![[VarlenTaramondPathfinder-v2.webp]] # Varlen Taramond _Human Senior Priest | [[Happy Hall of Fortuitous Happenstance]] | [[Yartar]]_ ## Summary A gentle, grandfatherly priest at the [[Happy Hall of Fortuitous Happenstance]] whose soft-spoken wisdom and compassionate counsel make him beloved among [[Tymora]]'s faithful. %% ## Now _placeholder_ ## Appearance A slight, elderly man with silver hair and kind blue eyes that twinkle with apparent warmth. Wears simple priestly vestments with garden soil under his fingernails, and is always brewing tea for visitors. ## Personality Gently wise on the surface, a patient listener, subtly manipulative underneath. Sees [[Beregond]]'s arrival as divine confirmation that [[Yartar]]'s fall is imminent. ## Quote _"Sometimes, my child, even Lady Luck needs a rest. Perhaps these trials are merely... preparation for something greater?"_ ## Connections **[[Beregond]]** — coordinates with him; sees his arrival as a sign. **[[Vasira Valmyr]]** — co-conspirator. **[[Coyle Marsden]]** — manipulated his opposition to [[Theron Lockley]]. ## Background **The Souring:** Arrived at the temple forty years ago as an idealistic young priest. Over decades of watching the wealthy gamble away fortunes while the poor suffered, his faith soured. **The Turn:** [[Beshaba]]'s whispers during a crisis of faith twenty years ago proved more comforting than [[Tymora]]'s capricious promises. Recently manipulated [[Coyle Marsden]]'s opposition to [[Theron Lockley]] on [[Beregond]]'s orders. ## Secret Has served [[Beshaba]] for twenty years, systematically corrupting the temple through ritual sabotage and misdirection while coordinating with [[Beregond]] and [[Vasira Valmyr]]. ## Stats **Base:** Priest (MM p.348), modified. - Advantage on Deception checks related to religious matters. %%