Malik Silverleaf

Malik Silverleaf is a Human Illusion wizard and a member of the adventuring party known as the Celestial Syndicate. He is played by Gui Bejar.

Appearance
Malik is a twenty-four year old human that stands at 5'10". He has jet black hair, emerald-green eyes, and a dark tan that is uncommon on the continent. He wears black robes with a flowing silver cape that trails behind him as he walks. He wields a wooden staff with a streak of silver going down the side that acts as his arcane focus.

Personality
Malik’s main trait is being generally carefree while still being somewhat smart. He is the type of person who spends less time dreading over unlikely odds or mourning events long gone. Instead, he’d rather learn what he can from the past and spend his energy applying it to the future.

Additionally, by spending most of his youth “alone” studying a forest, Malik isn’t exactly a people person, mostly approaching them as he would another problem waiting to be solved.

Equipment and Items
Enduring Spell book - a spell book that is resistant to many forms of damage and ruin (waterproof and decay resistant and more).

Birthday and Star Sign
Malik’s birthday (Cranutaru 26th) identifies him as a Gryn with the Griffin constellation guardian. Gryn are said to be rather clever and like to think on their toes. The birthstone is winged ore, an amber stone with flecks/swirls of white.

Background
Malik had a nice although secluded childhood. His parents were normal farmers in the quiet countryside. Though he didn't quite know yet, the exodus of magic from his continent was slowly taking its toll on the land even as he grew up. The result was each harvest being worse than the last, and by the time Malik was ten the Silverleaf farm was the only one still operating for a good 100 mile radius, and solely due to the zeal of his parents in tending to it. These circumstances coupled with the fact that he was an only child meant his childhood was somewhat lonely.

As a child of farmers he wasn't given any formal education; simply being taught to read and write by his father and to draw by his mom. He didn't shape up exactly as his parents expected though, and had a rather lean frame for someone working the land. When he wasn't helping on the farm he wandered into the nearby forests and meadows, which were even then slowly giving way to sandy unfertile fields. He made a pastime out of studying the way hot air seemed to rise, how running water could part even the strongest rock, how fire seemed to die out when it was covered, how an upturned canoe wouldn't sink; in short learning everything nature could teach him and everyone else seemed to ignore.

By the time he was 14 he had a journal filled with what he called the “Way of Things ''. A manuscript containing all his hard earned knowledge about the laws of nature, and a bit of magic, which governed life in his leafy second home. Each passage was written with the gentle letters of his dad and brought to life by the precise drawings of his mom, all just slightly altered by his own hand. He then also started to realise how all things, alive and otherwise, wasted away as magic bled away from them.

And so one fateful day, while cataloguing such events as he was fascinated by, he found a spot about a day’s march from his house which seemed to still be lush and lively. Like a piece of the past decided to forget time and stay beautiful a while longer. There Malik met his first real friend: Stoney, a playful and ancient earth elemental. Though their relationship was rocky at first, they became fast friends as Malik saw the opportunity to learn ever more about the world and its workings from his new found friend.

In that way, five more years went by calmly while Malik learned about the magic that transfused the entire world. All the while his parents seemed to cross the line in age of being able to complete any farm work, though there was so little Malik could easily handle it himself. He also noticed how at length the elemental seemed to see him less often and do almost nothing during their meetings, acting not like the active friend he grew up with, but as an old man telling old stories to a child.

And then, one day, out of nowhere, Malik enters the usual clearing to see not his cheerful old friend but a frowning ghost in his place. Stoney beckoned him closer and whispered him a few cheerful parting words before fading completely into thin air. He was gone. Malik is left to grieve for the first time in his entire life, wanting nothing more than to understand why Stoney had to die like that; why in the endless history of the world magic had chosen now to fade and kill his friend in the process. Why was his the generation to live without magic? The one to live in a dead and decaying world when it could be so flush and beautiful? Why did his one friend have to die?

After asking these questions and more, his own nature took over and steeled his pain into purpose, though it felt good to cry for a bit. Time passes, Malik studies and attunes to his magic, the Silverleaf farm closes down and his parents have to move to the city, and then Malik leaves. To help in restoring magic to the world, or else to do it himself.

Luna
Luna is Malik's owl that he summoned during his first night in Opaz. Though Luna is not really an owl, but a celestial or fey creature most times, Malik still treats her as an intelligent animal and is troubled whenever harm befalls her. He also thinks she dances extremely well for an owl, and is probably his favorite companion.

Damien Andrano
Malik is very glad to have someone like Damien in the party. After all, it's nice to have someone to bounce his ideas and crazy theories off of and have him not only understand what he's saying, but also give insight of their own.

Myria Amaranthis
Though Malik thought Alice was a troubled child at first meeting, he at length started considering her a predicament, and feels really invested in solving the mystery behind her puzzling condition before anything can happen as a result of it.

Cassia North
Malik sees Cassia as a really happy person who helps in keeping the party together, something Malik would otherwise have to do but really doesn't feel like it most times. He's really grateful for her being around. And though he finds her annoyingly gleeful at times, it's nice to have a bit of normal in the crazy life Malik and the party lead.

Blitz of Shelburn
Malik feels Blitz is a lot like the thunderous storms he tells stories about: loud, flashy, and often violent beyond reason. The last one makes him a pain to have around at times, but a great help in any fights the party finds themselves in. Malik does wonder where their extremely different convictions will take their relationship to, however.

Blomf Vald
Malik probably respects Blomf most out of anyone in the party. Though the two haven't spent much time interacting, Malik knows he can rely on Blomf to do what he thinks is right in whatever situation, and considers that an utterly invaluable trait. He's also very fun to be around and eat honey with.

Trivia

 * Malik's work in progress name was "Stoner" while the character was being developed.
 * He was intended to be of Chaotic Evil alignment, and a mad artificer.
 * Malik gets deathly seasick extremely easily if sleeping on a boat.