diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index e778df2..82be555 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@ version = "1.0.69"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "224afbd727c3d6e4b90103ece64b8d1b67fbb1973b1046c2281eed3f3803f800"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "bitflags"
+version = "1.3.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bef38d45163c2f1dde094a7dfd33ccf595c92905c8f8f4fdc18d06fb1037718a"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bstr"
 version = "1.2.0"
@@ -46,6 +52,55 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "cc"
+version = "1.0.79"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "50d30906286121d95be3d479533b458f87493b30a4b5f79a607db8f5d11aa91f"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "cfg-if"
+version = "1.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "baf1de4339761588bc0619e3cbc0120ee582ebb74b53b4efbf79117bd2da40fd"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "clap"
+version = "4.1.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f13b9c79b5d1dd500d20ef541215a6423c75829ef43117e1b4d17fd8af0b5d76"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags",
+ "clap_derive",
+ "clap_lex",
+ "is-terminal",
+ "once_cell",
+ "strsim",
+ "termcolor",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "clap_derive"
+version = "4.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "684a277d672e91966334af371f1a7b5833f9aa00b07c84e92fbce95e00208ce8"
+dependencies = [
+ "heck",
+ "proc-macro-error",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "clap_lex"
+version = "0.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "783fe232adfca04f90f56201b26d79682d4cd2625e0bc7290b95123afe558ade"
+dependencies = [
+ "os_str_bytes",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "elven-forest"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -66,6 +121,39 @@ dependencies = [
  "thiserror",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "elven-wald"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
+ "clap",
+ "elven-parser",
+ "memmap2",
+ "tracing",
+ "tracing-subscriber",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "errno"
+version = "0.2.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f639046355ee4f37944e44f60642c6f3a7efa3cf6b78c78a0d989a8ce6c396a1"
+dependencies = [
+ "errno-dragonfly",
+ "libc",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "errno-dragonfly"
+version = "0.1.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "aa68f1b12764fab894d2755d2518754e71b4fd80ecfb822714a1206c2aab39bf"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "fnv"
 version = "1.0.7"
@@ -78,12 +166,70 @@ version = "0.4.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "95505c38b4572b2d910cecb0281560f54b440a19336cbbcb27bf6ce6adc6f5a8"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "hermit-abi"
+version = "0.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fed44880c466736ef9a5c5b5facefb5ed0785676d0c02d612db14e54f0d84286"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "io-lifetimes"
+version = "1.0.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1abeb7a0dd0f8181267ff8adc397075586500b81b28a73e8a0208b00fc170fb3"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "windows-sys",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "is-terminal"
+version = "0.4.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "22e18b0a45d56fe973d6db23972bf5bc46f988a4a2385deac9cc29572f09daef"
+dependencies = [
+ "hermit-abi",
+ "io-lifetimes",
+ "rustix",
+ "windows-sys",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "lazy_static"
+version = "1.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e2abad23fbc42b3700f2f279844dc832adb2b2eb069b2df918f455c4e18cc646"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "libc"
 version = "0.2.139"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "201de327520df007757c1f0adce6e827fe8562fbc28bfd9c15571c66ca1f5f79"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "linux-raw-sys"
+version = "0.1.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f051f77a7c8e6957c0696eac88f26b0117e54f52d3fc682ab19397a8812846a4"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "log"
+version = "0.4.17"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "abb12e687cfb44aa40f41fc3978ef76448f9b6038cad6aef4259d3c095a2382e"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "matchers"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8263075bb86c5a1b1427b5ae862e8889656f126e9f77c484496e8b47cf5c5558"
+dependencies = [
+ "regex-automata",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "memchr"
 version = "2.5.0"
@@ -99,12 +245,34 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "nu-ansi-term"
+version = "0.46.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "77a8165726e8236064dbb45459242600304b42a5ea24ee2948e18e023bf7ba84"
+dependencies = [
+ "overload",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "once_cell"
 version = "1.17.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6f61fba1741ea2b3d6a1e3178721804bb716a68a6aeba1149b5d52e3d464ea66"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "os_str_bytes"
+version = "6.4.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9b7820b9daea5457c9f21c69448905d723fbd21136ccf521748f23fd49e723ee"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "overload"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b15813163c1d831bf4a13c3610c05c0d03b39feb07f7e09fa234dac9b15aaf39"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "papergrid"
