| Warden Quintus Varus | |||
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Warden Quintus Varus |
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| Race | Imperial | Gender | Male |
| Died | 3E 427 Stormhold |
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| Resided in | Stormhold | ||
| Appears in | Stormhold | ||
—Warden Varus
Quintus Varus was the Imperial warden of Stormhold prison and a reputed lunatic.[1][2] He ruled as warden circa 3E 427,[UOL 1] forcing his prisoners to dig for crystals, which he valued. He planned to locate the Storm Crystal, a large crystal capable of holding large amounts of corruption, and use it to store all the evil in the Empire, titling himself the Slayer of Evil.[3] Varus has great success extracting the lesser Stormhold Crystals. The prisoners who dug in the tunnels, nicknamed "tunnel rats", kept some of the crystals for themselves, for use in smuggling or exploring the dangerous undead-infested tunnels. Varus overlooked this theft as long as tunnel rats were not greedy.[3][2]
Varus attempted to use the minor Crystals to contain corruption, removing evil from one man to place into another, but this backfired horribly. The earth itself began to ooze corruption due to how many were afflicted from his scheme. Over time, prisoners and their overseers began to go mad, fleeing into the tunnels and attacking workers clearing the ruins. Digging in the tunnels caused corruption to infect the workers, which led to madness and lizard-like deformities over time. Varus afflicted far too many, and the prison camp's healer, Helga, was unable to cure all of them. Many of the overseers began to show horrific deformities, and prisoners weren't expected to survive long.[4][2][UOL 2]
Varus, driven insane in his search for the Storm Crystal, continued to open new tunnels and eventually succeeded in tracking it down. A prisoner, whom Varus nicknamed the "master tunnel rat", with the help of the Helga and several other prisoners, gathered enough equipment from the ruins to defeat the overseers and confront Varus. The two fought for the Storm Crystal, and the prisoner was victorious. Although the Crystal was unable to hold the evil of the Empire, the prisoner was able to use it to clear the prison camp of corruption, letting the inmates go free.[2]
GalleryEdit
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Varus prior to corruption
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Varus after corruption
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Varus with advanced corruption
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Varus fully corrupted
See AlsoEdit
- For game-specific information, see the Stormhold article.
ReferencesEdit
Note: The following references are considered to be unofficial sources. They are included to round off this article and may not be authoritative or conclusive.
- ^ Anthony Gill Interview
- ^ Vander's unused dialogue in Stormhold