't deny or try to make excuses for things he has done, but he will get annoyed if the occurrences keep getting brought up. No amount of brooding changes the past.
His key traits are that he is somewhat emotional but he works hard at keeping it in check. He is guarded and tends to only relax and open up around those he trusts the most. He is aware of his past sins, but does not speak of or try to make excuses over them. He dislikes it when people focus on the past that can not be changed, especially if it interferes with the present or future.
History (long!)
Malik was the second born child of a secret clan who lived hidden in Egypt, the first born son. He followed the adoption of a baby that would be named Rishid and the birth of his older sister, Ishizu. His mother died in childbirth and his father gave him nothing in the way of a caring hand. The man did not mean ill will by it, he just viewed that the way to get Malik to accept his purpose was the stick rather than the carrot.
Malik's purpose was a grim one. As the only blood son of the Ishtar's, it was his purpose to bear the secret to unlocking the "nameless Pharaoh's" memory. It had to be in a way that could not be stolen, in a way that would remain with the eldest Ishtar boy for his life. Rishid had known about it. In fact, his adoptive mother had requested that Rishid undertake the ritual when their first born child was female. The ritual was for a series of pictures and hieroglyphs to be carved onto the back of the eldest Ishtar boy.
After Malik was born, he was groomed to undertake the ceremony. He was afraid of the pain he knew it would cause. He knew it would last for months, as the wounds would have to be kept open and carefully maintained for the scars to form right. With much begging, Rishid begged their "father" to let him take it instead. He was beaten by the man and called nothing more than a servant, told never to mention it again. Malik was dragged to where he would get the carving and Rishid was forced to watch his tears.
The carving was done with a hot knife. It took the time of a full pure wax candle to burn out. Malik woke up later in his bed. A dark side to his personality was beginning to form, and it might have come out then and there if it weren't for an act by Rishid. Being unable to take the ritual himself, Rishid had carved his own face with a similar set of glyphs. That was the beginning of the bond between the two boys that would keep Malik's other self suppressed.
After Malik recovered, he began to pester his sister to take him to see the outside world. He wanted to see it once. He promised Ishizu he would never go out again, but just once he wanted to see more than the circle of sky the well above where they lived granted. After much begging, Ishizu consented.
It was only supposed to be for an hour. They snuck out in the morning and Malik had a joyful overload of the outside world. He saw a television for the first time and found a magazine on the ground. As he was looking at the pictures a sound caught his eye. It was an advertisement for a motorcycle, and his fascination with the vehicle would carry into his teenage years. Ishizu told him they had stayed far too long, and she finally convinced Malik to return home. With some begging he convinced her to let him rip out the image of a motorcycle from the magazine.
Malik delayed the return even longer when they got to the ruins that hid where they lived. Malik spent a bit of time daydreaming before Ishizu finally managed to drag him home. When she opened the hidden doors that would return them home, she realized their father had set up a system that would let him know whenever the doors opened. She realized that the only person the man could take his anger out on was Rishid.
Panicked she and Malik rushed into the underground area. The two would find Rishid being whipped by their father for his negligence. There would not be another Ishtar child of either gender born, and the man had placed all responsibility for Malik upon Rishid. The young man slipped out of consciousness from the attacks, and the hold he had on Malik's other self went with it. It was the first time "Yami no Malik" would surface.
Dark Malik took one of the two Millennium Items their family guarded, the Millennium Rod, which amused him greatly by accepting him. He used the mind control powers of the Rod to pin his father to the wall. When Ishizu tried to interfere, he did the same to her. He took off the bottom of the Rod, which concealed a thick needle like blade, and proceeded to kill his father with it. Rishid woke up around this time and events quickly lead to the normal Malik regaining dominance. He had no idea what his other self had just done, and Rishid tried to spare him the site. He failed, and Malik saw his father's dead body.
He wanted to know who had caused such a fate. It was then that a spirit presence of sorts appeared to him. It did not give its name, but it chose to "answer" Malik's question. It told him that the one responsible for the turn of events was the Pharaoh whose memory Malik's family was supposed to guard. Malik swore revenge on the Pharaoh and left home with Rishid.
Many years passed with Malik committing many atrocities and deeds via the Millennium Rod. He managed to obtain two of three "God Cards". His sister used the power of the Millennium Torque to try an anticipate his moves. She knew her brother was doomed by the foretelling power of the necklace, but wanted to change that fate. To that end she gave the one God Card she possessed, Obelisk, to the reincarnation of the nameless Pharaoh's successor, Seto Kaiba.
