He left home early, carrying little more than a staff of carved rowan, a sack of borrowed books, and the name of a distant monastery rumored to have a functioning observatory. Over the years, Gideon wandered across Gildas, offering his services in whatever way would earn him access to ancient tomes: cleaning dusty scriptoriums, translating scrolls for half-blind abbots, enchanting the locks of noble archives. Between manors and monasteries, he became a ghost of the Gildense roads...

"In a land unraveling by prophecy and fear, Gideon—an elf who chose scrolls over swords—seeks not power, but understanding. As Gildas crumbles beneath superstition and strife, he journeys beyond its borders, determined to uncover the arcane truths that might yet save it… or reshape it entirely."