Anthalan: Bio
Anthalan Duskweaver was born in Goldenmist Village eighty-seven years ago. His parents were jewelers in the village. As a boy and into his adult years, he was trained as a priest of the Light. As a priest, he was more interested in research than healing, and was often in libraries studying.
Before the Third War, his research took a dark twist, and he eventually was contacted by the Cult of the Damned. The elf priest was tempted by power and forbidden learning, while still mostly ignorant of the Cult’s true motives. He joined the new batch of students at the school, and by the time he realized the Cult’s true aims, he was enthralled by Kel’Thuzad’s teachings.
Anthalan Duskweaver returned to Quel’thalas just before the Scourge invasion, only for a short time. He still participated a bit in healing the sick, but it was clear his heart wasn’t in it. He got his affairs in order, sold his property, and left for Lordaeron. The next time he saw Quel’thalas was as a necromancer, supporting the Scourge in their march to the Sunwell.
Anthalan stayed in Lordaeron, at the Scholomance, when Arthas left for Northrend, after Sylvanas’s betrayal. He worked within the Cult of the Damned for years, until after the Lich King’s fall and Deathwing’s reemergence.
Anthalan was contacted initially by Aegnas Vileblade, a death knight in Kirenestus Duskhallow’s employ. The death knight remembered Anthalan’s work with the Cult and offered him a chance to work with an organization not being actively stamped out by the Argent Crusade. Anthalan eventually agreed, and met with Kirenestus to discuss details of his employment.
Anthalan still practices necromancy in the seclusion of Kirenestus’s estate in Goldenmist Village. The estate’s runestones are designed to hide the signs of the forbidden magic practiced there, but there are definite signs. A gargoyle guards the estate and answers only to Anthalan and Solandis. Tombstalker, Solandis’s ghoul, follows Anthalan almost as well as he does his death knight master. A geist also guards the estate.
Anthalan works closely with Solandis Blightweaver in the creation of new plagues and improved undead. Their work is carefully catalogued and the undead destroyed, as the household doesn’t wish to attract attention.
Recently, Anthalan has been in contact with several old friends within the Cult of the Damned. Whether this reflects a cooling of relations between him and Kirenestus or just a renewal of ties within the Cult is anyone’s guess. Magister Duskhallow and his brother, Aegnas Vileblade, are too busy with activities on the Isle of Thunder to have heard of Anthalan’s activities, and Solandis Blightweaver hasn’t enlightened them.
Before the Third War, his research took a dark twist, and he eventually was contacted by the Cult of the Damned. The elf priest was tempted by power and forbidden learning, while still mostly ignorant of the Cult’s true motives. He joined the new batch of students at the school, and by the time he realized the Cult’s true aims, he was enthralled by Kel’Thuzad’s teachings.
Anthalan Duskweaver returned to Quel’thalas just before the Scourge invasion, only for a short time. He still participated a bit in healing the sick, but it was clear his heart wasn’t in it. He got his affairs in order, sold his property, and left for Lordaeron. The next time he saw Quel’thalas was as a necromancer, supporting the Scourge in their march to the Sunwell.
Anthalan stayed in Lordaeron, at the Scholomance, when Arthas left for Northrend, after Sylvanas’s betrayal. He worked within the Cult of the Damned for years, until after the Lich King’s fall and Deathwing’s reemergence.
Anthalan was contacted initially by Aegnas Vileblade, a death knight in Kirenestus Duskhallow’s employ. The death knight remembered Anthalan’s work with the Cult and offered him a chance to work with an organization not being actively stamped out by the Argent Crusade. Anthalan eventually agreed, and met with Kirenestus to discuss details of his employment.
Anthalan still practices necromancy in the seclusion of Kirenestus’s estate in Goldenmist Village. The estate’s runestones are designed to hide the signs of the forbidden magic practiced there, but there are definite signs. A gargoyle guards the estate and answers only to Anthalan and Solandis. Tombstalker, Solandis’s ghoul, follows Anthalan almost as well as he does his death knight master. A geist also guards the estate.
Anthalan works closely with Solandis Blightweaver in the creation of new plagues and improved undead. Their work is carefully catalogued and the undead destroyed, as the household doesn’t wish to attract attention.
Recently, Anthalan has been in contact with several old friends within the Cult of the Damned. Whether this reflects a cooling of relations between him and Kirenestus or just a renewal of ties within the Cult is anyone’s guess. Magister Duskhallow and his brother, Aegnas Vileblade, are too busy with activities on the Isle of Thunder to have heard of Anthalan’s activities, and Solandis Blightweaver hasn’t enlightened them.