The home of clan Red Arrow is the best fortified of the elven clan sites. Shieldtree lies along the traditional invasion route into Alfheim, and the Red Arrow clan specializes in training warrior-elves and in drilling troops from other clans. Adventurer elves who seek to improve their fighting skills return to Shieldtree for training. Shieldtree is distinguished by the double-thick log palisade and the intricate gates and outworks which have been constructed over the centuries. Attacks and raids on Alfheim within the last 50 years have tended to avoid Shieldtree in favor of other, more roundabout routes to the less perfectly defended portions of the Canolbarth.