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As a laboratory assistant to Dr Santos Verdacia, Stefanie Ariza was involved in a top secret joint scientific programme between the United States and Argentina called 'Soul Harvest'. The dubious nature of the investigation led the scientific team to locate their base of research in San Jose where America had influence and the research team were able to operate without fear of being interrupted or questioned. Ariza was brought in by one of the Argentinean scientists renowned for his surgical work on uberhumans. Verdacia had been barred from practice because of his cavalier attitude which resulted in several uber deaths and he was under investigation by Southern Cross International for breaches of the ethic code when dealing with uberhumans.

Ariza had no knowledge of the unsavory nature of her mentor, nor the research team's goal of developing a weapon to drain the humanity from a person leaving behind nothing but a husk, an automaton which could be used as literal cannon fodder by the US Armed Forces.

So it was ironic that Ariza was the one who stumbled across a way to modulate brainwaves in such a way as to erase all higher order thinking. Using a combination of chemical and radiation treatment the team was able to transform a test subject into one of their soulless automatons. While feeling initially uneasy about her discovery and the resulting transformation, [name] was furious when Verdacia took the credit in front of the Board of Directors. She protested loudly but was quickly escorted away and held in one of the science labs.

Verdacia smoothed over the situation with his superiors and then confronted Ariza. He threatened her with violence but her own anger surpassed his and as he lifted his hand against her, she grabbed him and slammed him down on to a bench knocking him unconscious. Ariza was still furious and dragged the unconscious Verdacia towards one of the containment tubes. It was a gigantic task but she managed to slump him into the tube and begin the 'Soul Harvest' process.

When a security team discovered Verdacia's body in the morning he was a mindless automaton staring blindly ahead. There was no sign of Ariza. She had fled with scientific equipment and an appetite for retribution. She set up her own laboratory on the outskirts of San Jose and decided to destroy her former employers.

This mission continues today. The original front company, Tomorrow Industries, has gone legitimate and no longer has ties to Argentina although it does continue to have some dealings with the US military. Now known as Malkin, Stefanie Ariza has developed her original theories and is determined to find ways to rob people of their intellect, adding it to her own.

Malkin was quite bright before she began tampering with her brain, but since regularly experimenting with ways to increase her own brain capacity she has become a genius, although her intelligence is as erratic as her personality.

She has access to laboratories and her experiments often relate to the modification of higher order thinking. She has mastered the ability to rob people of their humanity reducing them to automatons, but more recently she has begun focusing on herself rather than others.

While she is fond of using automatons to help protect her, when forced into combat Malkin has shown considerable skill, often fighting with staffs or scythes. One of her personal favorites is a metal scythe she had designed which includes a limited propulsion system allowing her to vault long distances, often escaping the law.

Malkin is a tall, but skinny goth. She wears black mascara around her eyes and has dyed black hair which is often unruly. She wears a lab coat most times, underneath which she wears shapeless black clothing. When expecting trouble she can be found holding a specially-designed staff with a scythe blade.