Xalf
112 year old [appears 26] Male Valenar Elf, Lawful Neutral/Lawful Evil, Warblade 11
Xalf is the most advanced student at the Saint Marie's Academy and certainly able to rank himself up with the best fighters in the Watchmen. Unfortunately, Xalf is a study in under-realized potential and half-realized dreams. Xalf is, disturbingly enough, a Cassius Du'Shadowfast wannabe. The illegitimate child of two Valenar from feuding clans, he never actually found out his ancestry and became a virtual pariah in his homeland. To that end, he has actually done something tremendously bizarre by Valenar standards and attempted to carve his own legend. Except, he did so by more or less immitating Cassius, the already legendary fighter.
Styling himself The Blue Hurricane as Cassius is the Red Comet, Xalf dresses in the same Heavy Coat and even styles his hair the same way. Xalf's apes the Warrior Prince's fighting style of Karrnath fencing, Silver Chalice dueling, and Dhakaani samurai battle stances. Xalf is actually very good but his military career is mostly a series of moderate successes that never really amounted to the mythological status he craved.
Xalf figures by joining the Watchmen, he can actually gain some of his idol's great status for himself. Cassius is so far unaware that he's got an immitator but almost everyone at the Academy realizes it. Xalf is, disturbingly, one of Amethyst's boyfriends.