Malik was aware of Yuugi's status as the vessel for the Pharaoh. He used the power of the Millennium Rod and the small army he had managed to create during his manipulations over the years to try and draw the Pharaoh within the Puzzle out. Malik wanted to kill him, to take revenge for the fate the Pharaoh had caused him, and to end the destiny that had been forced upon his family line. During all of this, Kaiba arranged a tournament he called Battle City. It was an "ante" tournament, which meant anyone who lost would have to give up a rare card. He did it in hopes of gathering the two God Cards that Ishizu had mentioned.
Yuugi and the entity known to most as "The Other Yuugi", the Pharaoh Malik was targeting, ended up thwarting Malik's plans. Malik tried kidnapping his friends, and eventually used the Millennium Rod to force Yuugi to fight his best friend, Katsuya Jounouchi, in a death match. He caused Yuugi to learn that the Pharaoh had to be on the surface or he would not die when his "vessel" was killed. Malik was enraged when Yuugi managed to do the impossible and free Jounouchi from his brainwashing. The two teenagers almost died, but Jounouchi's sister Shizuka managed to save Jounouchi after he tried to sacrifice his life to prevent Yuugi from drowning.
During the main Battle City event, Malik had also been doing other operating behind the scenes. He had met the spirit within the Millennium Ring that had attached itself to the teenager named Ryou Bakura. The spirit referred to itself as Bakura and was known by many as Dark Bakura. Working with Dark Bakura and using the normal Bakura as a puppet, Malik managed to get close to Yuugi's friends. He took the alias "Namu" to fool them.
"Namu" made it through the first cut in Battle City. The only one of those who had made it that was aware of his true identity was Dark Bakura, and he was still working with Malik. It was on the "Battle Ship" that Kaiba had made that the group met Ishizu and Rishid, although they were under the assumption the latter was Malik due to more stringpulling he had pulled. There were several Duels on the Ship. Malik's cover was blown, but Kaiba's interest in obtaining all the God Cards prevented him from disqualifying Malik from the tournament.
The events that lead to Malik's cover being blown also lead to Rishid being injured. He had used a copy of a God Card that he had been given by Malik. With Rishid removed, there was nothing stopping the hateful and homicidal Dark Malik from surfacing. Dark Malik managed to make it to the semi-finals and sent a Duelist named Mai Kujaku into a coma and seemed to erase both Bakura and Dark Bakura from existence via Dark Games the power of the Millennium Rod let him run. However, Malik was not fully sealed. Due to actions Dark Bakura and he had taken before, Malik was able to communicate with the others, such as apologizing to his sister. While the Ship was approaching the special stage Kaiba had arranged for the semi-finals and finals, something hacked into the Ship's computer and lead them astray.
Yuugi, his friends, Kaiba, and Mokuba were drawn away from the Ship. Eventually Dark Malik became tired of the wait and set a series of events into motion that would end with the Island being destroyed. He didn't care to learn what had happened to the group. After that chaos, the Battle Ship landed on the Island that housed the structure Kaiba called Duel Tower. He and the other three semi-finalists (Yuugi/The Other Yuugi, Jounouchi, and Kaiba) had a four way battle to decide how the semi-finals would be run. The matchups ended with The Other Yuugi against Kaiba and Jounouchi against Dark Malik.
Jounouchi lost to Dark Malik and nearly died as a result of Dark Malik using the powers of the God Card of Ra on him. Kaiba lost to The Other Yuugi. Both Yuugis almost had a breakdown over Jounouchi's injuries. He went comatose and his grasp on life seemed low. Still, they decided to fight Dark Malik. Dark Malik set up a Dark Game where they used their other selves as a representation of their life points. Whoever lost would lose their other self. With help he had gained from Kaiba, The Other Yuugi managed to use the power of Ra against Dark Malik, forcing him to switch places with the original personality. Malik surrenders the Duel, and Dark Malik is destroyed as an effect of the Dark Game.
After the fight, Malik takes off his shirt and shows The Other Yuugi the carving on his back. The Other Yuugi isn't able to read it, but he understands it enough that he knows what he has to do. Malik, Ishizu, and Rishid remark that one day The Other Yuugi will come to Egypt and that they will meet him. A few months pass before the two Yuugis head to Egypt accompanied by their friends. There the Ishtars meet them. Malik, Ishizu, and Rishid lead the Yuugis to the place where he can regain his memories. A short amount of time passes and the three hear the group coming back up the stairs.
