Alvar Daxwell was a corn farmer in 17th century Thílvis, known for founding the eponymous Republic of Daxwell and becoming its first president.
Nothing of note is known about Daxwell before the Lowtower Uprising, during which he became surprisingly popular as a down-to-earth advocate for simple solutions, with many Towerfoot hailing him as the representative of the common, honest halfling.
He was opposed to the compromise between the nobles and burghers of the Tower, which he viewed as a betrayal of his former allies in their fight for representation, and decided to go up the Boek river in search of farming land free of their influence.
Alvar was joined by many like-minded halflings along the way, and they absorbed a recently established community of human settlers near Sakti. A republic was proclaimed, with the other halfling settlers not only choosing Daxwell as their first president but also deciding to name it after him.
Alvar Daxwell spent his mandate ensuring the independence of his new republic from Thílvis, and died a year after having completed it of a magical curse from a ruinborn shaman, sent as a revenge for founding his town on the graveyard of his people.