Stalvan Mistmantle

Stalvan Mistmantle
Gender	Male
Race	Human (Undead / Humanoid)
Level	10-30
Resource	Mana
Reaction	Alliance Horde Alliance Horde
Location	Manor Mistmantle, Duskwood
Status	Deceased (lore), Killable (WoW)
Relative(s)	Tobias (brother)
Companion(s)	Crillian (master at school)

Stalvan Mistmantle is an undead human found at Manor Mistmantle in Duskwood.

Biography

Stalvan as seen in the Old Hillsbrad Foothills.

World of Warcraft

This section concerns content related to the original World of Warcraft.

Originally from Silverpine Forest, where he studied under Crillian, Stalvan eventually traveled down south and spent some time in Stormwind City. He later became the headmaster at the Moonbrook schoolhouse, and also worked as a personal tutor for the Flintridge family. He eventually developed an indecent attraction to one of his students, a girl named Tilloa. Stalvan imagined a future with this girl, but her future groom was already arranged by her parents. When Tilloa gave Stalvan a begonia, he interpreted the gesture as a romantic overture. However, Tilloa clearly only saw Stalvan as her tutor; she compared him to an old uncle, which infuriated Stalvan and drove him to murder. It is unclear exactly what happened, but it was called "a massacre" by some of the people during the investigation of the legend of Stalvan.

Stalvan seems to have butchered Tilloa and her young groom-to-be with an axe, and quite possibly her entire family as well. In his notes, he claimed that the blood he'd spilled paled in comparison to the tears he had shed. He then retreated back to his home northeast of Darkshire and remained in Manor Mistmantle until the darkness crept into him and consumed him, lonely and mad, hungering for more revenge on any person who dared come near. Through unknown means, Stalvan eventually became an undead.

Madame Eva sensed that her granddaughter was in great danger, and sent adventurers on the track of Stalvan, who seemed to be about to murder Alyssa.

Stalvan's tracks

• Southshore: Unknown, possibly on his way from Silverpine Forest (found in Old Hillsbrad Foothills in the Caverns of Time).
• Moonbrook: Was an instructor at the schoolhouse.
• Goldshire: Left behind documents at the Lion's Pride Inn.
• Stormwind: Personal items from his estate left on the Stormwind streets.
• Eastvale Logging Camp: Personal documents in the possession of Marshal Haggard.
• Manor Mistmantle: His current home.

Cataclysm

This section concerns content related to Cataclysm.

By the time of the Cataclysm, the legend of Stalvan continued after he was slain by agents of Darkshire and buried on the grounds of Manor Mistmantle. He is also revealed to have a brother, Tobias, who resided in Gilneas during the civil war and was afflicted by the worgen curse.

After fleeing Gilneas following its invasion by the Forsaken, Tobias arrived in Darkshire seeking news of his brother but noticed that the inhabitants were afraid to talk about it, telling him only that he was dead. After Clerk Daltry - who aided in the original investigation of Stalvan's whereabouts - directed the adventurers to the portions of Stalvan's journal, which had been taken and shredded by feral worgen during an attack on Darkshire's town hall, Tobias sought to find out the truth of what happened and turned to Madame Eva, who had begun the hunt for Stalvan years before. Using the  [Mistmantle Family Ring] carried by Tobias, Madame Eva directed the group back to Manor Mistmantle, where Stalvan rose from his grave seeking revenge, and had to be destroyed once and for all.

Quests

1.  [10-30] The Legend of Stalvan
2.  [10-30] The Stolen Letters
3.  [10-30] In A Dark Corner
4.  [10-30] Roland's Doom
5.  [10-30] The Fate of Stalvan Mistmantle
6.  [10-30] Clawing at the Truth
7.  [10-30] Mistmantle's Revenge

The subject of this section has been removed from World of Warcraft but is present in Classic.

Stalvan was the object of a thirteen-part quest thread in which you must decipher his identity and uncover his past through the clues he has left behind. The quests culminated with killing Stalvan and bringing the  [Mistmantle Family Ring] to Madame Eva.

1.  [28] The Legend of Stalvan
2.  [28] The Legend of Stalvan
3.  [28] The Legend of Stalvan
4.  [28] The Legend of Stalvan
5.  [28] The Legend of Stalvan
6.  [28] The Legend of Stalvan
7.  [28] The Legend of Stalvan
8.  [28] The Legend of Stalvan
9.  [28] The Legend of Stalvan
10.  [28] The Legend of Stalvan
11.  [28] The Legend of Stalvan
12.  [28] The Legend of Stalvan
13.  [35] The Legend of Stalvan

Objective of

The subject of this section was removed from World of Warcraft in patch 4.0.3a but is present in Classic.

• Drops  [Mistmantle Family Ring] for  [35] The Legend of Stalvan.

Abilities

•  Curse of Stalvan — Reduces all of the enemy's attributes by 5% for 1 min.
•  Fetid Breath — Deals Nature damage to all enemies in a cone in front of the caster.

Quotes

Post-Cataclysm dialogue

Main article: Mistmantle's Revenge#Notes

The subject of this section was removed from World of Warcraft in patch 4.0.3a but is present in Classic.

Aggro

• I shall spill your blood, <class>!
• Tilloa is that you? Why no! It's just some dirty <race>!
• Who dares disturb me? Die, <name>!

Notes and trivia

• The weapon  [Stalvan's Reaper] is possibly the axe he used to kill his victims. Another item that may be related to him is the  [Orb of Mistmantle].
• You can get more hints about Stalvan from the Caverns of Time in The Burning Crusade.
• Stalvan once made a wish in the Dalaran fountain, written on  [Stalvan's Copper Coin].
• Stalvan is one of, if not the only NPC that doesn't have the same color for both hair and facial hair.
• Stalvan has the same model as Baxter in Hellfire Peninsula.
• This character and the storyline is inspired by the novel Lolita. Stalvan's love Tilloa is an anagram of Lolita.

Speculation

This article or section includes speculation, observations or opinions possibly supported by lore or by Blizzard officials. It should not be taken as representing official lore.

Stalvan's exact origins are unknown, but he may hail from Gilneas or the areas of southern Silverpine that were once part of it. His brother Tobias has notable ties with Gilneas: He lived there until the Cataclysm, was imprisoned as one of Lord Darius Crowley's men, and later participated in the reclamation of Gilneas. Additionally, Manor Mistmantle is briefly revisited during the worgen heritage questline, wherein a Gilnean champion must search the manor's grounds for a rare flower. While the flower is more tied to the Emerald Dream, the developers' choice to use Manor Mistmantle may suggest it has some level of relevance to Gilneas.

Patch changes

• Patch 7.3.5 (2018-01-16): Level scales from 20 to 60. Previous level: 22.
  
• Patch 4.0.3a (2010-11-23): Level reduced from 32 to 22.
  

See also

• Notes of Stalvan
•  [Stalvan's Cloak]

External links

Duskwood	Old Hillsbrad Foothills
Wowhead WoWDB	Wowhead WoWDB