Malcom Merlyn [Arrow]

PLAYER: Jackie

AGED 18+? Yes I’m 36

RESERVED? Link: http://boxlocks.dreamwidth.org/2216.html?thread=483752#cmt483752

IN-GAME CHARACTERS: Mod invite

NAME: Malcolm Meryln

CANON: DCTV

CANON POINT: Legends of Tomorrow Episode: “Legion of Doom”

ARRIVAL TYPE: Accidental.

IC USERNAME: welldressedevil

HISTORY:
Malcolm comes from Starling City where he once ran his own transport company Merlyn Global and moved in the upper echelons of Starling City society. He was a loving father and husband, but the city didn’t care. Starling City is a place corrupted by greed, crime and people willing to turn a blind eye to its dark corners and the people who ruled over them. Malcolm was once one of those people who turned away from the city’s darkness until its evil found him and forced him to see Starling for the corrupted place it truly was.

Rebecca Merlyn was the innocent victim whose murder opened her husband’s eyes to the truth. Shot by a mugger while walking in a section of the city called the Glades late one night, Rebecca called her husband and begged him for help as she lay dying on the ground. Malcolm later learned several witnesses had seen his wife’s murder and done nothing to help choosing to save their own lives over hers. He attempted to track down his wife’s murderer himself and just barely managed to kill the man with a well placed bullet while the criminal attempted to beat Malcolm to death. He will later learn the man he killed was a scapegoat for the true murderer Daniel Brick, whose life Malcolm will then spare at the request of his reluctant allies at the time.

Malcolm realized that killing his wife’s murderer did nothing to ease his anger and grief. He blamed the city itself for her death and decided it needed to be cleansed of the criminal element. He also knew he wasn’t yet strong enough to bring his plans to fruition, but he knew of a man who could teach him to channel his anger into death. Turning his back on his young son Tommy, Malcolm followed rumor and legend to Nanda Parbat, the home of Ra’s Al Ghul and the League of Assassins.

For twenty years, Malcolm trained and fought becoming Ra’s right hand, but his goal was never far from his mind, and he conceived of a machine that would pull the Glades apart allowing him to rebuild it in his own image. His ability to think and plan himself out of any difficult situation earned him the nickname “Al Sāḥir[” or “The Magician.” And when he wished to return to Starling, Ra’s released him with the understanding that he would follow the League’s oath in everything he did.

Malcolm returned to Starling an angry and distant man who used his former friends as pawns in his great undertaking. He slept with Moira Queen to gain her trust, which resulted in a daughter, willingly murdered her husband and his best friend when his plans were threatened and turned his back on the League the second they stopped being useful to him. He doesn’t even care his own son dies in the aftermath of his plan to wipe the Glades clean and rebuild even though he claims later Tommy’s death shattered his soul.

The only one able to stop Malcolm was Oliver Queen, Robert’s son, who was caught in Malcolm’s murder plot and survived for five years. He returned to Starling wanting to make up for his father’s mistakes and he and Malcolm clashed several times discovering that they balance each other in both fighting styles and temperament. Oliver barely manages to defeat Malcolm, but Malcolm manages to both destroy part of the Glades and fake his own death by easily out maneuvering Oliver.

For a year, Malcolm manages to hide from justice until he discovers the truth about Thea Queen and he realizes the blood debt the League has now placed on his head will also affect his only living child. He once again becomes the master manipulator using Thea to murder Sara Lance without Thea’s knowledge. This brings the League down hard on Malcolm, but he uses his family connection to Oliver to claim his innocence and ask for protection from his enemy, which Oliver begrudgingly gives him.

The truth is revealed soon enough, however, and Malcolm blackmails Oliver into a trial by combat with Ra’s which the younger archer does not supposedly survive. Thea too learns the truth about her biological father after her half-brother returns from death. While Oliver realizes they need Malcolm in order to defeat Ra’s, Thea does not see any value in Malcolm and confesses the truth to Ra’s daughter Nyssa assisting the Heir to the Demon in capturing Malcolm and sending him back to Nanda Parbat to face justice.

