"This is retaliation."

The oldest of the aspects save Flyleaf who is his true non-negative part. an appearance that of a young boy who prefers to wear the tattered, bloody, and worn robes of an altar boy and acolyte. Born in a Meredith where Karyana wasn't struck down by Luriah or Volkram and embraced the title of the goddess, his upbringing in her belief and worship. He was convinced away from his chaos and negative views at first by those who worshipped Karyana until one day a vile incident where his innocence was lost to the high priest of the temple he served in through molestation.

Lashing out he unleashed his powers too early and was frightened, instead of sympathy and understanding the young aspect was experimented on and taken captive to be studied and tormented, his anguish causing visible signs of chaos and pain to the residents of the town, he was then killed outright. though this was not the end and he fully awakened to Anarki's power becoming an almost ghost or spectral being. angry at Karyana for not saving him struck her down and destroyed the world, he now leads the cult of Anarki in Alex's world, going after her son next, using his connection to live as a way to i0nfluence the nightmares of defiant to further push him to join them.

His name Malignant showing his true nature as the spiteful, malevolent, and cruel infectious chaos child of the end, of Demeyan and his world's end.

- His name innocence comes from Pope innocent, the infamous catholic leader who led the Inquisition, referencing the heinous torturous methods employed during that time and the sadly true in most cases association of Child molestation with the Christian belief.

- Innocent was greatly inspired by Alma Wade from the FEAR series as well as Pride from full metal alchemist brotherhood.

- He has a clean, frightening, and genocidal appearance, each one reflecting that of his corpse-like traits on different levels.

- Nemesis and he are the only Aspects missing an eye to unnatural circumstances, Nemesis losing two in torment and Malign losing one in experimentation.

- He is the oldest of the aspects and the leader of their efforts of destruction, conscripting mortal men into a cult of chaos and sending them after the outcriers to make bloodshed an abundant thing.