Xanthas

Gatekeeper Xanthas is an elven mage and the Evening Keeper of the Traverse Junction at the Alabaster Lyceum in Emon. As an NPC, Gatekeeper Xanthas was played by Matthew Mercer.

Appearance
Gatekeeper Xanthas is an elven man with long grayish-white hair. He was dressed in fine robes when Vox Machina first met him.

Campaign 1: Vox Machina
When Tiberius Stormwind used a Teleportation Circle spell to get Vox Machina out of the Underdark, they arrived in the Alabaster Lyceum while Xanthas was on shift at the Traverse Junction. Because their arrival was unscheduled, he questioned them briefly, but in the end only requested that they file a report the next morning.

When they later arrived again from their excursion in Vasselheim, he required them to fill out the paperwork at once, as he was scolded by Headmaster Thurmond Adlam previously. Later that day Tiberius returned, Seeking access to a teleportation sigil in Kraghammer. Xanthas sent him to speak with Headmaster Thurmond.

Xanthas chose to serve Thordak after the Chroma Conclave's attack on Emon. When scouts witnessed Vox Machina's activity at Fort Daxio, Xanthas was sent to infiltrate and sabotage the fort before allowing Thordak's Scions of Flame to attack. He was let in by Allura Vysoren, appearing to be injured, and told her about the state of Emon before using a Wand of Feeblemind to nullify her intellect and spellcasting. He nearly escaped on wyvernback but was caught by Vox Machina, who had just returned from the Elemental Plane of Fire. Xanthas Dominated Vex'ahlia and ordered her to attack her friends, but the spell was broken by a blow from Kima of Vord, and Vex shot him dead with an arrow.

Notable items

 * Wand of Feeblemind (Used against Allura Vysoren)

Elf abilities

 * Fey Ancestry

Appearances and mentions

 * Campaign 1

Quotations

 * "Alright, uh, shoot your friends!" Xanthas directing a Dominated Vex'ahlia.