Xavier Fledliweth

Xavier Fledliweth is a Wild Elf from Cormanthor. He is a devote druid for the goddess Mielikki and is currently traveling all over Faerûn with his animal companion Celestia in the hopes of rescuing his Mother. Most recently he has found himself on a holy journey referred to as The Path of the Tome with an unlikely group of heroes referred to as the Circle of the Tome.

Description
Xavier is of typical Wild Elf stature, standing 5'8" with long tangling black hair. He has a very penetrating gaze with dark green eyes which offsets his boyish features. Xavier dresses himself in typical druid vestments which include various furs along with painting his face with green and brown paint to help hide himself among the terrain.

Personality
Xavier tends to be quiet and non-confrontational except when he sees nature being destroyed. He is direct and will always get to the point as quickly as possible. When in a hurry he will run along with Celestia in Dire Wolf form and travel during the night to avoid unnecessary confrontation. As you can imagine, Xavier can be somewhat anti-social. It's not that he's unfriendly, it's more that he just can't stand large crowds nor social gathering places. He's more at home on a pile of leaves than in a bed and will often avoid shortcuts so he can stick to what feels natural to him.

Languages
Xavier loves languages and spends a lot of his free time trying to learn them. The following is a list of all the languages he knows and when he learned them:
 * Elven (Racial) - Learned while growing up, picked up naturally
 * Common (Base) - Learned while growing up, picked up naturally
 * Chondathan (Regional) - Spoken by many in his home region, picked up naturally
 * Aquan (Bonus) - Learned as part of Druid elemental training.
 * Auran (Bonus) - Learned as part of Druid elemental training.
 * Terran (Bonus) - Learned as part of Druid elemental training.
 * Sylvan - Taught by this father, who taught him about fey
 * Druidic - Taught by his mother, you needn't know anything more about it
 * Draconic - Learned on his own while studying about dragon whelps
 * Orc - Learned on his own while trying to search for the Auzkovyn Clan
 * Dwarven - Learned while studying about the underdark and listening to Kehlkagt
 * Underdark - Learned on his own after studying and interacting with enough drow
 * Celestial - Learned on his own after studying the way of holy wild shaping
 * Ignan - Studied during his research on the Fire Cult

Early Years
Xavier was born in the abandoned Elven Court on the outskirts of Tangled Trees. There he spent many a year learning of the world around him, the way of the forest, and most especially of the ancient history of Cormanthor. Xavier's time was often split between learning about the animals of the forest from his father, Xanatos, and understanding nature and plants from his mother, Celes.

The Auzkovyn Clan
Aside from the occasional drow raiding party, things seemed peaceful. The protection spells left by the ancients did a pretty decent job of keeping most of the riffraff out and it allowed Xavier to spend the majority of this time focusing on the ranger and druidic ways of his parents. It's very likely that things would have continued this way if not for night of the summer equinox where a battle between the House of Jaelre and the Auzkovyn Clan spilled out into Tangles Trees.

In a last ditch effort, the Lolth Priests of the Auzkovyn Clan attempted to dominate a pack of Dire Wolves to fight for them. Celes, upon hearing of this from Taki, took off seething of anger in an attempt to save the poor wolves. When Xanatos returned from his scout only to find his wife had taken off, he immediately took off after her leaving their son Xavier behind.

It was a long and lonely evening for Xavier and when dawn finally did arrive, it had arrived without the return of his father or mother. Xavier, resolved to finding his parents, quickly packed his gear and set off for the dire wolf den. When he arrived later in the afternoon, the place was nothing as it had been. The entire landscape was now torn and bloodied with nothing but death remaining. After many hours of searching he finally found his father, or at least, the dead body of his father. Xavier, unable to grasp the reality of the situation, wandered off deep into the bowels of the den.



A Companion
It was there that he found the only surviving wolf left from the horrible night of fighting. It was a small injured dire pup which had been hidden beneath a pile of straw. Xavier took this pup into his care and traveled back home with her. The next several weeks were spent caring for the pup and searching for his mother Celes. The sands of time continued to fall in this fashion until Xavier finally had to give up on the search. That night it rained harder than Xavier could ever remember before and he made a vow amidst the thunder clouds...

Xavier decided he would follow the path of his mother, by becoming a druid. He named his new found friend Celestia, after his Mother, and left his home to find his mother, to find answers, and find himself.

Leaving Home
In the months following his leave from the Tangles Trees Xavier has been travelling with Celestia in a eastward direction towards Harrowdale. He sold off everything from his family to use a bribe in order to obtain information regarding the whereabouts of his Mother. His current belief is that she was taken prisoner by the losing tribe of Auzkovyn Clan and that they have fled east and are planning to cross the Sea of Fallen Stars. During this time Xavier has replaced his need for a family with Celestia and the goddess Mielikki.

Xavier spent most of his time traveling at night and sleeping during the day along side Celestia. In order to finance his needs for information he has been crafting wondrous items and selling them along the outskirts of local villages and to the wealthiest (and most daring) of the residents. His plans are to accumulate enough money once he reaches Harrowdale to book passage and follow the treacherous drow clan.

Harrowdale
Upon reaching Harrowdale he stopped in a tavern named the Ale Gut and started asking around for any information he could find. This process seemed to abruptly enter him into a bar brawl in which he was about to be badly injured if not for the help of a ranger. The ranger appeared to be in search of his brother who had taken a valuable artifact.

