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[[Warmaster]] '''Varan the Undefeatable''' was the [[Chaos]] leader of the invasion of the [[Second Siege of Perlia|Second Siege]] of [[Perlia]], a major battle during the [[13th Black Crusade]] in 999.M41.
Based on picts from his earlier conquests, recovered from Chaos soldiers captured in the early stages of the siege, Varan was a man of average build, wearing an austere military uniform with Chaos sigils on his coat and cap. He spoke with a voice that was grating and somewhat whining in its timbre, and also made frequent use of theatrical hand gestures. Despite his less-than-intimidating appearance, Varan was also a [[psyker]], and laced his seemingly uninspiring speeches with mental dominance to sway his audience to Chaos, including an [[Adepta Sororitas]] convent on the planet Madasa, as well as members of the PDF of Madasa and Perlia. It was speculated that Varan had discovered the existence of an artifact called the Shadowlight, which could awaken latent psychic powers in humans, in an attempt to curry favor with his dark master, [[Ezekyle Abaddon|Abaddon the Despoiler]].
Upon landing on Perlia and laying siege to the planetary capital of Havensdown, Varan assembled his prisoners, including Planetary Governor Lio Trevellyan, into the scrumball stadium and began to speak, swaying the entire assemblage to swear fealty to him with his powerful psychic influence. In a desperate gambit, Commissar [[Ciaphas Cain]], aiding in the defense of the planet, contacted Varan's forces and summoned him to the defense headquarters, based at the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]] shrine at the Valley of Daemons, to discuss terms of surrender. But when Varan arrived, Cain (protected from Varan's psychic dominance by his [[blank]] aide, [[Ferik Jurgen]]) stated that he had summoned Varan so that the Warmaster would surrender to ''him''. Despite his "gifts" from his foul gods, including talons that protruded from his fingers, Varan was defeated in single combat with Cain, who kicked the Warmaster from the roof of the shrine to his death. The event was recorded via a servoskull that Varan had brought along to record what he had thought was Cain's surrender to the forces of Chaos, further boosting Cain's already-legendary reputation as a Hero of the Imperium.
After Varan's death, his army was destroyed by a [[necron]] scouting force, which then claimed the Shadowlight for themselves before vanishing with their prize.
==Sources==
*[[Cain's Last Stand (Novel)|Cain's Last Stand]] by [[Sandy Mitchell]]
[[Category:Characters (Chaos Human)]]
Based on picts from his earlier conquests, recovered from Chaos soldiers captured in the early stages of the siege, Varan was a man of average build, wearing an austere military uniform with Chaos sigils on his coat and cap. He spoke with a voice that was grating and somewhat whining in its timbre, and also made frequent use of theatrical hand gestures. Despite his less-than-intimidating appearance, Varan was also a [[psyker]], and laced his seemingly uninspiring speeches with mental dominance to sway his audience to Chaos, including an [[Adepta Sororitas]] convent on the planet Madasa, as well as members of the PDF of Madasa and Perlia. It was speculated that Varan had discovered the existence of an artifact called the Shadowlight, which could awaken latent psychic powers in humans, in an attempt to curry favor with his dark master, [[Ezekyle Abaddon|Abaddon the Despoiler]].
Upon landing on Perlia and laying siege to the planetary capital of Havensdown, Varan assembled his prisoners, including Planetary Governor Lio Trevellyan, into the scrumball stadium and began to speak, swaying the entire assemblage to swear fealty to him with his powerful psychic influence. In a desperate gambit, Commissar [[Ciaphas Cain]], aiding in the defense of the planet, contacted Varan's forces and summoned him to the defense headquarters, based at the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]] shrine at the Valley of Daemons, to discuss terms of surrender. But when Varan arrived, Cain (protected from Varan's psychic dominance by his [[blank]] aide, [[Ferik Jurgen]]) stated that he had summoned Varan so that the Warmaster would surrender to ''him''. Despite his "gifts" from his foul gods, including talons that protruded from his fingers, Varan was defeated in single combat with Cain, who kicked the Warmaster from the roof of the shrine to his death. The event was recorded via a servoskull that Varan had brought along to record what he had thought was Cain's surrender to the forces of Chaos, further boosting Cain's already-legendary reputation as a Hero of the Imperium.
After Varan's death, his army was destroyed by a [[necron]] scouting force, which then claimed the Shadowlight for themselves before vanishing with their prize.
==Sources==
*[[Cain's Last Stand (Novel)|Cain's Last Stand]] by [[Sandy Mitchell]]
[[Category:Characters (Chaos Human)]]
