Ivana Boritsi
Ivana Boritsi
Elegant, calculating, and lethally refined, Ivana Boritsi rules over the mist-wreathed land of Borca, a realm where poison is more potent than any sword and betrayal flows as freely as wine. As the Darklord of Borca, Ivana is both its sovereign and its prisoner—ensnared in a gilded cage of social intrigue, courtly decadence, and the ever-present fear that someone, somewhere, might one day do to her what she has done to so many others.
As a Darklord, Ivana holds near-total sway over Borca, but she is trapped within it, as surely as a spider within its own web. The Mists of the Shadowfell deny her escape, mocking her with the illusion of power. Her realm reflects her soul: beautiful, deadly, and poisoned at the root. Its nobles emulate her cunning, its peasants fear her whim, and its walls echo with unspoken threats.
Yet none dare defy her openly. In Borca, defiance is not crushed—it is politely excised with a smile and a cup of wine.
Ivana Boritsi is a figure of aristocratic horror: a sovereign forged in resentment, ruling with elegance and cruelty. Her tragedy lies not in the venom she administers to others, but in the poison she has swallowed herself—ambition turned to paranoia, brilliance turned to bitterness, and love forever out of reach.
Mental characteristics
Accomplishments & Achievements
Ivana Boritsi is the preeminent alchemist of her realm, her knowledge of toxins, venoms, and slow-acting elixirs unmatched. Her signature creation, known only as Ivana's Kiss, is a subtle, lingering poison that mimics affection with its sweet taste and slow burn. In Borca, where nobles exchange pleasantries laced with menace, and a single misstep can mean death, Ivana reigns supreme.
She hosts glittering salons and masked balls in Hospice, her resplendent palace in the capital of Levkarest, where whispered insults and covert glances carry the weight of daggers. No one truly knows who among her guests will leave alive—or which servant’s trembling hands might carry her favor.
Ivana’s power over Borca is absolute, yet hollow. She has built a society in her image: one of manipulation, distrust, and paranoia. The mists gave her the rulership she believed was her birthright, but twisted her soul in the process. She cannot love, cannot trust, and cannot escape the suspicion that every smile conceals a dagger.
In her darkest moments, she remembers Lovina Wachter, a rare friend and confidante she once tried to poison in a misguided test of loyalty. Lovina died screaming, and Ivana has never forgiven herself—or anyone else—since. Now, every connection she might form is severed by her own hand, a cycle of self-inflicted isolation that perpetuates her torment.
Social
Family Ties
Born to the powerful and tyrannical Klaus Boritsi, Ivana was raised in the cold splendor of her family’s estate. Klaus saw in her intelligence and poise a liability, not a virtue, dismissing her abilities while grooming distant male relatives for power. Denied the role she deserved and made to endure the condescension of a cruel and paranoid patriarch, Ivana learned to wield subtlety and patience as weapons. She did not rebel with violence—she waited.
When her moment came, she ended her father’s reign not with a dagger or army, but with a glass of wine laced in venom. Klaus's death was officially attributed to heart failure, but in truth, it was the birth of a new sovereign—one who would make poison the emblem of her rule.
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