Lord Viren/Synopsis

== Early History ==
== Dragon Prince ==
=== Book 1: Moon ===
=== Book 2: Sky ===
=== Book 3: Sun ===
== In Between the Series ==
For two years, Claudia worked her way to resurrect her father. She heard Aaravos whispering in her ear, telling her that the only way to save him was if she freed him, he could make the spell permanent.
== The Mystery of Aaravos ==
=== Book 4: Earth ===
=== Book 5: Ocean ===
Lord Viren fell into a coma after reclaiming magic staff from his daughter. He began suffering from hallucinations and staying to realize his past mistakes. He also expressed regrets for the way he treated Soren most of his life, failed King Harrow, cost Calum and Ezran their parents and letting Claudia fall down a path of evil like he did. Viren remains in a catatonic state until he sees Claudia descent into the ocean with a dark spell that would turn her into a cecaelia.
Within the day of his Resurrection spell expiring Lord Viren was summoned into Aaravos' prison. He told Viren that he had to kill one of his children as a blood sacrifice to make his resurrection permanent. Lord Viren was horrified by this because he would never sacrifice Claudia or Soren. Aaravos was aware of this and revealed that the homunculus was their child from the blood ritual they performed to when they first created the creepy caterpillar that Aaravos used to communicate with him from the mirror. However, Viren ultimately rejectes Aaravos, saying his through with him and Dark Magic. The elf disappears and Claudia fails to retrieve the Startouched Elf's prison because Callum, Ezra and Rayla get to it before she can. Viren lies down on the ground and waits to accept his fate when the spell expires. Aaravos shows himself to the turned dark mage one last time and says that while the sun may rise the next day he will not.
=== Book 6: Stars ===
The next day, Viren laying down to the ground while closing his eyes, believed to be dead, but it turns out that he is still alive. Although he was overjoyed at first, he later turns horrified of witnessing his daughter Claudia, has murdered The Being/Sir Sparklepuff and used his blood to permanently revived him. Out of disgust, he decide to leave for Katolis in order to face justice, before telling Claudia that he loves her no natter what, which later worsening her mentality. 
Claudia, who seems to have descended deeper into dark magic and had apparently lost her sanity, reveals to her boyfriend Terry that while her mother and brother had left her, her father is now gone after he left. He returns to Katolis but Ezran orders his arrest. Thrown into the dungeon,  Viren tries to reach out to Soren but the young man refuses to acknowledge him. 
Overcome with guilt for his past decisions, Viren composes a letter addressed to his son. In it, he recounts how he seized power from Kpp’ar and imprisoned him in a coin after Kpp’ar declined to assist Viren in rescuing Soren. He confesses to utilizing Lissa's tears in a dark magic ritual intended to preserve his son's life, acknowledging that his reliance on dark magic ultimately drove Lissa away. However, he recognizes the lingering animosity between himself and Soren. Consequently, Viren destroys the letter just as Soren is taken to the dungeons, with Sol Regem preparing to assault the castle. Soren declares his need for his stepfather's assistance in defending Katolis. While Viren proposes a dark magic incantation, he cautions that it requires a human heart. 
When Soren offers his own, Viren adamantly refuses to allow his son to make such a sacrifice. Instead, he reveals that he has already inscribed the necessary runes into his own heart. Soren watches in despair as Viren channels his final memories to provide his heart for the dark spell, which shields the citizens of Katolis from Sol Regem’s flames, even as the castle crumbles. With thoughts of Claudia and Soren flooding his mind, Viren does not transform into his dark mage persona as he perishes, ultimately sacrificing himself to save others.