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⚔ E M P A T H Y ⚔
xx Varian has the gift of Empathy, most likely because of the overwhelming emotions his father experienced at the time of his death. Varian is distinctly tuned in to those he is interacting with, and he picks up on their emotions -- especially if they're feeling strongly about something, be it anger, grief, whatever. Generally, Varian will keep his mental walls up to avoid prying too deeply into another's heart.

⚔ S O U L G A Z E ⚔
xx This is the power that Varian fears the most. Because he is a High Deity, he has the power to Soulgaze with another sentient being. He can only enter a Soulgaze with a humanoid, other Azrein, and Familiars. When a Soulgaze is initiated, Varian can see into the heart and -- you guessed it -- the soul of another being. But they can also see inside of him. Every hidden secret, every aspiration, every fear will be known to each other. This could be a great benefit or a terrible weakness depending on the being whom he Soulgazed with. Unless Varian consciously has his mental walls up, if he locks gazes with another for longer than seven seconds, a Soulgaze will begin.
However, once he has Soulgazed with someone, unless the core of who they are drastically changes, then even if he locks gazes for a minute with them, a Soulgaze will not repeat itself.

⚔ J U D G E M E N T ⚔
xx If Varian ever comes across a Turned or a Cursed, allied with the Six, and they end up fighting, Varian will intentionally initiate a Soulgaze to judge their character before he kills them. If he finds there is hope for them to mend their ways -- and their crimes are not grievous -- he will let them go. However, extenuating circumstances may apply.
On the other hand, if he finds them so far gone into the madness and taint that so often corrupts those in or allied with the Dark Herd, Varian will pass Judgement on them and condemn them to Duty in the World of Below, serving the Dark Gods for eternity. He is only able to do this because he is the God of Duty and Sacrifice -- both apply to this power -- but it takes a very heavy toll on him.
When Varian condemns a soul in this manner, the bells hanging from his antlers -- which can also alert him to the presence of a soul by chiming in a different pitch -- go abruptly silent before glowing white-gold, brighter than the sun. He then proceeds to pierce the Turned's or Cursed's throat, and the light from the bells incinerates them painlessly. However, when this happens, Varian utterly disgusts himself for the life that he has taken -- even though it's his Duty -- and he generally becomes violently sick, unconscious, loathes himself, or -- most commonly -- all three at once.
Passing Judgement and killing with it in this manner takes a heavy, heavy emotional and mental toll on the God, and it will forever haunt him, burned in his memory, and it will never fade nor blur with time.
Varian loathes and detests this power and calls it his curse, and will only use it in extreme situations, when there is no way out. However, before every fight, Varian also will offer the enemy a chance to retreat -- which, of course, the foolish ones never take, much to his dismay.

⚔ P A S S I V E xxS K I L L ⚔
xx Varian has what he terms 'Passive Skill.' This is a vast store of raw, unbridled energy that another can call upon, since it is largely useless to him. Every Azrein has a small amount of Skill within them, but it is so miniscule that it is of no use. As Azreth is the center of the Spirit Web in which all Azrein are connected, so too is Varian. And that is where he gets this endless store of pure Skill. All of the latent Skill within other Good-Aligned Azrein is somehow channeled to Varian, where it builds up into a bottomless well of energy. Varian can use it to do things such as push aside fatigue for a while, or to increase his running or flying speed by a little, however this tires him out tremendously and takes a heavy toll on his mortal body.
xx Though Azreth is able to tap this power through the Bond he shares with Varian, the stallion most often times refuses the King unless the circumstances are dire, a matter of life and death. Though the King pretends to hold this against the Azrein, they both know that it's merely an act. However, Azreth himself is against tapping into this raw Skill, since he knows it could easily kill both heand Varian -- along with anyone around them -- if he did not have the Will to control it. And, in scary situations, one does not always have the needed concentration to harness wild energy like what's inside of Varian.
xx The two agree that the Passive Skill is not to be touched by either of them unless one or the other is in an extreme situation. This decision alone helps them to sleep better at night, since if all of the Passive Skill within Varian was loosed, it would level the Isle.

⚔ T H E xx C A L L ⚔
xx Varian, like all High Deities, has something called the 'Call.' This is an inflection of voice, a special tone, that commands others to do something. However, he can only use the Call if it coincides with his field -- duty and sacrifice. While the Call is not absolute, most beings will hear it and obey. However, Varian only uses this to save the one to whom he is speaking, and not for any sort of personal gain.

⚔ F O R E S I G H T ⚔
xx Varian has a very small amount of Foresight -- meaning that he can on rare occasions see what might come to pass in the future. However, these occurrences are quite rare, and the information that he can interpret is fuzzy at best. The future can always be changed, and if something he sees is devastating, the very choice he and his Chosen make might cause it to end up that way. Because foretelling the future is so hit-and-miss, generally Varian will relate to the King what he has learned, and they only take caution, not make decisions solely on what the Azrein has seen.

⚔ T O R M E N T ⚔
xx The price of Varian being born into this world is very, very heavy. Every moment that he is awake, Varian feels the agony of the slow, tortured death his father Valdien experienced. Within the first few moments of being on the Isle, he learned to control it, but it is something that stays with him, every second of every day unless he is asleep. Because of his gift of Empathy, Varian can use this pain and Project it onto another being -- but doing so causes him to feel it threefold. So while he can incapacitate another from the sheer torture of it, he will be in ceaseless pain until he either cuts off his empathy or becomes unconscious. When he Soulgazes with another, they too feel this unrelenting, unending agony, and it brings them to their knees until the Soulgaze stops. However, they also see that he is pure of heart, and that he fights through the pain of the Torment to carry on his duty.

⚔ O T H E R ⚔
x x x x↳xx Because Varian is a Deity, he has several special powers that no other Azrein can command. However, each of these skills comes with a cost, and Varian doesn't use them unless he has no other choice.
x x x x↳xx When he was first 'born,' Varian had a lot of difficulty getting his powers under control. At times, one or another of them would overwhelm him, distracting him from what he was doing or putting him in immediate danger because he wasn't aware of his surroundings.
x x x x↳xx Though this isn't technically a 'power,' so to speak, Varian retains some memories of Valdien. Within him, a small part of Valdien still lives on, and sometimes, the stallion can feel his father's emotions or hear his thoughts when he -- for example -- meets an old acquaintance of his father's. He has vast amounts of his sire's knowledge to draw on, but this is both a burden and a blessing. Varian has to make an effort to separate his emotions from Valdien's, especially if his sire was biased one way or another towards another Azrein or human.