Orran Malk

Orran Malk is a fictional warrior in the Tribal Universe who travels with Vaelor Dren and Thessa Varr. The three appear together when Eshari encounters them during her wilderness trial in Eshari: Daughter of the Dark Alpha.

Orran Malk

Publication information
Series	Tribal Universe
Created by	Tony James Nelson II, writing as Tribal Brown
In-universe information
Species	Human
Gender	Male
Occupation	Independent warrior
Affiliation	Vaelor Dren and Thessa Varr
Home	Murder Island
Status	Alive when departing to seek another fighter
Abilities and equipment
Weapons	Ironwood hammer

Background

Vaelor explains that five people survived their passage through the Thirteen Chambers. One later found a Calling and another died. The three remaining companions continue moving through Murder Island. Their group belongs to a separate cohort from the founders of the Ka’Rukan Empire.

Encounter with Eshari

Orran is introduced near a broken bell and water, with a shaved head with dark markings, a broad build and a hide vest. The apparent age offered by Eshari is an estimate rather than an exact birth record. When Eshari attacks, the companions coordinate to defeat her without killing her.

Orran uses his hammer to strike the buried bell and disrupt Eshari's balance. He also channels Ka’ru into a blade to make it too heavy for her to control. After the fight he catches her as blood loss weakens her and returns her knife with its grip offered first.

Departure

While Vaelor stays to teach Eshari healing, Orran and Thessa leave to investigate a fighter beyond Widow's Teeth who is said to turn arrows with his voice. They remain alive at departure. The chapter later recounts Vaelor's death, but does not establish a corresponding fate for either companion.

The supplied books give no confirmed parentage, spouse, exact age or tribal office for Orran Malk. Those fields cannot be inferred from membership in Vaelor's traveling group.

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