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Varsh was the leader of the Outlers and the older brother of Adric.
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Biography
Early life
Varsh was born on Alzarius to Morell and Talisa (AUDIO: The Invasion of E-Space, A Full Life) and, when he was about three and a half, (PROSE: Full Circle) he gained a brother, Adric. (TV: Full Circle)
According to most accounts, Varsh and Adric's parents died in a forest fire when Varsh was four or five. (PROSE: Full Circle; AUDIO: The Invasion of E-Space, A Full Life) After this, the two brothers were raised by friends of their parents and felt that they could only express their feelings to one another. (PROSE: Full Circle)
According to another account, Varsh and Adric's parents died in a farming accident when Varsh was about fifteen. (PROSE: A Boy's Tale)
Leading the Outlers
Varsh left the Starliner with his friends Tylos Milren and Keara Login as he did not care for the strictures of Alzarian society, later being joined by other youths. (PROSE: Full Circle) Adric, however, believed that it was because Adric was smarter than him and their parents put together by age twelve. (PROSE: A Boy's Tale) Although Varsh had broken his family ties when he became an Outler, he remained loyal to Adric, (TV: Full Circle) who believed that Varsh was the only one who understood him. (AUDIO: Purgatory 12)
Varsh was surprised when Adric approached him and the Outlers and asked to join them. He objected when Tylos suggested that Adric prove his worth by stealing riverfruit, but Adric accepted the challenge and ultimately failed. When Mistfall began, Varsh, Keara and Adric took refuge in the TARDIS, with Varsh holding Romana at knifepoint until she disarmed him and handed the weapon back. Varsh closed the doors when Romana exited and Adric, who was angry with Varsh for doing so, accidentally dematerialised the TARDIS.
The TARDIS materialised in the Starliner, where Varsh and Keara were arrested by Login and taken for an inquiry into the Outlers' theft of riverfruit. They were reunited with Tylos and told that they would not be punished. When the Marshmen attacked, Varsh distracted them with spare parts in his satchel and, on the Fourth Doctor's orders, waited in the Science Unit for a brief time. However, Varsh was unhappy with leaving Tylos and left with Adric and Keara to save him. (TV: Full Circle)
Death
The Doctor informed Varsh, Adric and Keara that Tylos was dead. Varsh and Adric used oxygen cylinders to repel the Marshmen whilst the citizens of the Starliner escaped to safety. When Adric's ran out, Varsh told him to fetch another, telling him not to argue when he expressed concern at leaving him on his own. He soon ran out of oxygen himself and threw the empty cylinder at the Marshmen before trying to leave the passageway.
As the door (TV: Full Circle) or a fire safety panel (PROSE: Full Circle) descended to close off the passageway, a Marshman pulled Varsh to the ground by his ankle and dragged him away from the exit. Adric grabbed onto his hand to try to pull him out, to no avail. Varsh pulled his hand back just before the door closed and, sealed in the passageway, he was killed by the Marshmen. (TV: Full Circle) According to one account, he said "goodbye, Adric" just before he died. (PROSE: Full Circle)
Varsh was not saved to the Nethersphere as he was out of its range, being in E-Space. (PROSE: Seb)
Legacy
After Varsh's death, Keara remarked that he had saved all of their lives and gave his belt to Adric, telling him to keep it for him. (TV: Full Circle)
On the vampire planet, Adric pretended to agree to become a vampire, telling Romana how Varsh had died for the Time Lords to sell his deception. (TV: State of Decay)
Upon landing on Purgatory 12, Adric scratched Varsh's name onto a rock in remembrance. He swore that he would never again let go as he had with Varsh's hand. (AUDIO: Purgatory 12)
In an aborted timeline, Adric and Asun had a son whom they named Varsh. (AUDIO: A Full of Life)
Adric clutched Varsh's belt as Briggs' freighter plummeted towards Earth. (TV: Earthshock) The Fifth Doctor later compared Adric's death, which was done in an attempt to stop the freighter, to Varsh's sacrifice. (TV: Time-Flight)
Personality
Despite having ostensibly cut all ties to his family upon become an Outler, Varsh was loyal to Adric as he was all that he had in the absence of their parents. (TV: Full Circle) The two were very similar, both hating rules but responding to Alzarian society differently, (PROSE: Full Circle) and Adric believed that Varsh was the only person who understood him. (AUDIO: Purgatory 12)
Appearance
Varsh shared few physical similarities with Adric. (PROSE: Full Circle) They both had dark hair and eyes, but Varsh was more tanned and more muscular. (TV: Full Circle)
Behind the scenes
John Nathan-Turner named Adric's brother "Afrus" and had Andrew Smith include the character in Full Circle.[1]