Malik

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Malik is a seasoned Astellian warrior with impeccable fashion sense and battle skill, as well as the leader of the eponymous Malik Squadron.

Appearance
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Bio
Malik was the head of a private security firm on Astellia before being scouted by Finis to head up Asterion’s elite hit squad. Bringing four of his strongest and most trusted subordinates along with him, Malik joined Asterion and (re)founded the Malik Squadron, now the enforcer arm of Asterion’s secret might. Malik loves posing and believes that a good pose is absolutely essential to peak performance in battle. His coordinated posing routine with the rest of the squadron is his pride and joy. Additionally, Malik employs an arcane magic that lets him switch bodies with his foe.

In Story
Malik's first appearance is with the rest of his squadron, when they fight against Saber's Cell of the Resistance and Diana and Avius. After Lessica restrains Amaranth, the Squadron pursues the two surfacers as well as the surviving members of the cell; however, they manage to escape. Malik later leads an assault on the cell's underground base, massacring the entire cell bar a select few members.

Two months later, when Balrog leads an assault on Asterion HQ, Malik meets him in battle. As Muza annihilates Malik's body with minigun fire, Malik body changes to Muza at the last moment, proceeding to use Muza's body to murder Wechi, which prompted Balrog to release his own limiters and become an ultimate psionic warrior. In a last-ditch effort to preserve himself in battle, Malik kills his physical body and body changes into himself, puppeteering his own corpse as an immortal lich.

After escaping and returning to Finis, Malik finds a replacement body from among the soldiers of the Astellian Self-Defense Force.