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The Lesser Evil: /* Origins */

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Origins

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	Izabela Dilisnya, the aged [[matriarch]] of her line, was [[assassinated]] in [[314 BC]]. The [[crime]] was blamed upon the [[Katsky Family\|Katsky]] and the [[Petrovna Family\|Petrovna families]]. They had been locked in a dispute with the [[Dilisnya Family\|Dilisnyas]] over the rights to the prosperous (but now played out) [[silver mine\|silver mines]] of [[Mount Gries]]. There was also a century of accumulated ill-will between the families. The [[assassination]] touched off the [[War of Silver Knives]]. It was far less a war than a series of tit-for-tat assassinations that [[Count Barov von Zarovich]] ordered an end to in [[316 BC]]. Peace was restored, but well before Izabela could be avenged sufficiently avenged so far as her son [[Pidlwik Dilisnya]] was concerned. He developed an intense hatred for the von Zaroviches that he passed on to his son, or in fact, stepson (by way of Dorfina's adulterous tryst with [[Gunther Cosco]]) [[Leo Dilisnya]]. Leo plotted not merely to punish them. He plotted to make himself the ruler of [[Prime Material Barovia]]. The von Zaroviches would be wiped out.<ref name=GazIVp15>[[Gazetteer IV]] p.15</ref> His ailing brother Reinhold would be installed as [[Count of Barovia]]. And after a year or two, Count Reinhold would appear to die of his stomach illness, which was in fact a result of [[poisoning]] by his brother. Leo would then succeed Reinhold as Count of Barovia.<ref name="I, Strahd, The Memoirs of a Vampire p. 171-176">[[I, Strahd, The Memoirs of a Vampire]] p. 171-176</ref>		Izabela Dilisnya, the aged [[matriarch]] of her line, was [[assassinated]] in [[314 BC]]. The [[crime]] was blamed upon the [[Katsky Family\|Katsky]] and the [[Petrovna Family\|Petrovna families]]. They had been locked in a dispute with the [[Dilisnya Family\|Dilisnyas]] over the rights to the prosperous (but now played out) [[silver mine\|silver mines]] of [[Mount Gries]]. There was also a century of accumulated ill-will between the families. The [[assassination]] touched off the [[War of Silver Knives]]. It was far less a war than a series of tit-for-tat assassinations that [[Count Barov von Zarovich]] ordered an end to in [[316 BC]]. Peace was restored, but well before Izabela could be avenged sufficiently avenged so far as her son [[Pidlwik Dilisnya]] was concerned. He developed an intense hatred for the von Zaroviches that he passed on to his son, or in fact, stepson (by way of Dorfina's adulterous tryst with [[Gunther Cosco]]) [[Leo Dilisnya]]. Leo plotted not merely to punish them. He plotted to make himself the ruler of [[Prime Material Barovia]]. The von Zaroviches would be wiped out.<ref name=GazIVp15>[[Gazetteer IV]] p.15</ref> His ailing brother Reinhold would be installed as [[Count of Barovia]]. And after a year or two, Count Reinhold would appear to die of his stomach illness, which was in fact a result of [[poisoning]] by his brother. Leo would then succeed Reinhold as Count of Barovia.<ref name="I, Strahd, The Memoirs of a Vampire p. 171-176">[[I, Strahd, The Memoirs of a Vampire]] p. 171-176</ref>

