Varn - Fact File

Core Emotion: Hopelessness


Species: Murkloom


Age: Born the moment someone whispered, “What’s the point?” and couldn’t find an answer

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The Sunken Veil, where the sky presses down and time barely moves.

👾🧚Personality

Drained, heavy, and hard to reach.

Doesn’t expect things to get better, so they stop trying before they start.

Often stares blankly, even if something’s going on inside.

Afraid to hope, because it hurts more when it breaks.

✨Appearance

 Jagged, crown like top,. Bottom like cracked teeth or a closed trap.

Hanging vertical bars across the body, like rain… or a cage.

Small dot eyes and a downturned triangle nose. Expression faded, barely there

Feet are tiny or blurred, as if they’re not going anywhere.

A cracked gem or shard on their head, like a broken wish.

  ⚡Powers

Gloomshroud: 🌫️ Dims the light and muffles sound, making others feel stuck too.

Hope Drain: 💧 Absorbs energy and willpower from nearby feelings of defeat.

Stillfall: 🕰️ Stops the motion of objects, ideas, and even time for a few heavy seconds.

Shadow Sink: 🕳️ Draws thoughts downward into “what’s the point?” spirals, making even small tasks feel impossible.

Fadechain: ⛓️ Links with anyone nearby who feels low, quietly spreading their heaviness like invisible chains. Although these same chains can be lifted together.

  🧘‍♂️Disarming Steps

“Tiny Move” 🪶: When everything feels too heavy, move just one thing — blink, wiggle a toe, stretch a finger.
👉 Breaks Stillfall & Shadow Sink.

“Light Dot” 💡: Find or imagine one speck of light (a candle, a star, a window) and hold your focus there.
👉 Softens Gloomshroud.

“Borrow Spark” 🤝: Think of (or be with) someone who has hope today, imagine borrowing a little of theirs until yours returns.
👉 Loosens Fadechain.

“Say the Maybe” 🗣️: When your mind says “never,” whisper one gentle “maybe.”
👉 Disarms Hope Drain & Shadow Sink.

“Together Step” 👣: Ask for help, or let someone walk beside you, every shared step breaks a chain link.
👉 Restores balance across all powers and transforms heaviness into connection..

  🌈 Secret Soft Side

Varn doesn’t want to trap others. They just don’t know how to open themselves. But even the smallest flicker of light (shared by someone who stays) can start to loosen the cage from the inside