Varian Jeggare

Varian Jeggare

(Person)

Aliases

Abrogail's rat-catcher (pejorative)

Titles

Count
Venture-Captain

Alignment

Neutral good

Ancestry/Species

Aiuvarin

Class

Wizard 6

Gender

Male

Homeland

Egorian, Cheliax

Deity

Desna privately; Asmodeus publicly

Organization

Pathfinder Society

Companion(s)

Radovan, Arnisant

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Source: Pathfinder Society Guide, pg(s). 59

Count Varian Jeggare is a Chelaxian noble and venture-captain of the Pathfinder Society. Along with his bodyguard, Radovan, Jeggare has investigated mysterious deaths among the aristocracy of Cheliax and ventured deep into the mountains of Ustalav to learn the true fate of a missing Pathfinder. Since his Ustalavic trip, the count has been accompanied by his faithful Ustalavic wolfhound named Arnisant.

Background

Jeggare learned magic at the Acadamae, an arcane college in Korvosa, where he specialized in metamagic and evocation. Unfortunately, he experienced an unusual condition during his studies in which he suffered an acute case of nausea while retaining and casting spells. As a result, he abandoned his studies and returned to his home in Greensteeples in Egorian. Despite this peculiar condition, Jeggare eventually passed the final examination at the Acadamae.

During a trip to Ustalav, Jeggare rediscovered the secrets of riffle scrolls in an obscure library. With this new method of casting spells, he had a handy remedy for the crippling nausea he normally suffered.

Jeggare is a worshipper of Desna first and foremost, but only in private; in public as a count of Cheliax, he has to perform due service to Asmodeus, his country's patron deity.

As a patron of the Pathfinder Society, he secretly operates a Pathfinder lodge out of his manor home of Greensteeples, an act that violates laws against certain Society activity in Cheliax.

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Relatives

He is the son of Countess Pontia Jeggare and the elf Variel Morgethai of Riverspire, Kyonin.

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Pontia and Variel met in Greengold, when Pontia was 19 years old and touring the Inner Sea region; she cancelled the tour after a dalliance between the two, and according to Variel had asked the elf to return to Cheliax with her, which he refused to do out of a desire to avoid becoming Forlorn and to continue his pursuit of the elven concept of the Brightness. Pontia had also kept Varian's existence a secret from Variel.

Varian's grandfater was Patroclus Jeggare, and despite his disappointment in Pontia for bearing a bastard son, refusing to marry, and refusing to bear further children, Patroclus educated Varian as a boy and soon also named him the sole irrefutable heir of his estate, defying other branches of House Jeggare.

Variel gifted the Red Carriage to Pontia, unknowingly on Varian's 16th birthday. Pontia in turn gifted the carraige to Varian, suggesting to him that it was his father's "legacy" to him. She died approximately a decade later.

Adventures

The Lacuna Codex

In 4711 AR, the count was responsible for the transport of the nefarious Lacuna Codex to the Decemvirate in Absalom.

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Works

Benedet, the majordomo of Greensteeples Manor.

Jeggare wrote Bestiary of Garund, which classifies the fauna of the Garundi continent, in his youth.

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Possessions

Varian Jeggare wields the Shadowless Sword.

Count Jeggare numbers many interesting items amongst his possession, including:

Red Carriage

A beautifully crafted horse-drawn carriage which his mother informed him was a gift from his father.

Shadowless Sword

A magical blade that, amongst other advantages, is able to penetrate illusions to see the real situation.

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References

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Varian Jeggare is mentioned in the following works:

WorkThis entity is best represented by this wikipage.	ReleaseThe release date or a partial release date.
Prince of Wolves	August 2010
The Lost Pathfinder	October 2010
Hell's Pawns	May 2011
Master of Devils	August 2011
A Lesson in Taxonomy	August 2011
Husks	July 2012
Queen of Thorns	October 2012
The Fencing Master	2013
King of Chaos	August 2013
The Elven Entanglement	September 2013
Killing Time	October 2013
Lord of Runes	2 June 2015
Year of Shattered Sanctuaries (scenario)	25 August 2021
The Devil-Wrought Disappearance	29 October 2021
The Locked Lodge	15 December 2021
The Burning of Greensteeples	26 March 2025