In game terms Vaarsuvius is a wizard who specialises in evocation and enchantment spells, with Evocation as his/her specialty. His/her barred schools are conjuration (revealed in OotS Comic #340) and necromancy (never stated but can be inferred from information - Vaarsuvius has used at least one spell from each school except for conjuration and necromancy). His/her familiar is a raven, which Vaarsuvius never got around to naming, but Haley Starshine named Blackwing. Vaarsuvius constantly forgets that Blackwing exists, even forgetting its telah diberi name (although this has changed in later comics).