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	According to one story, Malbus answered the call of [[merchant]]s from the Citadel under attack by raiders through immolation of the raiders with a pillar of flame. Only one of the raiders survived to tell the tale.<ref>ToR p. 160</ref>		According to one story, Malbus answered the call of [[merchant]]s from the Citadel under attack by raiders through immolation of the raiders with a pillar of flame. Only one of the raiders survived to tell the tale.<ref>ToR p. 160</ref>

	Malbus would later send his legions after the raiders' tribe, intending to exterminate it root and stem. He would ~~later~~ end hostilities due to [[Abd-al-Mamat]] negotiating with his servants, and even traded him [[magic\|magical]] lore. As soon as Abd-al-Mamat was cut apart by a freak storm of swords, however, Malbus' hunters would strike once again, dragging off citizens of the [[The Wounded City\|Wounded City]] for their master's dining pleasure.		Malbus would later send his legions after the raiders' tribe, intending to exterminate it root and stem. He would eventually end hostilities due to [[Abd-al-Mamat]]'s shrewd negotiating with his servants, and even traded him [[magic\|magical]] lore. As soon as Abd-al-Mamat was cut apart by a freak storm of swords, however, Malbus' hunters would strike once again, dragging off citizens of the [[The Wounded City\|Wounded City]] for their master's dining pleasure.

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	According to one story, Malbus answered the call of [[merchant]]s from the Citadel under attack by raiders through immolation of the raiders with a pillar of flame. Only one of the raiders survived to tell the tale.<ref>ToR p. 160</ref>		According to one story, Malbus answered the call of [[merchant]]s from the Citadel under attack by raiders through immolation of the raiders with a pillar of flame. Only one of the raiders survived to tell the tale.<ref>ToR p. 160</ref>

			Malbus would later send his legions after the raiders' tribe, intending to exterminate it root and stem. He would later end hostilities due to [[Abd-al-Mamat]] negotiating with his servants, and even traded him [[magic\|magical]] lore. As soon as Abd-al-Mamat was cut apart by a freak storm of swords, however, Malbus' hunters would strike once again, dragging off citizens of the [[The Wounded City\|Wounded City]] for their master's dining pleasure.

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	[[Ryan Naylor]]'s [[Children of the Night: The Lords of Ravenloft]] (part of [[Pathfinder in the Mists]] depicts Malbus as the 9th [[Caliph]] of [[Al Kathos]] and a [[former human]] [[witch]] turned [[div]]. He pledged his service to [[Ahriman]], lord of the divs, and sacrificed many innocent lives to his [[fiend]]ish master. Malbus' other crimes including the [[seduction]] and [[kidnapping]] of the Emir's daughter and striking down a [[genie]] disguised as a [[beggar]], the latter of which drew him into [[the Mists]] as [[darklord]] of Al Kathos.<ref>[[Children of the Night: The Lords of Ravenloft]] p.188</ref>		[[Ryan Naylor]]'s [[Children of the Night: The Lords of Ravenloft]] (part of [[Pathfinder in the Mists]]) depicts Malbus as the 9th [[Caliph]] of [[Al Kathos]] and a [[former human]] [[witch]] turned [[div]]. He pledged his service to [[Ahriman]], lord of the divs, and sacrificed many innocent lives to his [[fiend]]ish master. Malbus' other crimes including the [[seduction]] and [[kidnapping]] of the Emir's daughter and striking down a [[genie]] disguised as a [[beggar]], the latter of which drew him into [[the Mists]] as [[darklord]] of Al Kathos.<ref>[[Children of the Night: The Lords of Ravenloft]] p.188</ref>

	===Alternate Origins: Malbus as Efreeti Warmonger===		===Alternate Origins: Malbus as Efreeti Warmonger===

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	[[Malbus]] is a [[character]] mentioned in the short story [[Tales of Ravenloft: The Judgment of abd-al-Mamat]]. He is described as a "ram-horned abomination" and [[ruler]] of [[Al-Kathos]], a land presumably located somewhere within the [[Demiplane of Dread]] considering its source in a Ravenloft book. His [[seat of authority]] is [[~~the~~ Burning Citadel]], where he presides over armies of infernal servants and feasts upon mortal [[flesh]].<ref>ToR p. 157</ref>		[[Malbus]] is a [[character]] mentioned in the short story [[Tales of Ravenloft: The Judgment of abd-al-Mamat]]. He is described as a "ram-horned abomination" and [[ruler]] of [[Al-Kathos]], a land presumably located somewhere within the [[Demiplane of Dread]] considering its source in a Ravenloft book. His [[seat of authority]] is the [[Burning Citadel]], where he presides over armies of infernal servants and feasts upon mortal [[flesh]].<ref>ToR p. 157</ref>

