Maalthiel Shadewalker

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 * Box title = Malthiel Shadewalker
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 * Row 1 title = Race
 * Row 1 info = Night Elf
 * Row 2 title = Age
 * Row 2 info = 476
 * Row 3 title = Birthplace
 * Row 3 info = Astranaar, Ashenvale
 * Row 4 title = Residence
 * Row 4 info = N/A (Roaming)
 * Row 5 title = Affiliations
 * Row 5 info = Alliance
 * Row 6 title = Alignment
 * Row 6 info = Neutral Good
 * Row 7 title = Languages
 * Row 8 info = Common, Darnassian
 * Row 10 title = Status
 * Row 10 info = Alive

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History
From an early age as a youth in Astranaar, Malthiel Shadewalker knew what he wanted to do in life - study other races. His desire to be a scholar led to Malthiel journeying across Kalimdor to study various races of all types. From simple animals to advanced races capable of speech, Malthiel left no species unobserved. In time, Malthiel would become quite knowledgeable of various races form years of observance and could understand their cultures and mannerisms almost as well as his own. It was for this reason that, in the aftermath of the Third War, Malthiel was selected as a representative to make the trek to Stormwind City to meet with the new allies of his people. Unfortunately, a wrong turn led him within the vicinity of Blackrock Mountain, where the resident Blackrock Orcs noticed him and captured him.

The Blackrock Clan decided against harming their new prisoner, as Night Elves were still relatively unknown at the time. Malthiel's curious appearance drove the Blackrock Orcs to drill him for information, keeping him alive and routinely implementing light methods of torture to try and gather information from him. Malthiel was unsure of what to tell the orcs, and he remained in captivity for several years.

It wasn't until eight years after his capture that a severe conflict between the Blackrock Clan and the Dark Iron Dwarves broke out and resulted in Malthiel exploiting the situation when the jailor holding the key to his cell was incapacitated, prompting Malthiel to take the key and release himself, sneaking out of the mountain while the warring sides battled one another. Barely even able to maintain himself on the road due to malnutrition, Malthiel collapsed in an area he was utterly unfamiliar with. When he came to, he was informed that he was in a human settlement known as Lakeshire where he was receiving treatment before being moved to Stormwind so that a local Night Elf envoy could assess his condition.

After being escorted to Stormwind for further assessment, Malthiel was deemed fit to return to Darnassus. Despite being clearance at the Stormwind docks, Malthiel decided to remain in the human city. After all, his original assignment had been to make contact with the humans. Returning to Darnassus went against his assignment, and Malthiel desired to learn more about the human kingdom as well as the changes that had occurred in the world since his capture several years ago.