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Personality

Does cold, demeaning, and harsh ring any bells? If you've met Varwyn, then they probably do. Let it never be said that having your soul eaten reduces your capacity to bitch. At times, it is uncertain as to which Varwyn enjoys more, the act of killing you, or watching the expression on your face as you die. You getting the idea yet? Varwyn is nasty. She embodies deceit and cruelty, and if bitchiness counted, she would damn well embody that as well.

Equipment

Varwyn wields a pair of curved and twisted daggers, forged from Obsidian and strengthened with magic. They are enchanted with magics that allow them to absorb and divert energy, which includes draining life upon wounding, and intercepting attacks of a magical or energy based nature.

As well as her daggers, she has a similarly constructed bow, which fires arrows that penetrate the very soul of their targets, binding it to the body of her victims, meaning upon death they become her mindless servants. She has quite a collection of mindless servants by now.

The magic she wields is a combination of two sources, the powers of the Eight gods she once served, and her own black sorcery.

The Will of the Eight is a more powerful version of the Will of the Seven, and is only bestowed upon the High Priest or Priestess of Avalon. When the Goddess made Varwyn hers, she retained these powers, and now uses them for very different purpose than they were intended. Each God bestows their own powers upon her.

Aiedai: Wind, healing, lightning, flight
Diellin: Shielding, water, ice, warding
Synd: Fire, forging, heat
Lore: Nature, beasts, plants, animation
Turin: Force, earth, power, linking, enchantment
Aurion: Light, space (teleportation), truthtelling, prophecy
Morwen: Shadow, illusion, concealment

Arcanar (the Eighth): Immortality

Varwyn's own dark sorcery is more sinister, and is similar to that of her weapons - energy draining, necromancy, and blood magic most prominent amongst her abilities.

History

Varwyn was once the High Priestess of Avalon, the Holy City of Varlon and the home to the Temples of the Seven and the One. Each temple had its' own High Priest or Priestess, but Varwyn was the High Priestess of the Temple of the Eighth, Arcanar - the leader of the Gods, putting her at the head of the world. She was devout and faithful to the Eight throughout her early years, a benevolent leader for Avalon and all of Varlon.

She maintained good relations with the other nations, personally befriending the Queen of Riador and spending a lot of time with the Librarians of Fenray. Before her fall, Varlon saw years of peace that it had never before experienced, years of prosperous trade and new discoveries. It was a Golden Age.

Then Selphina found her. And took her soul. Varwyn's years of devout service to the Eight ended that night, and her very being twisted itself into a cruel and vindictive mistress of hate. Varlon's peace was shattered, and the city of Avalon burned under her wrath. Perhaps it was some vestige of humanity remaining in her, or perhaps it was the intervention of the Eight, but she left the city standing, if barely, and journeyed away to continue to serve The Goddess.

Varwyn's Story