Varlan Bingles

"My past haunts me. I see it right before me, as if it was a living being, a corporeal incarnation of my wildest nightmares. I have tried everything I can to remedy this, but none of my attempts have been succesful. The only option left for me now, is death. To end this monstrous depression that ruins my life, I will jump from the cliffs of the mountains surrounding Stormwind, and die by them, as the fireworks of the festival start. Have faith in the Light, that it will bring me to a better place."
Varran's suicide note.
==Appearance==
Varran is a tad taller than regular gnomes. He has pale, pink hair, and often wears a white regalia. His eyes are purple, and his face is soft, but always seems concerned. He is a bit muscular, but no fighter. When it comes to agility, his body is fairly okay, for a gnome, that is. Varlan's hands are scarred with ember wounds after a fight with his brother, but they are always bandaged, so it doesn't show. He bears a necklace shaped like a clock, and it glows faintly.
==Family==
Father: Nuldin Springsprocket Bingles. Deceased.
Mother: Myetta Hydrowave Bingles. Deceased.
Brother: Quincy Aran Screwspanner Bingles. Alive.
Half-sister: Cynthia Blastbolt. Alive.
==Background==
===Introduction===
Varran was born on the very day the orcish invasion began, a little less than thirty years ago. He grew up in the shadow of his brilliant brother, Quincy. He had no friends, and even his parents, Nuldin and Myetta, didn't care too much for him. The seers, mages and warlocks in the city constantly spoke of him as a demon-possessed monster that would be the doom of Gnomeregan. How ironic, that he was one of the first to reject Thermaplugg's visions.
At the age of ten, Varran was beat up for apparently speaking ill of the invention of another gnome. An audience even showed up. It was only stopped because a gnomish guard, private Shadowspark, had saved him. Shadowspark was also raised under these conditions, and had ended up being a great warlock and servant of Gnomeregan. He was, truly, Varran's idol. This was their first meeting, in a way. For the next years, they would meet up and discuss subjects, like shadowmagics, demons and life. That was indeed a happy time for Varran. His brother was also accepted into an academy, so Varran had more time to spend with his parents. This would end horribly.
When Varlan was thirteen, he returned home from a day with Shadowspark. He never knew that he never really would have a home anymore. He sensed it way ahead of his house. Smelled it, too. He returned to his house, where he could see a large crowd in front of his home. His house, his -home-, was burnt down. He broke through the crowds and darted into the house. He saw his parents, scorched. Ashes all around them. Ultimately, an opened coffer, containing a note.
"The treasure is safe."
Written in old gnomish, Varran tried to understand. The words were odd, so were the text. "The treasure is safe"? He had shuddered, closed the coffer containing the note, and turned around to face a horrified brother. They argued for minutes. Finally, Varran said in rage, that he had slain by accident. Not knowing what he had said, he fell to his knees. His brother had stared at him horrified for minutes, untill dismissing him from Gnomeregan. From Azeroth. From the whole universe.
===Escape===
Banned from all, he had to escape. Ideas circled around him. The first reasonable one was Shadowspark. He sought him out, and found him dead, murdered. A knife through his heart, and a note beneath him, signed by some escaped convicts. He frowned, and let out a small sob. He was escorted by a guard out of the city. When he reached Dun Morogh, he set out on the roads, and ended up in Kharanos, where he stayed at the inn. Seemingly, there was a dark iron dwarf there. Not only a dark iron dwarf. A gnome. Discussing. Varran gasped slightly, and the heads turned against him. Immediatly, he ran out of the inn, in fear, but the dark iron and the gnome seemingly meant no harm at all. Varran had to the east, towards Loch Modan, but he didn't stop there. From there, he followed the road to the south, through the Badlands, untill he reached the Searing Gorge, which was quite the achievment for such a young gnome, even though he spent several weeks doing so. There, he found a stray gryphon, which he mounted. The gryphon didn't seem to mind her new master, but didn't want him to show her where to fly, and she headed off towards Booty Bay. In this port of goblins and pirates, Varran sought peace for a while, before he was picked up by a passing crew of Lordaeric sailors, who brought him to Lordaeron.
