Ireena Kolyan

Ireena is a human woman and the adopted daughter of the Village of Barovia's burgomaster.

## Description

### Appearance

Ireena Kolyan is an athletic human woman with vibrant, auburn hair and green eyes. She is usually wearing a set of chain mail gifted to her by her older brother, Ismaark, and weilds an ornate longsword that was once owned by her adopted father.

### Personality

Ireena is an extremely stubborn person. Unless instructed otherwise by someone she has come to trust, she generally follows her gut in most situations. Her strong convictions lead her to regularly put herself in dangerous situations for the sake of those around her. However, when faced with insurmountable odds or when in the presence of Strahd, she has been known to hesitate, looking to others for the best course of action.

## Biography

### Background

Ireena Kolyan is the adoptive daughter of the late Burgomaster of Barovia, Kolyan Indirovich. She was found during one of the burgomaster's hunting trips at the age of 5 in a grove deep in the Svalich Woods to the Northeast of the Village of Barovia. When the burgomaster discovered her he brought her back to the village and, upon learning that she had no memory of her time before he found her, decided to raise her along with his only son, Ismaark the Lesser. During her childhood she was taught how to cultivate her strength and wield a blade by bother her father and her brother, and was an active member of the community up until weeks before her father's passing.

Weeks before the death of the burgomaster, Ireena began to be visited by the devil Strahd. During some of these visits she would be lured outside of her house only to return to it close to morning with no memory of the night. During one of these occasions, she returned with distinct fang marks on her neck. On other nights, Strahd would either profess his love for her outside of the front gate of the manor or leave a collection of wolves and undead at the front gate. Shortly before the party arrived in Barovia, her father died of a heart attack during one of the visits. Her brother wanted to relocate her out of the village but she refused to leave until her father was given a proper burial.

SInce the burial of her father, Ireena has been traveling Barovia with the party. She has gotten along well with the all members of the party so far in their travels, but has especially become close with Seril, whom she regularly has a flirtatious relationship with.

## Relationships

### Ismaark "The Lesser"

Ireena is very close with her older brother. Since their father was extremely busy as the burgomaster of Barovia, Ireena was mostly raised and looked after by Ismaark. Despite the fact that she argues with him almost constantly, she trusts his judgement in dire moments.

### Seril Dren

In their travels, Seril and Ireena have spent many hours talking about their lives and current circumstance. Ireena is fascinated by Seril's stories of the outside world and seems to enjoy her dry sense of humor. Although it hasn't been discussed yet, Ireena seems to be developing feelings for Seril which have been demonstrated through their discussions about sharing a room in the Blue Water Inn and her reaction to Seril jokingly offering to seduce the owner of Bound to Please in order to get bogdan a free book.

### V

V and Ireena seem share a relationship with eachother involving their identical faces but neither of them seem to know the full details surrounding the situation. In any case, Ireena is appreciative of V's efforts to keep the group safe and glad to know that she would still look amazing even if she cut off her hair.