Today was the perfect day for Zekara to go hunting in the vibrant woods of Quel'Thalas. As a young buck of the Amani Tribe, he had much to prove. He came from a long line of proud warriors, and the hundreds of skulls adorning his family's hut were grim testaments to their feats in the lasting conflict with the egregious elves. Zekara himself had not yet encountered one of these vile elves but had listened to enough of his grandfather's stories to know just how deadly they could be. Any excursion outside the village was dangerous, and inexperienced trolls like himself were discouraged from going out on their own.
Zekara wasn't interested in sharing the glory of his hunt with anyone else, however. While the rest of the villagers went about their daily chores, he slipped away unnoticed and made his way north. He was confident that he could take down a lynx, or perhaps even a dragonhawk, with a well-timed ambush. Trolls were made for this sort of sport, after all. Their chartreuse skin was the perfect camouflage, and their senses were heightened thanks to their elongated ears and nose. In addition to these advantages, he was incredibly fit and teeming with youthful energy.
About an hour into the hunt, Zekara stopped. He could see the Elrendar River just ahead, a popular place for creatures to stop and drink. Just as he anticipated, a creature was there. Adrenaline pumped through his veins as he crept towards it, but as he got closer, he noticed something that gave him pause. The creature he was stalking was not a beast, but an elf. He could tell by the elf's figure that it was a female of the species, clothed in a red two-piece dress that made her comically conspicuous. Strangely enough, she was alone. She could not have made herself an easier target.
Zekara's first instincts were that this was a trap, and he might find himself riddled with arrows if he were to move any closer. He watched as the woman bent over, picking flowers and placing them in a basket that hung by her side. He began to scan his surroundings for signs of others, but none were to be found. The flower-picking elf just went about her business, oblivious to his presence. Perhaps this his lucky day. Claiming the head of an elf would be far more prestigious than the coat of a lynx. All he had to do was move a bit closer, ready his spear, then...
Zekara heard a shuffle in the grass behind him, but by the time he spun around, it was too late. His field of view was filled by a lynx flying towards him. He felt claws sink into his shoulders as he was thrown to the ground. The next thing he knew, he was pinned under the beast, holding off its razor-sharp teeth with only his hands. Having regained his focus, he exerted all of his strength and threw the lynx off. The large cat rebounded, then pounced at him again and sank its teeth into his left thigh. The troll howled in pain but managed to kick his assailant off again with his other leg. As he hastened to climb back to his feet, he found his spear laying in the grass beside him, then grabbed it tightly and swung it at the lynx's belly. The swing connected, and the lynx began to flee back into the woods.