Realizing he needed Malcolm to defeat Ra’s, Oliver mounts a rescue missions, which succeeds and he and Malcolm cook up a plan to get Oliver into the League using his new position to defeat Ra’s from within. Before they can enact their version of the plan, Ra’s stabs Thea and forces Oliver to accept becoming his heir in return for healing Thea using the Lazarus Pit. Oliver agrees and he and Malcolm adjust their original plans and with the help of the rest of Team Arrow to defeat Ra’s.

Malcolm then receives the Demon’s Head Ring and rises to the position of Ra’s Al Ghul much to the distaste of Nyssa Al Ghul. Throughout the next year, Malcolm pops in and out of the lives of both Team Arrow and Team Flash offering advice and causing behind the scenes mayhem. He spends most of the year assisting Oliver in fighting Damian Darhk and keeping Nyssa locked up for fighting against him.

When Nyssa escapes, she goes to Oliver and asks for his help in unseating Malcolm and Oliver goes to Malcolm to warn him. Malcolm agrees to a trial by combat if Oliver will help heal Thea from the bloodlust that is now killing her by allowing Nyssa show him were the cure is hidden. During the trial Malcolm throws the fight and appears to bow to Oliver and Nyssa. Oliver, however, goes one step further and takes Malcolm’s right hand.

Nyssa then pours salt in the wound by disbanding the League and Malcolm sees no other option but to join with Darhk in an effort to protect Thea from Darhk’s plans to wipe the city clean. That plan fails and during a major battle, Damian is killed by Oliver leaving Malcolm to vanish into the night directionless and furious.

Six months later, Eobard Thawne and a younger Darhk appear in Malcolm’s bolt hole and offer him a chance to change his fate. Help them gain the Spear of Destiny and he can rewrite his reality any way he wants. Malcolm agrees, helping to out maneuver the Waverider team in 1920’s Chicago, kidnap Rip Hunter in front of George Lucas and rewrite Hunter’s memories to turn him against the team.

While he clashes often with Thawne, he learns to respect the speedster and demands that both he and Damian act as equals to Thawne. The two men even help the Reverse Flash escape from the Black Flash before the three men vanish into time to continue their hunt for the Spear.

PERSONALITY:

The best word to describe Malcolm Merlyn’s personality is duplicitous. He can be everyone's best friend in one moment and then turn around and stab his so called friend or family in the back in the next breath. He is forceful, cold and focused on his needs at the expense of his family. He doesn't care who he has to step on to bring his plans to fruition.

While Malcolm sees this as his greatest strength it is actually his biggest flaw. Because Malcolm is so willing to use his loved ones as pawns in his plans, they then turn their backs on him and refuse to believe any of his warnings or advice even though his advice most often turns out to be right. He doesn't give up, however, warning people he cares about over and over again when they are going

While Malcolm believes his anger gives him strength and focus it also has turned him into a cold seemingly soulless man who willingly killed over 600 innocent people without blinking an eye. He also turned a trained killer on his daughter and her half-brother and called it training, drugged that same daughter into becoming a murderer herself and made no apologies for any of it. He never considered himself in the wrong and seems offended when other people called him on this.

That is not to say Malcolm doesn't feel at all. Death of any kind affects him on a visceral level. He cannot speak of his son Tommy without freezing and when his hope that Oliver would win against Ra's failed, he wept for the young man who was like a second son to him. He also appears to take every cruel word said about him to heart when he is alone.

Malcolm is also very loyal to his allies. If someone asks him for help he will give it, though not without a price. He doesn't believe in getting something for nothing. He has a very skewed world view, seeing love and any other positive emotion as a weakness, when he is actually much stronger if he fights to protect rather than to use someone.