	According to one story, Malbus answered the call of [[merchant]]s from the Citadel under attack by raiders through immolation of the raiders with a pillar of flame. Only one of the raiders survived to tell the tale.<ref>ToR p. 160</ref>		According to one story, Malbus answered the call of [[merchant]]s from the Citadel under attack by raiders through immolation of the raiders with a pillar of flame. Only one of the raiders survived to tell the tale.<ref>ToR p. 160</ref>

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	According to one story, Malbus answered the call of [[merchant]]s from the Citadel under attack by raiders through immolation of the raiders with a pillar of flame. Only one of the raiders survived to tell the tale.<ref>ToR p. 160</ref>		According to one story, Malbus answered the call of [[merchant]]s from the Citadel under attack by raiders through immolation of the raiders with a pillar of flame. Only one of the raiders survived to tell the tale.<ref>ToR p. 160</ref>

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	{{Spec\|Some fans have interpreted the description of Malbus as indicative of [[darklord]] status}}		{{Spec\|Some fans have interpreted the description of Malbus as indicative of [[darklord]] status.}}

	==Noncanon Information==		==Noncanon Information==
	As very little has been revealed about Malbus in official sources, Ravenloft fans have expanded upon the available details with several different versions of Malbus and his origins.		As very little has been revealed about Malbus in official sources, Ravenloft fans have expanded upon the available details with several different versions of Malbus and his origins.

			=== Alternate Origins: Malbus as Half-Silat ===
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	Malbus is a half-Silat whose mother was a Silat who seduced a man named Halkar. Silat's normally mate with ogre magis so her actions were considered perverted by her dark gods. She was cursed with bearing a half-Silat freak and forbidden to kill him. He was treated with disdain as he was a half breed. His mother constantly abused him when he grew up as she was mocked by his very existence. Malbus grew up hating his mother and most women . However he had stronger than average male lust for women as well. So he definitely had a lust/hate feelings towards women and due to his mother's chaotic tendencies he hated chaos as well. His hatred and lust naturally made him an evil man such as him a serial rapist. He found out about the Blood War and figured that devils were the worst enemies of chaos (in his mind) and as a soldier he could rape enemy women as well and he became a worshipper of the archdevil Bel who hates demons and is the most martial of all the devils. Bel saw it ironically amusing that a offspring of such a chaotic race would be an enemy of demons and was pleased to have him as a follower. Bel granted him certain gifts that allowed him to raise a small army. He then set out to fight kingdom after another and getting more mercenaries seeking glory and loot to join his quickly growing army. His troops kidnapped women and sent them to him to satisfy his lust. Eventually he found out that a coup was being plotted against him by some of his generals as many were as evil as him. He was sly however and betrayed them by sending them against a city ruled by clerics of Bane after informing the clerics that his army was coming. While laughing at his troops getting slaughtered the mists claimed him for its own. He has a number of curses on him 1)He is no longer able to change shape and always appears as his true form as a half-Silat. He has no real political control over his realm as he only has influence over a half a dozen devils 3 bearded devils and 3 chain devils all of whom are too stupid to be more than sword fodder and a couple dozen priests of Set which is not enough to control a domain of thousands particularly since the priests are NE and more interested in stabbing each other and him in the back than anything else. Also he is upset they worship Set instead of Bel. As a fanatic devotee of Bel he wants them all worshiping him but he has failed at every attempt. Also he was cursed with an utter fear of women .During his discussions with [[Abd-al-Mamat]] he got him to see the world as one needing very strict justice and that the strong had the right to abuse the weak. He was hoping to convert [[Abd-al-Mamat]] to the worship of Bel but the leader started worshiping Set instead after the priests of Set talked to him. Through secret conversations Malbus kept trying to get [[Abd-al-Mamat]] to worship Bel instead of Set. He was on the verge of doing so when [[Abd-al-Mamat]] got sliced up. [[Abd-al-Mamat]] thought that was punishment from Set and started completely turn against Bel. As such Malbus and [[Abd-al-Mamat]] now hate each other's guts but neither can do anything about it. However the priests never heard of Bel before and see no reason to switch their worship from Set to Bel. Malbus suspects that if he could convert everyone to the worship of Bel then Bel would free him of his curse. Instead of the disciplined population he desires the domain is full of squabbling chaotics, hardly the type to worship Bel. Also he still lusts after human women he also fears them due to his curse. The struggle between lust and fear is very agonizing to him.		Malbus is a half-Silat whose mother was a Silat who seduced a man named Halkar. Silat's normally mate with ogre magis so her actions were considered perverted by her dark gods. She was cursed with bearing a half-Silat freak and forbidden to kill him. He was treated with disdain as he was a half breed. His mother constantly abused him when he grew up as she was mocked by his very existence. Malbus grew up hating his mother and most women. However he had stronger than average male lust for women as well. So he definitely had a lust/hate feelings towards women and due to his mother's chaotic tendencies he hated chaos as well. His hatred and lust naturally made him an evil man such as him a serial rapist. He found out about the Blood War and figured that devils were the worst enemies of chaos (in his mind) and as a soldier he could rape enemy women as well and he became a worshipper of the archdevil Bel who hates demons and is the most martial of all the devils. Bel saw it ironically amusing that a offspring of such a chaotic race would be an enemy of demons and was pleased to have him as a follower. Bel granted him certain gifts that allowed him to raise a small army. He then set out to fight kingdom after another and getting more mercenaries seeking glory and loot to join his quickly growing army. His troops kidnapped women and sent them to him to satisfy his lust. Eventually he found out that a coup was being plotted against him by some of his generals as many were as evil as him. He was sly however and betrayed them by sending them against a city ruled by clerics of Bane after informing the clerics that his army was coming. While laughing at his troops getting slaughtered the mists claimed him for its own. He has a number of curses on him 1)He is no longer able to change shape and always appears as his true form as a half-Silat. He has no real political control over his realm as he only has influence over a half a dozen devils 3 bearded devils and 3 chain devils all of whom are too stupid to be more than sword fodder and a couple dozen priests of Set which is not enough to control a domain of thousands particularly since the priests are NE and more interested in stabbing each other and him in the back than anything else. Also he is upset they worship Set instead of Bel. As a fanatic devotee of Bel he wants them all worshiping him but he has failed at every attempt. Also he was cursed with an utter fear of women. During his discussions with [[Abd-al-Mamat]] he got him to see the world as one needing very strict justice and that the strong had the right to abuse the weak. He was hoping to convert [[Abd-al-Mamat]] to the worship of Bel but the leader started worshiping Set instead after the priests of Set talked to him. Through secret conversations Malbus kept trying to get [[Abd-al-Mamat]] to worship Bel instead of Set. He was on the verge of doing so when [[Abd-al-Mamat]] got sliced up. [[Abd-al-Mamat]] thought that was punishment from Set and started completely turn against Bel. As such Malbus and [[Abd-al-Mamat]] now hate each other's guts but neither can do anything about it. However the priests never heard of Bel before and see no reason to switch their worship from Set to Bel. Malbus suspects that if he could convert everyone to the worship of Bel then Bel would free him of his curse. Instead of the disciplined population he desires the domain is full of squabbling chaotics, hardly the type to worship Bel. Also he still lusts after human women he also fears them due to his curse. The struggle between lust and fear is very agonizing to him.

