Vara

Vara was the Great White Boar, a Titan during the Time of Titans. He ruled a domain known as Virey, which was North of Tantar and East of Orlean. Among the oldest of the Titans, he was said to be either completely or nearly blind, but was not disabled by his poor vision due to his superior sense of smell. After his death, the domain of Virey was split between Durandal and Vilkatas, though his ghost was said to still haunt his old forest and cavernous lair.

Vara and Livo Goldeye

Vara was once regarded as one of the most benevolent and wise of all the Titans. He treated his subjects generously, and visitors with fairness and hospitality. One of his favorite visitors was Livo Goldeye, one of the People Below, who often visited Virey to trade. Vara was so fond of Livo Goldeye that when he learned of the Priman's death, he wept and where his tears fell a new flower was born, today called the Goldeye in Livo's honor. Goldeye is an enduring blossom that can grow even in the harshest, most poisonous soil of the Dragon Dimension -- a testament to the friendship between Livo and Vara.

Vara and Andala

Folklore also tells of the special relationship that Vara had with another mortal, a human girl named Andala. The daughter of two of the White Boar's favorite servants, when they died and the girl was orphaned Vara was asked to look after Andala as if she were his own daughter. Because he loved her parents so, he agreed, and from that day forward Andala lived with Vara in his lair, and under his guardianship. On many occassions he saved her from danger while she explored the surrounding forest, even once nearly killing the Great Wolf Vilkatas after she accidentally wandered too close to his hunting grounds.

In folklore, Andala is regarded as the epitome of beauty: her skin is pale, her figure slight, her hair fiery red and her eyes emerald green. Vara is said to have remarked that though his vision was weak, Andala was the only thing that he could still see clearly.

Hiran Goldeye, and Vara's Death

Vara's demise came at the hands of Livo's own son, Hiran. The tale of how Vara met his end serves as a cautionary tale for Titans who would consort too closely with mortals, and so Tyr and her agents gleefully spread the story once they learned of it.

It is said that, some time after Livo's death, Hiran Goldeye came to Virey to continue in his father's wake. He met with Vara and was welcomed warmly by the White Boar, who feasted the Priman and opened his domain to him. At the feast Hiran saw Andala, and was consumed with lust for her (as Primans have always lusted after human women -- a trait they inherited from their Titanic father, Kontike). He attempted to trade for her, but was rebuffed by the Boar.

In the end, Hiran resolved to steal Andala away. He bribed his way into Vara's lair with pearls and, while the Boar was away, tricked Andala into believing that Vara was dead and that he wished the girl to go with Hiran back to his underwater estate.

When Vara returned home and found Andala missing, he went into a rage, killing animals and men in his frenzy to find the girl. When he discovered the pearls his servants wore, he understood what had happened, so he ate his servants and charged off into the ocean after Hiran. Berserking, he attacked Hiran's underwater estate of Pralaya, which Hiran had built beneath an enormous stone table to protect it from the Titans. Even so, Vara was a very strong Titan, and his strength was trebled by his anger at being betrayed. He struck the table with his tusks, and it fell and crushed Pralaya, killing both Hiran and Andala. When Andala died, Vara's heart gave out, and the White Boar also perished.

The moral of Vara's story (as when it is told by Titans, for Titans): do not trust mortals. Enslave them or step on them, but never trust them.