Dmitriy Svítání

## Appearance

**Hair:** Red

**Skin:** Pale

**Eyes:** Grey

**Height:** 5’8”

**Weight:** 150

**Body Type:** Lithe

**Noticeable features:** Red hair, worn long and loose.

## Personality

Dmitriy is a rather stoic young man with a dry sense of humor. The youngest son of six children, Dmitriy is used to living in the shadow of his brothers. As a result, he is fiercely competitive. Though he hates to lose, he will accept defeat with grace and turn his anger toward improving his skill; To do otherwise would be shameful. He is intensely loyal to his friends and family; an insult to any of them is an insult to him, and he does not take insults lightly.

## Abilities & Proficiencies

**Fighting Style:** Sword dancer (Sabre). Using his size relative to other Northmen to his advantage, his fighting style emphasizes speed and quick, unexpected strikes. His grace, ferocity, and speed earned him his moniker.

**Weapon Proficiencies:** Sabre, arming sword, Longsword

**Magic:** Divination, mid level. Dmitriy uses cards and tea leaves to divine, as taught to him by his mother. He relies on this skill in times of need or internal conflict

**Other Skills:** Hunting, horseback riding, swimming, ballroom dancing

## History

The Svítání family, an old family from the early days of Pveth, have been the wardens of Iron Haven since its height of power. Nowadays, the frigid city lies desolate most of the year on the fringes of the Northlands, far from the politics of the south. The family is known for their prowess in battle; with little in the way of resources and not much else to focus their efforts on, house Svítání has prided themselves in a tradition of swordsmanship, and they have historically produced some of the most formidable swordsmen of the North.

His parents’ union was a marriage of practicality; The barren northern city needed reliable grain shipments during the summer boom, and the honorary house his mother hailed from sought to gain from the status of the family. In all, the couple had six children; Dmitriy, the lastborn, was premature. Despite the odds, he survived his first year. Then his second. In time, he grew just as strong (though not as tall) as his brothers. Being the youngest, he was relatively free from the burdens that came with his lordship, those being under the purview of his elder brothers. Like them, he was sent to be trained in the art of the blade in Sword Fall. He had always done well with a blade in his hand, but he flourished under the instruction of the masters. He finished his training and returned home well on his way to becoming a blade dancer.

Not keen to languish in the isolation of Iron Haven’s long and lonely winters, Dmitriy took to travelling as soon as he could. He honed his skill with a blade, fighting in tournaments in the North and East to bring honor and renown to house Svítání. The young Lynx went undefeated, until the day he lost to a dark-skinned Northman with a foreign blade. After the tournament, the man approached him and revealed himself to be Kivan Myre, bastard son of the late High Prince of the Northlands come home to claim the birthright granted to him by his father. Dmitriy was not only impressed with the man’s fighting skill and eloquence, he was also captivated by him in a way he didn’t quite understand.

He was persuaded to join his cause, and became one of his closest advisors and companions. After a time, he came to realize that he felt a real love for Kivan. He remained loyal to him as he amassed allies and fought to take back his rightful throne. He has remained with him ever since, as a close advisor to the public, but a lover in secret.