User blog comment:Subject 16*/Assassin's Creed: Revelations - News/@comment-216.121.176.151-20110605021643/@comment-70.70.13.203-20110606032834

Malik was a good Assassin who honored the creed perfectly. However, he had a personality. Altair was just not characterized. Don't try to use lore to cover that up. He was just a really uninteresting guy. During the events of AC1, at least. The apple seemed to make him better.