This is a Short Story about a young man experiencing the coming of age ceremony traditional to his tribe of warriors. Tir is dropped in the woods surrounding his village where bandits, carnivorous plants, and ravenous wolves hunt. Elves hunt the woods as well seeking their greatest foe the Ivelk, a race of fallen elves who feed off blood. Tir must survive a period of time and find his way back to his village before sunset on the final day of his trial...