Xander makes his first formal appearance in Chapter 1, where he, under the orders of King Garon, tests Corrin's strength through a mock duel in the Northern Fortress. Prior to the events of Fates, Xander arrested Hans for unknown charges (which is a rewrite from the localization, as it has never been stated that Xander caught Hans himself in the Japanese version.) Even though Garon eventually released Hans for supposedly good behavior, Xander continued to remain suspicious of Hans. Initially suspicious, Xander battled his second retainer, barely winning and was greatly impressed with his skill. Later, Garon assigned a mysterious swordsman to him. Despite placing third, her character and potential had impressed Xander enough to name her as his retainer. The first was Peri, whom Xander had discovered at a noble's combat tournament. While retainer-less for some time, he eventually found two new ones. During a battle with the Hoshidan army, Xander's forces were overwhelmed and the two sent Xander away, fending off the enemy so he could retreat as a result, both were killed in battle. Xander had two different retainers prior to Peri and Laslow. However, getting lost in the forest wasn’t the sole outcome of his recklessness, as he was additionally harshly rebuked by his father. The Japanese version offers a different version to this story, as he stated that he got lost in the forest finding Faceless to battle, but was able to return by the end of that same day. Moreover, he recalled to have wandered off by himself to fight Faceless in order to test his ability, only to lose his way in Nohr’s dark forests and lost his way home for days, which resulted in him returning to the castle “parched and near death”. He admits that similarly to Takumi, he used to train excessively out of pride that his skill with the sword could improve overnight, only to later realize to be useless, as his constant overworking drove him to become heavily bedridden from exhaustion in turn. He was given more backstory details in his support with Takumi in Fire Emblem Warriors, which suggests a more prideful and reckless phase of his past life. However, his change in personality and demeanor due to the stress of warfare have since caused her to step away from him, as she feels that it is more important for her brother to devote his fullest attention to his duties instead of indulging her. This same support also reveals that due to Garon being cold and ruthless even in his treatment of her, Xander used to act as a surrogate father figure towards her, providing her with the care and support that she needed. Despite starting out poorly with a sword, Xander trained vigorously so as to gain the rights to wield the legendary sword Siegfried, eventually becoming one of the strongest people in Nohr and being one of the only 4 people to have passed the Rainbow Sage's trials prior to the events of the game.Īccording to the supports shared between Elise and her retainer Arthur, Xander used to be a much more doting brother and happier person during her adolescence, and was even known to have enjoyed joking and playing with her. As he confides to Sakura through their supports, Xander eventually overcame his shyness by forcing himself to talk to his father, King Garon, whom he had considered to be the most terrifying person he had ever known. Additionally, he reveals to his son that whenever he was overly pressured in making a public speech, he would pretend that he was speaking in front of a group of rabbits (carrots in the Japanese version) in order to calm himself. According to his Japanese support with Corrin in Warriors, he was criticized by courtiers for being "unbecoming" for a Crown Prince because he was too withdrawn, an image he attempted to fix by adopting a serious demeanor. Xander is known to have been born with no exceptional talents, being physically weak and having an introverted personality in his youth. The eldest son and the eldest child of five in the Nohrian royal family and the son of king Garon and the first queen, Katerina, Xander personally supervised Corrin's combat training when they were adopted into the family during their childhood.
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