Malerion is an ancient and cruel thing. He dwells in the
Malerion.
shadowy realm of Ulgu after having been, long ago bound to said wind of magic. Once an elf named Malekith, he is as old as any being who roams the Mortal Realms, as ancient as Sigmar and the Everchosen of Chaos himself. In his withered heart one may find the source of his power: an endless pit of hatred, spite and loathing.
At the beginning of the Age of Myth, Malerion awoke alone in the realm of Ulgu as a shadowy ethereal entity. Eventually, by harnessing his hatred, he managed to adopt a solid form and he travelled through the lands of Ulgu, exploring the new realm. He discovered many strange creatures but none like him. One day, Malerion tumbled upon Morathi who had been his mother in the World-that-was, although she had changed too. And she wasn't alone: Morathi was accompanied by a cabal of shadow daemons. Although Malerion and his mother parted as enemies in the previous world, they agreed on a truce between them. Together they joined Sigmar and his Alliance.
Along with the other gods of Order, Malerion helped Sigmar to build new civilizations but his first goal was to find members of his own kind. The same could be said of Tyrion, God of Light. Both could hear the cries of the thousands tortured souls of the elves that had been devoured by the Chaos god Slaanesh during the End Times and the destruction of the World-that-was. So Malerion and Tyrion abandoned their duties and went in search of Slaanesh, thus weakening the Alliance of Sigmar...
Currently, few things are known about the present state of affairs in Ulgu for Chaos has failed to seize it, the dark mists of those lands foiling any invaders, including the Exalted Grand Marshall of the Apocalypse and his Varanguard. After his failure, Archaon launched growing assaults of minions into that realm but when the mists clear, only their bodies remain...