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[[File:Guard-varangian-ACR.png|right|180px|thumb|A Varangian]]<br />
The '''Varangians''' (Old Norse: ''Væringjar'', Greek: ''Varangoi'') were [[guards]] stationed in [[Constantinople]] and [[Derinkuyu]]. They were the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] equivalent of [[Italy|Italian]] [[Seekers]], and fought with [[Long weapons|halberds and spears]].<br />
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Varangians also wielded [[Firearms|pistols]] once they were disarmed in combat, or when the [[Assassins|Assassin]] [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]] fled to an inaccessible position.<br />
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==Trivia==<br />
*Historically, the Varangians hailed from Scandinavia, parts of Medieval [[Russia]], and [[United Kingdom|England]] (after 1066), but consisted primarily of Norse recruits. From the 9th to 14th century, they served as the personal guard of the Byzantine Emperor, functioning similarly to the personal guard of the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] Sultan, the [[Janissaries]].<br />
**Their name comes from Old Norse compound ''væringi'', from ''vár'' "pledge" and ''gengi'' "companion", i.e. "a sworn person" or "a foreigner who has taken service with a new lord by a treaty of fealty to him, or protégé."<br />
*In terms of weaponry, the Varangians wielded two-handed Danish Axes, making them more akin to [[Brutes]]. a position filled by the [[Almogavars]] in game, rather than Seekers.<br />
**In the artbook of ''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'', concept art of the Varangians showed that they were supposed to wield one-handed swords.<br />
*Looting or stealing from Varangians would give Ezio [[Smoke screen bombs|smoke screen]] or [[smoke decoy bombs]] should his tactical or diversionary pouches be empty.<br />
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==Gallery==<br />
<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" widths="180"><br />
The Varangians art.jpg|Concept artwork for the Varangian guard archetype<br />
662 large.jpg|Developmental artwork of a Varangian guard character model<br />
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==Reference==<br />
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''<br />
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