Marduk is a Sun Elf of the southern lands where the climate is much warmer and the sun is almost always out an among the sky, rarely hidden by clouds or rain, casting it's light upon the plains and sparse woods of his homeland. He didn't take much of an inclination to Magic like the majority of his people do. Instead he took to the hunt. With a bow in the plains and the woods he always had an uncanny ability to hide in eve the most sparse cover, even an almost sixth sense to convince animals to use distractions so he may get his kill shot.
His people supported him in this for the most part, after all magic can't get you everywhere. At just a century old he struck out from his village to learn more about the world, see much more, learn about all the plants, animals, woods, forests, and trades of the world, someday bring the knowledge back to his people, or bring his people to him, A Lord in the north lands.
((Sometimes IC He speaks Elvish, this is a fusion of Internet based Tolken Elvish and Elvish from LOTR, So don't hit me, it's for flavor, not being precise))