Malric Blaene, a stocky and balding man, worked as an experienced bartender at the Lost Loves Casino. This casino was situated on Phyrstal Island, which itself was found in the resort town of Le Yer on the planet Abregado-rae during the time of the Galactic Civil War. Because he was quite the gossip, he possessed considerable, and likely dubious, knowledge about the animosity existing between A'jidre Skrigatov and Malkoi.