Mala

Biography

Mala has lived on Caldera Cay her whole life, being looked after by the Great Protector. She was told prophesies such as one where a man from a foreign land would save the queen on a field of battle, and he would become her king. When she was still a little girl, there was a great earthquake that stopped the lava in the volcano from flowing, threatening the Great Protector's life. But with much prayer, the lava returned and the Cay returned to being a peaceful place for both human and dragon. She eventually became Queen of the island.

first meet

Mala first meets the Dragon Riders in "Defenders of the Wing, Part 1" after they are captured by Throk under the suspicion of being affiliated with the Dragon Hunters. Mala is willing to hear the Riders out but deems them guilty after finding Viggo's signature on Hiccup's map. As punishment, they are brought to the Nest where she throws Hiccup into a pit filled with Speed Stingers. Toothless and the other dragons then come to the Riders' rescue, leading Mala to realize she was wrong and released the Dragon Riders. in an attempt to start over, Mala gives the Riders a tour of the village where she introduces them to the Eruptodon, the Great Protector. Then she notices that the volcano that the Eruptodon kept from flowing is now burning the hill above. As she arrives at the site, she realizes it's because the Eruptodon has disappeared. A dragon root arrow reveals that Viggo stood behind the capture and that he used the Dragon Riders as a decoy to complete his task. Feeling betrayed and misled, Mala accuses the Riders of betraying her and points her long sword at Hiccup, telling him that she will kill him herself.

Marrying Dagur

In "Chain of Command", Mala participates in the meeting at her island, regarding the location where the Dragon Eye lenses should be kept. She insists on keeping them inside the volcano on Caldera Cay, guarded by the Eruptodon. When Dagur suggests keeping them on Berserker Island, due to the fact that the volcano could erupt at any time, Mala calmly states that the Berserker guards allowed a coup to take place. She then argues with Dagur about the two possible locations. As they continue to argue about each others leadership, the twins decide to do some "mediation" on them. Mala and Dagur perform some trust exercises, Mala guides Dagur blindfolded across a lava lake and Dagur catches her from falling. Much to everyone's surprise, these exercises work. They then work together to help Hiccup save Wingmaiden Island from Krogan and his Dragon Flyers. Sometime before "Mi Amore Wing", Dagur and Mala begin to have romantic feelings for one another. Dagur eventually takes the Defenders of the Wing King Trials and passes, making him Mala's future husband. The couple announces to the Dragon Riders that they're getting married, to their shock. Mala and Dagur show off their love for one another to the Dragon Riders by kissing in front of them and calling each other sappy pet names. Ruffnut and Tuffnut offer to help Mala plan the wedding while Dagur assists Hiccup, Astrid, Fishlegs, and Snotlout in delivering scrap metal to the Armorwing. While they are away, the twins believe Mala is secretly planning to kill Dagur at the wedding (due to her battling a dummy that looks like him) and also mentioning a Dance of Blades and "a special gift that everyone will get after the ceremony". In the end, the twins confront Mala only for her to explain what she was really talking about; the Dance of Blades being a dance she and Dagur will perform on fresh "blades" of grass and the special gift is really lava trinkets.

Physical Appearance

Mala is fairly tall, and has very short, blonde hair with her fringe parted to the right. She has pale green eyes, and pale skin. Mala's outfit is very similar to the rest of her tribe (mainly females') with the exception of it being longer and having a Mandarin collar and gold lining on her tunic, boots, shoulder and arm guards, and rebraces. The tassets on the front of the garment are adorned with the Eruptodon symbol.

Personality

As leader of the Defenders of the Wing, Mala holds high authority over the island and does everything she can to ensure its safety, even if it means carrying the fate of both her island or people on her own shoulders. She always speaks elegantly and politely, referring to Hiccup by his first and last name every time he is addressed. As a defender, Mala holds a strong, religious admiration for dragons, actively antagonizing dragon hunters, suspected dragon hunters and anyone who may have harmed dragons. This has led her to assume the worst multiple times, antagonizing the riders on and off again at the slightest provocation. This antagonizing can even lead to self-fulfilling results, such as when she was twisting Hiccup's words against him at every opportunity during the trial. Despite her cynical nature, she does have a strong sense of honor, waiving the charges when she sees Toothless willingly defend Hiccup from speed stingers, seeing that he was speaking the truth. She also cares about her tribe's traditions, as she insisted on taking care of the Great Protector's egg and making Snotlout face the trials that would make him her king. She is shown to have a sense of wonder at the idea of flying which Hiccup offered her, though she politely declines, on the grounds that it is "forbidden," but when her tribe's alpha was kidnapped she climbed onto Hookfang's back so she could assist the riders in their task of saving her people's guardian dragon.

