Raith Karanis
From Unofficial Handbook of the Virtue Universe
Raith Karanis | |
Player: @Taosin | |
Also known as: | Rayth Karanis, Raith Karanys, Varasin, Varasin Karanasi |
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Age: | appears to be mid to late-twenties |
Description: | 6', athletic build, green eyes sometimes black, grey hair Raith |
Base of Operations: | Paragon City (Kings Row), The Rogue Isles (Cap au Diable) |
Table of Contents
- Synopsis
- Overview
- Skills, Lore and Capabilities
- Demeanor and Social
- Friends, and others
- Assets and Resources
- The Circle of Labal
- Detailed Background and Articles
- Also known as: Raith Karanys, Rayth Karanis and Varasin
- Please see also Karanis for a description of the place
Synopsis
Raith appears to be a grey-haired man of approximately 30 years, usually quick of wit and with a wry sense and sometimes low sense of humour. Some will realise he is a peacebringer of sorts, while others may understand he is also Varasin Karanasi, priest, scholar and a mage of sorts. Raith lives in both Paragon City and the Etoilles, and seems to know a lot of people.
Raith Karanis
- Also known as: Raith Karanys and Rayth Karanis
- Born 1979, Cairo. Married and settled in 2001 in Valletta, Malta
- Wife: Seriah Asoan, one daughter Judith born 2003. Noth deceased 2005.
- A talented musician, Raith plays the violin and piano. He can also sing, his singing voice a pleasant tenor.
- Average education
Varasin Karanasi
- Born 1965 Zagreb, Croatia
- Raised in Rome, Italy, from the age of 4
- Ordained a Jesuit priest of the Roman Catholic church
- Well educated; scholar, theologian.
Overview
Varasin was a talented priest and scholar who came to the isles as a (hopefully) final step in a long task he was required to achieve. Arriving in the Isles in early 2008, he settled there, made friends, and comsistently worked towards this goal — along with the others he had come with. Along the way he had a relationship for a time with Asher Mitchell. He later met Tom Frost, they fell in love, and they have been together since.
At the very end of 2008 Varasin managed to complete the task he had commenced all those years ago. It cost the life, in a way, of Kleon. Kleon the man who with Varasin had been the constant other half in this task. It also cost Varasin his soul and body. Originally, he had planned it would cost him his mind as well. However, as the time drew near he found he could not face this, and sought a method way within his skills and lore to return to Tom in some fashion. This was the one and only compromise Varasin ever made throughout this quest. He found that way.
Through a stange quirk of fate, Varasin had encountered, and aided, Raith Karanis some years before. At the time, he had sensed some very faint connection of sorts between them, but never delved into what that was. In late 2008 he again encountered Raith. In fact, he was drawn to the place where Raith lay dying, his mind guttering out after a violent attack. Varasin did not have the skills to save Raith's mind, not in the mere moments left to him to act. He had, however, been researching Nictus for his task and to aid Miss Ollie at a later time, if required. Specifically the primeval Nictus of ancient Cimerora. One in particular he knew of, 'brother', in a sense, to the one that sits to the left of Romulus. This he summoned. It answered, they talked, and Ara Tenebrae agreed to rest within Raith and anchor the mind to his body and soul for a time, but only for a time.
And at the time Varasin accomplished his task, his mind — memories, will and psyche — were able to return to Raith's body. This permitted the being of Raith to continue. However, it is Varasin's mind that is dominant. Raith's mind is harmed and fragile, without the ability to connect to body and soul for any length of time without harm and degradation. It rests within and is cognizent and aware; although Raith's mind often sleeps in despair, still. Ara Tenebrae also rests within, slumbering, not yet fully awake.
Varasin had made plans if he had returned, these he put in place; easily able to move about Paragon City and the Etoilles. Still, it is a period of flux and change for him, a new accommodation and a shifting of priorities.
Skills, Lore and Capabilities
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Demeanor and SocialVarasin is a humanist in all senses of the word; this is possibly his defining trait. "humanist: a person having a strong interest in or concern for human welfare, values, and dignity; a person devoted to or versed in the humanities; a student of human nature or affairs; a classical scholar. Humanist: any one of the scholars of the Renaissance who pursued and disseminated the study and understanding of the cultures of ancient Rome and Greece, and emphasized secular, individualistic, and critical thought; a person who follows a form of scientific or philosophical humanism." Assets
Zahir and Aleph Creating a Zahir or Aleph is probably one of Varasin's favorite ways to try and hinder or help someone; it always has been. At times the Zahir or Aleph is what he says, at other times it is a physical or arcane thing. Loosely put, a zahir is "person or an object that has the power to create an obsession in everyone who sees it, so that the affected person perceives less and less of reality and more and more of the Zahir, at first only while asleep, then at all times." And Aleph is "a point in space that contains all other points. Anyone who gazes into it can see everything in the universe from every angle simultaneously, without distortion, overlapping or confusion." (Please note the player is a huge fan of the author Jorge Luis Borges magical realism; as well as Italo Calvino. The Zahir and Aleph motifs appear repeatedly in any signiciant RP these charcters have.) And some text here |
Friends, and others
Summary: click here to see details of the summary below.
Friends
Possibly not friends, or otherwise complex
Organisations
Assets and Resources
- A synopsis of quantum weaponry and the ramifications in the Rogue Isles and City.
The Circle of Labal
- See > The Circle of Labal
Summary: Varasin has complex history with Labal. In June 2009 he finished a short discourse on the Ashen King of Lies, which is in limited circulation to his allies, and to some others including Labal.
Detailed Background and Articles
- Please click here to see details of the summary below
- Varasin: Background
- Raith's Story