Malia Tate

Malia Elizabeth Tate, born Malia Hale, is the daughter of the Werewolf Peter Hale and the Werecoyote assassin known as the Desert Wolf, she is the adoptive daughter of Evelyn and Henry Tate. She is the girlfriend of Scott McCall and the mother of Henry McCall. She is the niece of Talia Hale and the cousin of Laura, Derek, and Cora Hale.

She ultimately inherited her mother's supernatural genes by becoming a Werecoyote herself, unintentionally taking a portion of her mother's power while she was being born. However, upon realizing the Desert Wolf's resentment toward her newborn daughter for taking her powers, Talia Hale initiated the Alpha memory-manipulation ritual to take Peter's memories of conception and birth before stealing Malia and putting her in the adoption system to get her away from The Desert Wolf. Malia was then subsequently adopted by the Tate family, who raised her as their own alongside their younger biological daughter on a ranch in Beacon Hills.

However, when she was involved in an assassination attempt by the Desert Wolf while she was driving with her adoptive mother and sister, this led their car to wreck in the Beacon Hills Preserve, and the stress of the event paired with the full moon overhead caused Malia to shift into her coyote form for the first time. Since she had no idea of her supernatural heritage nor any control over her abilities, Malia ended up inadvertently attacking and killing Evelyn and Kylie before running away. The guilt of this act led Malia to live as a true coyote in the woods for the next eight years until she was finally discovered by True Alpha Werewolf Scott McCall and his human best friend Stiles Stilinski. The two realized who and what Malia was and worked with the rest of their pack to turn Malia back into her human form.

Afterward, Malia was briefly sent to help adjust to her return to the human world, where she met officially Stiles following his admittance to the facility to protect the town from the fact that he was possessed by the Nogitsune. Once Malia was released from Eichen House, she immediately sought out Scott and Stiles and joined their pack, fighting alongside them through the various supernatural and human threats against them. During this time, she learned the truth about her parentage and the identity of both her biological mother and father. When it became clear that her mother, the Desert Wolf, was behind the car accident that killed her adoptive mother and sister and that she intended to kill her to take her power back for herself, Malia dedicated herself to finding and killing the Desert Wolf herself to prevent that from happening. However, after reconciling with Scott McCall and the McCall Pack, Malia instead decided to simply steal her mother's powers with Belasko's talons before she was imprisoned in Eichen House for her crimes.

Malia struggled with her control over her side as a result of the Ghost Riders of the Wild Hunt stealing her memories of her anchor, Stiles Stilinski, having recently relearned how to take her full coyote form after stealing her mother's powers. Malia took on a more active role in the pack while preparing for graduation, ultimately passing summer school so she could graduate along with her friends. Her relationship with her Alpha Scott McCall also developed into a true romance.

Malia is a member of both the Hale Family and the as well as a Werecoyote in the McCall Pack.