Ireena Kolyana

Ireena Kolyana (a.k.a. Tatyana)

A blazing hearth fire fills this room with rolling waves of red and amber light. The walls are lined with ancient books and tomes, their leather covers well oiled and preserved through careful use. All is in order here. The stone floor is concealed beneath a thick, luxurious rug. In the centre of the room is a large, low table, waxed and polished to a mirrored finish. Even the poker in its stand next to the blazing fireplace is polished. Large, overstuffed divans and couches are arranged about the room. Two chairs of burgundy-coloured wood with padded leather seats and back cushions face the hearth. A huge painting hangs over the mantelpiece in a heavy, gilded frame. The rolling firelight illuminates the carefully rendered portrait. It is an exact likeness of Ireena Kolyana.
The painting above the fireplace depicts Tatyana, a beautiful young woman with auburn hair. Strahd commissioned the painting over four centuries ago to impress his beloved. The fact that Ireena Kolyana looks exactly like Tatyana is proof to Strahd that both women were born with the same soul.
Ireena, a striking young woman with auburn hair, had been bitten twice by Count Strahd von Zarovich. The villagers of Barovia were afraid of her and avoided her. Ace Ventura were Ireena's best hope for protection, so she would have been willing to accompany them under certain conditions. Although she appeared mild, she had a strong will, and she aided the party as best she could in saving herself. She didn't remember her early past. She didn't know how she came to Old Barovia or where she came from. Moreover, her encounters with Strahd were fuzzy memories, thanks to his vampiric charm, but she could recall clearly the blazing hunger in his eyes.

Mental characteristics

Personal history

Long before Ireena Kolyana, there was a peasant from Berez named Marina. The vampire Strahd first met Marina in this small village on the shore of the Luna River. Marina bore a striking resemblance to Strahd's beloved Tatyana, both in appearance and manner, and she became Strahd's obsession. He seduced her in the dead of night and feasted on her blood, but before she could be turned into a vampire, the burgomaster of Berez, Lazlo Ulrich, with the aid of a local priest named Brother Grigor, killed Marina to save her soul from damnation. Enraged, Strahd slew the priest and the burgomaster, then used his power over the land to swell the river, flooding the village and forcing the residents to flee. Later the marsh crept in, preventing the villagers from returning. Berez has remained mostly abandoned since.
Ireena wasn't the natural daughter of Kolyan Indirovich. Although Ireena never knew, Kolyan found her at the edge of the Svalich Woods near the Pillarstone of Ravenloft. She was but a girl then and seemed to have no memory of her past. Kolyan adopted her and loved her dearly.

Relationships

Ismark the Lesser

Brother

Towards Ireena Kolyana

4

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Ireena Kolyana

Sister

Towards Ismark the Lesser

5

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Species

Human

Ethnicity

Barovian

Life

7982 8008 26 years old

Spouses

Siblings

Ismark the Lesser (Brother)

Gender

F

Eyes

Chestnut

Hair

Auburn

Skin Tone/Pigmentation

Tanned, light

Height

5'4"