	[[The Wedding of Sergei von Zarovich]] was the moment when Leo struck. The massacre turned out to be somewhat wider than had been intended initially.<ref name="Gaz I p. 13 et. al.">[[Gazetteer I]] p. 13, 17, [[Gazetter IV]] p. 15-16</ref> It would claim his biological father [[Gunther Cosco]], his brother [[Reinhold Dilisnya\|Reinhold]], his sister [[Gertrude Dilisnya\|Gertrude]], her husband [[Ivan Buchvold]], together their three children, and his sister [[Oleka Dilisnya\|Oleka]], together with three of her four children. [[Count Strahd von Zarovich]] appeared to be fatally wounded. And the couple to be married, [[Sergei von Zarovich]] and his bride [[Tatyana Federovna]], were already dead, Strahd having murdered his brother Sergi and Tanyana having escaped Strahd by throwing herself from the castle wall. Leo was far from unpleased with the result. Unfortunately, Strahd, rather than expiring peaceably, rose up as one of the undead and routed the Leo's forces. The only Dilisnyas to escape [[Castle Ravenloft]] were Leo, [[Lovina Wachter]], Reinhold's wife [[Nadia Yakimov]] and her children. Contemporary Dilisnyas are the descendants of the one line, the other, both.<ref name=RoTp.121-3>[[Realm of Terror]] p.121,123</ref><ref name="Gaz I p. 13 et. al.">[[Gazetteer I]] p. 13, 17, [[Gazetter IV]] p. 15-16</ref>		[[The Wedding of Sergei von Zarovich]] was the moment when Leo struck. The massacre turned out to be somewhat wider than had been intended initially.<ref name="Gaz I p. 13 et. al.">[[Gazetteer I]] p. 13, 17, [[Gazetter IV]] p. 15-16</ref> It would claim his biological father [[Gunther Cosco]], his brother [[Reinhold Dilisnya\|Reinhold]], his sister [[Gertrude Dilisnya\|Gertrude]], her husband [[Ivan Buchvold]], together their three children, and his sister [[Oleka Dilisnya\|Oleka]], together with three of her four children. [[Count Strahd von Zarovich]] appeared to be fatally wounded. And the couple to be married, [[Sergei von Zarovich]] and his bride [[Tatyana Federovna]], were already dead, Strahd having murdered his brother Sergi and Tanyana having escaped Strahd by throwing herself from the castle wall. Leo was far from unpleased with the result. Unfortunately, Strahd, rather than expiring peaceably, rose up as one of the undead and routed the Leo's forces. The only Dilisnyas to escape [[Castle Ravenloft]] were Leo, [[Lovina Wachter]], Reinhold's wife [[Nadia Yakimov]] and her children. Contemporary Dilisnyas are the descendants of the one line, the other, or both.<ref name=RoTp.121-3>[[Realm of Terror]] p.121,123</ref><ref name="Gaz I p. 13 et. al.">[[Gazetteer I]] p. 13, 17, [[Gazetter IV]] p. 15-16</ref>

	Leo and his remaining kin went to ground, rightly fearing the vengeance of the vampire that now ruled the realm. Flight to other lands proved to be impossible, for the [[Mists]] had cut off the land from its neighbours. The patriarch of the Dilisnyas hid himself away in a [[monastery]] and prepared himself for the night when Strahd would come. In [[398 BC]], the Count of Barovia at last came for his most wayward subject. The preparations proved to be insufficient, if just barely. Strahd ended Leo's life, but not his existence. He made him a [[vampire]] and then seal him away in a tomb on the [[Wachter Estate]] to be driven mad by hunger before eventually expiring of it.<ref name="Gaz I p. 13 et. al.">[[Gazetteer I]] p. 13, 17, [[Gazetter IV]] p. 15-16</ref>		Leo and his remaining kin went to ground, rightly fearing the vengeance of the vampire that now ruled the realm. Flight to other lands proved to be impossible, for the [[Mists]] had cut off the land from its neighbours. The patriarch of the Dilisnyas hid himself away in a [[monastery]] and prepared himself for the night when Strahd would come. In [[398 BC]], the Count of Barovia at last came for his most wayward subject. The preparations proved to be insufficient, if just barely. Strahd ended Leo's life, but not his existence. He made him a [[vampire]] and then seal him away in a tomb on the [[Wachter Estate]] to be driven mad by hunger before eventually expiring of it.<ref name="Gaz I p. 13 et. al.">[[Gazetteer I]] p. 13, 17, [[Gazetter IV]] p. 15-16</ref>

