Varian



Varian is a character from Tangled: The Series, also known as Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure. His debut was in the episode: "What The Hair?!" In the final episide titled "Plus Est En Vous" Varian got the official title of being Coronas Royal Engineer along with his father, Quirin. He returns as the main protagonist of the spin-off series Varian and the Seven Kingdoms.

Varian is a spirited, tenacious young alchemist from Corona who is eager to learn everything there is to learn about alchemy and magic. Seeing himself as a bit of an outcast in Corona, Varian decides to travel to new kingdoms with an almanac once belonging to his adventurous mother. On this journey, Varian is looking for missing pieces of himself, seeking his 'tribe'. By completing his mother's works, Varian hopes to gain a better understanding of himself.

Appearance
Varian looks very similar to how he looked in Tangled The Series, though he is said to be a bit taller. He still has his iconic hairstyle with his black, messy hair and a peculiar teal hair stripe. He stills wears his large, brown goggles on top of his hair. He has warm, honey skin and a heart-shaped face with freckles and large, round light blue eyes and thin black eyebrows. His nose is upturned and sharp and he has two buck-teeth.

His first outfit in Varian And The 7 Kingdoms has a light teal shirt, very similar to the one he has in the first season of Tangled The Series, though this one doesn't have a patch. He also wears dark turquoise, baggy pants held up by a belt with the Dark Kingdom symbol in it, most likely a gift from his father, Quirin, who was a knight of the Dark Kingdom. He has dark grey boots. He wears black gloves (smaller than his original ones in Tangled: The Series) on his hands and a bright orange scarf around his neck. He has a couple of test tubes filled with glowing green liquid strapped to his right sleeve with a dark brown piece of cloth. He also has a dark brown sash that has glass balls filled with glowing materials of different colors glued onto it. He also has a huge teal backpack with a couple of pouches attached to it and a few patches. He is seen holding a brown staff with glass balls filled with similar glowing materials as the ones on his sash.

On his second outfit he wears a natural white, long-sleeved shirt with puffy sleeves and a high collar. On top of that he has a detailed dark teal vest with golden buttons and trimming. He also wears baggy, dark teal pants held up by a black belt with gold buttons. He seems to have some sort of a pouch attached to his left upper pant. He has boots with different shades of grey and a few golden buttons. He also wears his usual big black gloves and goggles on top of his head, but this time the goggles have an additional lens on top of the existing right lens. He has a test tube filled with glowing green material attached to his belt. He also has an additional black belt with a couple of glass balls filled with glowing materials of different colors attached to it. His hair seems to be a bit shorter than usual, and he has two hair stripes instead of one in his hair.

Personality
Varian is a highly intelligent young alchemist, scientist and inventor from the Light Kingdom, Corona. He doesn't particularly like magic, and prefers to solve things trough scientific means. Despite his intellect, he used to be naïve and caused a lot of explosions and chaos with his inventions, but he had the best of intentions. During the original show Tangled The Series his main motivation is making his father proud of him, as he seems to disapprove of his dangerous experiments.

He is shown to be very kind, supportive, understanding and polite. He is always willing to help those in need, most of his inventions being to make life easier for the people around him. He tries his best to get rid of the black rocks destroying his town in season 1 of Tangled The Series, despite his father telling him to stay away from them. He also immadiately offers to help Cassandra with her Lady-in-Waiting duties in "Great Expotations", and also forgives her when she fails to meet her end of their deal, because he understands how important that day has been for her.

During "Queen For a Day", a shift in Varian's character happens. While trying to find a solution to the black rocks that plague his town, he accidentally traps his father in amber. Desperate for help, he travels to Corona to ask Rapunzel for help, since she had previously promised to help Varian if the time ever comes. However, when he arrives at the castle, Rapunzel tells him that there is no way for her to help him, since Corona is in state of emergency. Varian keeps begging Rapunzel to help his dad, saying she's his only hope, but eventually Nigel signals the guards to throw Varian out of the castle, leaving Rapunzel distraught for refusing Varian help. When Varian returns to his home, he finds his father completely covered in the amber, unable to do anything. Varian is left crying in his home, next to his comatose father. At the end of the episode, Varian's sadness turns to rage, and he promises his father that he's going to get him out of amber, no matter what he has to do. He also exclaims: "Anybody who stands or has stood in my path, they're going to pay!".

