Cold and calculating, this stryx's eyes burn with intelligent contemplation as they rest on handlers and staff moving around him. Every move drips with ill intent, and he knows that the shine of his talons catch the eye. He uses them to distract from devastating, quick bites delivered when attention drifts away from his sharp beak.

Malik is a powerful showbird, every feather lined in mishandled fine breeding. Malik and his brother Shakil are tyrants on and off their respective fields. They're known bullies among the stables, but their handler takes delight in the foul, high tempers of his birds. Malik's worst habit on the field is aggressive posturing, his presence and body language begging other stryx to start fights that he can end.