Varsu Haliux

Varsu Haliux, originally called Belihior is an Etrandish ex-Knight, currently a Death Knight in Keldorn.

Biography
Varsu was born in 700 AEKE, late winter. The identity of his parents, or his intended birth name are all unknown - the only thing that is known that the infant was found by Etrandish knights, who took him in, and began to raise him. His life prior to becoming a werewolf was documented by Shargron Lodvus, who in his journey states that the boy was found when the order's leader Alakazum went on a patrol with the knights Vergum and Karlamis. The elf was found wrapped inside swaddling clothes made out of animal fur and leather, in snow. Members of the order decided to take him in and raise him, giving him the name Belihior. The boy grew nicely, and the leader of the order was very much satisfied with his development. Belihior was good at healing and swinging the sword, but he was also skilled using the mace and the axe. He spent a lot of time in the libraries, reading old books. The books that interested him the most were the ones regarding Elves, as he wanted to find out about his roots. In the winter of 713, Alakazum hired a mage skilled in Light Magic to teach everyone to the mysteries of Light Magic - no one knew why didn't they hire a priest instead, but they had no complaints, as the wizard was very good at his job. In 714, the magician was named the archmage of the order, and Belihior befriended him - the mage began teaching the elf the ancient Despotanfras tongue. The young boy showed a great interest in this ancient language. Other younglings were training for their exams into becoming proper knights.

In 715 came the time for Alakazum to finally promote the young Belihior into a proper night. Per the request of Carvas, the training officer who oversaw much of his training, Belihior received an axe instead of a sword, as the elven knight preferred battlemaxes over arming swords. In late 721, an unusually harsh winter befell the lands of Etrand - the order got notified of a werewolf raiding in the local villages during the nights, killing villagers. Alakazum, Carvas and Belihior went to the village with the plans of killing the dark being. They arrived to the village, but could not ifnd the monster. They decided to spend the night and wait for the evil creature to make its appearence. Unfortunately, things did not go according to plan: the werewolf killed Carvas and wounded Alakazum heavily, leaving Belihior alone to deal with the monster. The elven knight managed to kill the beast with his battle axe - something caught the wolf's attention for a moment, giving Belihior an opportunity to burry the blade of his axe deep in the back of the wolf-man. Afterwards, Belihior got his axe out of the monster's corpse, and hurried back to Alakazum, but by the time he arrived, he was dead. The elf arrived home alone, carrying the corpses of his fallen comrades, explaining everything about what happened, which shaked the order to its core.

During the end of the 721's winter, the mage discovered an interesting wound on Belihior's leg. With Shagron, they eventually figured out that it came from the werewolf, and was about to transform Belihior himself into the very same kind of breast he killed. They did not tell the elven knight - instead, they decided to sneak into his room during the night and give him the mercy-kill, before he would even have the chance to turn into the very thing he swore to destroy. At first, everything went according to plan, but when Carlamis was about to draw his sword, it all started. Shagron - the man who documented it all - spent three days in the building, but he states the first night was the more terrifying. He heard how his brethren were charging the werewolf screaming and yelling, and then suddenly, it was silence, then a muffled knock on the floor, signalling that the beast claimed another victim. The second day, he heard nothing, but he was afraid to go out. The third day, he gout out of the armoury with a sword in his hand. On the corridors were the corpses of his comrades, most with heavy wounds on their bodies, wounds that were impossible to survive. He went into the library, and was utterly mortified to see Belihior sitting next to the mage's corpse, just staring at it. Suddenly, Belihior turned around, darted his two eyes at Shagron, and told him that he was no longer a Wood Elf, only a mockery, a cruel parody of a Wood Elf. Around his mouth was dried blood, in his eyes anger and lust for murder. He started to approach Shagron, who was completely frozen in fear, even dropping the sword. Belihior told Shagron: he will leave him alive, but only if he writes down all that happened, and that Belihior's new name is Varsu Haliux. He knew, that he was no longer the old Belihior, there was no doubt about that. Even though Shagron Lodvus made an oath as a knight, he considered his own life more important than his oaths, so he promised to Varsu, that he'd do as ordered.

After writing all this down, Shagron fled as far as he could, never ever coming back. Upon turning into a werewolf, no one knows what happened to Varsu, with no written records mentioning his name at all, but all signs show that he is still alive - in Keldorn.

The original FRPG
Varsu Haliux first appeared on the Hungarian version of the forum on the 5th of April, 2010. He only took part in one adventure with Cla'evar: Beneath Dark Intentions.