After that, Varian disappears for a few episodes, but when he returns, he is very different. He is shown to be more cunning, manipulative and filled with anger at Rapunzel and the rest of her kingdom. He commits multiple accounts of treason; feeding the entire staff with truth cookies, breaking into the castle, stealing a precious magical object, kidnapping the Queen of Corona and attacking Rapunzel. At the end of season 1 of Tangled The Series, he is arrested for his crimes and locked in a prison cell for assumedly a year.

Varian does not appear in the second season of Tangled The Series. He does get a cameo in the episode "Happiness Is..." where we see him in Rapunzel's nightmare.

In the third we find out he has broken out of his cell at some point, and began working with the Separatist of Saporia. He has provided them with scientific and alchemical resources that helped them with taking over the kingdom of Corona.

Voice
He is officially voiced by Jeremy Jordan in Tangled The Series. Jeremy is an American actor, singer and dancer. He has performed in Broadway musicals, TV shows and movies alike. Some of his most known roles are as Jack Kelly in Newsies, Tony in West Side story and Jamie in The Last Five Years. In Tangled The Series he voiced Varian for all three seasons, performing in 10 songs during that time. Five of them were solos, three was a duet, and the last two were group numbers. Jeremy has said that he would love to voice Varian again, if possible.

Yong
Varian meets Yong in the Fire Kingdom. Yong's enthusiasm for his inventions, along with his unluckiness with his inventions and his truly good intentions remind Varian of himself, and so Varian decides to take Yong under his wing and Yong becomes a younger brother to him. Yong admires Varian and wants to try out one of his dangerous automatons, but Varian is trying to not let that happen.

Hugo
During their first meeting, Hugo steals Varian's and Yong's totem, making them both very angry at him. However, Varian can't help but be a bit impressed of Hugo's intelligence and inventions. When Hugo gives the totem back and tries to join their team, Varian is at first hesitant, but ends up accepting Hugo's offer to join the team since he seems to have high intelligence and good survival skills. It's theorized that the reason Varian forgave Hugo so easily is because of his own criminal past, and how Rapunzel forgave him for all that.

Varian simultaneously is annoyed by Hugo and looks up to. He always feels like Hugo is just a little bit better than him, a little bit smarter, a little bit taller. Hugo's snarky remarks and sassy comments drive Varian up the wall, but at the same time Varian wishes he was more like Hugo. During the journey to find all the totems, Hugo once make fun of Varian for the crush he had on Cassandra. Hugo often teases and messes with Varian a lot for fun, but eventually becomes best friends.

When everyone finds out that Hugo is a double agent sent by Donella, Varian is upset and storms into The Library. He locks himself in and meets his mother who has been kept alive inside of the Library due to its magic. Due to being trapped in The Eternal Library for many years, Ulla had gradually lost her sanity, and in an effort to get out she tried to possess Varian. Hugo gets inside the library to apologise and explain what had happened but found Varian getting possessed by his mother. Hugo tries to save Varian with Nuru and Yong. Then eventually Ulla is defeated. Hugo apologises to Varian and they exchange meaningful words with each other. The two admit their feelings for one another and end up in a romantic relationship.

Kait describes their relationship as "We viewed Hugo and Varian's relationship evolving from a sort of Pinocchio/Lampwick situation to that of an equal one. In a way, their bond repaired the partnership that frayed between Ulla and Donella."

Nuru
Not a lot is known about their relationship, but they seem to get along well. Varian let Nuru join his crew in order to help her people, and it's said that Nuru reminds Varian of Rapunzel, his close friend. That is how they are often portrayed. Talking about alchemy, science and astronomy is something they bond over. Nuru is often shown as very protective of Varian against Hugo, especially after they find out he's been working for Donella.

Ulla
Ulla is Varian's mother, but she left Varian and her husband to pursuit her career, and ended up disappearing. Varian still feels a connection to her, and wants to finish her scientific work in hopes to understand her and be closer to her. Varian is overjoyed when he finds out his mother isn't dead, and is happy to finally meet her in the Eternal Library.

Quirin
Quirin is Varian's father, and he's raised Varian on his own since Ulla left. Varian often feels that his father is disappointed in him because all his inventions fail, when in truth Quirin is worried about the danger of his activities, because he has already lost his wife to alchemical research. During Tangled The Series Varian's main motivation is making his father proud of him, and he is willing to do anything to make that come true. But every time, his inventions seem to fail and cause more harm than good.