The Lesser Evil: /* The Dilisnyas Today */

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The Dilisnyas Today

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	==The Dilisnyas Today==		==The Dilisnyas Today==
	Ironically, in contemporary times, the Dilisnyas can be found all over the [[Land of Mists]] except in the land of their bloodlines birth, [[Barovia]]. For example, in [[Invidia]], Dilisnyas serve both [[Malocchio]]'s [[mercenary]] forces and the [[Gundarakite]] [[rebel]]s. [[Vistani]] even hire them to wreak vengeance upon those in that domain that have wronged them. They are also equally at home in the intrigues of [[Richemulot]] or the [[criminal]] fringe of [[Port-a-Lucine]]. A Dilisnyas made aware of their background collectively have an almost uncanny ability to find each other, but such knowledge may come at the cost of knowing new enemies.<ref name=LotBp.40-41>[[Legacy of the Blood]] p.40-41</ref>		Ironically, in contemporary times, the Dilisnyas can be found all over the [[Land of Mists]] except in the land of their bloodlines birth, [[Barovia]]. For example, in [[Invidia]], Dilisnyas serve both [[Malocchio]]'s [[mercenary]] forces and the [[Gundarakite]] [[rebel]]s. [[Vistani]] even hire them to wreak vengeance upon those in that domain that have wronged them. They are also equally at home in the intrigues of [[Richemulot]] or the [[criminal]] fringe of [[Port-a-Lucine]]. A Dilisnyas made aware of their background collectively have an almost uncanny ability to find each other, but such knowledge may come at the cost of knowing new enemies.<ref name=LotBp.40-41>[[Legacy of the Blood]] p.40-41</ref>

			The Dilisnyas remain most commonly in Borca, where they may operate out in the open. However, Dilisnyas might kowtow to or at least take stock of the realm's two diabolical rules and sometimes must walk a fine line between loyalties. Ivan sees others of the Dilisnya family as potential recruits and resources, though he monitors their activities with a watchful eye. For her part, Ivana sees the Dilisnyas as sources of conspiracy and rebellion against her rule. She is quick to assert her dominance, and resistance can quickly in painful death from [[poison]].<ref name=LotBp.40>[[Legacy of the Blood]] p.40</ref>

	==Family Links==		==Family Links==

The Lesser Evil: /* Domain Formation */

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Domain Formation

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	On a new [[moon]] in the year of [[689 BC]], [[Ivana Boritsi]] and [[Ivan Dilisnya]], both cousins but later nicknamed the [[Dark Twins]] for their similarly dark natures, were born to different mothers.<ref name="Gaz IV p. 18">Gazetteer IV p. 18</ref> Only Ivana was the child of Camille, though Ivan would demonstrate depravity enough to rival his cousin and aunt. He began [[murder]] and treachery from a young age. Past his teens, he was depraved enough to be chased into the [[Mists]], and the domain of [[Dorvinia]] formed thereafter.<ref name="Gaz IV p. 154">Gazetteer IV p. 154</ref> Meanwhile, Ivana eventually killed Camille and inherited rule (both political over the domain of Borca. Ivan and Ivana's rule over their respective domains were no less malevolent than that of Camille.<ref name="Gaz IV p. 17-19">Gazetteer IV p. 17-19</ref>		On a new [[moon]] in the year of [[689 BC]], [[Ivana Boritsi]] and [[Ivan Dilisnya]], both cousins but later nicknamed the [[Dark Twins]] for their similarly dark natures, were born to different mothers.<ref name="Gaz IV p. 18">Gazetteer IV p. 18</ref> Only Ivana was the child of Camille, though Ivan would demonstrate depravity enough to rival his cousin and aunt. He began [[murder]] and treachery from a young age. Past his teens, he was depraved enough to be chased into the [[Mists]], and the domain of [[Dorvinia]] formed thereafter.<ref name="Gaz IV p. 154">Gazetteer IV p. 154</ref> Meanwhile, Ivana eventually killed Camille and inherited rule (both political over the domain of Borca. Ivan and Ivana's rule over their respective domains were no less malevolent than that of Camille.<ref name="Gaz IV p. 17-19">Gazetteer IV p. 17-19</ref>