That is when the problem occurs. The three siblings feel an earthquake forming. Ishizu informs them that this isn't the way things are supposed to go and they rush forward. Malik manages to be just a bit faster due to being smaller than Rishid and wearing clothes that are easier to move in than Ishizu. A hole in the ground opens up underneath him just as the entrance is about to cave in on top of him. The next thing he'll know, he will be on Dimension Island... and facing things even the Millennium Torque would have been hard pressed to predict.
Other
Malik will have the Millennium Rod on him for some reason he can't explain when he arrives on the Island. I have not listed it among his weapons as he won't have if for long. All his backstory is from the Japanese anime known as Duel Monsters, or the "second series" anime. No canon blending is needed as he was not present during the first arc. I point this out because his back is scarred, not tattooed.
Dark Malik will not be appearing. He is very destroyed thanks to the events that ended the second half of the Battle City arc. Anything that seem off about his personality is also as a result of that.
Also, Word of God has him as an implied vegetarian (possibly vegan) and that's how I'll be playing him. His favorite food is listed to be Koshary (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kushari) and his least favorite is listed as simply "meat dish".
Pictures
Best Picture (he wore this outfit in the first half of Battle City - You'll have to copy and paste the link to make it work): api.ning.com/files/lBZpf7Wkv7rSATA2x4DRrz8*z*6JVyLnIRFH5BzJiy8MQd83eTik9JwjEO7YK3sxM0ANluH*NyqkEogLa6YAPdfuM8Mn6FZQ/yugioh72.jpg
Screenshot (shows most of his outfit he is wearing when he arrives on the Island): i74.photobucket.com/albums/i271/Michiru-photos/YuGiOh/Marik382.jpg
Carving on Back (copy and paste or you'll get a forbidden message): yuugiou.fran-web.net/Image/Malik/DT-28/Malik-ep142-112s.jpg
Past Aliases: Namu
Nicknames: N/A
Age: 17
Height: 180 cm/~5'9"
Weight: 55 kg/~121 lb
Gender: Male
Race: Human
Alignment: Neutral
Home: Egypt
Franchise: Yu-Gi-Oh!
Physical Description
Malik is a tall pure-blooded Egyptian teenager. His skin has a solid tan to it, but it to some it may come across as a touch light. It comes from limited exposure to the sun despite his ethnicity. His hair is sandy blond, enough that some have mistakenly called it bleached. He is rather muscled and skirts the heavy end of lean. The muscle shows the best in his arms.
His hair is a bit wild, but there is a level of chaotic organization to it nonetheless. It is rather long. The longest of the uneven tips falls to the base of his shoulder blades. His bangs are rather pronounced and the entire thing seems to be clubs that end in points.
Malik's eyes are intense and capable of a surprising range of emotion given said intensity. He has rather pronounced and harp eyelashes, but this should not be mistaken as giving him a feminine look. They tend to be narrow, but his softer emotions show that they are capable of being wide. They are dark violet in color. He has a black tattoo under each eye, and it extends to the eyelid almost as if it comes down from the eye. At the top of the cheek bone it takes sharp turn inwards and angles downward at a slight angle. The thin points are about two to three fingers widths away from his nose.
The teenager favors tight sleeveless shirts and normal fitting pants. When he accessorizes, he prefers to do so with gold jewelry. About the only piece of jewelry he'll always have are his earrings, which he has one of in each ear. They are shaped something like dowsing pendulums and hang down to just above his shoulders. They come to a sharp point and could draw blood if he felt the need to do so with them.
When Malik comes to the Island, he is wearing a sleeveless navy shirt that is a touch loose. Its is tucked into his tan pants of the style previously mentioned. He has a brown belt looped through the belt straps of the pants, and it is held on with a silver buckle. Over the shirt is a thick black vest with a tall collar. Over the tops of the shoulders are what appear to be metal plates. On both of them there is a large round stud near the edge furthest from his neck. His shoes are simple black boots of which he has his pants over.
Weapons
Malik doesn't carry any traditional weapons on him. However, he does have a deck of Duel Monsters cards, several of which are more than a bit rare in the context of his home world. What makes them weapons is the odd effect the Island has on cards from his home world. However, due to being an uncommon factor it is better described as a power.
