Shawn felt not the slightest guilt about making up a teacher for himself. Just a few days ago, he had claimed Theocritus was his teacher. Now he was claiming Medivh, which was a promotion of several ranks, however you looked at it.
Who was Medivh?
The last Guardian of Tirisfal, the only child of Aegwynn, the strongest Guardian in history, and Nielas Aran, the strongest court mage in history. He had inherited most of Aegwynn's magical power and received years of training from Nielas. A fragment of the Dark Titan Sargeras's soul had possessed him before he was even born. At fourteen, he took down his father. At forty-three, he took down his mother. At forty-four, he opened the Dark Portal. At forty-seven, someone took him down.
The legendary life of this legendary mage was simply breathtaking!
Shawn was borrowing someone else's prestige to throw his weight around, and he had picked a name with more than enough clout.
More importantly, while ordinary people probably would not even know who Medivh was, Mathias Shaw not only knew him but knew his deeds inside out. That led to one thing: he now gave Shawn's claimed identity at least some credence.
Why?
Because Medivh the Astral Mage was the biggest mystical huckster in Azeroth's history!
Ever since Medivh began experimenting with dark magic in Karazhan, contacted the legendary Warlock Gul'dan on another planet, Draenor, and worked with him to build the Dark Portal, a great many people had sensed that something was wrong.
Then came the legendary assassin Garona, the still very young Khadgar, and Anduin Lothar, the future regent of Stormwind City.
The three joined forces and killed Medivh while the struggle between good and evil within him had left him weakened. His powerful soul survived, however, wandering the Astral Realm