Xavius the Shadowrender

Xavius the Shadowrender is one of seven precursor artifacts recovered during The Exiles quest. Vengeant was able to recover this legendary weapon from her tribe's ruins in the Bough of Shadows before her departure, and it subsequently lies in the hands of Alexandros. It is a sword, originally used by Daegon before the founding of the Daegon'hai, that augments the link between Demon and Elvenhan, and embodies the spirit of Edvens, the namesake and creator of the land itself.

Creation
Its namesake was an Arylian elf, Xavius Sherfel'ra, who accompanied Daegon in the First March of the Daegon'hai in the Ancient Past. Daegon and Xavius were the best of friends, sharing a famed fraternal love that won them the respect and admiration of their clan. It was with this love that they left with Arylia during their exile, but it was with bitter hatred that they parted. Xavius simply did not wish to watch his people suffer from Daegon's increasingly dangerous leandership, and so he created his own faction, left his lifelong friend, and split from the original clan of Daegon.

Daegon, upon his best friend's betrayal, wept bitterly for days, and fortified his sword with the conglomerate of feelings he felt toward Xavius; sorrow, for the lost years of friendship and the loneliness of ruined potential, hatred, for Xavius' betrayal, and pride, for each friend leading his people to what each considered the best end. It was with the essences of these in mind that Daegon named his beautifully crafted sword Xavius, to weild as a strength against physical enemies, and a weakness to demonic spirits.

Daegon's sword, in fact, had also been imbued with another power - the forest in which his tribe settled, Silvergale, was the resting place of Avo's consort, and the namesake of the very land in which they lived - the first sorcercess Edvens. In forging the blade within the confines of the sacred grove, he binded the weapon to the vitality of Edvensfall.

Involvement
Daegon used Xavius in the Battle of the Bough, and slew his friend's shadowed phantom form, adding the epithet of Shadowrender to signify this deed. When the Daegon'hai were attacked and ultimately annhilated by the Grey Watch, ____ dueled with Adecor in single combat, ultimately striking him down before being killed by Liane von Furher.

Because the sword was bound to guide those who would protect the land, Vengeant, the last surviving Daegon'hai, was easily able to locate it amongst the ruins, and felt its influence bring her to the Crimson Hall. Xavius the Shadowrender now rests within the hands of the fallen hero, Alexandros.