Varis

The Seeker, Erick, gives her the name Varis, as it means hunter.

Archive 2007-11-01 Jeff C 2007

The Seeker, Erick, gives her the name Varis, as it means hunter.

Review: The Skewed Throne by Joshua Palmatier Jeff C 2007

Wigfair, once Wicware, stands for Gwig-wair, and that the second half of this represents the name Varis which the Antonine Itinerary places on the Roman road from Chester to Carnarvon at a point which cannot be far from St. Asaph and the Clwydd river (see my _Military Aspects of Roman

Roman Britain in 1914 1889

Patron Agnes Varis donated 25 million dollars so that anyone who made the tiniest effort could see the opera any weekend for $25 by participating in a drawing (how's that for a one in a million ratio).

Patricia Zohn: CultureZohn: Singing in the Streets Patricia Zohn 2010

Patron Agnes Varis donated 25 million dollars so that anyone who made the tiniest effort could see the opera any weekend for $25 by participating in a drawing (how's that for a one in a million ratio).

Patricia Zohn: CultureZohn: Singing in the Streets Patricia Zohn 2010

Patron Agnes Varis donated 25 million dollars so that anyone who made the tiniest effort could see the opera any weekend for $25 by participating in a drawing (how's that for a one in a million ratio).

Patricia Zohn: CultureZohn: Singing in the Streets Patricia Zohn 2010

Patron Agnes Varis donated 25 million dollars so that anyone who made the tiniest effort could see the opera any weekend for $25 by participating in a drawing (how's that for a one in a million ratio).

Patricia Zohn: CultureZohn: Singing in the Streets Patricia Zohn 2010

Her powers are sketchily defined, which is part of the book's appeal; we're never given more information than is available to Varis, our point-of-view and central character.

seanan_mcguire: Book review: "The Skewed Throne," Joshua Palmatier. seanan_mcguire 2009

Streets are falling into disrepair, crime and violence are on the rise, and children like Varis are becoming increasingly common, trying to claw out an existence in the gutters of a part of the city charmingly referred to as "the Dredge."

seanan_mcguire: Book review: "The Skewed Throne," Joshua Palmatier. seanan_mcguire 2009

One of the most interesting aspects of The Skewed Throne is the fact that Varis is, through no real fault of her own, not a very nice person.

seanan_mcguire: Book review: "The Skewed Throne," Joshua Palmatier. seanan_mcguire 2009