	In [[740 BC]], the [[Grand Conjunction]] occurred and shook all of [[the Core]]. Yet the [[darklord]]s could move beyond their domains. Ivan panicked and fled into Borca to join his cousin and childhood companion Ivana in Borca. Their proximity and similarity when the Conjunction ended caused Borca and Dorivinia to merge. Separated for years in their respective domains but now forced to share rule over the same merged domain, Ivan and Ivana became bitter enemies, an enmity that continues to shape life in Borca to this day.<ref name="Gaz IV p. 154">Gazetteer IV p. 154</ref> Ivan ~~sees others of the Dilisnya family as potential recruits~~ and ~~resources, though he monitors their activies with a watchful eye. For her part,~~ Ivana ~~sees~~ the Dilisnyas ~~as sources of conspiracy and rebellion against her rule~~.<ref name=LotBp.40>[[Legacy of the Blood]] p.40</ref>		In [[740 BC]], the [[Grand Conjunction]] occurred and shook all of [[the Core]]. Yet the [[darklord]]s could move beyond their domains. Ivan panicked and fled into Borca to join his cousin and childhood companion Ivana in Borca. Their proximity and similarity when the Conjunction ended caused Borca and Dorivinia to merge. Separated for years in their respective domains but now forced to share rule over the same merged domain, Ivan and Ivana became bitter enemies, an enmity that continues to shape life in Borca to this day.<ref name="Gaz IV p. 154">Gazetteer IV p. 154</ref> The rivalry between Ivan and Ivana also characterizes the shaky life of the Dilisnyas in Borca to this day.<ref name=LotBp.40>[[Legacy of the Blood]] p.40</ref>

	==The Dilisnyas Today==		==The Dilisnyas Today==

The Lesser Evil: /* Domain Formation */

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Domain Formation

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	On a new [[moon]] in the year of [[689 BC]], [[Ivana Boritsi]] and [[Ivan Dilisnya]], both cousins but later nicknamed the [[Dark Twins]] for their similarly dark natures, were born to different mothers.<ref name="Gaz IV p. 18">Gazetteer IV p. 18</ref> Only Ivana was the child of Camille, though Ivan would demonstrate depravity enough to rival his cousin and aunt. He began [[murder]] and treachery from a young age. Past his teens, he was depraved enough to be chased into the [[Mists]], and the domain of [[Dorvinia]] formed thereafter.<ref name="Gaz IV p. 154">Gazetteer IV p. 154</ref> Meanwhile, Ivana eventually killed Camille and inherited rule (both political over the domain of Borca. Ivan and Ivana's rule over their respective domains were no less malevolent than that of Camille.<ref name="Gaz IV p. 17-19">Gazetteer IV p. 17-19</ref>		On a new [[moon]] in the year of [[689 BC]], [[Ivana Boritsi]] and [[Ivan Dilisnya]], both cousins but later nicknamed the [[Dark Twins]] for their similarly dark natures, were born to different mothers.<ref name="Gaz IV p. 18">Gazetteer IV p. 18</ref> Only Ivana was the child of Camille, though Ivan would demonstrate depravity enough to rival his cousin and aunt. He began [[murder]] and treachery from a young age. Past his teens, he was depraved enough to be chased into the [[Mists]], and the domain of [[Dorvinia]] formed thereafter.<ref name="Gaz IV p. 154">Gazetteer IV p. 154</ref> Meanwhile, Ivana eventually killed Camille and inherited rule (both political over the domain of Borca. Ivan and Ivana's rule over their respective domains were no less malevolent than that of Camille.<ref name="Gaz IV p. 17-19">Gazetteer IV p. 17-19</ref>

	In [[740 BC]], the [[Grand Conjunction]] occurred and shook all of [[the Core]]. Yet the [[darklord]]s could move beyond their domains. Ivan panicked and fled into Borca to join his cousin and childhood companion Ivana in Borca. Their proximity and similarity when the Conjunction ended caused Borca and Dorivinia to merge. Separated for years in their respective domains but now forced to share rule over the same merged domain, Ivan and Ivana became bitter enemies, an enmity that continues to shape life in Borca to this day.<ref name="Gaz IV p. 154">Gazetteer IV p. 154</ref> Ivan sees others of the Dilisnya family as potential recruits and resources, though he monitors their activies with a watchful eye. For her part, Ivana sees the Dilisnyas as sources of conspiracy and rebellion against her rule.		In [[740 BC]], the [[Grand Conjunction]] occurred and shook all of [[the Core]]. Yet the [[darklord]]s could move beyond their domains. Ivan panicked and fled into Borca to join his cousin and childhood companion Ivana in Borca. Their proximity and similarity when the Conjunction ended caused Borca and Dorivinia to merge. Separated for years in their respective domains but now forced to share rule over the same merged domain, Ivan and Ivana became bitter enemies, an enmity that continues to shape life in Borca to this day.<ref name="Gaz IV p. 154">Gazetteer IV p. 154</ref> Ivan sees others of the Dilisnya family as potential recruits and resources, though he monitors their activies with a watchful eye. For her part, Ivana sees the Dilisnyas as sources of conspiracy and rebellion against her rule.<ref name=LotBp.40>[[Legacy of the Blood]] p.40</ref>

