| abstract | - It is known that when Lucrezia sent Klaus away to exile, he ended up in Skifander roughly 22 years ago. This would explain why Klaus can speak Skiff (as well as why he knows a special mental exercise for postponing sleep, essentially the [ "same"] [[Chronology - Volume #|✣ ]] as a secret, ancient, Skifandrian warrior discipline Zeetha uses). Wherever Klaus was for those 4-5 years (which includes time spent reaching Skifander) would include Gil's birthplace (or at least include his meeting the woman who would give birth to Gil). Further, Klaus thinks that a green-haired woman who speaks Skiff, that is, some one from Skifander, would have reason to kill Gil. Baron Wulfenbach's statement that he "kept [Gil] alive" hints at the old story that Amazons (to whom the tribeswomen of Skifander bear more than a passing resemblance) kill all of their male children. Whether this is accurate, of course, would be known only to Zeetha, to whom the question has not yet been put. It also recalls Phil's statement on Reddit that the Skifandrians "don't like twins," although since that comment was supposed to be "non-spoilery" its relevance to the main plot is tenuously speculative at best. Now that Zeetha has had a few conversations with Gil, she seems to know something significant about their relationship. The name "Gilgamesh" has the same geographical origin as "Ishtar", which seems to have been the inspiration for the Skifander goddess Ashtara (see also: Astarte). Hence, Gil was evidently born in Skifander to a woman of Skifandrian warrior heritage. See also: Forum:Gil's mother
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