Maiev Shadowsong is a night elf, typically depicted with white hair and green eyes, often concealed by her Warden helmet. Her armor, particularly her Warden's armor, is a highly recognizable feature. When unmasked, her face has a distinct look with full lips, a nose, and visible eyelids, lashes, and lacrimal caruncles. She is known for her athleticism and combat prowess, often depicted with a muscular build and wielding her iconic glaive, the Umbra Crescent

Maiev allied with Akama and snuck into to the Black Temple during a attack, where she joined Akama and the adventurers he had rallied in the final battle against Illidan. Fueled by the desire for vengeance, Maiev struck the final blow that ended the Betrayer's life, but instead of relishing in her victory, she became a shell of her former self, admitting that with Illidan now dead, she was nothing. Driven utterly mad, Maiev is now a vigilante who wishes death to any whom she believes have wronged her, including Archdruid Malfurion Stormrage and High-Priestess Tyrande Whisperwind.

The Warden remained ever poised within the prisons where Illidan was alongside the demon hunters that followed him, the Illidari, she clenched her gaunlet on the hilt of her glaive.

"Even with the burning legion returning.... your still remaining within my grasp....Betrayer(Illidan)." Maiev clenched her gaunleted claw once more, as she glared from behind her helmet at the crystal prison of Illidan, around , the crystal prisons of those demon hunters(Illidari).