Malva

Malva Druin'dal is one of the many purple tieflings here, with a passionate heart that he extends to literature and protecting his loved ones.

Appearance
Malva is a lavender and blue skinned tiefling with pale grey eyes. Standing at 5’9”, he has a lean build with not a lot of defined muscle. He has defined cheekbones, but still a soft face. His ears are pierced from tip to lobe with gold and gems that he’s collected over the years. He also used to wear a long, golden necklace with two golden feathers on the end, but has given it away. He has long black hair down to his ribs on the left side, while the right side is shaved close to his head. He has simple ridged black horns that come up from his upper forehead to straight points.Arriving at camp, he wore a white button-up shirt that’s open down to below the collarbone with a black harness, high-waisted black pants with golden buttons on either side, and calf-high black leather boots. When he travels, he has a short, off-the-shoulder blue and gold embroidered cape with a brown leather strap that goes diagonally across his chest to the back. He doesn’t like to get his clothes dirty unless he’s baking or in the gardens (though this has changed since coming to camp).

He doesn’t have any noticeable scars, but used to have two on his hands - one on either palm. The one on his right palm has faded away, while the one on his left is fresh/healed over.

Now, he wears a plethora of different types of clothing, from gowns to lantern-sleeve shirts and a lot of blouses and shawls. Many of his clothes are fancy and lacy or embroidered, as he liked the finer material. This includes heeled boots, his favorite pair being thigh-high (it's black and leather - his argument is it goes with everything).

He currently wears a moon charm from his left ear from Kaos. He carries a small leather journal on him at all times, most recently a new one from Lule.

Personality
Malva is very involved in helping others whenever, and however he can, despite this being a detriment to his own health. He likes to put others above himself first, which results in him growing exhausted and emotionally compromised often. He pretends to have a lot of confidence, coming off as very understanding and charismatic, with no shame about his body, but he does falter often when people give him genuine praise (due to it being hard for him to believe).

He tends to judge people by their actions rather than their words. From a young age he has loved talking to strangers everywhere he could to learn what he can about them. He’s more interested in people than places, and considers all types of relationships to be very sacred.

He used to be flirtatious to a fault before coming to camp, not being serious about it. He would often be tempted easily due to his weak will, but nowadays, his heart belongs to one person. He’s rather kind and protective of those he decides to surround himself with, and tries to talk himself out of a lot of difficult situations - which often backfires. He’s used to lying, and that’s put him in some bad situations. Malva has a tendency to want to take the punches in fights due to his past issues with anger, which is destructive.

Current, he has begun to have less anger as he finds himself enjoying life from being freed from Asaris' grasp, and he has become a lot softer. He's more open to listening and less likely to walk away from situations he doesn't feel like he's ready to handle, instead facing them head on or asking to help others. This is still a big fault of his, as he feels bad if he doesn't succeed in helping those he loves.

Backstory
Malva grew up with a large Elven family in the walled Elven city of Sarindun. He was taken in when he was just one year old, and had five siblings along with his mother and father. His mother, Aerin, loved him more than anyone else in the family, and she often spent her time with him as, which has been implied once, his father didn’t let him leave the house often. At the age of 10, his mother grew deathly ill, and Malva wanted to try to save her after the clerics in the city couldn’t do anything.

He went out of the city walls to find a rumored dark magician named Asaris, who lived in a hut on the outskirts of a forest not far away. He created a blood pact with him, offering to do whatever he wanted to save his mother. Asaris wanted him to dispose of his eldest brother, Earendil, but Malva refused, breaking the promise. Malva’s mother was killed, and his father believed he was the one who did it (yes, at ten years old). He was sent to a temple of Angharradh, the Elven goddess of unity and protection, to be reformed. He lived there for seventeen years, leaving/running away when he was twenty-seven. He traveled alone for four years, hopping from town to town looking for fun times and stories. He never made any permanent friends until he came to camp.

Without knowing, Malva had been a warlock of Asaris for many, many years.

''It has been implied that when he was twenty-five, he had left on an excursion to find Asaris and get rid of him. This was unsuccessful.''

Recent developments have revealed that his birth parents, many years later, had another child that they had to abandon for LOOPS reasons. This tiefling just so happens to be Uva.

Camp Timeline
oh boy this is for another time

Relationships

 * Ether: Best friend that Malva had odd feelings about, and loves very dearly. His sunlight.
 * Now his lover.
 * Axel: Malva’s best friend and someone he considers as family/as a brother.
 * Khal: His brother by pact. Loves him deeply and thinks he has a lot of potential, is secretly very proud of him but doesn't know how to bring that up.
 * Now one of his partners.
 * Taryn: Someone he met through sparring, but grew closer over time. Malva helped get Taryn and Khal together, and sort of fell into place with them and Ether. (One of his partners).
 * Uva: One of Malva's close friends who happens to be his biological sister.
 * Luleshtrydhe: One of his closest friends from the past, helped him feel safe and wanted at the temple.
 * Trillium: one of Malva's favorite friends.
 * Regular Sparring Partners:
 * Clove & Taryn



Quotes

 * After Malva returned from disappearing for two days, in his argument with Trouble:
 * “Don’t call me a monster. I’m not a monster, I’m not.”
 * After Ether had comforted Malva, when they were complimenting one another:
 * “I think you shine brighter darling. Did you know… moons reflect light? I only shine brightly because of the stars around me I think.”
 * Malva trying to reassure Echo that his name does not define who he is:
 * “Your name is Echo, but that doesn’t mean you are one.
 * Malva after fixing his relationship with Trillium:
 * “I’m not sure anyone can help me. But having your friendship is enough for me.”


 * During a quiet moment in the arts and crafts room with Ether, while reassuring him:
 * "I plan on being here until I can't anymore. Nothing could tear me away."


 * After a nightmare/memory, when Malva goes immediately to Ether for help:
 * "You help a lot. You help... I never feel alone when I'm around you."


 * A talk with Trillium at the riverside before they leave on a mission:
 * "But Tril - Trillium, you are not a burden. They're doing this with you because they love you, and they'll have your back. You don't have to be just like them because you're great the way you are - let them help you."

Trivia

 * Malva writes poetry. He used to do it a lot, but had lost inspiration. Upon coming to camp, he’s gained the inspiration back.
 * He carries a worn Elven storybook in his bag that his mother read to him as a child.
 * Malva knows how to speak Abyssal and Draconic from his time with Asaris.
 * Malva has dreamed of becoming a literature teacher for young grade school children.
 * Malva knows how to ride horses, garden, and bake due to his time with his mother.
 * His favorite color is dark blue, followed closely by sunset colors.
 * Malva’s default spell in fights is Inflict Wounds, which used to make him gain a strange bloodlust.
 * Malva’s name comes from the mallow (malva) flower.