Personality

Varis is standoffish and rude, but as he grows closer to someone he gets very protective and even gentle at times. He is loyal to a fault, and considers any harm done to those he's close to as harm to himself.

He has incredibly bad manners due to spending most of his life living on the streets, and then in the wilderness.

History

Varis's mom was a high elf betrothed to another high elf nobleman, but didn't like him. One day she met a wood elf commoner and they immediately got along. She continued to meet with him and eventually they fell in love, and she decided she would run away with him. Before they ran, the woof elf revealed he was actually a drow, but she didn't care. They ran away and bore a child together. They were happy, but eventually, her ex-fiance found her when Varis was 5, and killed her husband right in front of her. She ran, and knowing that she would be caught and her child would be killed, she did the best she could and told him to hide in an alleyway. He didn't leave there for days, and on the verge of death, he was awoken and fed by an older kid. That kid ended up teaching him how to live on the streets, and they stuck together. At age 13 however, tragedy struck yet again. Late at night, while the two were about to sneak into a store for food, they were assaulted by a pack of werebeasts. His friend was ruthlessly slaughtered, and he was injured on the ground, accepting his death. However, death never came. The pack leader stopped the beast about to kill him, and began to study him, sniffing and prodding. Then suddenly, the wolf bit him on the shoulder, and he passed out.

He awoke in an unknown place in a cold sweat, strange dreams of running through the woods on four legs and tearing apart forest creatures in his mind, those piercing purple eyes of the pack leader a constant throughout the flashes in his mind. In front of him was a bulky drow man covered in scars with piercing purple eyes. The man revealed that he was the leader of the pack that attacked him. They were a rogue group of Blood Hunters from the Order of the Lycan that became corrupted by the dark powers they tried to suppress, and now enjoyed going on "hunts" where they slaughtered innocent people. They were on one of those very hunts where they killed Varis's friend, and were about to kill him too, but the leader sensed "potential" in him and decided to have him turned instead. Varis was then forced to go through the Hunter's Bane, the ritual that turns people into blood hunters. He was forced unwillingly into their order, and for countless blended-together years he was forced to commit countless acts that disgust him. Many years later, he finally found his chance to escape when they were ambushed by an uncorrupted order of Blood Hunters. He used the chance when all his captors were locked in fierce battle to flee from the scene. The last thing he remembers seeing then are bright purple eyes staring at him as he escapes into the dark unknown. For 10 years, Varis wandered the untouched wilderness alone, afraid to return to society and disgusted with his actions.

Gilian

One of Varis's party members and his boyfriend. They’re both incredibly awkward and are getting used to dating. Varis is in it deep for him.

K847

A member of Varis's party. Varis and the rest of the party are determined to show them that they can think and feel for themself. Varis likes them a lot but can get frustrated with how stubborn they are.

Theo

A member of Varis's party. They're in a weird bromance of sorts, and like causing trouble together. Varis is fond of him and enjoys his company.

Jamison

A member of Varis's party. Varis didn't mind him at first, but upon learning that Jamison is the father who abandonded Gilian, Varis is very angry at him.

Ronwe

A member of Varis's party. They're not particularly close but they still like each other. Varis can get annoyed at how motherly she is, but he secretly appreciates it.

Shell

A strange alien bug creature that hatched from an egg Varis and Theo stole from an eldritch horror. Upon hatching, they were the first people she saw, and so they are her designated dads.