	==The Dilisnyas Today==		==The Dilisnyas Today==

The Lesser Evil: /* Domain Formation */ Dark Twins info

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	==Domain Formation==		==Domain Formation==
	The subsequent fortune of the descendants of Leo Dilisnya would be shaped by Camille Dilisnya. She discovered that [[Siegfried Grymig]], her husband, was having an affair [[Maria Diazi]] and [[poisoned]] them to death in what would soon prove to be the seminal event that gave birth to [[Borca]]. The [[Mordentish]] authorities failed to solve the [[mystery]] of the [[murders\|murders]], although the truth of the matter is now an open secret. As a precaution however, Lev and Anna sent Camille to distant relatives in [[Invidia]]. En route, she was seized by the [[Mists]] and [[Borca]] was formed with her as its [[darklord]]. It is probable that Lev and Anna immigrated to Borca in the years following its formation in [[684 BC]], at once invited by Camille and drawn by the prospect of being raised to nobility.<ref name="Gaz IV p. 16">Gazetteer IV p. 16</ref> In [[698 BC]], the [[Dilisnya family]] gathered for the funeral of Camille's fourth husband, [[Oleh Fortich]]. Camille was persuaded that [[Dilisnya Family\|her family]] had been conspiring to kill her. She proceeded to poison to death the nigh entirety of her branch of the Dilisnyas, including Lev, Anna and all their other children.<ref name="Gaz IV p. 17">Gazetteer IV p. 17</ref>		The subsequent fortune of the descendants of Leo Dilisnya would be shaped by Camille Dilisnya. She discovered that [[Siegfried Grymig]], her husband, was having an affair [[Maria Diazi]] and [[poisoned]] them to death in what would soon prove to be the seminal event that gave birth to [[Borca]]. The [[Mordentish]] authorities failed to solve the [[mystery]] of the [[murders\|murders]], although the truth of the matter is now an open secret. As a precaution however, Lev and Anna sent Camille to distant relatives in [[Invidia]]. En route, she was seized by the [[Mists]] and [[Borca]] was formed with her as its [[darklord]]. It is probable that Lev and Anna immigrated to Borca in the years following its formation in [[684 BC]], at once invited by Camille and drawn by the prospect of being raised to nobility.<ref name="Gaz IV p. 16">Gazetteer IV p. 16</ref> In [[698 BC]], the [[Dilisnya family]] gathered for the funeral of Camille's fourth husband, [[Oleh Fortich]]. Camille was persuaded that [[Dilisnya Family\|her family]] had been conspiring to kill her. She proceeded to poison to death the nigh entirety of her branch of the Dilisnyas, including Lev, Anna and all their other children.<ref name="Gaz IV p. 17">Gazetteer IV p. 17</ref>

			On a new [[moon]] in the year of [[689 BC]], [[Ivana Boritsi]] and [[Ivan Dilisnya]], both cousins but later nicknamed the [[Dark Twins]] for their similarly dark natures, were born to different mothers.<ref name="Gaz IV p. 18">Gazetteer IV p. 18</ref> Only Ivana was the child of Camille, though Ivan would demonstrate depravity enough to rival his cousin and aunt. He began [[murder]] and treachery from a young age. Past his teens, he was depraved enough to be chased into the [[Mists]], and the domain of [[Dorvinia]] formed thereafter.<ref name="Gaz IV p. 154">Gazetteer IV p. 154</ref> Meanwhile, Ivana eventually killed Camille and inherited rule (both political over the domain of Borca. Ivan and Ivana's rule over their respective domains were no less malevolent than that of Camille.<ref name="Gaz IV p. 17-19">Gazetteer IV p. 17-19</ref>

