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Varis

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Varis is a witch hunter of the Sürgün Günlükleri ("Exile Chronicles") campaign and the close friend of Gordon Geidorf, whom he accompanied to the town of Osterhn when Gordon came to avenge his murdered older brother. The two came on no official errand. When they learned that Ephorus had searched the doctor's mansion and burned it, Varis worried that the evidence had been lost with it.1 2

Varis says he is less pious than Gordon, though he is seen kissing his holy book and praying. Gordon counted them both among the hunters who wished to mend the order's relations with the temple and follow its rule book against excess.3 4 5

Osterhn

When the hunters agreed to help against the doctor's creatures, Gordon went with Kemp, Sarah and Ephorus, while Varis joined another of Jasper's raiding parties. He was at the castle's celebration afterwards, and spoke anxiously with Gordon when he arrived late.6 7

At the dawn meeting with a newly arrived witch hunter, Varis argued that Sarah had been singled out because she was a woman and a mage.8 9

Spoiler: After the dawn inquirySpoils: Sürgün Günlükleri #9; Sürgün Günlükleri #10 · Say what you have read

He then left with Gordon to bear witness elsewhere and show that they had not vanished, and came back with him a few days later among eight riders come to help defend the town.14 15

Varis said the helpers had come without orders, to do work that should have been the army's, and that his share of any spoils would not go to the order. Rather than crowd the team that went after the goblin leader, he joined the defence at the bridge under Alistar. He came back with a bandaged arm and a slight limp: none of Gordon's eight had died, and he told of the danger they had faced as the bridge was brought down and of Alistar's wound.16 17 18 19

The helpers would leave the next day, he said, but he and Gordon would stay to finish their inquiry. When Jasper denounced Exalon, Varis kept the door during Jasper's questioning and persuaded Kerbor to wait. Soon afterwards the hunters were seen riding west without him, and where he was is not known.20 21 22

Spoiler: The executionsSpoils: Sürgün Günlükleri #15 · Say what you have read

At dawn he reappeared with Gordon, still wounded, and rode off with a small party on the trail of the doctor.25

The soul trap

Later, word sent through the witch hunter post at Boztepe brought Varis to meet Kemp and Ephorus. He came, tired but alive, to an old fishermen's shelter by the Corvus lake and went out on the water with them. The doctor had been dealt with, he said, but in an abandoned stone town he and Gordon had found an old elven crystal vessel that had become a trap for souls, where a devil and its hounds tormented the dead. The order had declared the matter closed, so no help would come from the temple.26 27 28 29

Spoiler: Whose soulsSpoils: Sürgün Günlükleri #25 · Say what you have read

On the road he spoke of two families with ox-carts fleeing, perhaps from a drow raid, and warned that Gordon, having carried the spiritual burden of the hunt alone, might seem changed. Once they reached Gordon he left to gather more help, and returned through a purple portal with allies for the fight.31 32 33 34

Spoiler: Gordon's last riteSpoils: Sürgün Günlükleri #27 · Say what you have read

The last battle

When the companions prepared Osterhn for its final defence, they spoke of calling old friends and the witch hunters, Varis among them.39 40

Spoiler: The end of the campaignSpoils: Sürgün Günlükleri #50 · Say what you have read