 version = "0.7.1"
@@ -116,6 +284,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-width",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pin-project-lite"
+version = "0.2.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e0a7ae3ac2f1173085d398531c705756c94a4c56843785df85a60c1a0afac116"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro-error"
 version = "1.0.4"
@@ -158,11 +332,43 @@ dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "regex"
+version = "1.7.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "48aaa5748ba571fb95cd2c85c09f629215d3a6ece942baa100950af03a34f733"
+dependencies = [
+ "regex-syntax",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "regex-automata"
 version = "0.1.10"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6c230d73fb8d8c1b9c0b3135c5142a8acee3a0558fb8db5cf1cb65f8d7862132"
+dependencies = [
+ "regex-syntax",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "regex-syntax"
+version = "0.6.28"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "456c603be3e8d448b072f410900c09faf164fbce2d480456f50eea6e25f9c848"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rustix"
+version = "0.36.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f43abb88211988493c1abb44a70efa56ff0ce98f233b7b276146f1f3f7ba9644"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags",
+ "errno",
+ "io-lifetimes",
+ "libc",
+ "linux-raw-sys",
+ "windows-sys",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde"
@@ -170,6 +376,27 @@ version = "1.0.152"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "bb7d1f0d3021d347a83e556fc4683dea2ea09d87bccdf88ff5c12545d89d5efb"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "sharded-slab"
+version = "0.1.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "900fba806f70c630b0a382d0d825e17a0f19fcd059a2ade1ff237bcddf446b31"
+dependencies = [
+ "lazy_static",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "smallvec"
+version = "1.10.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a507befe795404456341dfab10cef66ead4c041f62b8b11bbb92bffe5d0953e0"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "strsim"
+version = "0.10.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "73473c0e59e6d5812c5dfe2a064a6444949f089e20eec9a2e5506596494e4623"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
 version = "1.0.107"
@@ -205,6 +432,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "termcolor"
+version = "1.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "be55cf8942feac5c765c2c993422806843c9a9a45d4d5c407ad6dd2ea95eb9b6"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi-util",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "thiserror"
 version = "1.0.38"
@@ -225,6 +461,77 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "thread_local"
+version = "1.1.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5516c27b78311c50bf42c071425c560ac799b11c30b31f87e3081965fe5e0180"
+dependencies = [
+ "once_cell",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tracing"
+version = "0.1.37"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8ce8c33a8d48bd45d624a6e523445fd21ec13d3653cd51f681abf67418f54eb8"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "tracing-attributes",
+ "tracing-core",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tracing-attributes"
+version = "0.1.23"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4017f8f45139870ca7e672686113917c71c7a6e02d4924eda67186083c03081a"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tracing-core"
+version = "0.1.30"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "24eb03ba0eab1fd845050058ce5e616558e8f8d8fca633e6b163fe25c797213a"
+dependencies = [
+ "once_cell",
+ "valuable",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tracing-log"
+version = "0.1.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "78ddad33d2d10b1ed7eb9d1f518a5674713876e97e5bb9b7345a7984fbb4f922"
+dependencies = [
+ "lazy_static",
+ "log",
+ "tracing-core",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tracing-subscriber"
+version = "0.3.16"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a6176eae26dd70d0c919749377897b54a9276bd7061339665dd68777926b5a70"
+dependencies = [
+ "matchers",
+ "nu-ansi-term",
+ "once_cell",
+ "regex",
+ "sharded-slab",
+ "smallvec",
+ "thread_local",
+ "tracing",
+ "tracing-core",
+ "tracing-log",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-ident"
 version = "1.0.6"
@@ -237,8 +544,111 @@ version = "0.1.10"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c0edd1e5b14653f783770bce4a4dabb4a5108a5370a5f5d8cfe8710c361f6c8b"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "valuable"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "830b7e5d4d90034032940e4ace0d9a9a057e7a45cd94e6c007832e39edb82f6d"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "version_check"
 version = "0.9.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "49874b5167b65d7193b8aba1567f5c7d93d001cafc34600cee003eda787e483f"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "winapi"
+version = "0.3.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5c839a674fcd7a98952e593242ea400abe93992746761e38641405d28b00f419"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi-i686-pc-windows-gnu",
