Le Roi Varian Wrynn est le fils du Roi Llane Wrynn et le père du prince Anduin Wrynn. Lorsque son père mourut des mains de Garona lors de la première guerre contre les orcs, Varian Wrynn était trop jeune pour gouverner et laissa la nation d'Azeroth être gouvernée par Anduin Lothar. Après la fin de la Seconde Guerre et la mort de Lothar, Varian put enfin gouverner et resta fidèle à l'Alliance et à Lordaeron, qui avaient permis de reconquérir son royaume.

Hurlevent commença à se reconstruire, grâce à l'aide des autres nations de l'Alliance et aux maçons dirigés par Edwin VanCleef qu'ils engagèrent. C'est pendant cette période que Varian se maria à Tiffin Wrynn, qui lui donna un fils qu'il appela Anduin, nommé en l'honneur de Lothar. Mais c'est également à cette époque que des troubles commencèrent à apparaitre dans le royaume. La Maison des nobles, très puissante et influencée par Dame Katrana Prestor, refusa de payer les maçons autant qu'ils avaient demandé. Ceux-ci se révoltèrent et il s'en suivit de violentes émeutes dans les rues d'Hurlevent, et l'une d'entre elle couta la vie à la Reine.

Les maçons quittèrent la ville et devinrent la Confrérie Défias, et le roi tomba dans une grave dépression.

Peu après, le Roi Varian Wrynn disparu dans des circonstances étranges. Il fut en réalité capturé par des Défias qui l'emmenèrent sur une île proche de Theramore, l'île d'Alcaz.

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Varian Wrynn was born to King Llane Wrynn in the Kingdom of Azeroth and as a youth lived a joyful and prosperous life as prince of Stormwind. But all that changed when the orcs appeared from beyond the Dark Portal and attempted to destroy his homeland, thus ushering in the First War between his beloved Kingdom of Azeroth and the Horde.

Varian was officially crowned King of Stormwind at the age of eighteen.

The Stonemasons, led by Edwin VanCleef, came to lend their help in rebuilding Stormwind and hoped to forge a new future for themselves, with aspirations that riches would soon follow their work's completion. After many months Stormwind was finished, reborn as a kingdom of majesty and architectural brilliance eclipsing even its once-pristine condition before the First War. It was during this time of renewed tranquility that Varian would marry a young, beautiful woman named Tiffin and conceive a son, Anduin.

However, the corrupt House of Nobles, under the influence of Katrana Prestor, refused to adequately pay the Stonemasons for its work. King Varian was unable to negotiate a resolution because the nobility held too much political power and outmaneuvered him repeatedly.
Though the Stonemasons were compensated for their work, they received a fraction of the pay they had earned, and so Edwin VanCleef and the Stonemasons set to rioting in the streets of Stormwind, demanding just compensation. The riot was dangerous and chaotic and in the confusion Varian's young queen was brutally murdered. Edwin VanCleef fled Stormwind with the Stonemasons while Varian mourned Tiffin's death. He fell into a great depression.

After things has settled down following the Third War, he was abducted by the Defias who had been told of his diplomatic trip through a spy rumored to live within the Kingdom of Stormwind itself. Rumors circulated that he was taken to Alcaz Island and was held captive there.