User:Joshmaul/Declan Malkus

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"Give me your commands, General, and I will ensure that the men get them."

- Declan Malkus, to General Varan Metheius

Declan Malkus
Title	<Voice of Metheius>
Gender	Male
Race	Forsaken (Undead)
Level	31
Class	Hunter
Affiliation(s)	The Forsaken
Occupation	Mouthpiece (literally) for General Metheius
Location	The Hinterlands
Status	Undead
Relative(s)	Unknown
Mentor(s)	Nathanos Blightcaller
Alignment	Lawful evil

Declan Malkus is a Forsaken hunter who served as the voice of the eternally-silent General Varan Metheius, one of Sylvanas' most trusted commanders. He served under Deathstalker Commander Belmont in Silverpine and Gilneas before he and Metheius were dispatched to carry out the will of the Dark Lady in the rest of Lordaeron.

Biography

Malkus was born in the town now known as Deathknell, the son of local hunters. At a young age, the family moved to Tarren Mill, where his father served under Aedelas Blackmoore at Durnholde, and was among the few to survive when Thrall destroyed the fortress. After the debacle in Hillsbrad, the Malkus family moved to Andorhal, an unfortunate choice of residence, as the entire family was killed by the Scourge shortly thereafter. The few unplagued survivors brought their bodies to the family plots at Deathknell, where they remained for nearly a decade.

Resurrected by the Forsaken

Malkus was resurrected by the Forsaken val'kyr shortly after the Shattering, where he learned of the events that had taken place in Lordaeron after his death and the eventual fall of the Lich King responsible for the destruction of his homeland. Arriving in Deathknell, Shadow Priest Sarvis told him about Sylvanas and the Forsaken, and their twisted manifest destiny to rule all of Lordaeron. Intrigued by this, Malkus became a willing servant of Sylvanas and proved that his skills had not been dulled by death. Nonetheless, he submitted himself for further training in the Forsaken hunter's arts under the tutelage of Nathanos Blightcaller, the Champion of the Banshee Queen, who had been the first and only human ranger lord in life.

Eventually, his conduct while serving in Tirisfal earned him the attention of General Metheius, who commanded a Deathguard battalion fighting the Greymane and Bloodfang worgen in Silverpine and Gilneas. Metheius had a reputation as a silent commander, made permanently so by the removal of his lower jaw by the Scourge shortly before being re-raised as a death knight. While some, including Malkus, could understand his silent orders without interpretation, there were many who could not, and he realized he needed a mouthpiece. To that end, he chose Malkus, who agreed to be his general's voice.

The Battle for Gilneas

Malkus and his plague-bear Grizzlekov in Gilneas

Malkus was dispatched as a scout to link up with Forsaken outposts in Gilneas while General Metheius attempted to hold the line against the worgen. Operating deep behind enemy lines with Deathstalker Commander Belmont after Metheius retreated back to Silverpine (Commander Onslaught and all the Forsaken at Forward Command having been ambushed and killed), Malkus returned via val'kyr transport after Lord Godfrey's corpse was retrieved and reanimated, and he fought in the battle for Silverpine shortly thereafter. After Godfrey turned traitor and killed Sylvanas - who was brought back by the sacrifice of her val'kyr handmaidens - Malkus joined other forces of the Horde (and even some of the Alliance) in hunting down Godfrey and slaying him.

The Forsaken's Manifest Destiny

After the Gilneas Liberation Front surrendered and fled back to their homeland, Sylvanas dispatched Metheius and his battalion to scout out other Forsaken-controlled regions of Lordaeron. Sylvanas made her intentions clear: A Forsaken empire spanning the entire continent of Lordaeron, from the coasts of Silverpine and Gilneas to the ruined Scarlet Enclave, from the gates of Stratholme to the Thandol Span. She commanded her subjects to ensure that end by killing everyone who posed a threat to the new order, and Metheius and Malkus eagerly accepted that duty.

Appearance and Personality

Malkus and his mentor, Nathanos Blightcaller

Bald save for a purplish-black ponytail at the back of his skull, Malkus' body - though rotted away in the usual places around the joints - is remarkably intact, and his movements have not been hindered in the slightest by his undeath. Malkus speaks with a clear, deep voice, almost unaltered by the decay of his body.

Though he is often called upon to speak for the voiceless General Metheius, Malkus is very similar to his commander in that if he does not need to speak, he usually doesn't. This goes along with his training as a hunter in life, to avoid drawing attention until it was time to strike. As such, his preferred ranged weapons are silent weapons, bows and crossbows, though he is well-trained in the use of firearms, as demonstrated while he fought in Gilneas. He also prefers to carry blades if he finds it necessary to fight hand-to-hand; in Gilneas he carried a battleaxe, and in Hillsbrad and Arathi he carried a pair of daggers at his belt.

Like his mentor Nathanos and General Metheius, Malkus is a fanatically loyal servant of Sylvanas. Though at first confused - like many new Forsaken are - when he was raised from the dead, he learned about the Forsaken and its successful crusade against the Lich King, and was awed by the power wielded by Sylvanas and her generals, knowing that to stand against such power would be a suicidal mistake.

Malkus' Pets

As a hunter by training in life and death, Malkus has the ability to tame pets to fight at his side. Though like all Forsaken hunters he started with a spider, he maintains the same disgust for the arachnids he had in life and abandoned it soon after. At present, he has the following pets in his stables:

• Grizzlekov: A rabid bear that Malkus found in Silverpine Forest; he felt a kinship with the creature on first sight because it was rotted and yet still strong, much like the hunter himself. The name was a joke by one of his fellow hunters, but he liked the sound of it so much that it stuck. Grizzlekov travelled at his side throughout the campaign in Silverpine and Gilneas.
• Dethbrush: A blue-white fox native to Gilneas, primarily found in the Northern Headlands and the Northgate Woods. After the surrender of the GLF, Malkus returned to Gilneas and captured this fox as a trophy of his small but satisfying role in the battle for Gilneas.