Malthus's Backstory

Full Name: Malthus Crowsbane

Height: 6'0"

Weight: 160 lb.

Age: 42

Eye Color: Purple

Hair Color: White

Skin Color: Black

Body Build: Athletic

Distinguishing Feature(s): Braided lengths of hair framing his face; carries a dulled longsword as the only remaining heirloom of his family; carries a spindle of black thread he uses as a makeshift yo-yo

Malthus was born in the Drow city of Nightshore, or "Umeth'shol" in Elven, deep below the Peaks of Woe in the Underdark. He did not spend long there, however, as his father was killed for worshipping the Raven Queen instead of Lolth; his mother died not long after, but not before she was able to escape with her young son to Vulkannen. She left him in the care of his older brother Pelloth - Pelloth did not have his younger brother's best interests at heart, however, and sold young Malthus into slavery in true backstabbing Drow fashion. As a result of his fairly brutal slavery in bondage to a noble from the infamous House Trannyth, Malthus retained very little from his childhood save for a dulled longsword once wielded by his father. 

Malthus remained a slave until well into his 19th year of life, when House Trannyth was disgraced by dealings with Albacoran pirates and stripped of its nobility. Malthus was freed in the process, though to an uncertain fate - penniless and without a home, Malthus wandered the streets as an urchin. He spent much of his life as a thief, until a near-death experience involving a fall from a building that nearly killed him gave him a vision of the Raven Queen. She scolded him for trying to force fate's hand, and cryptically assured him that though his fate had stalled, he would soon meet someone who would start it once more.

This turned out to be true, as he met Lucas Black, the leader of a mercenary company known as the Black Wolves, the next day. Black saw a natural affinity for battle in Malthus, and took him in as an apprentice, training him in the ways of the scout. In his training, Malthus came to understand how truly significant his brush with the Raven Queen was - rarely does the spinner of Fate speak to a mere speck upon the thread. His newfound dedication to the pursuance of Fate guided his training as much as Lucas Black did. Before long, he became a fully-vested member of the Black Wolves, building a reputation as one of its finest scouts.

Malthus has somewhat of a reputation as a lone wolf, but he is by no means blind to his race's reputation on the surface, and makes a strong effort to prove himself to those he is paired with. He is unquestionably loyal to Lucas Black, and loyal to his companions; strangers are another story. Malthus despises the undead in all forms, considering them affronts to the Raven Queen, and plays with his yo-yo during any sort of downtime. Though he largely puts his personal desires aside in the interest of following the path of Fate set before him (and therefore acting in service of the Black Wolves), he would jump at the chance to get revenge on House Trannyth and the backstabbing brother who sold him into their service...