Mala

Mala is a female yellow boa in charge of the day to day clerical and paperwork of Burrow Valley. She is a member of the Clerks, and is responsible for The Adventure Guild administration within the settlement.

A shy snake, Mala can often be found in the back of her Clerk building, her coils extending along the bookshelves that are her safe space. Having a kind personality, Mala is well liked amongst the residents of Burrow Valley, and has little interest in goals beyond her Clerical Station.

Despite her shy nature, Mala does suffer from instinctual urges, mainly concerning small mammals. The more she considers a small mammal adorable, the more she will feel compelled to coil up the person with their permission. if allowed, she will then use her coils to cuddle, massage and sooth the person in question, and if she is smitten, will drag the person away to the back office in her coils. With people who are registered with the Restoration Shrine, if she is smitten enough by them, she may ask for permission to consume them once she has the person under her affectionate spell, offering to pay their fee to the Guild and more beside for not telling anyone.

While Mala struggles with her instincts around small mammals, especially around the more fluffy small mammals, she does have a degree of control over her urges and will never consider doing anything if asked not to or if refused. This, combined with her affectionate, shy personality and the attentions she provides being as good if not better then a any hypnotist or masseur, means that few of Burrow Valley's residents fear her in any capacity.

Mala is responsible for the Quests given to Teara Spot, Chai Patch, and The Rodent Adventure Group. She is friends with Sophie Patch and assists Sophie with her paperwork.