Stan-Islav-Anna-Ivan

*See #Abilities for additional details.*

**Stan-Islav-Anna-Ivan** was a human ghost and warlock from Berez. After an occult ritual-gone-wrong, the souls of four children — named **Stan**, **Islav**, **Anna**, and **Ivan** — merged into this shared body.

## Description

### Appearance

Stan-Islav-Anna-Ivan was a human ghost with the appearance of a 12 year old boy. Although their personality would change depending on the identity in control, their appearance would not.

### Personality

Stan-Islav-Anna-Ivan had four known separate identities, known as Stan, Islav, Anna, and Ivan, respectively. Stan would usually take the time to think before acting, and much ike him, Anna was also a patient soul. Islav was the most childish of the bunch, constantly looking to play and prank. He would easily get bored, and never took no for an answer. A new toy could keep him satisfied for a short while. Ivan was scared of most things, and refused to approach creatures alone. When facing threats, he would overreact, often causing larger problems.

## Biography

### Spirit Board Séance

Islav witnessed the death of Anna's sister, Marina at the hand of burgomaster Lazlo Ulrich, and local priest Brother Grigor. After Marina's death, Stan found a spirit board, and thought it might be amusing to contact the soul of Marina. Stan, Islav, Anna, and Ivan made their way to an abandonned tower in the Svalich Woods, where they began the scéance. After a fault of their own — or perhaps something else — it wasn't the spirit of Marina they contacted, but Exethanter, a lich that resided in the Amber Temple. At this moment, Exethanter stole the souls of these four children, but allowed them to live with a fragment of his power. The four children fused into one spectral body, and becoming a ghost.

### Ghost in the Woods

After the scéance failed, Stan-Islav-Anna-Ivan lost their memories and remained in the ancient tower near Vallaki. They spent most their time there, stuggling to approach civilization. As a ghost, they were not welcomed by the general public, and decided to avoid it altogether. There, they learnt to harness their power, even animating dead to protect their location.

### Curse of Strahd

*See also: Curse of Strahd*
A few hundred years later, an unsuspecting visitor named Elleanor Skull visited Stan-Islav-Anna-Ivan's tower in her search for Boby, her chicken companion. Curious about the adventurer — due in part to her mechanical appearance — Stan-Islav-Anna-Ivan followed her back to her adventuring party, the Tourists. It was clear to Stan-Islav-Anna-Ivan that these people were not Barovians. During a combat against the Bagman, Stan-Islav-Anna-Ivan emerged to aid the party, showing himself to the first living people in hundreds of years.

## Relationships

### Exethanter

After centuries of being Stan-Islav-Anna-Ivan's patron, Exethanter had grown week and forgetful. He remembered neither Stan-Islav-Anna-Ivan, nor their pact. Despite this, he remained responsible for their power.

## Tactics

### Exploration

Stan-Islav-Anna-Ivan liked to explore every room in a new environment by wandering through walls and ceilings, often alone. Unfortunately for them, their ghostly form prevented them from taking anything they found.

### Social Interaction

Stan and Anna would avoid taking the lead of in discussion if they could help it.

### Combat

Stan-Islav-Anna-Ivan preferred hiding behind their summoned creatures. When matters got desperate, they could adopt their Form of Dread and hope for their survival.

## Abilities

### Proficiencies

#### Skills

* **Acrobatics**.
* **Arcane**.
* **Deception**.
* **History**.
* **Insight**.
* **Perception**.
* **Performance**.
* **Stealth**.

#### Tools

* **Disguise Kit**.
* **Flute**.

#### Languages

* **Common**.
* **Deep Speech**.
* **Infernal**.

### Features

#### Gifts & Curses

* **Dark Gift of Drizlash**.
* **Dark Gift of Norganas**.
* **Dark Gift of Vaund**.
* **Dark Gift of Seriach**.

## Possessions

### Equipment

* **Floorplans of Castle Ravenloft**.
* **Blinsky Doll**. A headless doll that came with a sack of attachable heads, including one with its eyes and mouth stitched shut.

### Creatures

* **Vakaly** & **Vaqzsa**. Hell hounds summoned by the dark gift of Seriach.
* **Heidark**. Summoned by *summon abberation*.
* **Ruin**. Summoned by *summon undead*.
* **Eilfina**. Summoned by *summon fey*.
* **Shadow**. Summoned by *summon shadowspawn*.
* **Sebastian**. Created by *unseen servant*.