Abilities, Skills, and Talents

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Fighting

Mala is a very skilled warrior as she was able to defeat two Dragon Hunters in a few seconds and quickly overpowered another with her bare hands, using ninja techniques.

Reflexes

Mala has very good reflexes as she was able to catch a flying arrow with her hand.

Agility

Mala has proven several times to be very agile as she can do flips and other such agile maneuvers. She also jumped from the back of Toothless on a Dragon Hunter.

Swordmaster

Mala is very good at fighting with her sword. She used it against Astrid, Hiccup and then against the Dragon Hunters.

Leadership

As the leader of the Defenders of the Wing, she rules by respect and her subjects obey her without questioning.

Relationship

Throk is one of Mala's most loyal member of the Defenders and sides with her even when he disagreed with Mala's decisions. He is her second-in-command and obeys her every order. When Astrid and Throk were trapped in the volcano, he was willing to sacrifice himself so that Mala would be safe.

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Mala is shown to be very protective towards the Great Protector. She tried in all the ways to save her and bring her home. While most warriors were sad that the Great Protector was going to depart for Vanaheim, she stated that it was a day to rejoice, as the Eruptodon has earned her rest.

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While still an egg, Mala took care of the heir of the Great Protector. She insisted on carrying the egg herself to the cavern and fought fiercely to protect it from the Fire Terrors. When it hatched, Mala asked the dragon riders to take it and protect it from the Dragon Hunters.

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Paranoid over the opposition Viggo has presented her, she immediately suspects Hiccup and the other riders of being spies. They attempt to plead a case, but Mala is able to compile a list of evidence (and even twists his own words as he defends himself) and ultimately find him guilty. She goes back on the charges when she sees Toothless (drugged on their special medicinal fruit) defend him. She immediately goes back to distrust, even vowing to destroy his village and his people, when she thinks that he willingly distracted them, leading to the Great Protector's kidnapping. However, when Hiccup helped Mala save the Eruptodon and each of their islands, they became friends and allies in their fight against Viggo and his hunters.

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Dagur did in a way save Mala and Throk in the Northern Markets from a fight with the dragon hunters in "Saving Shattermaster". Dagur and Mala hardly knew each other existed until Dragons: Race to the Edge, Season 6, when they couldn't agree on anything while trying to help the Riders decide what to do about Johann. The twins try to trick them into getting along, and although their efforts didn't work as expected, the pair soon found they had an attraction for each other. Dagur attempted the trials that Snotlout had failed earlier in the series and passed. Therefore, Dagur was now in line to become the next King of the Defenders of the Wing, and Mala's husband. The two have a very public though quick romance throughout the remainder of the season (even doing "Eskimos" and "butterfly" kisses with "beard scratching"), ride together on Sleuther during combats, and finally marry in the finale with the Dragon Riders, Heather, and Throk as their witnesses. It is possible that their respective tribes were united through their wedding.

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In "Defenders of the Wing, Part 2", despite believing that Hiccup and his Riders were Dragon Hunters, Mala chose to go with them to rescue the Great Protector. She chose to ride with Snotlout aboard Hookfang after Snotlout saves her from the Dragon Hunter arrow. She then told Snotlout that she would choose him to be her King, as she believed that Snotlout was the warrior who would come to her island and save her on the field of battle. Snotlout was awestruck that he was the foretold warrior and accepted her offer to be Mala's king triumphantly, as his dreams of glory seemed finally to be coming true.

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Toothless warmed up to Queen Mala instantly, much in the same nature as Valka. He was even allowing Mala ride him, a feat of extreme trust as is shown by other dragons.

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Since both Fishlegs and Mala are very willing to do whatever it takes to save dragons, they cooperated to save the Great Protector and bring it back to Caldera Cay. When the Eruptodon laid an egg, Fishlegs offered Mala help to fly it into the volcano. She accepted it and came with him. Inside the cavern, Mala, Fishlegs, and Hiccup solved the problem with the Fire Terrors by giving them the egg, then returned to the surface.

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Mala, Astrid, and Hiccup had a brief conversation about the new threat of the Dragon Flyers. Astrid and Hiccup explained their situation to Mala, to which Mala listened.

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During Hiccup's trial, Tuffnut attempted to argue for Hiccup on his side: unfortunately, he only suceeded in inadvertently angering the Queen further. Other than this, Mala has had little interaction with Tuffnut, generally seeming to view his occasional inane comment as beneath her and not worth taking notice of.