Malcolm's greatest strength is his bravery. He willingly walks into situations where he knows he will most likely die. He also isn't afraid to tell people what he thinks of a given situation. Nothing is off limits to him and he'll do what needs to be done to save his own life and the lives of the people he cares about. Another of his strengths is being able to stand back and let someone else take charge when the situation calls for it. He also is willing to make alliances with people who hate him in order to keep him safe.

INVENTORY:

Malcolm will be coming in wearing his Dark Archer outfit and carrying his bow and a full quiver of arrows. He will also have knives hidden in his boots.

CHANGES:

ONE: http://boomtown.dreamwidth.org/791800.html

TWO: http://blockcocks.dreamwidth.org/60002.html?thread=3594850#cmt3594850

THREE: http://boomtown-logs.dreamwidth.org/325838.html?thread=14835918#cmt14835918

Malcolm comes from Starling City where he once ran his own transport company Merlyn Global and moved in the upper echelons of Starling City society.  He was a loving father and husband, but the city didn’t care.  Starling City is a place corrupted by greed, crime and people willing to turn a blind eye to its dark corners and the people who ruled over them.  Malcolm was once one of those people who turned away from the city’s darkness until its evil found him and forced him to see Starling for the corrupted place it truly was.

Rebecca Merlyn was the innocent victim whose murder opened her husband’s eyes to the truth.  Shot by a mugger while walking in a section of the city called the Glades late one night, Rebecca called her husband and begged him for help as she lay dying on the ground.  Malcolm later learned several witnesses had seen his wife’s murder and done nothing to help choosing to save their own lives over hers. He attempted to track down his wife’s murderer himself and just barely managed to kill the man with a well placed bullet while the criminal attempted to beat Malcolm to death.  He will later learn the man he killed was a scapegoat for the true murderer Daniel Brick, whose life Malcolm will then spare at the request of his reluctant allies at the time.

Malcolm realized that killing his wife’s murderer did nothing to ease his anger and grief. He blamed the city itself for her death and decided it needed to be cleansed of the criminal element.  He also knew he wasn’t yet strong enough to bring his plans to fruition, but he knew of a man who could teach him to channel his anger into death.  Turning his back on his young son Tommy, Malcolm followed rumor and legend to Nanda Parbat, the home of Ra’s Al Ghul and the League of Assassins.

For twenty years, Malcolm trained and fought becoming Ra’s right hand, but his goal was never far from his mind, and he conceived of a machine that would pull the Glades apart allowing him to rebuild it in his own image. His ability to think and plan himself out of any difficult situation earned him the nickname “Al Sāḥir^[” or “The Magician.” And when he wished to return to Starling, Ra’s released him with the understanding that he would follow the League’s oath in everything he did.

Malcolm returned to Starling an angry and distant man who used his former friends as pawns in his great undertaking.  He slept with Moira Queen to gain her trust, which resulted in a daughter, willingly murdered her husband and his best friend when his plans were threatened and turned his back on the League the second they stopped being useful to him.  He doesn’t even care his own son dies in the aftermath of his plan to wipe the Glades clean and rebuild even though he claims later Tommy’s death shattered his soul.

The only one able to stop Malcolm was Oliver Queen, Robert’s son, who was caught in Malcolm’s murder plot and survived for five years. He returned to Starling wanting to make up for his father’s mistakes and he and Malcolm clashed several times discovering that they balance each other in both fighting styles and temperament. Oliver barely manages to defeat Malcolm, but Malcolm manages to both destroy part of the Glades and fake his own death by easily out maneuvering Oliver.

For a year, Malcolm manages to hide from justice until he discovers the truth about Thea Queen and he realizes the blood debt the League has now placed on his head will also affect his only living child. He once again becomes the master manipulator using Thea to murder Sara Lance without Thea’s knowledge. This brings the League down hard on Malcolm, but he uses his family connection to Oliver to claim his innocence and ask for protection from his enemy, which Oliver begrudgingly gives him.