Abilities/Powers
Malik has the ability to summon Ka from his Duel Monster cards. He can also utilize the power of his Ba to activate the traps and spells in the literal sense. He doesn't have a favored card, unlike many of the people from his homeworld and will choose based on the situation.
At least two of the seven Ancient Egyptian artifacts known as the Millennium Items recognize him as worthy of them. It is probable others would as well. The Items that accept him, at least to a certain degree, are the Millennium Rod and the Millennium Ring. However, both Items would favor their "true" masters (Kaiba and Bakura, respectively) over him. The Items regard him as worthy due in main to his connection as the heir to the family meant to guard the "Nameless Pharaoh"'s memory. The other factor is his direct blood relation to the reincarnation of one of said Pharaoh's priestess, Isis.
Skills
The teenager has many skills. He is skilled at behind the scenes manipulation, lying, and leadership. He has a fair few skills relating to robbery and forgery. He is a skilled fighter, more than capable of hand to hand combat and many melee weapons. He has some limited knowledge of explosives. He is good at politics and is knowledgeable about the laws of Egypt and Japan. His knowledge of Ancient Egypt is pretty much only beaten by those who lived there. He speaks and reads near fluent Ancient Egyptian as part of his upbringing. He speaks/reads modern Egyptian as his first language, and speaks fluent Japanese and English with near fluent skills in reading both.
The one skill of his that qualifies as the odd one out is his ability on a motorcycle. He is capable of more than a few stunts and has near supernatural reaction time on said vehicles. If he could be bothered to enter, he could probably win most competitions.
Personality
Malik is a somewhat quiet individual. He seems to be brooding most of the time as a result, and the man has a wall around himself. He dislikes letting people get close to him and opens up to almost no one. He is a man that does not like to speak unless he considers it necessary, but has the observational skills to understand when things need to be said.
His most common expression is rather flat. He does not smile often, nor does he seem easily surprised. He does have a shorter than average temper, but he is seems aware of when it is coming short and is good about removing himself from a situation when it begins to occur. He respects when people make decisions and he treats things at face value, even if he doesn't believe what is being put forth.
Malik is somewhat quick about showing his more temperamental side, but he is just as quick about stuffing it away. He tries to see a situation with a level head, but he is not always successful. Regret over choices he has made in his past have caused some to call him angsty, but he isn't very. He won't deny or try to make excuses for things he has done, but he will get annoyed if the occurrences keep getting brought up. No amount of brooding changes the past.
His key traits are that he is somewhat emotional but he works hard at keeping it in check. He is guarded and tends to only relax and open up around those he trusts the most. He is aware of his past sins, but does not speak of or try to make excuses over them. He dislikes it when people focus on the past that can not be changed, especially if it interferes with the present or future.
History (long!)
Malik was the second born child of a secret clan who lived hidden in Egypt, the first born son. He followed the adoption of a baby that would be named Rishid and the birth of his older sister, Ishizu. His mother died in childbirth and his father gave him nothing in the way of a caring hand. The man did not mean ill will by it, he just viewed that the way to get Malik to accept his purpose was the stick rather than the carrot.
Malik's purpose was a grim one. As the only blood son of the Ishtar's, it was his purpose to bear the secret to unlocking the "nameless Pharaoh's" memory. It had to be in a way that could not be stolen, in a way that would remain with the eldest Ishtar boy for his life. Rishid had known about it. In fact, his adoptive mother had requested that Rishid undertake the ritual when their first born child was female. The ritual was for a series of pictures and hieroglyphs to be carved onto the back of the eldest Ishtar boy.
After Malik was born, he was groomed to undertake the ceremony. He was afraid of the pain he knew it would cause. He knew it would last for months, as the wounds would have to be kept open and carefully maintained for the scars to form right. With much begging, Rishid begged their "father" to let him take it instead. He was beaten by the man and called nothing more than a servant, told never to mention it again. Malik was dragged to where he would get the carving and Rishid was forced to watch his tears.
The carving was done with a hot knife. It took the time of a full pure wax candle to burn out. Malik woke up later in his bed. A dark side to his personality was beginning to form, and it might have come out then and there if it weren't for an act by Rishid. Being unable to take the ritual himself, Rishid had carved his own face with a similar set of glyphs. That was the beginning of the bond between the two boys that would keep Malik's other self suppressed.
