Ivana Kovar

## Background

### 1995 - 2000: Maat Shadid

Born Maat Shadid, she is the result of an affair between Russian governor Konstantin Kovar & his mistress Taia Shadid. Her mother gave birth to her in Egypt & kept her a secret from her father. He would eventually find out about her existence when she was five. After killing her mother, he renamed Maat to Ivana Kovar & moved her to Krasnoyarsk, Russia to have her raised in his household as his legitimate daughter. Her presence was not greatly received by her stepmother or half brother Leonid.

### 2000 - 2014: Ivana Kovar

Ivana grew up feeling as she didn't belong & it didn't help that she looked different. Her light caramel skin did not blend in with her family's pale white complexion. Though they were forbidden to say anything by account of her father, she knew that everyone looked at her as a bastard.

The only time Ivana was truly happy was when it was just her & her father. He was the only one that somewhat cared for her & he didn't treat her any different than he did with Leonid. However, he didn't want her in the family business so she was kept far away from his criminal activities unlike Leo.

Leo constantly reminded her that she was an accident & that she had no true right in the family. When she was sixteen, they got in their worst argument yet. While he was throwing insults at her, she pointed out that their father chose her & went out his way to take her in after her mother died. After taking a pause, Leonid left with a final remark saying, "And how do you think she died?" Ivana then pieced everything together like how her father forbid her of speaking of her mother. She always assumed it was because he missed her but it was because of his disgust of her. She confronted her father for clarification, knowing that Leo could have easily made this up to upset her but he confirmed her thoughts.

Ivana immediately left Krasnoyarsk, taking on various aliases along the way before eventually finding herself as a member of a secret order called the Daughters of Acheron. All members were women who had been wronged by men in their lives, whether them to be fathers, brothers, friends or partners. She soon learned she had powers of her own, taking on the name Promise & deciding it was time to use her abilities against the cause that drove her to this place. Her father.

### 2014 - Present: Promise

Promise eventually made her away back to Moscow, where she went after a Russian dignitary named Viktor Mikalek. Viktor had illegal ties to both her father & another villain known as the Calculator. She was eventually stopped by Red Robin before Red Star arrived to fight them both. Realizing he was none other than her older brother, Promise used her skills to go after him but was easily outmatched as he recently acquired superhuman powers. As Red Robin began fighting him off, she escapes.

A couple months later, they ran into each other again after another Daughter of Acheron attempted to assassinate Lucius Fox. Not long after, someone put a hit out on Viktor Mikalek as he was now in the states on business. Believing Promise will take the assignment, Red Robin remained close to him. Promise was able to subdue Robin with her shadow casting abilities long enough for her to murder Mikalek. She returned to Robin, now unmasked, to reveal that she was the one who put the hit out on Mikalek in the hopes of killing two birds with one stone. But she has since changed her mind. He asked her why she was so determined to kill Mikalek & she reveals that he played a part in her mother's murder. Understanding the pain of losing a parent, Tim doesn't try to fight her when she makes her escape.

Since then, Promise remained mostly hidden & constantly on the move. She makes random appearances in Russia to stop her father's business & in America to combat her father's associates.

## Powers & Abilities

* **Metahuman Physiology**
	+ ***Accelerated Healing*:** Her body allows her to heal instantly from any injury, making Ivana seemingly unkillable. When hit with a barrage of bullets, her wounds quickly healed.
	+ ***Fatal Touch***: She has the ability to place someone in a temporary coma through touch.
	+ ***Shadow Manipulation*:** As a Daughter of Acheron, she has been given the ability to manipulate shadows.
* **Firearms:** She is quite proficient in the use of firearms.
* **Hand to Hand Combat/Martial Arts**
* **Multilingualism:** Ivana speaks fluent Russian, Arabic & English.
* **Stealth:** She has successfully snuck up on the Red Robin (who was taught by Batman), with him not noticing until she called out his name.

### Ratings

* **Intelligence:** 4 - Trained / Learned
* **Strength:** 4 - Trained / Learned
* **Speed:** 4 - Trained / Learned
* **Occult:** 3 - Average / Basic
* **Weapons:** 5 - High / Exceptional
* **Range:** 4 - Trained / Learned
* **Strategy:** 5 - High / Exceptional
* **Combat:** 5 - High / Exceptional
* **TOTAL:** 103 - Threat Level 3 / General Threat

## Trivia

#### General

* Ivana is both Russian & Egyptian.
* She has unclear ties to Ra's al Ghul. Some believed that he might be her true father but it was later revealed that he is her maternal grandfather.
* Some speculate that Ivana is or was a member of the League of Shadows. After seeing her, Jason Todd swears she was at the League compound. When the Team was tracking Cheshire for some stolen artifacts, Ivana also happened to be after the same item. Cheshire then mentioned how she had not “seen her in awhile.” It's unconfirmed whether this is due to Cheshire's departure from the Shadows, Ivana's possible departure or an unrelated event.
* She has a kill count of sixteen.
* In the mid 90s, Sage al Ghul left the Shadows & moved to Egypt, where she assumed the name Taia Shadid. She eventually met Konstantin Kovar, who made his attempt to seduce her. The two became lovers, with Kovar making multiple trips to Egypt & him flying her out to his estate in Russia. She never left the compound, resulting in her not knowing he was married for some time. When she discovered he was married, she also found out about some of his dealings. She went into hiding then gave birth to their daughter. For the first few years, they constantly moved around & evaded Kovar's men. She reached out to her father for help, who refused until he heard the child in the background. Ra's had her stay put & made his way to her destination. Before he arrived, Sage was caught by surprise by both Kovar & his men. She held them off for some time but Kovar killed her with a blow to the head. He left her body to rot, took their daughter with him & put a dead baby next to her. Ra's arrived hours later to find both his daughter & granddaughter's bodies. Refusing to accept this fate, he had Ubu take their bodies back to the Lazarus Pit. But it only worked on Sage. When she awoke, Ra's told her that her daughter was dead.

#### Red Robin

* She knows Red Robin's identity as Tim Drake but he is not aware of this.
* Tim revealed that he & Promise have had relations during the times she's come to America following the death of Viktor Mikalek. She tried to seduce him once in the summer of 2018 but he was dating Cassandra Sandsmark.
* For the most part, she prefers women but Tim seems to be an exception.
* She was once contacted by Johnny Warlock to kill Red Robin but she refused.

## Notes

* She is a composite character of Promise & Maat Shadid, who supposedly are half sisters in the comics.
* In the comics, her real name is not known.
* Maat Shadid is hinted to be Ra's sister in the comics. On Earth-44, she is his granddaughter.
* Taiana Venediktova is a character from the *Arrowverse.*