Boritsi Family

The Boritsi family maintains a complex network of alliances, secret debts, and veiled threats to dominate Borcan politics. They do not rule Borca by title alone, but through control of its elite—holding sway over trade guilds, artist collectives, military officers, and political salons. Their estates are places of opulence, gossip, and frequent disappearances.

Their political style is as sophisticated as it is cutthroat. Rarely do they make public declarations; instead, they orchestrate outcomes through suggestion, implication, and social leverage. Rumors of poisons slipped into drinks or debts paid with daggers abound, though never proven.

The most infamous Boritsi is Ivana Boritsi, a striking and enigmatic noblewoman whose beauty, charm, and cruelty are legendary. She is both the public face of the family and the domain’s feared and hidden master—Borca's Darklord—though few dare speak the latter truth aloud. Under her guidance, the family has perfected the art of killing with style: poisons, heartbreak, and scandal are as much their weapons as swords or spells.

Ivana’s rule is indirect but absolute. Through carefully placed allies and subtle threats, she ensures that every noble ball, trade negotiation, and political decision ultimately aligns with her will.

Founded generations ago, the Boritsi family's ascent was built not only on business acumen but also on strategic marriages, quiet assassinations, and calculated betrayals. They transformed their image from ambitious merchants into the very embodiment of Borcan nobility, creating a legacy that endures in the lavish theaters of Levkarest, the perfumed salons of Sturben, and the apothecaries of New Ilvin.

Boritsi perfumes, tonics, and elixirs are exported across the domain, often touted as the most luxurious—and sometimes the most dangerous—goods available. Their tonics can heal, but just as easily harm, and Boritsi-branded items are often laced with intrigue both literal and political.

In Borca, to be associated with the Boritsi name is to carry prestige and peril. They are both admired and feared, envied and detested. Commoners speak of them with awe; rival nobles plot against them with trembling hands. Their influence has shaped Borcan fashion, etiquette, and even architecture—marked by elegance, symmetry, and often hidden passageways.

Artists, perfumers, and scholars patronized by the Boritsi are elevated overnight, though such favor often comes with invisible strings—or a sudden and tragic fall from grace.