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	Hellish Training: Knowledge(~~Tatics~~) and Knowledge(Strategy) are class skills for Malbus		Hellish Training: Knowledge(Tactics) and Knowledge(Strategy) are class skills for Malbus
	Law's Warrior: Can use detect chaos at will as well as detect good(He lost the latter in Ravenloft)		Law's Warrior: Can use detect chaos at will as well as detect good(He lost the latter in Ravenloft)

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	Malbus can close the borders by causing fear to anyone crossing it. It has a DC of 20 which increases by one every round and can effect any level. Only creatures naturally immune to fear are not effected.		Malbus can close the borders by causing fear to anyone crossing it. It has a DC of 20 which increases by one every round and can effect any level. Only creatures naturally immune to fear are not effected.

	==Alternate Origins==		===Alternate Origins: Malbus as Div===

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	[[Ryan Naylor]]'s [[Children of the Night: The Lords of Ravenloft]] (part of [[Pathfinder in the Mists]] depicts Malbus as the 9th [[Caliph]] of [[Al Kathos]] and a [[former human]] [[witch]] turned [[div]]. He pledged his service to [[Ahriman]], lord of the divs, and sacrificed many innocent lives to his [[fiend]]ish master. Malbus' other crimes including the [[seduction]] and [[kidnapping]] of the Emir's daughter and striking down a [[genie]] disguised as a [[beggar]], the latter of which drew him into [[the Mists]] as [[darklord]] of Al Kathos.<ref>[[Children of the Night: The Lords of Ravenloft]] p.188</ref>		[[Ryan Naylor]]'s [[Children of the Night: The Lords of Ravenloft]] (part of [[Pathfinder in the Mists]] depicts Malbus as the 9th [[Caliph]] of [[Al Kathos]] and a [[former human]] [[witch]] turned [[div]]. He pledged his service to [[Ahriman]], lord of the divs, and sacrificed many innocent lives to his [[fiend]]ish master. Malbus' other crimes including the [[seduction]] and [[kidnapping]] of the Emir's daughter and striking down a [[genie]] disguised as a [[beggar]], the latter of which drew him into [[the Mists]] as [[darklord]] of Al Kathos.<ref>[[Children of the Night: The Lords of Ravenloft]] p.188</ref>

