Xandilif the Banshee, Knight Champion of Dol Amroth, Champion of the Azure Faithful, Keeper of the Blade of Unsung Dooms, Warden of the Planes of Gorgoroth, Last Sentry of Caerfella Redoubt, Maiden of Madness, SilverWand's Slut and knight extraordinaire to Princess Lothiriel of the Azure Sea....called by some "Monster" and Treasonous daughter of a diseased line.

Xandilif's history reads like a compendium of the wars of the Third Age, having played a small role in nearly every great battle of the period. In her infrequent visits to the Valley of Imladris she told stories of the wonders and horrors of the wide world to her younger siblings, Xanderian and Xanir, inspiring them also to eventually seek their place in the great struggle of their age, each in their own way.

She has spent her life protecting her sister Xanderian, or thinking she was. The two have a complex and constant relationship, at times friends, at times foes...but always connected.

Xandilif is always ready for a drink or a tale (or both), always looking ahead to the next battle since peace seems to make her nervous and ill at ease. She has said many times that should she survive the War of the Ring then on the day King Elessar declares the King's Peace (as unlikely as that seems at times) she will take the first ship she can to the Gray Havens, as the "fun" will have gone out of Middle Earth.

She has campaigned over the years with many of the best known of Minas Tirith's elite companies, including the Hounds of Anarion, Elendil's Vanguard and the Argent Lions, all of whom where wiped out in the infamous Battle of Caerfella.

During her long travels she has seen the cruel effect that the struggle for power can have on the common people and has therefore come to despise bullies however high-born they may be, as well as those who seek to use strength of arms casually. As a Daughter of Imladris she reserves her most caustic displeasure for those "counted amongst the fecking wise" who turn a blind eye to the suffering of the masses while claiming to send out their armies for the good of "all".

In her time she has fought for, beside or against people and creatures of all races and kinds and has found admirable traits amongst nearly all, but reserves her dearest affections for the race of Men. She fondly calls them Children of Numenor and can most often be found in a roadside tavern or battlefield campsite, drinking with a cadre of Swan Knights or Gondorian Militiamen. In fact since leaving Rivendell behind, honorably mustered out of her service, she has made Gondor her home and special province, setting up residence in the proud city of Dol Amroth, serving for some years as a swan knight and becoming a founding member of the Guard of Mithrellas, a warrior's guild in the city. Soon after that she became a Knight Champion of the City of Dol Amroth, specifically in the service of the Princess Lothiriel, and was given by her the title Champion of the Azure Faithful. Much of how that came to be is still a story to be told.

She has no love for the creatures of Mordor (beyond finding many of them "fun to smack") but has special enmity for Trolls of all kind, seeking them out when ever they appear on the battlefield. When asked why, all she will say is that they "cheat".

Xandilif wields many weapons, but most notable among them is the massive First Age warsword of Numenorean forging, called SilverWand in the common tongue.

Of late she is rarely away from a girl of Bree named Finchley, who she seems to view as a sort of Ward or Pet. She has also taken on Eduwiges of Faldham as a squire, or in some cases, as a whipping girl.