Biography:
Varen first appears in A Gathering of Leaves.
Correspondence Chart Entries from The Portable Grove
| Denotation | Varen del Shambhah’d (Sanskrit: sovereign, gifts or Hindi: superior; all Ashvattha emanations have the surname del Shambhah’d, Skarsian: of Shambhala.) |
| Numeration | 82nd emanation of Ashtara; 9th branch of Ashvattha; 67 in the correspondence chart. |
| Age | 37 |
| Hotness | 7/10 |
| Vital Statistics | 1.828 meters tall, cock size 16.76 cm when erect. |
| Description | His face is rugged, stern but kindly, with a thick, sun-bleached beard and unruly curls. He is tall, with a medium build and bronzed skin. He wears a khaki parka and heavy boots. |
| Skills | Recovery and restoration. |
| Sexual Prowess and Kinks | Discipline. |
| Average Duration of Play | Unknown. |
| Totem Tree | Pistacia terebinthus, the terebinth. |
| Fixed Star | Wezen, the weight (δ CMa). |
| Color |  |
| Esoteric Symbol | The Minchiate trump La Temperanza, Temperance. |
| Function | Adjudicative initiation. |
| Official Title | Perfect Excavator of Shambhala. |
| His Prophecy | The beginning and the end are strength. |
| Dessert | Seven-layer torte (with chocumber-redberri-nau’gsh-custard fillings.) |
Persistence of Weeds Addendum
| Branch Growth Characteristics | Ashvattha was synthesized fully grown by Ashtara to anchor the Shambhala colony’s Cu’enashti orchard. |
| Nul-history | Varen was attracted by Balin’s call for heroes to undertake the most worthwhile endeavor in the universe, but he was the second to last to join because he wanted to observe before making his choice. It was Balin’s bold decision to go through the wormhole from Dolparessa to Eden which convinced Varen. The Ashvattha entity was already sentient when it encountered Ashtara, who recruited it with the sight of Tara’s Destiny. |
| Proto-conscious Root Concept | Resolve, designated Discipline. |
| Prime Number of Energy Resonance | 331 |
| From Self-Portraits Not-of-Me II: Baby Pictures by Driscoll Garrett |  |