			===Alternate Origins: Malbus as Efreeti Warmonger===

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	A third (and perhaps earliest) origin for Malbus depicts him as an [[efreeti]] [[warmonger]] and political [[manipulator]] named [[Khaizuran-al-Mayfit]]. Falling out of favor with the Sultan of the Efreet, Malbus fled to [[Zakhara]], a land on the world of [[Toril]] on the [[Prime Material Plane]] to wait for the the wrath he might've suffered for his schemes to die down. He reigned havoc on the mortal denizens until he was bound by a lowly [[sha'ir]] named [[Reggeth Ben Khamal]]. The sha'ir used Khaizuran-al-Mayfit to raise his hometown of [[Liham]] to glory. However, Khaizuran-al-Mayfit [[callous]]ness in fighting against the city's enemies on one front prevented him from properly protecting Liham. It was sacked and burned and its citizens were scattered to the winds~~.<ref name=mordcartsoc>[[The Mordent Cartographic Society]] http://fraternityofshadows.com/GryphonHill/alkathos/darklord.html </ref>~~		A third (and perhaps earliest) origin for Malbus depicts him as an [[efreeti]] [[warmonger]] and political [[manipulator]] named [[Khaizuran-al-Mayfit]]. Falling out of favor with the Sultan of the Efreet, Malbus fled to [[Zakhara]], a land on the world of [[Toril]] on the [[Prime Material Plane]] to wait for the the wrath he might've suffered for his schemes to die down. He reigned havoc on the mortal denizens until he was bound by a lowly [[sha'ir]] named [[Reggeth Ben Khamal]]. The sha'ir used Khaizuran-al-Mayfit to raise his hometown of [[Liham]] to glory. However, Khaizuran-al-Mayfit's [[callous]]ness in fighting against the city's enemies on one front prevented him from properly protecting Liham. It was sacked and burned, and its citizens were scattered to the winds.<ref name=mordcartsoc>[[The Mordent Cartographic Society]] http://fraternityofshadows.com/GryphonHill/alkathos/darklord.html</ref>

	When at last the foreign emir challenged and defeated Khaizuran-al-Mayfit, the efreeti feigned surrender only to [[murder]] the emir in cold blood. This act of [[betrayal]] caused Khaizuran-al-Mayfit to be attacked by former friend and foe alike, chasing him into the desert. A sandstorm eventually overtook him, and as he emerged from it, he had entered [[Ravenloft]] as the [[darklord]] of [[Al Kathos]]. This land is an [[isolated]] land where he is commonly distrusted and the only challenges to his power are out of his reach. His boredom is slowly eating away at his sanity.<ref name=mordcartsoc>[[The Mordent Cartographic Society]] http://fraternityofshadows.com/GryphonHill/alkathos/darklord.html </ref>

			When at last the foreign emir challenged and defeated Khaizuran-al-Mayfit, the efreeti feigned surrender only to [[murder]] the emir in cold blood. Following this act of [[betrayal]], Khaizuran-al-Mayfit was attacked by former friend and foe alike, chasing him into the desert. A sandstorm eventually overtook him, and as he emerged from it, he had entered [[Ravenloft]] as the [[darklord]] of [[Al Kathos]]. This land is an [[isolated]] land where he is commonly distrusted and the only challenges to his power are out of his reach. His boredom is slowly eating away at his sanity.<ref name=mordcartsoc>[[The Mordent Cartographic Society]] http://fraternityofshadows.com/GryphonHill/alkathos/darklord.html</ref>

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	[[Malbus]] is a [[character]] mentioned in the short story [[Tales of Ravenloft: The Judgment of abd-al-Mamat]]. He is described as a "ram-horned abomination" and [[ruler]] of [[Al-Kathos]], a land presumably located somewhere within the [[Demiplane of Dread]] considering its source in a Ravenloft book. His [[seat of authority]] is [[the Burning Citadel]], where he presides over armies of infernal servants and feasts upon mortal [[flesh]].<ref>ToR p. 157</ref>		[[Malbus]] is a [[character]] mentioned in the short story [[Tales of Ravenloft: The Judgment of abd-al-Mamat]]. He is described as a "ram-horned abomination" and [[ruler]] of [[Al-Kathos]], a land presumably located somewhere within the [[Demiplane of Dread]] considering its source in a Ravenloft book. His [[seat of authority]] is [[the Burning Citadel]], where he presides over armies of infernal servants and feasts upon mortal [[flesh]].<ref>ToR p. 157</ref>

	According to one story, Malbus answered the call of [[merchant]]s from the Citadel under attack by raiders through immolation of the raiders with a pillar of [[flame]]. Only one of the raiders survived to tell the tale.<ref>ToR p. 160</ref>		According to one story, Malbus answered the call of [[merchant]]s from the Citadel under attack by raiders through immolation of the raiders with a pillar of flame. Only one of the raiders survived to tell the tale.<ref>ToR p. 160</ref>
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