The truth is revealed soon enough, however, and Malcolm blackmails Oliver into a trial by combat with Ra’s which the younger archer does not supposedly survive.  Thea too learns the truth about her biological father after her half brother returns from death. While Oliver realizes they need Malcolm in order to defeat Ra’s, Thea does not see any value in Malcolm and confesses the truth to Ra’s daughter Nyssa assisting the Heir to the Demon in capturing Malcolm and sending him back to Nanda Parbat to face justice.

Malcolm's involvement in these events has stripped away more of his cold and distant nature to reveal his more emotional side. However, because he is such a masterful liar and has easily concealed both himself and his plans from those he claims to love, Malcolm finds himself often on the outside looking in when it comes to actually being part of a family again. He claims this does not bother him that he is more interested in saving his own neck then those of his allies 

PERSONALITY:

The best word to describe Malcolm Merlyn’s personality is duplicitous. He can be everyone's best friend in one moment and then turn around and stab his so called friend or family in the back in the next breath.  He is forceful, cold and focused on his needs at the expense of his family. He doesn't care who he has to step on to bring his plans to fruition. 

While Malcolm sees this as his greatest strength it is actually his biggest flaw. Because Malcolm is so willing to use his loved ones as pawns in his plans, they then turn their backs on him and refuse to believe any of his warnings or advice even though his advice most often turns out to be right. He doesn't give up, however, warning people he cares about over and over again when they are going 

While Malcolm believes his anger gives him strength and focus it also has turned him into a cold seemingly soulless man who willingly killed over 600 innocent people without blinking an eye. He also turned a trained killer on his daughter and her half brother and called it training, drugged that same daughter into becoming a murderer herself and made no apologies for any of it. He never considered himself in the wrong and seems offended when other people called him on this. 

That is not to say Malcolm doesn't feel at all. Death of any kind affects him on a visceral level. He cannot speak of his son Tommy without freezing and when his hope that Oliver would win against Ra's failed, he wept for the young man who was like a second son to him. He also appears to take every cruel word said about him to heart when he is alone. 

Malcolm is also very loyal to his allies. If someone asks him for help he will give it, though not without a price. He doesn't believe in getting something for nothing. He has a very skewed world view, seeing love and any other positive emotion as a weakness, when he is actually much stronger if he fights to protect rather than to use someone. 

Malcolm's greatest strength is his bravery. He willingly walks into situations where he knows he will most likely die. He also isn't afraid to tell people what he thinks of a given situation.  Nothing is off limits to him and he'll do what needs to be done to save his own life and the lives of the people he cares about. Another of his strengths is being able to stand back and let someone else take charge when the situation calls for it. He also is willing to make alliances with people who hate him in order to keep him safe. 

Malcolm crouched on a roof top and watched his quarry with a slight smile on his face.  Every since coming to this universe he had felt unsettled and that was a feeling he hated.  Malcolm enjoyed being in control and being five steps ahead of everyone else and this…..place had taken that away from him. But for a man with his tactical skills and combat abilities there was always a way to make some money and he had quickly found someone who needed him.

 It was a simple job, kill a business partner and make it look like an accident. Malcolm had been pulling jobs like this one since he’d first joined the League. He pulled back his bow string and took a deep breath as his mind calmed and focused on the task at hand. The arrow was released without a sound and Malcolm watched it fly through the air, his smile growing as it found its mark and the nameless man dropped to the ground.

With a soft whoosh, Malcolm jumped off the building and used his grappling hook to ease himself to the ground. He waited a moment to make sure he hadn’t been seen and then walked over to his mark, pulling the arrow loose with a squish.  He frowned for a moment, he missed the challenge of fighting against someone like Oliver, someone who could somewhat out think him and who could put up a real fight.

Looking at the arrow in his hand, Malcolm felt his smile return as an idea crossed his mind.  He replaced the arrow and glanced around again. His client wouldn’t be happy Malcolm hadn’t followed the rules of the job, but the assassin didn’t care. It was time for the heroes of this world to know there was a new danger in town and he was interested in saying hello.

