Moth (Malik)
A feral survivor from the Wastes who has built a shadow empire through blackmail and arms dealing — dangerous, calculating, and entirely self-made.
Affiliation: Indigo Reapers / Independent Survior
Role: Black market operator; information broker; shadow empire builder
Moth was sixteen when the world decided he was expendable. He declined. What he built in the aftermath is not an organization in any formal sense — it is a network of leverage points, a reputation carefully managed in the grey zones between colony and open Wastes, and a cache of information that makes him considerably more valuable alive than dead. He operates under the merchant alias Malik in certain circles, and the people who know both names understand why keeping them separate is in everyone's interest. He is ruthless, methodical, and entirely aware that survival in the Wastes is a business problem with a body count.
"I offered you a transaction based on mutual benefit. You chose to define that through exploitation. You assumed my desperation was a weakness. You miscalculated the math." — Moth