Varyyn

Varyyn is a character in the "Endless Summer" series. He is first seen in Book 1, Chapter 12 but was first referenced in Chapter 7. His name was confirmed in Book 2, Chapter 3.

Appearance
The man has blue skin, yellow eyes, a scar across his eye and green hair in a braided ponytail. He wears an orange and black lion mask and a necklace with a blue stone. Varyyn has an athletic physique, and can be considered attractive even by human standards.

Personality
He appears to be the leader of the Man in the Owl Mask and the Woman in the Skull Mask. He attempts to communicate with you until either Your Character or Craig attacks him. If you managed to communicate with him, he tells you he will take you no matter what. If you attacked him, you will receive a vision of you and your friends bloodied, beaten, and being dragged into the trees.

Upon touching you with his palm, he shows you that if you do not follow him, the volcano of La Huerta will cause a global and unstoppable eruption.

As Your Character learns more about Varyyn, it becomes clear that he has a dedicated and just personality, genuinely wanting to do right by his people.

By Book 3, he has inherited Diego's personality trait of encouraging you to go somewhere private and romantic with your love interest.

Diego
After capturing Diego, Ximaedra ordered Diego to act as Varyyn's tutor. The two developed a friendly relationship, with Diego covering for Varyyn and Varyyn interceding with the Vaanti on Diego's behalf. He and the other Vaanti call Diego, "Canis", which is his Hadean Zodiac sign. Upon seeing Diego and Varyyn in a seemingly intimate moment (Varyyn braided Diego's hair so he could see better), Your Character asks if Diego and Varyyn are "a thing", which flusters Diego.

After defeating Cetus, Your Character can encourage Diego and Varyyn to have a private moment, which will lead to Diego being somewhat more obvious about his attraction to Varyyn. They will finally share a kiss at the New Year's Eve party. Your Character can later encourage them to share a night under the stars before the infiltration of MASADA. When it is time for the group to step through the Lernaean Gate, Diego and Varyyn share a tearful goodbye, with Varyyn promising to wait for Diego "for eternity".

When trying to get back to La Huerta, Your Character will transmit Diego's Star Wars reference to Varyyn, prompting the young elysshar to reopen the Gate, reuniting the lovers.

Ximaedra
Ximaedra is Varyyn's mother. As a mother-son duo, they are naturally close even by Vaanti standards. Varyyn grieves intensely when Ximaedra sacrifices herself to repel Cetus, and attempts to use her time crystals to go back and save her. Ximaedra refuses to let him, and dies in his arms.

Trivia

 * Due to his hairstyle, Varyyn bears an even greater resemblance to the Na'vi of Avatar fame than other Vaanti.
 * Varyyn does not have a friendship indicator, even though he becomes as close to the catalysts as Lila or IRIS. This is probably due to his relationship, or lack thereof, with Diego.
 * Varyyn makes an appearance in Endless Summer, Book 1, Chapter 6, ahead of schedule, if you input the correct password into Rourke's computer.
 * For the Varynn and Diego scenes, the writing was inspired by the song, Stay from Rihanna ft. Mikky Ekko.