Maldelyn Whitehall

Maldelyn is a shadow priestess in the employ of the Twilight's Hammer. She recently orchestrated her death and subsequent ressurection by the Val'kyr in an effort shed the "weaknesses" of her human form. It's not exactly working out as she hoped.

Early Years
Maldelyn was raised by a commune of travelling performers and con artists based in Duskwood. There they preyed upon the superstitions of the locals and performed a variety of exorcisms, séances, and divitiation services  whenever requested- for a price, of course. As a child, Maldeyn studied the mysteries of the Light in an attempt to familiarize herself with the traditions and practices of priesthood, so that she might more convincingly imitate their rituals. However, being a very curious child, she took up a morbid interest in the Shadow, and together with her brother, Philip, who began to study Fel Magic, she soon found herself devoted to these new dark practices.

The Twilight's Hammer
A chance encounter with an artifact of the Old Gods sent Maldelyn spiraling into obsession. When she was seventeen she became an acolyte of the Twilight's Hammer, planning to use their resources to learn more about the Old Gods and increase her own power. Philip joined her as well, and for almost a decade they carried out the cult's will. Maldelyn herself earned a position as an interrogator, using her incredible control of the mind to hunt down defectors and spies and then squeeze information out of them.

All was relatively well until she and Philip were sent to the excavation at the Master's Glaive in Darkshore. Maldeyn was charged with the recovery of an ancient stone tablet that had been stolen by an enterprising Night Elf, but when she found the tablet - and the Elf - she learned that the Twilight's Hammer planned to sacrifice the excavators at the sight in a ritual to awaken the Soggoth that was buried there.

The Masquerade
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Return to the Shadow
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