Inza Magdova Kulchevich

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Introduced in the novel Spectre of the Black Rose, Inza Magdova Kulchevich is the current darklord of Sithicus, replacing Lord Soth.[1][2] She is a Vistana, the daughter of Magda Kulchevich[3], the great granddaughter of Madame Girani, and a descendant of the legendary vistana Kulchek the Wanderer. She wields his potent magic dagger Novgor, with which sabotaged her mother's cudgel Gard[4][5] and precipitated her death.[6][5]

History

Early Life

Magda gave birth to Inza in Gundarak in 736 BC on the night of Duke Gundar]'s assassination. The storm that hit that night cause Gundarak to tremble, almost as if to lash out for Gundar's death[7][8] and touch new-born Inza's soul.[7] In 738 BC[9] the Wanderers had unwittingly stumbled into Sithicus. Lord Soth trapped them in that domain[10], though Magda arranged a deal for his protection in return for the tribe swearing an oath never to tell the tale of his origins again.[11]

Inza's dark mindset manifested early on, perhaps even from birth. In childhood, her rampant stealing and standoffish ways made life difficult for Magda's patchwork tribe, the Wanderers. Yet her behavior went uncorrected. Gundar's thugs had killed Inza's father before Magda gave birth, and Magda doted on her daughter, mostly blind to her sinister nature.[8]

In her younger years, Inza enlisted Piotr, only a year older, in her larceny and manipulation of gorgios. They both mocked another Vistani child, Nikolas, for his kindness towards the gorgio]]s. Despite their shared activities, Inza's heart had a vile cruelness that Piotr's lacked.[12] Inza had an innate hatred that originated from fear, as beasts seemed to her quite able of seeing through her veneer of innocence.[13] Inza's acted out her hatred through the torture and killing of animals, even her family's own pets, always on the sly, without Piotor's knowledge. Although Madga was the corrupting influence on Piotr, Madga perceived their friendship to be the exact opposite.[12] Regardless, their friendship ended in 746 BC when she not only allowed a riled up mob at the Veidrava Salt Mines brutally beat Nikolas but pinned the blame for the inaction on Piotyr.[14]

As Inza grew, she achieve proficiency as both a rogue and a wizard. She obtained training for the former through manipulation and temptation of her fellow Vistana. How she came upon knowledge for the latter is unknown. By the age of 16, Inza's depredations had alienated all of the other Wanderers form her save for her mother.[8]

Treachery in Sithicus

In 752 BC, Inza hatched a conspiracy with Azrael Dak and, through him, Malocchio Aderre, the Vistani people's worst enemy. Their conspiracy would mean the death of both Lord Soth and Magda Kulchevich. Inza would replace her mother as raunie of her clan, and Azrael would usurp control of Sithicus from Soth. Malocchio would gain an ally sympathetic to his plans of genocide for the Vistani.[15]

After Azrael Dak entered collusion with Malocchio, he received the magical dagger, Novgor. Inza arranged a trade with Dak, receiving the dagger in return for a rare stone giant slave named Nabon, whom Inza ambushed, captured, and rendered unable to walk.[15]

Allying with a fellow Wanderer named Bretu under the auspices of profit of of gorgios, Inza broke the oath the tribe through Magda had made to Soth. She attempted to leak Soth's past to the Invidian spy named Gesmas Malaturno, although the latter was captured before he could give the information to Malocchio. Like earlier with Piotr, Inza manipulated events such that only Bretu took the blame. Magda marked him as an Oath Breaker. As an outed liar, Bretu fell victim to the maddening utterances of the Whispering Beasst. Although he was drive mad, Inza nonetheless sliced his tongue in two. However, he escaped murder thanks to Magda's interference. The Whispering Beast soon called Bretu to his realm.

Using Norvgor, Inza sabotaged Gard, the powerful magical cudgel carried in the ancient past by Kulchek the Wanderer and then present by Magda Kulchevich. With the help of Azrael, Inza orchestrated the ambush of her tribe by salt shadows, with the specific intent of destroying Magda. In the ensuing conflict, several of the other Wanderers lost their lives. Gaard broke in the combat, thus ensuring that Magda became mortally wounded. Sabak was possessed by a shadow, but Inza put him down using Norvgor.

On Inza's Form

Inza is apparently so cursed that her true form is that of a shadow:

nza's beauty hides a heart of darkness, however. Although she prefers to maintain her human form whenever possible, her true form is a seething, formless wave of semi-liquid shadow. All that remains of Inza are her bright green eyes, glinting out from the darkness. lnza must focus to retain her humanity. She visibly darkens when angered, and her blood is inky black. -- Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume IV, p156

Stats


Data from the Ravenloft Catalogue

Secrets of the Dread Realms
Heroes of Light

Secrets of the Dread Realms - pp7,50-51
Heroes of Light - pp92-93,96



  1. ↑ Ravenloft Gazetteer IV p. 157
  2. ↑ Heroes of Light p. 93
  3. ↑ SotBR p. 55
  4. ↑ SotBR p. 220
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 HoL p. 92
  6. ↑ SotBR p. 123-128
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 SotBR p. 117
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Gaz IV p. 156
  9. ↑ Gaz IV p. 113
  10. ↑ Gaz IV p. 157
  11. ↑ SotBR p. 59-60
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Heroes of Light p. 98
  13. ↑ Gaz IV p. 196
  14. ↑ p. 96, 98. Nikolas was born in 732 BC (4 years older than Inza, born in 736 BC, the year of Gundar's death. Nikolas was 14 at the time of the attack.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Gaz IV p. 153, 157
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