Varna

Varna 	Varna
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Species 	Toa of Earth
Kanohi 	Great Arthron
Colors 	Black and silver
Element 	Earth
Occupation 	Protector of the Northern Continent
Tools 	Sword
Location 	Canyon of Unending Whispers
Status 	Deceased
Pronunciation	Varna
Varna was a Toa of Earth who was killed during the Toa/Dark Hunter War in the Fractures universe.
==History==
===Early Life===
Like all other Toa of Earth, Varna began his life on Spherus Magna as an Onu-Matoran, where he helped to construct the Matoran Universe and was placed on the Northern Continent, along with a number of other Onu-Matoran.
===Life as a Toa===
At some point between the Great Disruption and the Toa/Dark Hunter War, Varna became a Toa of Earth as part of a Toa Team. The team was widely respected by the local Matoran population of the continent.
===Toa/Dark Hunter War===
Roughly 3,000 years ago, when the Toa/Dark Hunter War broke out in Metru-Nui, Varna and his team were dispatched to the city to support their fellow Toa in the effort against the Dark Hunters.However, an Av-Matoran named Glon became eager to join the battle and joined the Toa team as a Matoran aide.Several months into the war, Varna and Glon were ordered to transport a Toa Stone through the Canyon of Unending Whispers. The Toa and Matoran took this responsibility in regular hourly shifts but stopped to light a camp fire when night fell. Consequently, an unnamed entity then confronted the pair and supposedly fired a harpoon at Varna, striking him in the hip. The Toa died of blunt trauma as a result of this.More than 3,000 years later, Varna's body was discovered by a Po-Matoran with a metal detector and a number of archaeologists were present to announce his finding. However, Varna had been moved into a burial position by his killer and the Toa Stone had been left untouched.
==Abilities and Traits==
As an Onu-Matoran, Varna would have had a miniscule amount of control over the element of Earth, to the extent that he had enhanced night vision and strength.However, as a Toa, Varna later had the ability to manipulate and create Earth.
===Mask and Weapons===
Varna was known to have carried a sword while he was a Toa.Additionally, he wore a Great Arthron, which allowed him to use echology to detect nearby objects. However, he was unable to identify such objects.
==Trivia==
*The name Varna continues Matoro1's tradition of using variations of names of European towns as character names. Other examples of this would be the name Rotam - derived from the Dutch town Rotterdam - Vilnius, - derived from the Lithuanian town of the same name - and
Memel - derived from the town in East Prussia.
*Varna's grave was originally created, by Matoro1, in November 2010 and remained completely unchanged for almost a year before it was introduced to the story in late 2011.
*The name 'Varna' was a name that Matoro1 had been planning to use for some time. However, he initially planned to use it for a female character - who would later be named "Fluvia".
==Appearances==
*Whispers in the Dark - First Appearance