===The Scourge===
In Lordaeron, he was sent to live with sister Alice, a priestess of Southshore. She taught him the ways of the Light. Seeing that he was still young, not even fifteen when this happened, he started to get the hang of it quite early, and mastered it by the age of twenty. When that time had come, it wasn't far away till another milestone of the history of Azeroth started, the coming of the Scourge. The Scourge was, in sister Alice's opinion, abominations of the Light, and had to be purged. Varran and sister Alice ventured along with the great prince Arthas Menethil, and his army of hundreds of soldiers. They were also some of the few priests from the south that chose to participate in the purging of Stratholme, but Varran was quick to feel remorse for this decision, and fled to the south, and hid in the mountains of Alterac.
===Brotherly Defeat===
Years later, Varran had heard that Quincy was after him. This was confirmed to him when he visited the town of Southshore, and met a strange, armoured knight with a cold embrace, that asked him if he knew the gnome called Quincy Bingles. Varran said he did, and the knight knelt before him, and whispered to him lowly that Quincy was looking for the gnome called Varran, and wished him dead. Varran was horrified, but wished to face his brother once more. The knight departed, and the very next day, Quincy appeared, and had a quarrel with Varran, before he started using unknown powers, in the form of arcane spells, to fight Varran. Varran didn't have the heart to fight back, and merely shielded himself, and fled.
===Cataclysmic Changes===
Varran sought refuge in an abandoned cottage in Alterac, where he managed to live peacefully and reclusive for years, untill the faithful day of the cataclysm, that wrecked his cottage. Varran had feared the day he would have to leave this cottage, but decided to be brave about it, and ventured towards Stormwind, where he met up with priests of the Holy Light, and joined their community, as a gnomish representative of the Light. He lived there quietly, and spoke with many priests about their matters and the Light, but kept his own identity quiet. Later, Quincy's good friend Paelan appeared before him, and said that Quincy had found out about Varran's lie, and wanted to apologize. Varran allowed Quincy to do so, and so he did, the day after. Varran had nodded thankfully, and dismissed him. Quincy protested, but Varran wished to live in private from now on. Quincy had accepted his wish, and left, with Paelan.
A few months later, just before the midsummer festivities were starting, Varran faced his half-sister, Cynthia, for the first time, and got well along with her, before she took her leave for the time being. Varran had appreciated her kindness, as long as it lasted, but had in reality become depressed because of his past. On the last day of the midsummer festival, just as the fireworks started, he allegedly jumped from a cliff in the mountains of Stormwind, and left a note, saying that he had taken his life because of his depression. His body was never found, and no funeral was held, but Quincy, Cynthia and Paelan mourned his passing.
==Involvement==
In World of Warcraft, he emerged from the darkest depths as a priest after the cataclysm struck the world. He returned to society, only to fall victim to his own wrath, and apparently committed suicide... Or did he?
==Strategy==
Varlan rarely uses offensive spells, so he should be rather simple to defeat. He's fairly resistant of shadow magics, and he utilizes the Light to shield and heal himself. He rarely ever attacks, but why would you want to fight a priestly gnome anyways?
==Quotes==
"What have I done to deserve this?", to Shadowspark, on their first meeting.
"Indeed, the savages of society are not the outsiders. It is the insiders.", on a meeting with Shadowspark.
"Brother, it was my fault!", to his brother, when arguing over his parents death.
"The undead are abominations... I see, sister.", to sister Alice.
"You killed them before they had done anything. How can you call that justice?", to sister Alice, during the purging of Stratholme.
"I accept your apology, brother. You may leave me be, now." to Quincy.
==Trivia==
- Varran is a character heaved with emotions, but doesn't live them out. He's secretly depressed.
- Varlan may look strong, but hits like a girl.
- Varlan is never eats something that isn't treated by himself.
- Varlan only drinks from his own hip flask.
- He really fears re-living his parents' death.
- He has never fought a battle and won.
==See also==
* Quincy Bingles
==External links==
* External link
Category:Characters
Category:Gnome
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