--- author: Eric Wagoner date: '2001-02-23T02:22:00' draft: false title: Malachai Ironshaft --- > _My life has been threatened, more than once lately, so I have decided it is necessary to log my daily activities. In the event of my untimely death, I want others to be aware of what I was doing in the hopes that they will continue to try to restore balance in my homeland._ Malachai Ironshaft is a seventy-five year old gnome from the Gnarley Forest. Evil has taken over the forest, and Malachai is doing what he can to set things right. Along the way, he's [keeping an on-line journal](http://malachai-75.diaryland.com/older.html).