Malchir

Malchir is the master sorcerer within Sorcerer's Enclave/Daemon's Crag on Pagan in Ultima VIII. He is very powerful and mysterious.

Malchir was already old when Gorgrond was still a child, suggesting a greatly extended lifespan. Malchir was very mistrustful of everyone. Even when Bentic asked for material for The Chronicle of Pagan, he hesitated long before providing answers.

The Avatar first met Malchir after helping Vardion or Bane with destroying the other. Malchir scolded the sorcerer in question, but accepted the Avatar as a new student. He later tested the Avatar personally in the Obsidian Fortress, pleased with the results, wanting the hero at the following ritual to summon Pyros.

Malchir summoned Pyros with the assistance of Vardion or Bane, Beren, Gorgrond, and The Avatar to acquire knowledge of the blocked out sun, which created the eternal twilight. Malchir was the keeper of the Tongue of Flames, a blackrock fragment of the destroyed temple which imprisoned a part of Pyros, enabling him to control the Titan. The Avatar later tried to ask Malchir about it, but he was offended by the Avatar entering his home, and attacked.

In the following battle, Malchir perished.