Variel
Variel was originally an Apothecary of the Night Lords. However, after the Legion's fracturing after the death of Konrad Curze, he went his own way and eventually came into the service of Huron Blackheart and the Red Corsairs.[1a] There, in addition to the duties expected of an Apothecary, he became an infamous torture specialist known as The Flayer.[1b] When Talos Valcoran and his fellow Night Lords arrived to The Maelstrom to seek repairs, Variel's conflicted loyalties between his past and present self began to emerge. He would later go on to betray Huron Blackheart and assist Talos in the theft of the Red Corsairs warship Echo of Damnation, which had once belonged to the Night Lords.[1c]
Variel continued to serve under Talos' command and was one of the handful of survivors of the warband when it came under attack on Tsagualsa from Ulthwe Eldar seeking to eliminate Talos before he became a great threat. Talos instructed Variel to take their Thunderhawk escort, his valued servant Septimus, and the pregnant Navigator Octavia off the world. Septimus and Octavia would later escape, leaving Variel no choice but to pursue them and to claim the Navigator's child.[2]
Sources
- 1: Blood Reaver (Novel)
- 2: Void Stalker (Novel) Chapters 30-Epilogue Primus