Eldest son of King Roisin and Queen Isabella, Malakai was second in line for the throne of Casavaria, after his half-brother, Crypt. His world fell apart by a Blackheart plot to assassinate his mother, and with her, his youngest sister. Horribly wounded, and unable to save them, Malakai blamed himself for their deaths. He fled Casavaria for the east, adopting the alias Maple, as tensions boil onto the brink of war. And a god still whispers in his ear, telling him to burn, burn, burn...