A Dead End
The trail Xavier was following had now grown cold and he was having a very difficult time picking it up again. Xavier turned to Xarxes for help and asked him to see what he could find out from the ruffians of the docks district. Xarxes found very little information but he was able to piece together some rumors that said a group of Drow had traveled north, deep into the forests of Cormanthor towards the Moonsea. Ironically, Xarxes trail also seemed to turn in that direction so they both set out together the next morning.

They traveled for a few days and halfway through the third night Xavier was awakened by Celestia upon hearing some strange noises. Xavier quickly tallied his senses and just as he felt the presence of a stranger, an instant later he felt cold steel upon his throat. Xarxes, who had woken up moments before, started to react to the situation, but quickly was overcome by a spell cast upon him from behind. Xavier turns to see the two blades belong to a Drow. The Drow asks a simple question: "Are you Xavier, son of Celes?" Between the words, and the recognition of an Elven symbol on the Drow's chest, Xavier barely holds back his gut reaction to attack and decides instead to answer cautiously.

Eventually, the Drow is introduced as Saldar Es'Viladrae by his companion, a draconian looking moon elf named Oryn. Together, the unusual pair tells Xavier of a chosen of Mielikki who had come to them earlier, asking the elves to find Xavier and charge him with a quest - a quest that not only will do much good for Faerun, but will help him find his mother. The quest starts in the small town of Beregost. Xavier accepts, just as Xarxes is released from the hold person. Telling him of his new destination, Xavier is quite taken aback when Xarxes tells him of his dream that told him to go to Beregost. With that, the two elves depart, and Xarxes and Xavier travel for the next two weeks until they reach the small town near the coast.

The Path of the Tome
This journey is chronicled under The Path of the Tome. Rather than reiterate what has already been said, this space shall instead be used to keep track of Xavier's opinions and thoughts that he often kept to himself.

The Keeper of the Books
When Xavier first walked into Candlekeep two conflicting thoughts went through his head immediately. The first was "Wow, so much knowledge and lore all in one place." The other... "Dear Mielikki! How many forests have died to make these books and tomes?!"

It was here that Xavier learned of Alaundo's 42nd Prophecy and how he was involved.

The last, an elf of the Wood - Mother Nature he holds dear; His companion is one that the others should not fear.

Very straight forward and to the point, much like Xavier himself.

A Poisoned Forest
Xavier enjoyed the large lush forests of Ashenwood although the weather is very strange. It was immediately obvious that things were not in balance. After talking to the clerics of Chauntea we discover that their Bishop has gone missing and they suspect he is being held within the Ashenwoods themselves.

After investigating we find that evil clerics of Talos have kidnapped the Bishop and started a ritual to their evil deity. Between this and the destruction of such a wonderful forest, Xavier looses his temper, wild shapes into a rhinoceros, and then charges through a wall of fire at the head priest. Unfortunately, the head priest was prepared for this and stops Xavier dead in his tracks. Trapped within the wall of fire and facing a powerful cleric, Xavier is in a very dangerous position. If it weren't for Celestia and his travel companions, Xavier would have surely died.

Eventually the tides turn and Xavier is spared his life so that instead, through his own necklace, a fierce storm elemental could be summoned. With unheard of bravery Xavier's companions dispatch of the evil elemental, save Ashenwood, save the Bishop, and restore nature to it's proper balance.

Political Upheaval
It was here that Xavier started to understand the involvement of the Auzkovyn clan with his holy quest. One of the drow clan members, pretending to be the owner of a magic shop, pulled an unsuccessful surprise attack on Xavier and his companions. Before Xavier could properly hunt down this drow, Mozariq teleported the entire group back to Beregost.

Xavier never had much love for mages with their arrogance and blatent misuse of nature's power, and Mozariq does very to change Xavier's perspective. However, the rest of the group has a lot of respect for Mozariq and so Xavier does his best to tolerate the old wizard.

Xavier's distrust and disrespect for Mozariq's continues to grow as he takes a fireball in the back while fighting within a seemingly abandoned warehouse in Shussel. However, with Xavier patience spent he does not relent on his attack and managed to prevent the enemy from escaping through a portal with a dangerous bag of holding.



A Treant's Task
Once a month, followers of Mielikki are required to do a task for nature and her creatures. On this particular occasion Xavier asked for the help of Anly. After performing the ritual as treant appears and explains that the forest is being destroyed by a group of small fire elementals.

Enraged, Xavier immediately takes off carelessly using his powerful quench spell on the first elemental he comes across. Unfortunately there were two more to take his place. Luckily they proved easy foes for the likes of the druid and his companion.

What was interesting to note from this experience is that there appears to be drow and humans working hand-in-hand. It would appear that the Auzkovyn Clan have been making some deadly friends.

Restoration in Moonsea
After the Path of the Tome, Xavier went back home for a short while to spend some time helping his mother restore various parts of Tangled Trees. Still being quite young for an elf though, Xavier started to feel the itch of adventure creep back into his bones. So it was that he decided to travel to Ashbenford to pay his good friend Anly a visit.

When he arrived, Anly explained to him that she was heading to Phlan soon to help out with the building of the new temple. Xavier, thinking that perhaps he could be of some use decided to head there himself, so he took off a little bit ahead of Anly to that he could spend some more time exploring the wilderness of the Moonsea.

Returning Home
After seeing the horrible turmoil that Phlan was in, Xavier decided it was best not to interfere and let nature take its course up there. He then return back to his home of Tangles Trees where he been. However, no one has been able to contact Xavier or Celestia since the attack on Tangled Tress by Oryn Silverrain.