Secondary Characters

PG2

Leon never told Harry where the book was, nor any other Wizard for that matter, but he did tell the wizards that he hid many books, so if any of them found one, they wouldn't automatically cause a stir. When Harry saw in Xilva's records that the witches had uncovered this secret, he knew he had to act fast! Harry, being the wizard over animals, called spiders to stop the witches by paralyzing them with their venom.
Harry's spiders bit the witches one by one. Xilva recorded all of this, but stayed still and silent, just watching. As the witches fell, Harry was mortified to learn that it wasn't from paralysis as he had instructed, but the spider bites had killed them all. All except one. But Xilva recorded this too.
She recorded how late the night before the spiders came to attack, Naaj sought the red fog alone. In the fog, she was shown the plan of Harry's to paralyze her sisters. So, instead of getting paralyzed, Naaj plucked one hair from each of her sisters' heads and used it to brew herself a potion of protection. This potion in turn would make each sister take on the wounds Naaj has sustained.
Since the spiders bites did not cause Naaj to fall, more and more spiders bit her and as the venom filled up in her body, it caused her sisters to die from overdoses of the toxin in theirs. Naaj knew this would happen and she wanted to use this opportunity to get rid of Harry once and for all. Her love for her coven was merely a love for herself and she cared not for her fellow witches. Xilva recorded all of this and watched still and silently.
When Harry was sent to the Master Magician, Xilva watched as Naaj's glee turned to bitterness. She expected the Master Magician to strip Harry of his power and rank, but did not think that he would appoint a new Harry the Red Wizard in his place. Naaj's plan had backfired and she had to leave the woodlands of mystery before the new Red Wizard would have a chance to find out what she had done. Xilva watched all of this and recorded it, staying still and silent.

PG3

Xilva, knowing that Naaj was making history, secretly followed Naaj, staying hidden the whole time. She kept records of her every step and saw as Naaj tracked down the elf who used to be Harry the Red Wizard. Xilva silently watched as Naaj killed her friend and made it look like he died of old age. Xilva laid on a tree bough still and did not follow as Naaj left the woodlands of mystery. She could no longer stay still and silent. Xilva cried out loudly in mourning for her friend. This too she recorded.
Then she put her pen and pad away and ran to the elf city, to Tober, the head of the stoic order. She handed him her records and sat, legs on top of one another, back stiff, unblinking, as he read. When he had finished he handed her records to her and pointed to the mantra on the wall of the hut, 'watch still and silently, record everything.' He then wrote down what had transpired and turned to leave her with her thoughts.
"How can I continue to be silent and watch," Xilva asked aloud, "How can I knowing I could have saved the whole world?"
The head of the stoic order of elves turned with anger back to Xilva, saying nothing, he took her pen and pad, tore them and wrote directly on the wall. He wrote the current day and time and next to that he wrote 'Xilva the elf broke her vows and was immediately excommunicated from the order.'
No other words had ever been written on the wall, all that ever was on that wall was the mantra. Xilva knew she was alone and had to choose her own path now.
Tober could not give her advice, console her, give her a chance for recompense, all he could do was record.
Xilva left the elf city. She knew she couldn't take her records and she would not be welcome into any of the other elven orders. Though, she remembered when she was very young, barely able to walk, she was given the chance to choose her order. She recalled trying archery and being fairly good for a child, so Xilva went to her parents' house to say goodbye and took her great-grandfather's bow and quiver of arrows as she left. Her parents did not wish her well, nor did they bestow her with love, they were ashamed at her for breaking her vows. Her mother saw Xilva take the bow, and out of kindness looked away.

PG4

Xilva grabbed a phoenix from the edge of the city as she left and sent it to Tober. The message the phoenix whispered in his ear was, "Xilva the elf makes a new vow to become a part of history and stop the oncoming evil." It is said that this message was written on the wall below her name.
Xilva tracked Naaj to her teepee and told her all she had learned. Naaj laughed at her and called her an inventive child. Naaj had a line of customers when Xilva accused her, and didn't want to be seen as the evil witch which she truly was. Naaj tossed a puff of orange powder in the air and Xilva suddenly found herself waking up high on a mountain.
"You don't know anything little elf girl!" Naaj said. She was hovering over Xilva on her broom and then flew off cackling. Xilva found that she was in the Dragon Mountains. She had barely ever left the woodlands of mystery twice in her life, and each time following Naaj only as far as the golden city just north of the woodlands' border. She quickly realized that in many ways, Naaj was right; Xilva didn't really know anything. She didn't know how to climb down from the mountain, how to fend for herself, or even what direction the golden city was.
However, Xilva did realize that what little she did know might be helpful. She knew how to blend in and be quiet, to watch and record. Though her pad and pen had been taken from her, her mind could still remember. So, as Xilva slowly made her way down the mountain, she learned a lot about dragons, that some were really long and had no legs, only arms, some preferred water, some loved treasure. Dragons didn't just breathe fire either, they breathed acid, and water, ice, and a very few breathed an odd knowledge.
Xilva made her way west and eventually found the sprite village. Sprites are small magical people with bug wings instead of arms. Xilva thought they looked funny, and she didn't fear them, so she didn't bother hiding from them. She learned that their
magic was mostly centered around levitation since they didn't have arms. She told them her tale and the sprites seemed to believe her.

