Malishakan is the Lord of Greed, a covetous Chaos God whose primary purpose in existence seems to be the collection of everything he can acquire. Nothing is without value in the eyes of Malishakan, and his home plane is rumored to be an endless expanse of treasure and trash piled one atop the other into infinite space. One of his many epithets is 'Borudun's Shadow' and a common religious motif shows Malishakan trailing behind the generous god, snatching his gifts from the fingers of those who just received them.

Malishakan is a collector of more than merely physical wealth, and the sensations of the flesh delight him. His worshippers are often uncontrolled hedonists who pursue sensation and pleasure at any cost, while others are sadists who bring pain to others as a gift to their evil god. Malishakan may grant powers and worldly rewards to mortals who pray for them, but none of his gifts come without a price. The only way to receive a boon from the Gatherer is to bargain for it with him, and it is unheard of for him to not come out with the best of the bargain in the end. There is no treasure he values more than a mortal soul, and most of Malishakan's deals demand that his beneficiary sacrifice theirs for the object of their desire.

When Malishakan appears, he is always surrounded by the trappings of wealth and power. Ostentatious, even horribly gaudy, his affluence is enough to dazzle the eye. His voice is rich and smooth, and it takes a strong will to resist his persuasiveness.