			In [[740 BC]], the [[Grand Conjunction]] occurred and shook all of [[the Core]]. Yet the [[darklord]]s could move beyond their domains. Ivan panicked and fled into Borca to join his cousin and childhood companion Ivana in Borca. Their proximity and similarity when the Conjunction ended caused Borca and Dorivinia to merge. Separated for years in their respective domains but now forced to share rule over the same merged domain, Ivan and Ivana became bitter enemies, an enmity that continues to shape life in Borca to this day.<ref name="Gaz IV p. 154">Gazetteer IV p. 154</ref> Ivan sees others of the Dilisnya family as potential recruits and resources, though he monitors their activies with a watchful eye. For her part, Ivana sees the Dilisnyas as sources of conspiracy and rebellion against her rule.

	==The Dilisnyas Today==		==The Dilisnyas Today==

The Lesser Evil: family links

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	==The Dilisnyas Today==		==The Dilisnyas Today==
	Ironically, in contemporary times, the Dilisnyas can be found all over the [[Land of Mists]] except in the land of their bloodlines birth, [[Barovia]]. For example, in [[Invidia]], Dilisnyas serve both [[Malocchio]]'s [[mercenary]] forces and the [[Gundarakite]] [[rebel]]s. [[Vistani]] even hire them to wreak vengeance upon those in that domain that have wronged them. They are also equally at home in the intrigues of [[Richemulot]] or the [[criminal]] fringe of [[Port-a-Lucine]]. A Dilisnyas made aware of their background collectively have an almost uncanny ability to find each other, but such knowledge may come at the cost of knowing new enemies.<ref name=LotBp.40-41>[[Legacy of the Blood]] p.40-41</ref>		Ironically, in contemporary times, the Dilisnyas can be found all over the [[Land of Mists]] except in the land of their bloodlines birth, [[Barovia]]. For example, in [[Invidia]], Dilisnyas serve both [[Malocchio]]'s [[mercenary]] forces and the [[Gundarakite]] [[rebel]]s. [[Vistani]] even hire them to wreak vengeance upon those in that domain that have wronged them. They are also equally at home in the intrigues of [[Richemulot]] or the [[criminal]] fringe of [[Port-a-Lucine]]. A Dilisnyas made aware of their background collectively have an almost uncanny ability to find each other, but such knowledge may come at the cost of knowing new enemies.<ref name=LotBp.40-41>[[Legacy of the Blood]] p.40-41</ref>

			==Family Links==
			Over the Dilisnya family's long history, its fate has become intertwined with that of a number of other families. As the offspring of an adulterous tryst between Dorfinya and Gunther Cosco, Leo Dilisnya was technically never a Dilisnya by blood but instead one of the [[Cosco Family]]<ref name=RoTp.123>[[Realm of Terror]] p.123</ref>, making all his descendants also members of the Cosco family. However, Leo's descendants all bear the marks of Dilisnya family membership and its subsequent stain the same as any of Reinhold's descendants<ref name=LotBp.40-41>[[Legacy of the Blood]] p.40-41</ref> (though Leo himself is probably more responsible for staining the Dilisnya family with an evil legacy.)

			With the marriage of [[Richtor Dilisnya]] to [[Ester Timothy]] several centuries later, the Dilisnya has descendants who are also members of the [[werewolf]] [[Timothy Family]]. Born among a litter of werewolf offspring, [[Virginia Dilisnya]] was Richtor and Esther's daughter and sired several children. Virginia married [[Richard Ratcliff]]. The daughter of Richard and Virginia, [[Winifred Ratcliff]], went onto marry [[Alfred Timothy]], the werewold [[darklord]] of [[Verbrek]] and produced a litter of werewolf offspring in turn.<ref name=RoTp.126>[[Realm of Terror]] p.126</ref>

