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Maladius

posted 06-04-2002 03:07 PM    
Maladius is nothing but the embodiment of pure Evil, the demonic familiar to Dark Lord Roan. He stands about three feet tall, with armored scales, razor-sharp claws and fangs, and a very long (about six feet in length!) and armored whip-like tail which ends in an exquisitely sharp point. He often lashes this tail over his head to attack like a scorpion; its tip bears a flesh-eating poison that, while not usually fatal in itself, delivers a wound that simply gets bigger and bigger until finally beginning to heal. This healing processes of anyone punctured by this tail can take up to a year to occur, as compared to a "normal" puncture wound which heals much faster. This poison is almost completely immune to even Jedi healing; applying the Force will slightly speed up the process but not as quickly as normal. His fangs and claws do not bear this poison; he just uses them to rip and tear and gnaw off various and sundry parts of the victims he has been sent to terrorize, of which he is inordinately fond of doing.

Being the embodiment of Evil, he loves pain, and wants nothing more than to bring it to every sentient being in the Universe. Thus under the traitorous command of Lord Roan he has joined forces with Abaddonis, and is en route to the SW Galaxy with his small but formidable contingent.

Maladius has the use of the All at his command to the extent that he can open doorways within and transport himself immediately across great distances. He is blindingly fast, and can out-maneuver the fastest and most powerful Force-user. He usually exists as a sort of "shade" or "ghost," with only the barest outline of his physical form, but he has to be in his physical form to attack anyone. In that form, while fast and deadly, he is not impervious; if one can successfully predict his next move he can be overcome. (For example, Dark Lord Rean did manage to take hold of him and toss him into a lava river on Sullust before he reverted to his shadowy form and hot-footed it back to Roan.) He also doesn't hang around long in his physical form, for it is tiring for him to maintain it. His modus operandi is to basically "sneak up, hit, and run."

He is pure ebony black, and his eyes are very big and bright and blood red without apparent pupils.


Graysith

posted 01-17-2011 07:11 AM    
Further clarification: Maladius, being the embodiment of pure evil, is one of many such entities existing within the Darker Realms as "imps." An imp comes into being in these realms every time an act of evil or horror or terror or other such misery happens in the "real" universe; thus while these demonic beings can be killed, their numbers are ever growing.

They are the "soldiers" of the Darkness, so to speak. They are, however, stuck in the Darker Realms and cannot leave. Maladius was able to pop into "our" reality upon occasion, as were a few other imps, by portals being opened through the All. This rarely happens, however, keeping them safely trapped where they belong.