Ivan Dilisnya

Ivan Dilisnya (689-present) is the co-darklord of Borca with his cousin, Ivana Boritsi. Prior to the Grand Conjunction and the merging of their domains, Ivan was the 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 owns Nicolai's Dagger.

Early Life

Ivan was born the son of Stefania Septow and Boris Dilisnya on a dark night in the December of 689 BC, the same moonless night as his cousin, Ivana Boritsi. Though not actual twins, their dual sinister natures would later earn them the collective moniker of the Dark Twins, the day of their birth known by the [[Borcan]s as the Day of the Dark Moon's Get

Ivan began displaying a diabolical nature from an early age and got worse as he grew older. The torture of animals at age 6 grew into a matricide with no motivation by age 12. Ivan bore a great hatred of the world around him save for Ivana Boritsi, a childhood companion, and especially Kristina Dilisnya, his elder sister. In fact, Ivan had a quite sinister, even obsessive and incestuous attachment to her. Kristina never discovered Ivan's dark nature until it was too late.

Ignorant of Ivan's depraved emotions towards her, Kristina eventually fell in love and married Edgar Leskovich Despite having married Lucretia Marzeya in 712 BC, Ivan harbored a great envy for Kristina's husband. When Kristina gave birth to Edgar's child, Ivan's jealous rage boiled over, and he poisoned both Kristina and her husband. Fortunately, a midwife was able to sneak off with the baby safely. The other Dilisnya]s gave chase to Ivan, but he escaped them by fleeing into the Mists. Yet Ivan' treachery did not go unnoticed by the Dark Powers, for his betrayal was the seminal event that granted him the domain of Dorvinia. The year was 715 BC.

Over the few years of their brief marriage, Lucretia bore three children. Although supposedly dead at birth, it is rumored these children were also taken to safety by midwives at Lucretia's behest. Regardless, Ivan poisoned Lucretia in 716 BC, adding uxoricide to his list of transgressions.

As Darklord

In Dorvinia, Ivan took ownership over his family's ancestral lands. Ivan's rule was one of corruption, built towards Ivan's depraved pleasures. Ivan's personal corruption invited corruption into his courts and government.

Vlad Drakov took notice of the above corruption and diverted some of his troops from the Dead Man's Campaign for a surprise attack in the 727 BC Gold Claw Massacre. Falkovnian soldiers put numerous Dorvinian civilians to the sword and pillaged Lechberg. However, when they loaded up the stolen goods, the Falkovnian raiders quickly died off in legions. According to Ivan's own claims, he caused the mass poisoning while wearing the disguise of Talon Armor. The long-term diplomatic consequence of the event was Ivan Dilisnya's signing of the Treaty of Four Towers.

In 740 BC, the Great Upheaval occurred. In the chaos of that catastrophe, Ivan discovered he was no longer bound to his domain. He raced off to find Ivana Boritsi. Their close proximity, both spatially and spiritually, at the time of the Upheaval's end resulted in the combining of Dorvinia and Borca. Ivana's stronger sense of self won over Ivan's, making Borca the name of the newly consolidated domain. Moreover, Ivana claimed ownership of all the lands of the new Borca, save for Lechberg and some land in Doldak Heights. However, Ivan took command of Borca's police and military forces, including those of tax collection

The year of 747 BC saw the rise of Malocchio Aderre to power in Invidia. In the years that followed, Malocchio began sending his mercenaries and soldiers over the border to nearby lands on the hunt for Vistani. These intrusions have enraged Ivan, whom issued threat after threat to Malocchio to cease and desist. "Recently" (as of 757 BC), Ivan assembled his own squad of killers to wipe out Invidian forces that come into Borca.

Current Sketch

As previously mentioned, Ivan Dilisnya's curse has robbed him of his sense of taste, a sensation he formerly took great pleasure in. Moreover, rumors speak of how his nightly sleep disturbances where he wakes screaming the name of his sister, Kristina. Regardless of the rumors' veracity, to mention of her name to Dilisnya is to court death. In recent years, Ivan's mounting age has began to way dearly upon his soul despite the fact he has the strength and vigor of a man half his years.

Whereas Ivan and Ivana were quite close friends prior to the merging of their realms, the elimination of their spatial barrier has ironically turned them into vitriolic foes. Both are the only ones that regularly send assassinss after each other. for his part, Ivan (mistakenly) believes that Ivana holds the secret of eternal youth and immortality from him.

Ivan Dilisnya keeps a watchful eye for external threats to Borca and deals with them using cloak and dagger diplomacy. Malocchio's incursions have caused relations between Invidia and Borca to simmer. Ivan may want Malocchio killed, but the latter is protected by his alliance with Drakov.

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