With another smile at his victim, Malcolm let the shadows swallow him whole. The Magician was here and he was ready to play. Which hero would be the first to heed the call?

Name: Jackie 
Age: 35
Contact: Email: pinnskyj6444@gmail.com, Plurk: captain_flyboy, AIM: doctor_wells
Characters Already in Teleios: N/A
Reserve: Here is my reserve

Character Name: Malcolm Meryln 
Journal: welldressedevil 
Age: 48
Fandom: Arrow
Canon Point: 3X15 Nanda Parbat 
Debt:

Class A: 642 years 
Class B: 51 years
Class C: 39 years and 8 months

GRAND TOTAL: 732 years and 8 months 

History: Malcolm Nikos Meryln was  born the only child of Edric and Kaia Meryln, From an early age Malcolm  knew he was going to be one of the richest people in Starling City and hated the very idea of lording over people.However, both his partents made it clear, he did not get a choice in the matter. He would take over the family company or be disowned. This did not please Malcolm in the slightest and his answer was to become a playboy using his family money to party heavily with his best friend Robert Queen, whose family was also Starling City royalty.  

His father was a cold man who spent more time with his mistresses and his business partners then with his wife and son. Kaia did her best to teach Malcolm right from wrong, but Malcolm considered his mother weak and overly willing to let his father do whatever he wanted. The more Malcolm rebelled the the more his father tried to reign him in and his mother stood back and watched it happen. Malcolm finally realized that he couldn't fight his fathers desires and became as closed off and cold as Edric, taking his place as head of Merlyn Global when he was 21. 

Malcom kept up his playboy ways even as Robert settled down and married his wife Moira. Malcolm supported Robert's choices and became a good friend to them both. At 25, Malcolm met Rebecca Most, a pretty young woman from the Glades. It was love at first sight for them both, but Malcolm's parents did not approve of the match. Malcolm stood up to his father for the first time in a long time and said he would marry Rebecca with our without his parents permission. Edric backed down realizing Malcolm was now the type of man who could both lead a company and a family without flinching. 

Malcolm and Rebecca married when he was 26 and she was 23. Moira Queen then took the young woman under her wing teaching her how to navigate Starling City society and the couple's friendship deepened over time even as Starling City itself began to suffer from corruption and crime. Malcolm and Rebecca were blessed with a son they named Tommy around the same time the Queen's welcomed a son named Oliver. The two boys would grow up side by side and consider themselves best friends. 

In an effort to combat poverty and poor health in the neighborhood she had once called home, Rebecca started a free clinic and a foundation to support it using start up money from Malcolm and Meryln Global. Malcolm did worry about Rebecca's safety but Rebecca laughed off his concerns continuing to volunteer there as Tommy grew older. Malcolm was proud of the work his wife did even as he worried about her. 

When Tommy was ten, life changed for the Meryln family. Malcolm came home from a late night at work to discover Rebecca gone. Tommy told him his mother had gone to the clinic to take care of a frightened client and had left him home alone. Malcolm didn't worry as Rebecca had done this before. Later that night, the police informed Malcolm his wife had been murdered by an unknown man on her way home over her wallet.  Drowning in grief, Malcolm then discovered a voicemail on his phone from Rebecca as she lay dying begging for his help. He carries the guilt of this even today. 

Using what resources he had access to at the time, Malcolm went after the young man he believed had murdered Rebecca and barely managed to kill him without getting hurt himself. Realizing how that the city he loved had become corrupt enough that people would walk past a dying woman without stopping to help, Malcolm decided to find someone who would train him to save his city from itself. 

Rumor and legend carried him to Nanda Parbat where he swore an oath of loyalty to Ra's Al Ghul, the Demon's Head and leader of the League of Assassins. For the next decade or so, Malcolm was trained and sent on missions to kill those who had gone against the League. His cleverness and strategy  as well as his ability to some how magically get out of any situation earned him the nickname "Al Sahir" or "The Magician" by Nyssa Al Ghul, Ra's daughter and heir. 

