Lydia Petrovna
The Baroness. At the risk of sacrificing her sanity, the baron’s wife, Lydia Petrovna (LG female human commoner), has embraced her husband’s philosophy of happiness. She laughs at the baron’s every comment, to the extent that it has become a nervous reflex, and she tries to spread good cheer by throwing daily tea-and-sandwich parties in the parlor for her “dearest friends,” many of them poor folk who tolerate the baroness only because they crave something warm to eat and drink. Lydia is a gods-fearing woman and the younger sister of the town priest, Father Lucian Petrovich. She is a descendant of Tasha Petrovna, a priest entombed in Castle Ravenloft (chapter 4, area K84, crypt 11).
Lydia is a Morning Lord fearing woman. She's gentle and reserved for all accounts, but also actively stops herself from having "bad thoughts." If she sees something she knows is wrong, she actively suppresses that knowledge and goes into complete denial.
Lydia has only the most superficial likes and dislikes. She doesn't involve herself in more complicated matters because of the seriousness involved in them, which she wants nothing to do with.
Lydia is fully aware that her husband actively holds villagers prisoner and beats them when he's feeling down. But she's also in complete denial about it. It's almost like her brain just short circuits whenever she sees or hears something distressing. Underneath all that denial, Lydia is actually afraid of her husband and is just glad he doesn't aim his anger as her.
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