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Major Burton Varrish

Vice Commandant of Basgiath · the interrogator the regime rewarded · Solas's rider · his smile was perfectly cruel

Major Burton Varrish

“I memorize the look on Varrish's face as the life fades out of him, just so I can reassure myself that he's really dead when the nightmares inevitably come.”

Violet Sorrengail — Iron Flame

Basgiath had a man whose signet could find the one thing you loved most — and a regime that read his body count and handed him a promotion. He made the back half of Iron Flame a held breath.

Major Burton Varrish, installed as Vice Commandant over the Riders Quadrant to tighten the ship and break the rebellion. He reached for Violet to get to Xaden. He got a blade instead.

At a glance

Series
The Empyrean — Iron Flame
Role
Vice Commandant of Basgiath War College, over the Riders Quadrant
Rank
Major. Career interrogator.
Signet
Weakness Reading — he sees what you love, then aims for it. Violet's weakness, he decided, was the people she loves.
Dragon
Solas — an orange daggertail, unstable and hungry, one eye short. Tairn took the eye.
Came from
Samara. Three prisoners died under his interrogations there. They promoted him anyway.
The enabler
A serum that severs the bond and blocks a signet. He only ever touched her because the regime drugged her first.
Status
Dead. Iron Flame. Violet made sure of it.

His Basgiath

The target, the ally, and the blade that turned.

Swipe to meet them all

Lightning-wielderViolet Sorrengailhis targetEnter Violet Sorrengail →
Memory-readerDain Aetosthe blade that turnedEnter Dain Aetos →
Wingleader, shadow-wielderXaden Riorsonthe trap he was settingEnter Xaden Riorson →
The regime's man at BasgiathColonel Aetoshis allyEnter Colonel Aetos →
The Marked OneImogen Cardulothe kind he huntedEnter Imogen Cardulo →
The war collegeBasgiath War Collegethe ship he tightenedEnter Basgiath War College →
The long versionRead their whole storyEverything, in one place.Enter the full story

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