Season One - Three | Season Four - Six | Season Seven - Eight     Alexander Lavelle Harris, or simply Xander as his friends call him, is the wisecracking sidekick of the Scooby Gang, providing much-needed comic relief to cheer up his friends during bad times. Despite his insecurities, Xander proved to be loyal, courageous, and endowed with a high degree of emotional intelligence. He had even saved the day a few times, most notably when he revived Buffy after she drowned at the hands of the Master. Another time was when Xander decided to get in shape by taking karate classes that were short lived when a vampire ninja attacked the class to seek a worthy opponent. Buffy happened to be nearby and fought the vampire, but it was Xander who saved the day by staking the vampire before it sank its fangs into Buffy. Xander managed to prove that he was no bully's prey, when he stood up to the challenge of fighting the school bully that also attracted the attention of a demon that preyed on humans who take pleasure in inducing fear upon others. Xander with Buffy's help, managed to kill the demon before it could feed off of the bully. (BtVs: False Memories, Wu-Tang Fang, Stinger)     Xander harbored a crush on Buffy quickly, but it was not reciprocated. He gradually began a turbulent and ambiguous relationship with Cordelia Chase, who also happened to be the most popular girl at school and the queen of mean. Though the other Scoobies couldn't quite accept Xander and Cordelia dating, they summed up the explanation to raging hormones, and allowed Cordelia to join their inner circle. Xander's relationship with Cordelia ended, when Cordelia left Sunnydale after high school graduation to pursue an acting career in Los Angeles. Xander also shared a brief fling with Giles' niece, Jane. (BtVs: Bad Blood, Haunted, The Dust Waltz)         Never much of a student, Xander decided to forgo entering UC Sunnydale along with his friends, and instead pursued a career in carpentry. As his childhood friend Willow entered college and grew away from being the 'Jane' to Xander's 'Tarzan,' Xander found a new love interest with a former vengeance demon, Anya. Xander brought Anya into the Scooby Gang, and later moved into his own apartment with Anya. (BtVs: Blood of Carthage)     Xander's construction job nearly cost him his life, when his company was contracted to build near the site of the remains of the burned down high school, where one of Buffy's enemies, a Slayer-turned-vampire resided. Kidnapping Xander, the turned Slayer planned to use him as vessel to house the astral essence of Buffy's long-dead enemy, the Master. Luckily, Buffy and the Scooby Gang prevailed, and saved Xander moments from being possessed by the Master. (BtVs: False Memories)     When Willow began a relationship with Tara, Xander worried whether she was good enough for Willow, while Willow occupied similar thoughts about Anya's role in Xander's life. Demon manifestations of jealousy known as Avendschrook ignited the couples' emotions, causing them to flare up and attempt to kill one another. After the Avendschrook's influence was removed, the couples returned to normal and settled their differences. (BtVs: Ugly Little Monsters)     During an apocalyptic battle, Buffy sacrificed her life to save the world. Shortly before Buffy had died, Xander proposed to Anya, who gladly accepted, but his doubts about their future together caused him to leave her at the altar on their wedding day. The two have remained estranged since, but in recent times of peril the two have shown that they both still care about each other. (BtVs: Death of Buffy, Note from the Underground)         Following the closing of the Hellmouth and the subsequent destruction of Sunnydale, Xander has lost an eye and spent some time under the thrall of Dracula as his manservant. He was summarily rescued by Buffy and two new Scythe-Awakened Slayers. (Tales of the Vampires: Antique)     Establishing a home in Scotland, Buffy appointed Xander the role of commander of the various Slayer cells. From command central Xander monitors and advises his Slayers through state-of-the-art technology as well asthrough psychics and neophyte witches. He remains in contact with Andrew Wells and Giles, and maintains a close relationship with Buffy and Dawn. (BtVs: The Long Way Home)

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