Varohl emerges as a central antagonist across divergent retellings of his story, shaped by exile and vengeance. Born a human hybrid ostracized in childhood for his unnatural origins, his bitterness fuels a descent into forbidden sorcery, culminating in his self-proclaimed title as the Champion of Gold. Driven to dominate humanity through fear as punishment for their cruelty, he seeks to rewrite the world in fire and ruin.

In the OVA, his vendetta unfolds through Gardein—a loyal subordinate later exposed as a fragment of his own essence—who executes the slaughter of the protagonist’s village. Luring enemies into his stronghold, Varohl confronts them with shapeshifting prowess, morphing into a serpentine dragon and a mountainous stone golem, wielding crackling electricity to torment foes while regenerating from near-fatal wounds. Only when adversaries breach a hidden flaw in his stone armor does a fused magical assault shatter him.

The manga reframes his tyranny as tragedy: once a revered monarch, he harnessed cursed energies to protect his realm, only to be twisted into a pawn of vengeful gods. Familial ties surface here—he is the protagonist’s estranged father—and his atrocities mask a labyrinthine scheme to engineer his downfall, ensuring his daughter halts the deities’ plot to purge mankind. This iteration paints his brutality as a burdensome duty, intertwining sacrifice with his warped legacy.

Both narratives showcase his command of annihilative magic, metamorphosis into towering beasts, and nigh-unbreakable defenses. Where the OVA’s Varohl rages with personal wrath, the manga’s fallen king bears the weight of divine manipulation and a fractured paternal bond, complicating his role as both destroyer and doomed savior.