INVENTORY
PROPERTY
Xanth's Temple is an amalgam of Ancient Greek, Roman and Chinese architecture built in a specially made pocket dimension connected to Elysia only by a closely guarded portal in Xanth's Throne Room. The home of an entire menagerie of unique creatures as well as Xanth herself (and the occasional Aide), the Temple has been hidden for so long that even the Priesthood of Xanthorra know next to nothing about it. Until recently, even the Aides were kept on a tight leash while inside. However, the growing friendship between Xanth and Nymphadora, and the subsequent arrival of Aurorra and Evischoul, saw all three gain luxurious quarters within. Despite this and the temple's opening during the Xanth Day party of 2008, the temple remains off-limits and many of the rooms are booby-trapped with untold dangers lurking within.
The Garden is a boundless extension of the Temple, stretching as far as any dare look or walk. Xanth has never expressed direct control over the atmosphere within the garden but it does appear to shift with her mood on occasion. Housing much of her menagerie, the garden is usually tranquil and beautiful with a vast assortment of sweet-smelling flowers to gaze upon or trees to doze beneath.
Xanth's Waterfall is a mysterious pocket dimension completely disconnected from all the other realms and only accessible to Xanth via teleportation. It is her refuge, the only place where she can completely tune out the cries of her people. In perpetual darkness, the waterfall is nevertheless well lit by the constant moonlight that falls upon its sparkling waters and lends an ethereal quality to the place that soothes Xanth when she needs it. Only Faroah has ever accompanied her here.
Xanth's Statues: There are several thousand statues and shrines built all across Elysia and the Outer Realms but sadly the majority of them have fallen into disrepair, overgrown or completely crumbled. Only the statue in the quadrangle in New Alexandria is known to have survived, and then only because Xanth herself has ensured its survival.
JEWELLERY
Xanth occasionally wears an armband made out of dark purple metal in the shape of a dragon that winds around her arm.
She also wears a delicate silver bracelet around her left ankle, which was an offering from Sabrina Casius. The bracelet carries charms that represent all the humanoid races of Elysia and its Outer Realms.
NPCs
Faroah
Species: Imp Dragon
Gender: Male
Age: Unknown. He has a longer lifespan, thanks to Xanth's meddling, and he's been with her for a long time, but neither can remember the particulars.
Physical Description: Faroah is a red imp dragon with amethyst eyes. The undersides of his wings are lilac, which is probably not all that unusual for a deity's "pet", but does make him stand out against his brethren more than he'd like, especially as they already view him as an oddity. He's seven and a half inches long (that half inch is very important to him), not including his whip-like tail which is long enough to wrap around Xanth's neck as anchorage several times over.
Personality: He's just as scatter-brained as the rest of his kind, perhaps even more so, and has the memory and attention spans of a goldfish. His kleptomanic tendencies know no bounds, getting him into all kinds of trouble, and he's ferociously territorial. Despite his short memory and attention, he can be a stubborn little thing and refuses to let go of something once he's claimed it as his own. He never learns from his mistakes (and would be surprised to be told that any of his actions could be considered a mistake, because he just doesn't think like that), forgetting immediately any injuries he's caused or sustained to the point where he just doesn't understand what pain is. He loves nothing more than to sit in Xanth's lap napping while she pets him, or nesting in her hair with his long tail wrapped around her throat and, despite the mischief he causes, Xanth dotes on him and considers him her most loyal, devoted friend. In turn, he thinks of her as his to command and can't understand why people refer to him as the pet in the relationship!
Distinguishing Features: The undersides of his wings are lilac instead of the expected red.
Midnight
Species: Panther
Gender: Male
Age: Unknown
Physical Description: Midnight is usually found in the form of a large, sleek but seemingly unremarkable black panther with bright green eyes.
Personality: As one of Xanth's experiments, it's no surprise there's more to Midnight than meets the eye. Not even Xanth could say how old he is, but he's been a vital part of her 'family' for decades, at the very least. Intelligent and protective, he makes the ideal portal guardian and spends his time patrolling the Throne Room and outlying hallways. Despite his mundane appearance, Midnight has the ability to change his form into that of any known feline, thoguh he very much prefers his original shape.
Distinguishing Features: Midnight can shapeshift into any feline form, so he can be found in a variety of cat shapes, but his eyes are always bright green.
The Imps
Species: Imps
Gender: Mixed
Age: Various
Physical Description: See
Imps
Personality: See
Imps.
Notes: Xanth once rescued a small colony of imps from an unnatural flood (probably started by a Nyad). While she was searching for a new home for them, they began to build a colony in her garden and somehow Xanth simply forgot to turf them out again. Over the years, the colony has grown undisturbed, which has afforded the imps time to evolve a little more than their cousins across Elysia. They are no less mischievous, but slightly more intelligent. They also act as her servants from time to time in payment for the home she's given them.