PG5

The Sprites told Jeff the Purple Wizard the story of Naaj and Harry but he didn't believe it. Word had reached the wizards that a rogue elf was plotting against an innocent sorceress named Naaj. When the sprites returned to Xilva doubting her story, she knew it was time to leave. But before she left, an old sprite craftsman named Cenalwer came to her and told her that he believed her and had made something to help her on her quest. It was a pair of gauntlets made from magic undying leaves, they would help her never miss with her bow.
Xilva did her best to hug the small foot-and-a-half sprite and set off westward. Xilva still didn't know that she was about as far from her home as one can be in Midieville and headed into one of the most dangerous places the world has to offer, the forbidden caves of the minotaurs!
As Xilva continued to traverse the mountains westward, they lowered to large hills and became filled with caves. She knew that bears in the southeast woodlands would sometimes sleep in caves, so she thought maybe she could seek refuge in them as well. She quickly learned that was a bad idea. Angry minotaurs slept in the caves, and the thing minotaurs hate most is being woken up!
It took decades for Xilva to traverse the forbidden caves (though the average lifespan for an elf is about 1,000 years, so she didn't waste away her whole life in the caves). Ages ago Bruce the Teal Wizard enchanted the caves to be interconnected to one another with no rhyme or reason. One cave entrance could lead to the exit of any other cave. So, going into a cave would send the trespasser just about anywhere in the whole cave system. This system was devised by Bruce to help keep the Minotaurs lost in the caves and therefore, not roaming around other creatures' dwellings. Though, some of the more intelligent minotaurs have figured out a system to at least get them into the Greckle realm.
Xilva eventually also found her way to the far west and the Greckle Keep. The Greckle Keep is a huge city carved right into the rock. Greckle's average between 9 and 10 feet tall, so the keep is just massive for any average height person like an elf (and elves range on the tall side of human height). Xilva knew she had lost many years and wanted desperately to find Naaj, but still had no idea where she was or where Naaj would be. As luck would have it, Xilva found the secret stairs to the Pegasus Kingdom. In ancient times, the pegasus' lived where the Greckles now call home. Since the pegasus' are so secretive, most people don't even believe they ever existed.

PG6

However, Xilva climbed the hundreds of stairs at the northwestern most part of the world and reached their kingdom in the clouds. The Pegasus King (whose name is
in horse and unable to be written down or pronounced by most creatures) greeted her with kindness and told her how the order of stoic watchers was formed by himself and an ancient elf. Though the elves have adjusted the vows to be so strict, and the Pegasus King was sorry that she had been kicked out. He had watched her and told her that he was not the only one. Tober, the head of her order had followed Xilva on all her adventures, watching silently and recording. She had truly become part of elven history.
The Pegasus King communed with Tober and though the head of her order would not allow her back into the fold, the Pegasus King said that he knew she had Tober's blessing as well as his own.
The Pegasus King took Xilva's bow in his mouth and chewed it up and swallowed it. He also took her quiver and ate that as well. Xilva was saddened because they had been her great-grandfather's. But he explained to her that he had not truly digested them but merely used his magic to transport them safely back to her parents' home. Then, he gave her a bow that looked like a stretched-out Pegasus. Her new bow would have infinite arrows, and she wouldn't need to carry a quiver.
The Pegasus king took Xilva on his back and flew him down to the lava lands. He told her that if she stayed there, she would eventually find Naaj. She made a home for herself among the Pyroclasts, a people made of fire and lava. They were really interesting and odd to Xilva. They worked in lava and one day started forming lava bricks and building a castle. Xilva didn't know why, but she did her best to help. Eventually, the Evil King Anell arrived at the site followed by The Black Knight and Naaj!

PG7

Xilva was about to charge the castle, but one of the Pyroclasts, Neza, stopped her. Neza told Xilva that she couldn't just destroy Naaj inside the castle. It was guarded with lava magic and only other lava magic could fight in there. So, Neza gave Xilva, Arris, an ancient Pyroclast sword. It's blade was a shiny black made from solid obsidian, a volcanic glass. Neza explained that normally a blade made from obsidian would be brittle and break at the first blow. However, Arris was an enchanted blade and created to destroy evil.
Xilva entered the black castle looking for Naaj but only found Anell. Anell called for his guards and only The Black Knight came. The Black Knight told Xilva that Naaj had been sent to the Magenta Forest and she'd better not be here when Naaj got back. Well, Xilva decided to employ her old skills and watched and waited. Xilva disguised herself as a painting of Anell right in the middle of his throne room and waited for the right opportunity.
Naaj returned from the Magenta Forest and had a book. Xilva knew it must be The Spellbook. She could tell that Naaj suspected as much too, but wasn't certain.
Xilva decided that it was too risky to take on Naaj, Anell, and The Black Knight by herself, so she stayed in the disguise and waited even longer. Before too long she learned that Marvin the Blue Wizard found out about the book and would soon be coming to duel Naaj for it. Xilva knew her chance would come soon, but she also knew that Marvin might not believe her about Naaj. So, Xilva continued to wait, watch, and listen.