Varin's early life was spent on his father's farm, outside of Holm. While he was close to his father, a burly farming man, his mother seemed distant.
At the age of 12 he travelled to Holm with his father to sell their crop, and later travelled to Carolustadt, where he was mesmerized by the work of the Blacksmiths.
Two years later, while travelling to Holm, his father was murdered, and his crop stolen.
Varin believed this to have been an act of murder by their neighbor(Turvir Warcrag), whom had wanted the farm, and his mother.
A year after his father's murder, his mother married Turvir, and their farms merged.
Turvir beat Varin, and treated him as a slave. Due to this abuse Varin ran away from for at age 16 in hopes of travelling the world and learning the craft of Blacksmithing.
After two years of travelling, while doing small jobs in the cities and villages he came across in exchange for food and lodging,
Varin now returns to Carolustadt in hopes of finding a blacksmith to teach him the craft.