We know that Elan doesn't even have a smidgen of Wisdom. And it's very likely Dashing Swordsman has a poor Will save, too (at least, all the homebrew versions of it do. And while that's not by Giant, the second one is by the 3e Exalted lead developer! So it's sort-of official in some universe!)
While Elan's Bard levels would keep him from being rock bottom, his Will save could still be very low.