The Varnhagens are the clan who established the fortress at Sarda. They were sworn enemies of the Sweers clan. As it happens, this age-old vendetta was settled (quite finally for both sides), when a Varnhagen knight in blue enameled armor faced off against a knight of the Sweers family in the moorlands en route between the Korath desert and Amarillo. Neither of them lived to see the final outcome of their duel. They had fought over Ciri.
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The horsemen came closer. At their head, on a powerful grey, rode a giant of a man in a glittering blue, enamelled suit of armour. Close behind him rode a second armoured horseman, while two more in simple, dun costumes - clearly servants - brought up the rear.
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— pg(s). 292, Time of Contempt (UK edition)
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"(...). There's an ancestral vendetta and blood feud between the Sweers and the Varnhagens. (...)"
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— pg(s). 292, Time of Contempt (UK edition)
The Varnhagen entourage consisted of the following:
- the Blue Knight
- Two Tusks
- Remiz, a household servant
- one other unnamed servant