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{{character
|image=Malata
|abilities={{tag+|dustbringer}}, {{tag|Shardbearer|cat=Shardbearers}}
|bonded=[[Spark]]
|books=[[The Stormlight Archive]]
}}
{{spoiler|sa4}}
{{update|sa4}}
{{quote
|Someone should have warned me how fun this would be. I’d have tried way harder to land the job.
Having been informed by Spark of her Order's distaste for the term '''Dustbringer''', she has adopted the Order's preferred epithet '''Releaser''' for herself{{epigraph ref|sa2|36}}{{book ref|sa3|24}}, although those around her still refer to her as a Dustbringer.{{book ref|sa3|27}}{{book ref|sa3|i|5}}
Malata behaves in a very confident manner even in the presence of royalty. She is not afraid to challenge social conventions when she sees fit, as when she exposes her [[safehand]] while demonstrating her powers. She does not seem to care about the ethical issues of the Diagram's actions, or that her spren wants to punish humans for the [[Day of Recreance|Recreance]]. Rather, she seems to only be concerned about enjoying her work.{{book ref|sa3|107}}
Whether or not this matches the attitude of ancient Releasers is currently unknown, although the [[Diagram (literature)|Diagram]] indicates that Dustbringers are the most likely Order of Knights Radiant to accept the Diagram's cause.{{book ref|sa3|i|5}}
== Attributes and Abilities ==
{{image|Malata the Dustbringer.jpg|side=left|width=200px|Using [[Division]]}}
As a Releaser, Malata has access to the [[Surge]]s of [[Division]] and [[Abrasion]], although so far she has only demonstrated Division, the Surge of decay. Using Division, she can cause objects to degrade, burn, or turn to dust just by touching them with her bare hand. She has shown enough skill in this that she could quickly make an intricate engraving on wood via controlled burning.{{book ref|sa3|107}}
== Notes ==
<references /><!-- sa3: 24, 27, 39, 58, 107, 111, 120, I-5, I-14 -->
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