Varevesena

**Varevesena** was the 207th Emperor of the Elflands. He was the son of Varenechibel III and father of Varenechibel IV and Ebreneän Clunetharan.

## Personality

Setheris Nelar described Varevesena as "willful, though never particularly imaginative".

Varevesena had many friends, and "was known for his kindness and generosity to those close to him", but not "to the mass of his subjects".

## Life

Varevesena defied the tradition of the Varedeise emperors before him by not taking the name "Varenechibel", and instead took the name "Varevesena" for his reign.

Varevesena had a “disgraceful habit of giving munificent but otherwise empty political appointments to his friends’ newborn children.”

Varevesena had Olvaris Curnar executed, likely for his anarchist beliefs.

Varevesena, like other Varedeise emperors, discouraged the old-fashioned practice of hopeful nobles presenting eligible women of their house to the emperor to become empress, as "it took up much of the time allotted for audiences." Varevesena in particular discouraged it.

The city of Ezho was founded during a gold rush that possibly took place during Varevesena's reign.

The Evressai Wars began during Varevesena's reign, when the people of the Evressai Steppes, the Nazhmorhathveras, refused “to acknowledge Varevesena as their emperor or to pay tithes to the empire. The wars had continued on and off for more than eighty years because the [Nazhmorhathveras] could not drive the elves out, nor take the Anmur’theileian, the great fortress that had been under siege before it was even built, and the elves could not catch the [Nazhmorhathveras].”

Varenechibel IV did not follow his father's example, and took the name "Varenechibel", like his grandfather, signalling a rejection of his father's policies.

## Trivia

* Arbelan Drazharan was a part of Varevesena's Untheileneise Court in some capacity.
* Since Thilmerezh was exiled by Varenechibel IV to Tanvero 40 years prior to the events of *The Witness for the Dead*, Varevesena died over 40 years prior to *The Witness for the Dead*.
* The glossary of *The Goblin Emperor* states that Ezho was “founded in the gold rush of Varenechibel III’s reign”. During Maia Drazhar's dinner with the goblin ambassador from Barizhan, Vorzhis Gormened, the narrator notes, “the gold rush in **Maia’s grandfather’s day**, the founding of Ezho”. As Maru Sevraseched is Maia's maternal goblin grandfather, this is possibly awkwardly referencing Maru (seemingly implying he was currently dead/no longer ruling, which was untrue, and also out of place, given Ezho is in the Ethuveraz, not Barizhan), but Maia's paternal elven grandfather was *Varevesena* (who was dead at this point), while Varenechibel III was Maia's **great-grandfather** (also dead), so it's unclear who is being referenced, or if this is a typo.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Addison, Katherine. “3. The Alcethmeret.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
2. ↑ Addison, Katherine. “21. Mer Celehar Goes North.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Addison, Katherine. “A Listing of Persons, Places, Things, and Gods.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
4. ↑ Addison, Katherine. “28. A Letter from Mer Celehar.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
5. ↑ Addison, Katherine. “15. The Problem of Setheris.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Addison, Katherine. “17. Dinner with the Goblin Ambassador.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
7. ↑ Addison, Katherine. “23. The Opposition of the Court.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
8. ↑ Addison, Katherine. “18. Varenechibel's Legacies.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
9. ↑ Addison, Katherine. *The Witness for the Dead*, First ed., Tor, 2021.