Elves don't enjoy battle, but Gilden is different. From a young age, he studied the animals of the forest and how they attacked. The elves never trained with anything other than a bow, but Gilden practiced with long knives, attacking, stabbing, recoiling until his movements became as fluid as a tiger's. He never told anyone about his practicing, often traveling miles away from the village so that no one would see him. It was after one of these trips that he returned to find the city under attack.