![]() Returning to Os Alta to update the Darkling on their mission to find the stag, Mal sees Alina at the Little Palace during the display of her powers at the winter fete. He writes her a letter expressing his feelings but does not send it. The guilt of surviving eats away at Mal, and the time away from Alina makes him realize how much he truly loves her, and that he can't live without her. Two of his long-time friends, Mikhael and Dubrov, are killed. They encounter a patrol of Fjerdans, and Mal is one of the only Ravkan men who survive. ![]() In the months after, Mal is sent with a regiment of men to Tsibeya and into Fjerda to track Morozova's stag for the Darkling. This activates Alina's latent Grisha power, and the two are separated after it is discovered that Alina is a Sun Summoner. When their regiment tries to cross the Shadow Fold, their sand skiffs are attacked by Volcra, who almost kill Mal. Since Mal was a child he has shown promise as a tracker, accompanying the men of the Keramzin Orphanage on hunting trips.Īfter the Grisha's examination which is assumed they did not pass, they end up in the military on a march to Poliznaya. Mal and Alina have known each other their whole lives and were seemingly inseparable as children, having come from the same unnamed village. He spent most of his childhood in the Orphanage of Keramzin which was led by Duke Keramsov, where he met and befriended Alina Starkov. Mal was born in a settlement in Dva Stolba along the southern border with Shu Han and likely lost his family to the border wars.
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