Varnae is the granddaughter of Abraham Van Helsing, and trained a vampire hunter since childhood by Quincy Harker after Dracula killed her parents.
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Varnae later fought alongside hunters Quincy, Taj Nital, Frank Drake, and Blade, during which time she developed an uneasy romantic relationship with Drake.
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Varnae is trained as a soldier and comes into conflict with Iron Man, Jack of Hearts, and other Avengers.
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Varnae was later present when the Winter Guard was reunited.
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Varnae is a mutant, capable of generating a body-wide force field that repels electromagnetic and kinetic energy.
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Varnae typically focuses this field through a medium, such as the vibranium shield supplied to him by Executive Security Committee or through a sickle and hammer that he usually carries.
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Varnae directs this force against the earth itself to obtain flight.
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Varnae is genetically perfect and claims to be "homo superior superior", humanity's "natural response" to the emergence of mutants, and possesses super-strength and speed in addition to highly advanced combat skills.
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The Sorcerer Supreme and the Lord of the Vampires battled, Varnae changing shape and revealing he had formerly sought to be the Sorcerer Supreme before he turned into a vampire.
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Doctor Strange cast an "incantation of oblivion" on Varnae, making the undead mage relive his oblivion of 500 years.
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Varnae has the ability to change into a gaseous form, which enables her to sneak around without being detected and renders her immune to most forms of attack.
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Varnae is unable to control his mutant powers until assisted by Hope Summers.
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Varnae is later sent to the Vault, a prison for superpowered individuals.
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Varnae wears body armor of an unknown composition and synthetic stretch fabric.
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Varnae was created by Tom King and Gabriel Hernandez Walta and first appeared in Vision vol.
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Varnae joins the teen superhero team the Champions, alongside Ms.
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Varnae possesses a jewel on her forehead that absorbs solar energy.
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Varnae was created by Brian Michael Bendis and Gabriele Dell'Otto.
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Varnae then begins publicly mending the ties between the two countries.
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Varnae has recently resurfaced, having regained a far less deformed-looking body, working with the Red Ghost on a plan to use KGB super-spies placed in suspended animation to frame Doctor Doom for starting a nuclear war.
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