Malcolm returned to Starling City and took back control of his company from it's board of directors and tried to pick up where he left off with Tommy. Tommy, however, was angry that his father abandoned him and from the moment Malcolm returned their relationship was cold, stormy and angry until Tommy's death. Malcolm turned to Moira Queen for solace. Their affair was brief, but resulted in a child Thea Queen though Malcolm didn't learn this for many years. 

His mind was focused on his great "Undertaking" a plan that would level the Glades and allow Malcolm and others to buy up the real estate and rebuild everything from the ground up. The Queen's joined Malcolm in his quest and Queen Consolidated designed and built a pair of earthquake machines to level the neighborhood, including killing the people who lived there. Robert, however, doubted the wisdom of the plan and confronted Malcolm begging him to stop. 

Malcolm's response was to convince Robert to take a trip on his yacht the Queen's Gambit during which a planted bomb went off and sank the ship with Robert on board. What Malcolm didn't know was that Oliver had snuck onto the ship to be with his girlfriend Sara. Malcolm made a good show of mourning his lost friend but he forced Moira to continue with the Undertaking.

Five years after the Queen's  Gambit went down, Oliver Queen returned to Starling City alive and well. Malcolm did everything thing he could to find out what Robert told his son. At the same time, a vigilante called the Hood began confronting people associated with the Undertaking and trying to stop the people of the Glades from getting hurt. Malcolm attacked the Hood twice, nearly killing him both times and learning that Oliver Queen was the Hood. 

Even though Malcolm was horrified what his actions had turned Oliver into, he refused to stop the Undertaking and the two men confronted each other. The fight was long, brutal and Malcolm almost won but Oliver stabbed Malcolm in the heart believing the older man had died as the second earthquake device was set off killing 542 people. Malcolm, however, survived the attack and faked his death using switched bodies and willing accomplices.

He left Starling City prepared to live his life on the run when information passed to him by a spy revealed Thea Queen's true parentage. Malcolm confronted Moira and she threaten to reveal his whereabouts to Ra's. Only Moira's death at the hands of Slade Wilson stopped this from happening and Malcolm returned to Starling to save his daughter and convince her to train with him. 

He took Thea to his safe house in Corto Maltese and trained her in the ways of the League gaining her trust and love. He used that trust to murder Sara Lance, who had come to Starling City to find Malcolm and bring him back to Nanda Parbat. Oliver learned all this but agreed to keep it secret if Malcolm would train him to face Ra's and win. Thea also discovered her father's plans and at first joined the training sessions until Malcolm sent Oliver and Thea to face Slade Wilson without telling them. 

Thea became furious with her father's lies and contacted the League revealing Malcolm's location to them. Nyssa was then sent to bring Malcolm back to Ra's to face the immortal's justice. 

[Because canon has revealed little about Malcolm's early years including his ethnic background the top set of paragraphs are all my head canon. His canon background came from here: http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Malcolm_Merlyn_(Arrow) with some adjustments to fit the headcanon into it.] 


Personality:

The best word to describe Malcolm Meryln's personality is duplicitous. He can be everyone's best friend in one moment and then turn around and stab his so called friend or family in the back in the next breath.  He is forceful, cold and focused on his needs at the expense of his family. He doesn't care who he has to step on to bring his plans to fruition. 

While Malcolm sees this as his greatest strength it is actually his biggest flaw. Because Malcolm is so willing to use his loved ones as pawns in his plans, they then turn their backs on him and refuse to believe any of his warnings or advice even though his advice most often turns out to be right. He doesn't give up, however, warning people he cares about over and over again when they are going 

While Malcolm believes his anger gives him strength and focus it also has turned him into a cold seemingly soulless man who willingly killed over 600 innocent people without blinking an eye. He also turned a trained killer on his daughter and her half brother and called it training, drugged that same daughter into becoming a murderer herself and made no apologies for any of it. He never considered himself in the wrong and seems offended when other people called him on this. 