+ "winapi-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "winapi-i686-pc-windows-gnu"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ac3b87c63620426dd9b991e5ce0329eff545bccbbb34f3be09ff6fb6ab51b7b6"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "winapi-util"
+version = "0.1.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "70ec6ce85bb158151cae5e5c87f95a8e97d2c0c4b001223f33a334e3ce5de178"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "winapi-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "712e227841d057c1ee1cd2fb22fa7e5a5461ae8e48fa2ca79ec42cfc1931183f"
+
+[[package]]
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "75283be5efb2831d37ea142365f009c02ec203cd29a3ebecbc093d52315b66d0"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-targets",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-targets"
+version = "0.42.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8e2522491fbfcd58cc84d47aeb2958948c4b8982e9a2d8a2a35bbaed431390e7"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows_aarch64_gnullvm",
+ "windows_aarch64_msvc",
+ "windows_i686_gnu",
+ "windows_i686_msvc",
+ "windows_x86_64_gnu",
+ "windows_x86_64_gnullvm",
+ "windows_x86_64_msvc",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_aarch64_gnullvm"
+version = "0.42.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8c9864e83243fdec7fc9c5444389dcbbfd258f745e7853198f365e3c4968a608"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_aarch64_msvc"
+version = "0.42.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4c8b1b673ffc16c47a9ff48570a9d85e25d265735c503681332589af6253c6c7"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_i686_gnu"
+version = "0.42.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "de3887528ad530ba7bdbb1faa8275ec7a1155a45ffa57c37993960277145d640"
+
+[[package]]
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+version = "0.42.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bf4d1122317eddd6ff351aa852118a2418ad4214e6613a50e0191f7004372605"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_x86_64_gnu"
+version = "0.42.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c1040f221285e17ebccbc2591ffdc2d44ee1f9186324dd3e84e99ac68d699c45"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_x86_64_gnullvm"
+version = "0.42.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "628bfdf232daa22b0d64fdb62b09fcc36bb01f05a3939e20ab73aaf9470d0463"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_x86_64_msvc"
+version = "0.42.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 977769d..42bf4e4 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 [workspace]
-members = ["elven-parser", "elven-forest"]
+members = ["elven-parser", "elven-forest", "elven-wald"]
diff --git a/elven-wald/Cargo.toml b/elven-wald/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4812d5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elven-wald/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+[package]
+name = "elven-wald"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+
+[dependencies]
+anyhow = "1.0.69"
+clap = { version = "4.1.4", features = ["derive"] }
+elven-parser = { path = "../elven-parser" }
+memmap2 = "0.5.8"
+tracing = "0.1.37"
+tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.16", features = ["env-filter"] }
diff --git a/elven-wald/src/lib.rs b/elven-wald/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..050ebdf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elven-wald/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+#[macro_use]
+extern crate tracing;
+
+use anyhow::{bail, Context, Result};
+use clap::Parser;
+use elven_parser::defs::Elf;
+use memmap2::Mmap;
+use std::{fs::File, path::PathBuf};
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Parser)]
+pub struct Opts {
+    pub objs: Vec<PathBuf>,
+}
+
+pub fn run(opts: Opts) -> Result<()> {
+    let mmaps = opts
+        .objs
+        .iter()
+        .map(|path| {
+            let file = File::open(path).with_context(|| format!("opening {}", path.display()))?;
+            unsafe {
+                Mmap::map(&file).with_context(|| format!("memory mapping {}", path.display()))
+            }
+        })
+        .collect::<Result<Vec<_>, anyhow::Error>>()?;
+
+    if opts.objs.len() == 0 {
+        bail!("you gotta supply at least one object file");
+    }
+
+    if opts.objs.len() > 1 {
+        bail!("hey hey hey one stop back please. you want to link MULTIPLE files TOGETHER? im sorry i cant do that");
+    }
+
+    info!(objs=?opts.objs, "Linking files");
+
+    let elfs = mmaps
+        .iter()
+        .zip(&opts.objs)
+        .map(|(mmap, path)| {
+            Elf::new(mmap).with_context(|| format!("parsing ELF file {}", path.display()))
+        })
+        .collect::<Result<Vec<_>, anyhow::Error>>()?;
+
+    let main_elf = elfs[0];
+
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/elven-wald/src/main.rs b/elven-wald/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ef1d0f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elven-wald/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+use clap::Parser;
+use tracing::metadata::LevelFilter;
+use tracing_subscriber::EnvFilter;
+
+fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    let opts = elven_wald::Opts::parse();
+
+    tracing_subscriber::fmt()
+        .with_env_filter(
+            EnvFilter::builder()
+                .with_default_directive(LevelFilter::INFO.into())
+                .from_env_lossy(),
+        )
+        .init();
+
+    elven_wald::run(opts)
+}