My first time getting "ganked"

I was lvl 6 on my way to Brill, just a tad north of the bridge and all of a sudden a lvl 27 elf priest appears out of nowhere and rapes me. I go back about 3 times and get ganked each time, then finally that fat abomination Gordo runs over and start beating the shit outa the bastard fucker and he finally gives up and dissapears. This was with my warrior not my mage. Anyways, I was extremely suprised that a level 27 was able to make an intrusion that deep...