Malzahar/Trivia

General

• Malzahar is one of the few champions to have a pet, the others being Annie, Elise, Heimerdinger, Ivern, Mordekaiser, Shaco, and Yorick.
• Malzahar and his Voidlings' dance references U Can't Touch This by MC Hammer.
  • A side-by-side comparison can be seen here.
  • He shares this dance with Jayce.

Development

• While in the PBE, his name was Al'Zahar, sounding almost like الظاهر Að̣-ð̣ahir "the Manifest", one among the Names of God in Islam.
  • Malzahar was the only champion who caused the PBE to malfunction.

Lore

• Malzahar's story might be referencing Abdul Alhazred from the Cthulhu Mythos by H. P. Lovecraft.

Quotes

• Malzahar shares quotes with:
  • "Without question". -    / ▶️  

Skins

Shadow Prince Malzahar

• He might be referencing Prince of Persia.

Vizier Malzahar

• He references the eponymous Middle-Eastern title.

Djinn Malzahar

• He references the wish-granting supernatural beings from Arabian myth.

Overlord Malzahar

• He might be referencing the eponymous video game and/or the the eponymous Scrin leader from Command & Conquer.

Snow Day Malzahar

• He commands an army of Void Poros Poros.
• He was released in celebration of Snowdown Showdown 2014 along with:
  • Winter Wonder Orianna
  • Poro Rider Sejuani
• He shares this theme with:
  • Snow Day Bard
  • Snow Day Gnar
  • Snow Day Graves
  • Snow Day Singed
  • Snow Day Syndra
  • Snow Day Ziggs

Battle Boss Malzahar

• His body shape resembles a few characters:
  • Necrozma from Pokémon Sun and Moon.
  • Starscream from Transformers: Prime
  • Evangelion Unit-01 from Neon Genesis Evangelion.
• Some of his ability effects take inspiration from games such as the Geometry Wars series.
• He shares this theme with:
  • Arcade Ahri
  • Battle Boss Brand
  • Arcade Corki
  • Arcade Ezreal
  • Arcade Hecarim
  • Arcade Miss Fortune
  • Arcade Riven
  • Arcade Sona
  • Final Boss Veigar
  • Battle Boss Ziggs
    • Arcade Corki is fighting him in his splash art.

Relations

• Even though Malzahar (and Kassadin) are both Shuriman their ties to the Void directs all their focus to the ancient city of Icathia and what lies within it.
  • Malzahar might be attempting to make Icathia rise again just like Azir did with the Ancient Shuriman capital.
    • It is uncertain whether or not he is aware of the rise of the Ascended.
      • Even if so, making way for the Voidborn takes precedence over a handful of actually mortal demigods that can be overrun by infinite hordes anyway.
• Malzahar was brainwashed into believing the Void overrunning Runeterra is an inevitability and this in turned prompted him to become its prophet.
  • Kassadin is on the opposite end of the spectrum. He glimpsed into the Void and his resolve to fight it only strengthened.
    • In the new lore: Malzahar was only indirectly responsible for sending Kassadin's daughter into the Void: she innocently replicated a sacrificial ritual to opening a portal into the Void, and the resultant earthquake destroyed her village.
    • In the old lore: Malzahar goaded the Void Walker into joining forces with him, going so far as to sending Kassadin's daughter into the Void itself.
• The one resposible for luring Malzahar to Icathia might have been the same entity Aurelion Sol suspects of commanding all the Void incursions into Runeterra.
  • Malzahar in turn lured Kog'Maw into Runeterra.
    • It could be speculated the hivemind entity is the Mouth of the Abyss' 'Daddy', the 'Terror who is coming'.
      • In short Kog'Maw might be foreshadowing a cataclysm on an interdimensional scale so large the Rune Wars will seem a children's brawl in comparison.