Varathos – Warden of Syelden

A devout priest of Namneri in life, in death Varathos was given the honour to be among the ranks of the Wardens of Syelden. Those who wander the halls and infinite planes of the afterlife, ensuring things are as they should be: no wayward or evil souls have made their way into its endless confines, nor any souls within create a plane that is unbecoming of the afterlife’s pure nature. Though exile is not always the punishment for such offenses, but a place of confinement in which the wayward souls might atone for their sins and misdoings, before they receive a renewed judgement. The prisons of Syelden are a place where wayward souls are confined, faced with the perils and misdoings of their lives, forced to relive them in full, their eyes placed through the perspectives of those whom they wronged. Abusers become the abused, thieves their victims, adulterers the scorned spouse. Yet it is not needless cruelty. Varathos himself has seen many souls endeavour in a final repentance in these revelations. Whilst truly unforgivable sins cannot be rebuked, lesser sins by greater souls can. In such understanding, a final peace is found, and the soul is released to Syelden. Varathos, as a Warden, is both the shepherd to that soul, and the sentinel against it. Now as Syelden is attacked, many of these souls are at risk of undoing their peace, easily corrupted by Mindoriel’s Spawn. Varathos must do his best to prevent such a calamity from occurring, whilst defending the afterlife from the spawn of evil.