Maļ was coaxed into a life of crime during her later school life in Paris. She had moved from Dakar to train with the French Olympic track and field team, and had also begun manifesting her uberhuman abilities: something which her track coach was quick to pick up on. He helped her gain control of her light powers, and she used them to break into jewellery stores and, later, banks to get money for the coach. She also started to deliberately injure her opponents in sniper attacks before races and events.

By the age of eighteen, Maļ was well trained in heptathlon and crime. She gained a place at the Sydney Olympics in 2000 and managed to free herself from the coach, returning to Senegal with a Bronze medal and a sense of freedom which her parents, coaches and friends were unable to stifle. She left Senegal and travelled north to Morocco before coming across the Witch Doctor, who managed to save her from being abducted or killed by the Sons Of Set who had begun spreading across the north of Africa. Maļ returned to Azambia with the Witch Doctor and agreed to work for him, joining his army and taking up military training.

She was sent to join The Hunt and has operated with the mercenary group ever since, although she maintains a strong relationship with Azambia and her patron, the Witch Doctor.

Maļ is a trained athlete and maintains a strict training regime. She is highly competitive and amongst the males of The Hunt, she feels she has to beat them in everything they do, especially against Silverback who she detests. She is an independent thinker and looks out for herself, although when people show her kindness or treat her well, she is well equipped to return the favour.

"Mon Dieu, you cannot truly expect to outrun light?"

Gazelle is an uber who can generate intense shafts of light which she utilises for a variety of 'laser beams'. She is able to generate blinding light, explosive chares and lethal levels of energy, although she prefers to throw quick and fast beams to keep her enemies on the move. Her Olympic training has resulted in her being in peak physical condition and she is able to run long distances without tiring.

Maļ is a young and athletic woman with dark skin, darker eyes, and a mop of semi-dreadlocked brown hair which she dyes red with darker brown and white highlights. When working as Gazelle she wears an orange and white armoured bodyglove with a matching mask to maintain her secret identity. Out of costume she wears an Azambi military uniform or athletic wear.