After Malik recovered, he began to pester his sister to take him to see the outside world. He wanted to see it once. He promised Ishizu he would never go out again, but just once he wanted to see more than the circle of sky the well above where they lived granted. After much begging, Ishizu consented.
It was only supposed to be for an hour. They snuck out in the morning and Malik had a joyful overload of the outside world. He saw a television for the first time and found a magazine on the ground. As he was looking at the pictures a sound caught his eye. It was an advertisement for a motorcycle, and his fascination with the vehicle would carry into his teenage years. Ishizu told him they had stayed far too long, and she finally convinced Malik to return home. With some begging he convinced her to let him rip out the image of a motorcycle from the magazine.
Malik delayed the return even longer when they got to the ruins that hid where they lived. Malik spent a bit of time daydreaming before Ishizu finally managed to drag him home. When she opened the hidden doors that would return them home, she realized their father had set up a system that would let him know whenever the doors opened. She realized that the only person the man could take his anger out on was Rishid.
Panicked she and Malik rushed into the underground area. The two would find Rishid being whipped by their father for his negligence. There would not be another Ishtar child of either gender born, and the man had placed all responsibility for Malik upon Rishid. The young man slipped out of consciousness from the attacks, and the hold he had on Malik's other self went with it. It was the first time "Yami no Malik" would surface.
Dark Malik took one of the two Millennium Items their family guarded, the Millennium Rod, which amused him greatly by accepting him. He used the mind control powers of the Rod to pin his father to the wall. When Ishizu tried to interfere, he did the same to her. He took off the bottom of the Rod, which concealed a thick needle like blade, and proceeded to kill his father with it. Rishid woke up around this time and events quickly lead to the normal Malik regaining dominance. He had no idea what his other self had just done, and Rishid tried to spare him the site. He failed, and Malik saw his father's dead body.
He wanted to know who had caused such a fate. It was then that a spirit presence of sorts appeared to him. It did not give its name, but it chose to "answer" Malik's question. It told him that the one responsible for the turn of events was the Pharaoh whose memory Malik's family was supposed to guard. Malik swore revenge on the Pharaoh and left home with Rishid.
Many years passed with Malik committing many atrocities and deeds via the Millennium Rod. He managed to obtain two of three "God Cards". His sister used the power of the Millennium Torque to try an anticipate his moves. She knew her brother was doomed by the foretelling power of the necklace, but wanted to change that fate. To that end she gave the one God Card she possessed, Obelisk, to the reincarnation of the nameless Pharaoh's successor, Seto Kaiba.
Malik was aware of Yuugi's status as the vessel for the Pharaoh. He used the power of the Millennium Rod and the small army he had managed to create during his manipulations over the years to try and draw the Pharaoh within the Puzzle out. Malik wanted to kill him, to take revenge for the fate the Pharaoh had caused him, and to end the destiny that had been forced upon his family line. During all of this, Kaiba arranged a tournament he called Battle City. It was an "ante" tournament, which meant anyone who lost would have to give up a rare card. He did it in hopes of gathering the two God Cards that Ishizu had mentioned.
Yuugi and the entity known to most as "The Other Yuugi", the Pharaoh Malik was targeting, ended up thwarting Malik's plans. Malik tried kidnapping his friends, and eventually used the Millennium Rod to force Yuugi to fight his best friend, Katsuya Jounouchi, in a death match. He caused Yuugi to learn that the Pharaoh had to be on the surface or he would not die when his "vessel" was killed. Malik was enraged when Yuugi managed to do the impossible and free Jounouchi from his brainwashing. The two teenagers almost died, but Jounouchi's sister Shizuka managed to save Jounouchi after he tried to sacrifice his life to prevent Yuugi from drowning.
During the main Battle City event, Malik had also been doing other operating behind the scenes. He had met the spirit within the Millennium Ring that had attached itself to the teenager named Ryou Bakura. The spirit referred to itself as Bakura and was known by many as Dark Bakura. Working with Dark Bakura and using the normal Bakura as a puppet, Malik managed to get close to Yuugi's friends. He took the alias "Namu" to fool them.
"Namu" made it through the first cut in Battle City. The only one of those who had made it that was aware of his true identity was Dark Bakura, and he was still working with Malik. It was on the "Battle Ship" that Kaiba had made that the group met Ishizu and Rishid, although they were under the assumption the latter was Malik due to more stringpulling he had pulled. There were several Duels on the Ship. Malik's cover was blown, but Kaiba's interest in obtaining all the God Cards prevented him from disqualifying Malik from the tournament.