That is not to say Malcolm doesn't feel at all. Death of any kind affects him on a visceral level. He cannot speak of his son Tommy without freezing and when his hope that Oliver would win against Ra's failed, he wept for the young man who was like a second son to him. He also appears to take every cruel word said about him to heart when he is alone. 

Malcolm is also very loyal to his allies. If someone asks him for help he will give it, though not without a price. He doesn't believe in getting something for nothing. He has a very skewed world view, seeing love and any other positive emotion as a weakness, when he is actually much stronger if he fights to protect rather than to use someone. 

Malcolm's greatest strength is his bravery. He willingly walks into situations where he knows he will most likely die. He also isn't afraid to tell people what he thinks of a given situation.  Nothing is of limits to him and he'll do what needs to be done to save his own life and the lives of the people he cares about. Another strength is being able to stand back and let someone else take charge when the situation calls for it. He also willing to make alliances with people who hate him in order to keep himself safe. 

Malcolm will, personality wise, hate Teleios when he first arrives. He's not a fan of being trapped anywhere and he'll do his level best to turn the situation to his advantage as soon as he possibly can. Once he understands what he is there for, Malcolm will do everything he can to repay his debt in the hope that he can return to Thea with a clean slate and a second chance. He will also enjoy meeting new people and making friends who might understand how painful loss is and how it can affect your life. 


Powers/Abilities:

-Advanced archery
-Advanced hand to hand combat
-Stealth
- Advanced tactical analysis
- Deception 



Appearance:

Malcolm is an even six feet with dark brown hair and bright blue eyes. He carries himself well knowing he has a mission in the world and what he has to do, he never slouches or slumps while sitting and always looks anyone he is speaking to in the eye.  When in business mode, Malcolm wears well tailored suits with sharp lines and well shined shoes. 

When conducting missions for the League or his own plans, Malcolm's appearance changes. His armor is black leather with a huge hood that covers his face. He slouches more often, because it is easier to sneak from place to place if you look like a tiny shadow. His fighting style is very much  smash and grab when he isn't hiding and shooting people long range.  



Samples:

Actionspam Sample:

[A man appears on the camera dressed in black studded leather armor. A matching quiver and arrows are slung over his back and the expression on his face is almost angry with a touch of amusement.]

Thea, Oliver? What happened?The last thing I remember was Ra's tossing the virus vial and falling asleep and then I was here. If this is some sort of joke it isn't funny. 

[The man looks around his expression becoming colder the more he views his new situation.]

The world is ending and I need to get back home now. I have no patience for games. 

Prose Sample:

Malcolm knew he wouldn't leave Nanda alive, but he never dreamed Ra's would make him suffer through a hell like this first. The coals beneath him had a grate between them and his skin, but to Malcolm it felt like the coals were burning right against his skin. He glared at Ra's tying to communicate his utter contempt and hatred for the man who had taken him in and honed his grief into something lethal. 

But Malcolm's sense of justice had been skewed since he'd first listened to his wife's voice mail and learned she had died while others had ignored her cries for help. There was no honor in a situation like that and nothing the League taught him had changed his way of thinking. for the better. 

"Are you expecting me to beg," Malcolm rasped a note of amusement in his voice despite being in the worst pain of his life, "we both know I'll die before that ever happens." Ra's chuckled and shook his head. "Still trying to talk yourself out of a bad situation," the Demon's Head replied, "there was a time when I would have enjoyed letting you do that." 

Ra's picked up a pair of tongs and pulled out one of the coals. "But now you have pushed me much too far and I must make an example of you." He leaned forward and Malcolm flinched as the heat touched his skin. He took a deep breath and focused on anything but the burning smell of his feet and face. While he knew he would die far from home with most of his family lost to him, Malcolm was determined to die with his own emotionless form of dignity. 

Rebecca would expect nothing less from him.