Malice is a tall, wiry Drow woman with obsidian skin, white hair cut bluntly at the jaw, and vivid red eyes. Her left arm is deliberately uncovered from shoulder to fingertips, marked with thin ritual scars and old blade cuts. She wears layered black leather armor beneath vivid crimson and violet robes, bound with cords and lacquered plates. A curved scimitar hangs at her hip, while needles, wire, and small poison vials are hidden throughout her clothing. Her expression is composed and devotional, even when standing over a defeated enemy.

Malice is quiet, observant, and unnervingly patient. She speaks of Lolth with the intimate certainty of a devoted daughter and of everyone else as a possible instrument, obstacle, or sacrifice. She respects competence, especially when it is hidden beneath obedience. She dislikes grandstanding and considers a fair fight evidence of poor preparation.

Malice was born Aurelia Travra, a daughter of House Travra in Menzoberranzan. From infancy, every part of her life was arranged around service to Lolth. She was trained to kneel, recite, obey, and eventually command lesser creatures in the Spider Queen's name. Her instructors praised her control but criticized her lack of theatrical cruelty. Malice did not hate her lessons. She simply understood them more literally than they intended. To her, devotion was not passion or pride. It was surrender. A tool did not need to be celebrated, only kept sharp.