The events that lead to Malik's cover being blown also lead to Rishid being injured. He had used a copy of a God Card that he had been given by Malik. With Rishid removed, there was nothing stopping the hateful and homicidal Dark Malik from surfacing. Dark Malik managed to make it to the semi-finals and sent a Duelist named Mai Kujaku into a coma and seemed to erase both Bakura and Dark Bakura from existence via Dark Games the power of the Millennium Rod let him run. However, Malik was not fully sealed. Due to actions Dark Bakura and he had taken before, Malik was able to communicate with the others, such as apologizing to his sister. While the Ship was approaching the special stage Kaiba had arranged for the semi-finals and finals, something hacked into the Ship's computer and lead them astray.
Yuugi, his friends, Kaiba, and Mokuba were drawn away from the Ship. Eventually Dark Malik became tired of the wait and set a series of events into motion that would end with the Island being destroyed. He didn't care to learn what had happened to the group. After that chaos, the Battle Ship landed on the Island that housed the structure Kaiba called Duel Tower. He and the other three semi-finalists (Yuugi/The Other Yuugi, Jounouchi, and Kaiba) had a four way battle to decide how the semi-finals would be run. The matchups ended with The Other Yuugi against Kaiba and Jounouchi against Dark Malik.
Jounouchi lost to Dark Malik and nearly died as a result of Dark Malik using the powers of the God Card of Ra on him. Kaiba lost to The Other Yuugi. Both Yuugis almost had a breakdown over Jounouchi's injuries. He went comatose and his grasp on life seemed low. Still, they decided to fight Dark Malik. Dark Malik set up a Dark Game where they used their other selves as a representation of their life points. Whoever lost would lose their other self. With help he had gained from Kaiba, The Other Yuugi managed to use the power of Ra against Dark Malik, forcing him to switch places with the original personality. Malik surrenders the Duel, and Dark Malik is destroyed as an effect of the Dark Game.
After the fight, Malik takes off his shirt and shows The Other Yuugi the carving on his back. The Other Yuugi isn't able to read it, but he understands it enough that he knows what he has to do. Malik, Ishizu, and Rishid remark that one day The Other Yuugi will come to Egypt and that they will meet him. A few months pass before the two Yuugis head to Egypt accompanied by their friends. There the Ishtars meet them. Malik, Ishizu, and Rishid lead the Yuugis to the place where he can regain his memories. A short amount of time passes and the three hear the group coming back up the stairs.
That is when the problem occurs. The three siblings feel an earthquake forming. Ishizu informs them that this isn't the way things are supposed to go and they rush forward. Malik manages to be just a bit faster due to being smaller than Rishid and wearing clothes that are easier to move in than Ishizu. A hole in the ground opens up underneath him just as the entrance is about to cave in on top of him. The next thing he'll know, he will be on Dimension Island... and facing things even the Millennium Torque would have been hard pressed to predict.
Other
Malik will have the Millennium Rod on him for some reason he can't explain when he arrives on the Island. I have not listed it among his weapons as he won't have if for long. All his backstory is from the Japanese anime known as Duel Monsters, or the "second series" anime. No canon blending is needed as he was not present during the first arc. I point this out because his back is scarred, not tattooed.
Dark Malik will not be appearing. He is very destroyed thanks to the events that ended the second half of the Battle City arc. Anything that seem off about his personality is also as a result of that.
Also, Word of God has him as an implied vegetarian (possibly vegan) and that's how I'll be playing him. His favorite food is listed to be Koshary (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kushari) and his least favorite is listed as simply "meat dish".
Pictures
Best Picture (he wore this outfit in the first half of Battle City - You'll have to copy and paste the link to make it work): api.ning.com/files/lBZpf7Wkv7rSATA2x4DRrz8*z*6JVyLnIRFH5BzJiy8MQd83eTik9JwjEO7YK3sxM0ANluH*NyqkEogLa6YAPdfuM8Mn6FZQ/yugioh72.jpg
Screenshot (shows most of his outfit he is wearing when he arrives on the Island): i74.photobucket.com/albums/i271/Michiru-photos/YuGiOh/Marik382.jpg
Carving on Back (copy and paste or you'll get a forbidden message): yuugiou.fran-web.net/Image/Malik/DT-28/Malik-ep142-112s.jpg
