Once a young, intelligent alchemist, Maloriak was kidnapped by the dragon Nefarian and fused with the corpse of a fallen dragonspawn. Unfortunately, the fusing of the two damaged his intelligence, and turned from a skilled alchemist to a failure of a scientist. Maloriak, in an attempt to please his master, created a posion and used in on a dragon whelp named Atramedes. This chemical was intended to enhance his senses, but instead blinded him completely. Maloriak was going to dispose of the failure until Nefarian ordered him to save the whelp for future uses.