Malakai Reid

"I accepted that human nature is violent, and therefore I embrace violence as part of who I am".- Malakai Reid

Malakai Reid, also known as Mal'akhi, is an ancient vigilante awakened by a soul-altering power that would make him the prime target of a lethal experiment. He is a character in the ParaVerse, who first appeared in Curse of the Black Veil as the main protagonist. He made a subsequent appearance in Death Throes: Homecoming, a cameo appearance in When Worlds Collide, and his return in The Key to Coexistence.

In Curse of the Black Veil, the Omega Foundation found a frozen body that belonged to Malakai in a years-ago abandoned outpost in Ancient Carthage, Tunisia. After using a Paranérgeia-based serum to experiment on it, Malakai was suddenly resurrected, and went to escape from the laboratory. Now with the authorities chasing him down, Malakai will struggle to live the new era that he is within.

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For the ParaVerse's culmination, The Key to Coexistence, Malakai returned and faced off against Anastasia Wynter and Carmina Montgomery. After failing to save his girlfriend Madison Balt, a guilt-ridden Malakai fell victim to his own rage, becoming an embittered and violent vigilante. This was used by Eva O'Rourke, The New Blood, and Mount Rushmore Industries to re-initiate the Ancient War with Anastasia and Carmina.

Background
Malakai Reid was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands on August 28th, 1917.

Appearance
Malakai Reid is a caucasian man with strawberry blonde low mohawk-style long hair, a trimmed beard and hazel eyes. He is seen dressed in black fashion, wherever they are formal or streetwise. After becoming an Hybrid, Malakai's right eye zone began to slowly become ghostly-like black and gray, while his right eye turned into a demon-like white eye. According to his medical documents from ARK, Malakai has an exceptional DNA, making him sport handsome features and a toned physique.

Personality
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History
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Powers and Abilities
Malakai Reid is a greatly powerful Ancient One who developed a number of outstanding abilities and improved his combat reflexes.


 * The Harbinger's Eye - Malakai's most notable ability is The Harbinger's Eye, which is his right eye that was infected by a slash of Paranérgeia. With it, he develops great abilities that allow him to save people's lives and take advantage of certain situations.
 * Aura Detection - With the eye, Malakai can detect and read Auras through solid structures to find the location of people.
 * Dark Sight Blast - Malakai's eye glows, and creates an explosion at the location where his opponent is at that time.
 * Alysídakinesis - Malakai has the ability to mentally summon barbed iron hooks and chains via "Blackened Gateways" with the purpose of mutilating and/or restraining victims. These hooks and chains are subject to his total mental control and he directs them at will, and yet it is unknown how many can Malakai summon.
 * Blackened Gateway - Malakai can open gateways to summon and direct the chains with his Alysídakinesis.
 * Paranérgeia Chains - Malakai can charge his chains with Paranérgeia to inflict an explosive damage to the chained victim upon releasing the chains.
 * Paranérgeia Healing Factor - Due to the fact he can absorb the Paranérgeia, Malakai can heal much faster, more extensively, and efficiently, depending on how serious his injuries are.
 * Combat Reflexes - Malakai has extensive experience in martial arts. He has adapted most of his martial arts experience to his combat style, giving him a unique attack ability, and is known for using devastating combinations to finish off opponents.
 * Enhanced Durability - Malakai is shown to be highly resistant to physical attacks.

Weaknesses
Despite his powerful abilities, Malakai does have limitations.


 * Mortality - Despite his powerful abilities, Malakai is still attached to mortality and can be killed through violent means.
 * Silver Weaponary - Any silver weapon, such as bullets or blades, can weaken Malakai's powers.

Trivia

 * Malakai's name derivates from Malachy, which means "messenger" in Hebrew, which is accurate due to being billed as "The Harbinger" and his capacity to detect the danger.
 * His physical appearance is similar to Tom Büdgen's character in All Elite Wrestling, Malakai Black, having a white eye with its nearby skin getting darker as his powers evolved, while also having similar traits to Lycanthropes.
 * Malakai is based on Malakai Black from All Elite Wrestling, Pinhead from Hellraiser (1987), and Eddie Brock from Venom (2018) in terms of background, abilities, and personality.
 * After he was resurrected, Malakai left his New Blood roots and became a LaVeyan Satanist.