Róza

Róza is a formidable witch with a connection to the elemental plane of fire. He is originally from Chernogorovka and takes up residence within The Garden, a neutral land at the center of the Feywild. He is an ally both of the Lightbringers and Crooked Candy Coven.

## Description

### Appearance

Róza is a human trans man between the height of 5'5" and 6'0" with pale skin covered in scars. Golden freckles are peppered across his cheeks and shoulders. He has copper brown hair styled in long, loose waves. Róza's eyes are pupilless with white sclera and bright orange irises that seems to swirl in a fiery blaze. During the events of the Crooked Candy Coven, one of his cheeks bore the rune algiz.

## Biography

### Early Life

Róza, born Cvetka Irskra, lived with his father in the small town of Borsec in northeastern Chernogorvka at the edge of swamplands. When a marriage was arranged for him by his father in his young adulthood, Róza grew upset. He felt bound to traditional roles and wished to escape them. In his anger over the situation, Róza burned down his family home with his father inside. Róza then fled the town of Borsec and came to be in a coven with two other witches, both older than himself. This coven held themselves to the ideal of three members with the roles of maiden, mother, and crone. As the youngest member within his coven, Róza was once more forced into a role which he found to be unsuitable and trapped within. Róza's frustration and anger flared yet again. He razed the coven and their somewhat candy-themed home to the ground and fled into a nearby portal to the Feywild. In doing so, he left behind the desiccated ghosts of the remaining coven members who would come to terrorize the nearby town of Borsec. During his time in the Feywild, Róza would come to find himself under the archfey King of the Winter Court.

### Crooked Candy Coven

Throughout the course of events which took place in the Crooked Candy Coven one-shot, Róza was under threat from the witch Natalia Louhi. Natalia had marked him with her symbol, the rune algiz, and employed three other witches to hunt down and kill him. During this time, Róza had taken refuge in the Winter Court of the Feywild. The Crooked Candy Coven discovered him in a cave within the Winter Court and confronted him. After Róza briefly explained the events of his life beforehand and the reason why Natalia marked him, the coven decided to aid in faking his death by reporting to Natalia without completing the task. At some point near after this, Róza came to make his home, a tower hidden behind a portal at the top of ruby stairs which sat within The Garden. The Crooked Candy Coven aided in this venture, planting rubies in The Garden which would come to be the iconic ruby staircase.

### Tales of the Lightbringers

The Lightbringers came to be within The Garden during a visit to the Feywilds after walking through a portal via the Dying Isle. While there, Róza sheltered them for a time and came to be on friendly terms with the group. (Details?)

During the Lightbringers' second trip to the Feywild, Róza was found and interrupted in conversation with the Winter King in the palace of the Winter Court. Róza momentarily expresses his stress over an exodus of people from the edges of the Feywild to the Lightbringers in the midst of whisking them away. He claims an item of import has been stolen and has caused parts of the Feywild to become swallowed. However, Róza offers no further details past this and moves on to the topic of aiding them in their travel to Scythia, as well as providing gifts to each of the Lightbringers. The events which Róza spoke of is an allusion to a spreading darkness within the Feywild still occurring within the timeline of War of the Roses. This darkness has created a growing fey refugee presence in Gallia and other countries on the Prime Material Plane. The stolen object may be implied to be the Shard of Winter or a shard of one of the other fey courts, pieces of which have been discovered by the Chain Breakers.

## Relationships

### The Winter King

The King of the Winter Court and Róza came to know one another following the death of Róza's coven and his subsequent flight to the Feywild. Róza was provided shelter by the Archfey and afforded anything asked for, as it is customary within the Winter Court to not ask unless something is needed. The two became lovers of some nature during his time of refuge there and continued to be afterwards. Róza has since left the Winter Court to establish his own residence in The Garden. However, Róza and the Winter King stay in frequent contact.

### Thenarys Daeroth

Thenarys and Róza became fast friends in Thenarys' initial visit to the Feywild. Before the end of the Lightbringers' initial visit, Róza gifted a tuning fork attuned to the Feywild to Thenarys so that she might visit him again one day. After the events of Tales of the Lightbringers, Thenarys has been known to pay occasional visits to Róza's home in the Feywild. The two are able to easily regain footing in the relationship even after any extended periods of time apart. Interactions between Thenarys and Róza most often include the exchange of gossip and drinking alcoholic beverages.

### Zosia Jędza

Róza is a mentor and friend to the younger witch. While initially wary of Zosia's presence due to the fear of retaliation from other witches, Róza grew to appreciate their presence. After Tales of the Lightbringers, Zosia came to stay in The Garden with Róza in order to learn more about other witches and her innate connection to the Feywild. He also tutored Zosia in reading. In return, Zosia aided Róza in a wide variety of tasks around his home and within the Feywilds as a whole. The two grew quite friendly with one another and have been known to live with each other between Zosia's periods of roaming.

## Trivia

* When Róza initially entered the Feywild, he used his dead name. The Winter King, realizing the power behind it, requested of Róza a term of endearment from his own language which he might call him by in its stead. That name was Róza.
* Róza received top surgery post the event of a bear attack when he insisted that none of his breast might be salvaged.