I figured out who this guy is and it surprises me, cause I never knew and I've known about him for years. So apparently through some random dialogue with Desiree, I found out that apparently Xord is her father and ran a smithy but died in the battle of sword valley. I want to know if other people knew this (which most probably do) or if I have discovered something new. I had the dialogue after the events of the first visit to Prison island and after talking to Dunban in Alcamoth but before talking to Kallian in the audience chamber.