Mallakee

Mallakee was the unpopular king of Morcia who reigned after King Orlan but before King Mathias.

History
Mallakee was the most powerful Knight of his time and he defeated all contestants at the Grand Tournament. But even though he was strong enough to win the Grand Tournament and take the throne, Mallakee was not clever enough to truly understand the Code of Honor and the responsibilities of a King.

Other Knights offered him advice; they tried to share their wisdom and teach him how to be a better King, but Mallakee wouldn’t listen. He thought he was better than all of them because he had beaten them in the Arena.

In Morcia, both men and women once competed equally for the honor of becoming knights, but that changed during the unhappy rule of King Mallakee.

He forgot about his oath to protect the people of Morcia and sent his Knights out on errands to find him magical treasure, leaving the Kingdom open to attack. He stored all his newfound secrets within the Book of Morcia.

At first, the Knights followed Mallakee’s commands, but when their Kingdom began to fall apart and they saw the damage Mallakee was doing, they asked him to step down from the throne. Mallakee refused. The Knights begged him to enter the Arena and allow them to settle their problems there. Again, Mallakee refused.

And so, left without any other course of action, the Knights stepped outside the Code and stood against their King.

Other Knights sided with Mallakee – not because they believed he was a good King, but because the Code demanded they stand by him.

And so Morcia fell into civil war. The Knights fought against each other and the peace Orlan had worked so hard to create fell into chaos.

Eventually the war came to an end. No one knows for sure what happened to Mallakee. Some say that when he saw the damage the war had done to his Kingdom he felt so ashamed that he left Morcia never to return. Others say he fled once he realized he was going to lose the war and his throne.

Afterward, Knights from both sides were judged on their behavior in the conflict and many were banished from the Kingdom.

Since then, the Code has been changed to stop such a tragedy from ever happening again.

The Knights and people of Morcia choose to forget about those dark days. However, in the King’s chambers a portrait of King Mallakee hangs on the wall as a reminder, to ensure that no future King ever forgets what can happen if he turns his back on his people. And to this day, hidden within the Book of Morcia, are all the secrets that the power-hungry Mallakee collected – all waiting to be discovered and misused.