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|world=Roshar
|universe=[[Cosmere]]
|first appeared=[[Oathbringer]]
|books=[[The Stormlight Archive]]
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== Appearance and Personality ==
Malata is a Veden [[lighteyed]] woman of middle-age, with short, black, boyish hair. Her usual attire is described as a Thaylen style, with a skirt, leggings, and thick boots.{{book ref|sa3|107}} She also wears gloves on both hands.{{book ref|sa3|24}}
 
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}}
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}}
 
She has also progressed enough in her [[Immortal Words|Oaths]] to turn Spark into a [[Shardblade]],{{book ref|sa3|24}}, which she has been using to control [[Oathgate]]s.
 
== History ==