Notes

  1. ↑At the tableKarşı Saldırı | DnD 5E Oynanış #8 (Sürgün Günlükleri #8), 1:32:51
  2. ↑At the tableKarşı Saldırı | DnD 5E Oynanış #8 (Sürgün Günlükleri #8), 1:34:39
  3. ↑At the tableBedel | DnD 5E Oynanış #10 (Sürgün Günlükleri #10), 32:43
  4. ↑At the tableBedel | DnD 5E Oynanış #10 (Sürgün Günlükleri #10), 48:06
  5. ↑At the tableEve Giden Yol | DnD 5E Oynanış #25 (Sürgün Günlükleri #25), 3:23:02
  6. ↑At the tableKarşı Saldırı | DnD 5E Oynanış #8 (Sürgün Günlükleri #8), 1:38:53
  7. ↑At the tableKader ve Keder | DnD 5E Oynanış #9 (Sürgün Günlükleri #9), 2:39:28
  8. ↑At the tableKader ve Keder | DnD 5E Oynanış #9 (Sürgün Günlükleri #9), 3:14:30
  9. ↑At the tableKader ve Keder | DnD 5E Oynanış #9 (Sürgün Günlükleri #9), 3:16:29
  10. ↑At the tableKader ve Keder | DnD 5E Oynanış #9 (Sürgün Günlükleri #9), 3:22:56
  11. ↑At the tableBedel | DnD 5E Oynanış #10 (Sürgün Günlükleri #10), 30:24
  12. ↑At the tableBedel | DnD 5E Oynanış #10 (Sürgün Günlükleri #10), 34:58
  13. ↑At the tableBedel | DnD 5E Oynanış #10 (Sürgün Günlükleri #10), 37:07
  14. ↑At the tableBedel | DnD 5E Oynanış #10 (Sürgün Günlükleri #10), 58:05
  15. ↑At the tableBedel (Bölüm 2) | DnD 5E Oynanış #11 (Sürgün Günlükleri #11), 3:21:55
  16. ↑At the tableOsthern Muharebesi | DnD 5E Oynanış #12 (Sürgün Günlükleri #12), 1:10:11
  17. ↑At the tableOsthern Muharebesi | DnD 5E Oynanış #12 (Sürgün Günlükleri #12), 1:44:52
  18. ↑At the tableYol Ayrımı | DnD 5E Oynanış #13 (Sürgün Günlükleri #13), 45:57
  19. ↑At the tableYol Ayrımı | DnD 5E Oynanış #13 (Sürgün Günlükleri #13), 1:09:34
  20. ↑At the tableYol Ayrımı | DnD 5E Oynanış #13 (Sürgün Günlükleri #13), 1:06:00
  21. ↑At the tableYol Ayrımı | DnD 5E Oynanış #13 (Sürgün Günlükleri #13), 1:53:43
  22. ↑At the tableHesaplaşma | DnD 5E Oynanış #14 (Sürgün Günlükleri #14), 1:19:00
  23. ↑At the tableBazı Şeylerin Sonu | DnD 5E Oynanış #15 (Sürgün Günlükleri #15), 2:59:04
  24. ↑At the tableBazı Şeylerin Sonu | DnD 5E Oynanış #15 (Sürgün Günlükleri #15), 3:01:19
  25. ↑At the tableElveda Osthern | DnD 5E Oynanış #16 (Sürgün Günlükleri #16), 37:30
  26. ↑At the tableEve Giden Yol | DnD 5E Oynanış #25 (Sürgün Günlükleri #25), 2:13:56
  27. ↑At the tableEve Giden Yol | DnD 5E Oynanış #25 (Sürgün Günlükleri #25), 3:12:44
  28. ↑At the tableEve Giden Yol | DnD 5E Oynanış #25 (Sürgün Günlükleri #25), 3:14:56
  29. ↑At the tableEve Giden Yol | DnD 5E Oynanış #25 (Sürgün Günlükleri #25), 3:20:10
  30. ↑At the tableEve Giden Yol | DnD 5E Oynanış #25 (Sürgün Günlükleri #25), 3:18:44
  31. ↑At the tableSis ve Perde | DnD 5E Oynanış #26 (Sürgün Günlükleri #26), 48:51
  32. ↑At the tableSis ve Perde | DnD 5E Oynanış #26 (Sürgün Günlükleri #26), 51:50
  33. ↑At the tableSis ve Perde | DnD 5E Oynanış #26 (Sürgün Günlükleri #26), 59:50
  34. ↑At the tableSis ve Perde | DnD 5E Oynanış #26 (Sürgün Günlükleri #26), 3:29:41
  35. ↑At the tableKan | DnD 5E Oynanış #27 (Sürgün Günlükleri #27), 2:19:41
  36. ↑At the tableKan | DnD 5E Oynanış #27 (Sürgün Günlükleri #27), 2:38:28
  37. ↑At the tableKan | DnD 5E Oynanış #27 (Sürgün Günlükleri #27), 2:48:19
  38. ↑At the tableKan | DnD 5E Oynanış #27 (Sürgün Günlükleri #27), 2:53:12
  39. ↑At the tableSon Bir İş | DnD 5e Oynanış #49 (Sürgün Günlükleri #49), 1:01:02
  40. ↑At the tableSon Bir İş | DnD 5e Oynanış #49 (Sürgün Günlükleri #49), 1:48:02
  41. ↑At the tableSahte Tanrı | DnD 5E Oynanış #50(FİNAL) (Sürgün Günlükleri #50), 39:33
  42. ↑At the tableSahte Tanrı | DnD 5E Oynanış #50(FİNAL) (Sürgün Günlükleri #50), 1:19:40
  43. ↑At the tableSahte Tanrı | DnD 5E Oynanış #50(FİNAL) (Sürgün Günlükleri #50), 4:12:48
  44. ↑At the tableSahte Tanrı | DnD 5E Oynanış #50(FİNAL) (Sürgün Günlükleri #50), 4:32:28

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