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Richard Malik is a major antagonist of Watch Dogs: Legion. He is the main antagonist of the SIRS chapters.
Biography[]
Before Watch Dogs: Legion[]
Malik was raised in South London by his father, who was a diesel fitter but died when Malik was only a teenager. Malik was very academic, and spent a lot of free time studying, and graduated from college with a degree in political science and rhetoric. Malik was eventually recruited by GCHQ, serving as a field officer in Hong Kong and then in Iraq, whilst also working as a software engineer. He gained a reputation for being skilled and highly disciplined officer. However, at some point Malik was captured and imprisoned in Pakistan for eighteen years. The ordeal made him prefer undercover work, and away from the spotlight. After leaving the prison, he took up a desk job at GCHQ, and rose through the ranks to eventually become the GCHQ Regional Director of Counterintelligence for the Middle East. Malik became a firm supporter for Blumeâs ISP monopoly, ensuring that data collected by Blume would be available to British intelligence.
Events of Watch Dogs: Legion[]
Malik put a plot into motion to overthrow his mentor, the SIRS Director of Counterterrorism, Emily Child, by framing her as the leader of Zero Day. He used DedSec to usurp her but Child discovered Malik's plot and informed them about it. They plotted to assassinate him but Malik found out and had Child killed in a bombing at Canada House and then framed DedSec for it. He enacted FILAMENT as the new Director of Counterterrorism, which would track every Londoner's actions and would give him full control to resurrect the British Empire.
DedSec believed he was the leader of Zero Day and sought to kidnap him. Malik was exposed as being behind the bombings of Canada House. He was then incarcerated in the DedSec safe house. Malik revealed to DedSec he was not affiliated with Zero Day or involved in the original bombings, and warned them to look inward instead of outward for Zero Day. They unfortunately brushed off his warnings. Following the conclusion of the main storyline, he is still incarcerated in the safehouse and not able to be interacted with.
Appearance[]
Malik is a slim, rather tall man and is typically seen wearing a black suit and glasses. On his suit, he displays a red badge in the shape of a sword, which appears to resemble the red sword on the City of London flag, although this may just be a coincidence.
Personality[]
Richard Malik is a deeply patriotic British man who possess an astoundingly high intellect which made in an expert in technological programming, manipulation of people, counterintelligence and espionage. However, he is also sociopathic and delusional, as he betrayed his superior because he believed he was destined to take down Zero Day himself. His manipulative behavior for his jingoistic and other self-righteous causes have earned him an extensive list of enemies. However, Malik does possess some form of a conscience, demonstrated as such when he evacuated the area around Canada House before the bombing in order to minimize loss of life in the area.
Richard Malik is deeply unsettled by any form of direct violence, which gives him an aversion to directly confronting his enemies or killing them himself. He strictly prefers to use his manipulative aptitude with his digital technical expertise to have his targets killed off. This meant if Malik coveted someone's death, he would manipulate someone into killing them. His intelligence was further demonstrated when he was aware of Zero Day being a zealous faction that has grown dissatisfied with DedSec's progress and splintered off from DedSec, even when DedSec were not aware of this information.
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Trivia[]
- Malik is the only antagonist of Watch Dogs: Legion to not die, (excluding Skye Larsen, who has a determined status).
- Malik bears a slight resemblance to former Chancellor of the Exchequer, Prime Minister and current Leader of the Opposition, Rishi Sunak.