Malachai Parker

Malachai "Kai" Parker is a main character of The Witch Diaries. Malachai is a very powerful witch and a former slave. He is the adoptive son of Benjamin Chamberlain and the adoptive brother of Lily Chamberlain and the husband Katherine Parker.

History
Kai was a slave to the Governor. In 1820, during the Governor's son's funeral, Kai sees him being whipped. After Kai throws an apple back at the man whipping him, showing his bravery, Ben kills the man before he can retaliate. When Ben asks the boy his name, he tells him that his mother wouldn't give him one until he turned 10 years old out of fear of him dying of fever; but his mother died before she could name him. Ben names the boy Malachai, meaning my messenger. Ben then took in Kai and raised him like a son.

Personality and Traits
As a child, Kai is shown to be very brave as he fought back against the slave owner who whipped him, a gesture that earned him Ben's respect and ultimately saved his life. Kai was very moral, as he tried to stop another slave getting beaten which then resulted in Kai getting shot by his own owner. Back in his youth, Kai was shown to be innocent; he was greatly disturbed when Ben decided to "educate" him about witchcraft at the cost of several innocent lives. Kai's innocence and bravery are what made Ben very fond of the boy. These traits, coupled with the fact that they were both bastards presumably led Ben into seeing Kai as someone that Ben himself was and could still be, given the right circumstances.

"You're the one who taught me that a man can't be defined by anyone but himself."

- Kai to Ben

Kai can be described as being the life of the party. When he was introduced, Kai was shown to apparently be diabolical and dangerous as well as wicked but has since proven himself to be even more moral than Ben. Marcel is very charismatic and uses said charisma as much as his witch powers to get what he wants from others. Kai's enjoys his witch life and likes living in L.A., considering it to be a home to keep and fight for. He is also very brave, being one of the very few who can speak defiantly in Ben's presence without worrying about his own life in the process.

Kai was forced to break one of his rules; against killing children, by killing a witch, in order to save Lily Chamberlain.

Physical Appearance
Kai is tall with short brown hair (previously Blonde) and blue eyes. He has a close cropped beard and stubble across his upper lip. He is slim with a muscular build.

Powers
Kai has proven to be a very capable and powerful witch. His control over telekinesis was highly advanced. He proved powerful enough to be able to cast a privacy spell without any incantations, something Lily had a hard time learning and figuring out. He eventually revealed that he knew for a while that Ben was stronger than him. By his own testimony, Kai has apparently perfected the use of locator spells to the degree where he claimed he was able to locate anyone in the world through magic. However, this spell doesn't work on the dead.

Katherine stated that Kai was able to cloak her from Insidious so powerfully that he was unable to break through his spell.

Weaknesses
Kai has the typical weaknesses of a witch.

Benjamin Chamberlain
Kai met Ben in the 1800's in Los Angeles, after being whipped and beaten on the side of the road, Ben took him in, named and raised him as his son. It's complicated, but they respect each other. There's definitely a history between them. It has been stated many times that Ben loves Kai like a son. Also, Kai is very much in favor of embracing his true nature as a witch and that’s something he learned from Ben and something they certainly have in common. His relationship with Kai is currently broken as Kai lives in exile and tries to find a way to get Los Angeles back under his rule. A peace of sorts it settled between them thanks to Kai saving Ben's daughter.

Katherine Parker
Katherine Parker is Malachai Parker's best friend and wife. At first she viewed him as self-centered, violent, sociopathic and cruel person. Katherine began to slowly warm up to him as she got to know him, befriending him in the process. But she still kept her distance due to Kai's constant immoral and impulsive behavior. By the end, Kai and Katherine have reconciled and are now allies (Husband and Wife) ♥.

Name

 * From the Hebrew מַלְאָכִי (Mal'akhiy) meaning "my messenger" or "my angel". This is one of the twelve minor prophets of the Old Testament, the author of the Book of Malachi, which some claim foretells the coming of Christ. In England the name came into use after the Protestant Reformation.
 * Parker is a English family name and means "keeper of the park" from Old French.

Tropes

 * A Day in the Limelight - frequent flashbacks that focus on his history and his family's.
 * Anti-Villain - Due to his high sense of morality, Kai is very much the anti-villain.
 * He is a badass