"Oh, well before here? I'm a Pervect, we're educated generally in weapons, magic, and tool use. So yeah. Before here I was fairly well known in some circles. Had a number of apprentices in my day," he said allowing himself a few short seconds of reminiscing before shaking his head. "But that's the past." The distant past, but he didn't need to know that. "Right now we need to bite the bullet and deal with the cards we were dealt. I've saved bigger kingdoms with less. We keep our heads, we'll be just fine."