Malvel

Malvel is a dark wizard who was once a good man, but was turned evil by envy. He is the cause of all the trouble in Beast Quest Series One, Two, Three and Four, but Tom and his friends have defeated him each time.

Series One
In Series One, Wizard Malvel places the Good Beasts of Avania under a curse, causing them to destroy the land. In the last book, Malvel appears at the volcano and taunts Tom. Near the end of the book, Epos grabs Malvel and drops him. As he plunges towards the lava, Malvel vanishes.

Series Two
In Series Two, Malvel sends a swarm of bats to steal the Golden Armour. Then he seperates the pieces and his bats carry them away to different corners of Avantia. At the end of the first book, he shows Tom and Elenna that he has captured Aduro. In the rest of the books, he shows images of Aduro to make Tom's courage falter.

Series Three
In Series Three, Malvel kidnaps the Good Beasts and imprisons them in his own realm - Gorgonia. He puts up Wanted posters of Tom and Elenna, causing assassins and inhabitants of Gorgonia to attack Tom and Elenna.

Series Four
In Series Four, Malvel turns Taladon into a ghost. He shatters the Amulet of Avantia (the only thing that can restore Taladon to normal) and scatters the six pieces throughout the Forbidden Land. He possesses one of his Beasts and freezes Epos in her volcano.