Shadowbound Beast
Maliketh is Marika's half-brother and shadow, tasked with guarding Destined Death so that the Golden Order could remove true death from the world.
The Theft
Ranni and her conspirators steal a fragment of death, enabling the Night of the Black Knives and breaking the order's control over mortality.
Legacy
Maliketh's failure haunts him; he carries the rune of death within his blade and himself until the Tarnished confronts him.