Maiev Shadowsong
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| Maiev Shadowsong | |
|---|---|
| Gender | Female |
| Race | Night Elf |
| Character class | Warden |
| Affiliation | Sentinels |
| Occupation | Night Elf Watcher |
Maiev Shadowsong is a fictional character in the Warcraft universe — a fictional universe in which a series of games and books are set. She was the leader of the Night Elf military division known as the Watchers.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] War of the Ancients
After the War of Ancients around 9400 before common era, when the Well of Eternity was destroyed by the clash between the Burning Legion and the Night Elves and it was thought that the Demons will never return due to the destruction of the well, Malfurion Stormrage became the new Night Elf Archdruid. To his horror, however, his twin brother Illidan Stormrage, against his command, saved a few drops of the water of the Well, and emptied them into a previously tranquil lake in a depression atop Mt. Hyjal, thus creating a new Well of Eternity. Malfurion arrested Illidan and locked him in an underground prison in Felwood interconnected with the Barrow Dens, a hibernating place for Druids of the Claw. Maiev Shadowsong and her Watchers were appointed by Malfurion to guard the prison of Illidan, where he remained chained for about 10,000 years.
[edit] The Draenor Campaign
Maiev established a stronghold in Outland and spent days searching for Illidan amid the blasted landscape. She eventually encountered him in battle and managed to incapacitate him, locking him up in a cage which she began to lead back to her base. However, a group of Naga and Blood Elves under Kael and the Sea Witch Lady Vashj engaged her forces for control of the cage. The Kal'dorei and Sin'dorei clashed numerous times before the Blood Elves and Naga defeated the Night Elves decisively and freed Illidan. Defeated once again, Maiev and her followers retreated, planning their next chance to recapture Illidan.
That chance never came. After Illidan returned from his disastrous campaign at Icecrown, he was still too powerful and too elusive for Maiev to engage. Countless times she tried to capture him, but each attempt ended in more pitiful failure than the last as her once-loyal Watchers were killed or abandoned her.
[edit] Present
With the release of World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade, the mystery around this character was finally revealed. She was imprisoned by Illidan in the The Wardens Cage in Shadowmoon Valley, a new zone in the world of Outland. Details on why Blizzard "resurrected" her (after her death was stated in several RPG books) are still unclear.
[edit] Jarod Shadowsong
It is revealed in the trilogy "Well of Eternity" that Maiev is in fact, Jarod Shadowsong's sister. Jarod becomes the high commander of the Night Elven armies and also helps mediate the relations with the "Earthens" (Dwarves), Tauren and Furbolgs. When his original commander, Lord Ravencrest, died, Jarod took over, his natural leadership skills leading the Night Elf army along with the Tauren, Dwarves and Furbolgs to victory. Maiev is assumed to have volunteered to become Illidan's warden after Illidan attempted to kill Jarod, who had confronted Illidan in the process of making the new Well of Eternity. In Warcraft III, there is a chance of a Demon Hunter hero being named Shadowsong, this could possibly be Jarod.
[edit] External links
- Maiev Shadowsong, The Warcraft Encyclopedia
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