Ivan Dilisnya

Ivan Dilisnya (689-present) is the co-darklord of Borca and former darklord of Dorvinia. He was granted his darklordship when he fled into the Mists after poisoning his sister and her husband, and attempting to kill their newborn child. Formerly flamboyant and a lover of the finer things in life, his personal curse is the loss of his sense of taste, leaving him murderously frustrated when others around him enjoy what he cannot anymore.

Ivan is the son of Stefania Septow and Boris Dilisnya , and cousin of Ivana Boritsi. He owns Nicolai's Dagger.

Stats

2nd Edition

male human 0-Level Character, Chaotic Evil

3rd Edition

• Aristocrat 12

(revised)

• Aristocrat 4/Expert 3/Court Poisoner 5

Pathfinder

Rogue (poisoner) 6/Courter 5

Missing Dread Possibility from Gaz IV - Scions and Pretenders

In 716 BC Ivan Dilisnya took a wife, Lucretia Marzeya. She bore him twins the next year and a third child in 720 BC, a year before he finally poisoned her. However, each time Lucretia grew heavy with child, Ivan would mutter darkly like a cuckolded husband. Fearing that Ivan would turn on his own children, Lucretia had her nursemaids secret each newborn away. She never saw her children again, and Ivan was told they had all been stillborn. The infants’ ultimate fates are unknown. They may have been raised as commoners by the nursemaids themselves, perhaps under Ivan’s own roof. A rival house may have adopted them, hoping to one day use them to usurp Ivan’s power. They might even have been whisked far from Dorvinia, their heritage forgotten. The heirs' birth records in Degravo include descriptions of identifying marks. If any of the heirs are still alive and can prove their heritage, they would have a claim to Ivan’s properties in the event of his death. Such heirs would be unwise to reveal themselves before such a time, however; Ivan’s own kin whisper that he would murder sons and seduce daughters.

Chronology

• 684 BC Camille Dilisnya becomes the darklord of Borca, and Ivan's family immigrates to that land.

• 689 BC Ivan Dilisnya is born.
• 695 BC 6-Year-Old Ivan tortures animals for fun.
• 699 BC 10-year-old Ivan gleefully poisons and murders the son of a servant.
• 701 BC 12-year-old Ivan kills his mother with poison.
• 711 BC Ivana Boritsi poisons her mother Camille Dilisnya, becoming the darklord of Borca.
• 715 BC Ivan Dilisnya is exiled into the Mists by his family. Coming out of the Mists, he discovers Dorvinia
• 716 BC Ivan Dilisnya murders his wife Lucretia.
• 725 BC Falkovnia tries to invade Dorvinia; this results in the Gold Claw Massacre.
• 740 BC The Grand Conjunction occurs. In its wake, Borca and Dorvinia merge.

Data from the Ravenloft Catalogue

		Secrets of the Dread Realms Domains of Dread
		Secrets of the Dread Realms - p15 Domains of Dread - p57 Realm of Terror - reference card
		Secrets of the Dread Realms - pp14-16 Domains of Dread - p58 The Ravenloft Campaign Setting:Domains and Denizens - pp60-62 Realm of Terror - pp93-94,reference card
		Secrets of the Dread Realms - pp7,14-16 Ravenloft Third Edition - pp115,124 Domains of Dread - p58 The Ravenloft Campaign Setting:Domains and Denizens - pp10-11,60-62 Realm of Terror - pp93-94,p123,reference card