			[[Camille Dilisnya]], [[Borca]]'s infamous first [[darklord]], became linked with the [[Boritsi Family]] when she married [[Klaus Boritsi]]. After she [[murdered]] him in [[697 BC]]<ref name=RoTp.123>[[Realm of Terror]] p.123</ref>, she would change the history of that formerly soft-spoken mercantile family for the darker. [[Ivana Boritsi]], her daughter and [[murderer]], would continued Camille's vile ways.<ref name=LotBp.12>[[Legacy of the Blood]] p.12</ref>

	==Chronology==		==Chronology==

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	The '''Dilisnya family''' nearly 800 years ago were a [[family]] engaged in [[banking]] in one or more city-states. They were one of several successful mercantile families that used their wealth and influence to have themselves raised to the [[nobility]] of [[Prime Material Barovia]] when the nation was forged of independent city-states by the [[von Zarovich family]] in [[BC 1]].<ref name=GazIVp15>[[Gazetteer IV]] p.15</ref>		The '''Dilisnya family''' nearly 800 years ago were a [[family]] engaged in [[banking]] in one or more city-states. They were one of several successful mercantile families that used their wealth and influence to have themselves raised to the [[nobility]] of [[Prime Material Barovia]] when the nation was forged of independent city-states by the [[von Zarovich family]] in [[BC 1]].<ref name=GazIVp15>[[Gazetteer IV]] p.15</ref>

	Izabela Dilisnya, the aged [[matriarch]] of her line, was [[assassinated]] in [[314 BC]]. The [[crime]] was blamed upon the [[Katsky Family\|Katsky]] and the [[Petrovna Family\|Petrovna families]]. They had been locked in a dispute with the [[Dilisnya Family\|Dilisnyas]] over the rights to the prosperous (but now played out) [[silver mine\|silver mines]] of [[Mount Gries]]. There was also a century of accumulated ill-will between the families. The [[assassination]] touched off the [[War of Silver Knives]]. It was far less a war than a series of tit-for-tat assassinations that [[Count Barov von Zarovich]] ordered an end to in [[316 BC]]. Peace was restored, but well before Izabela could be avenged sufficiently avenged so far as her son [[Pidlwik Dilisnya]] was concerned. He developed an intense hatred for the von Zaroviches that he passed on to his son, or in fact, stepson [[Leo Dilisnya]]. Leo plotted not merely to punish them. He plotted to make himself the ruler of [[Prime Material Barovia]]. The von Zaroviches would be wiped out.<ref name=GazIVp15>[[Gazetteer IV]] p.15</ref> His ailing brother Reinhold would be installed as [[Count of Barovia]]. And after a year or two, Count Reinhold would appear to die of his stomach illness, which was in fact a result of [[poisoning]] by his brother. Leo would then succeed Reinhold as Count of Barovia.<ref name="I, Strahd, The Memoirs of a Vampire p. 171-176">[[I, Strahd, The Memoirs of a Vampire]] p. 171-176</ref>		Izabela Dilisnya, the aged [[matriarch]] of her line, was [[assassinated]] in [[314 BC]]. The [[crime]] was blamed upon the [[Katsky Family\|Katsky]] and the [[Petrovna Family\|Petrovna families]]. They had been locked in a dispute with the [[Dilisnya Family\|Dilisnyas]] over the rights to the prosperous (but now played out) [[silver mine\|silver mines]] of [[Mount Gries]]. There was also a century of accumulated ill-will between the families. The [[assassination]] touched off the [[War of Silver Knives]]. It was far less a war than a series of tit-for-tat assassinations that [[Count Barov von Zarovich]] ordered an end to in [[316 BC]]. Peace was restored, but well before Izabela could be avenged sufficiently avenged so far as her son [[Pidlwik Dilisnya]] was concerned. He developed an intense hatred for the von Zaroviches that he passed on to his son, or in fact, stepson (by way of Dorfina's adulterous tryst with [[Gunther Cosco]]) [[Leo Dilisnya]]. Leo plotted not merely to punish them. He plotted to make himself the ruler of [[Prime Material Barovia]]. The von Zaroviches would be wiped out.<ref name=GazIVp15>[[Gazetteer IV]] p.15</ref> His ailing brother Reinhold would be installed as [[Count of Barovia]]. And after a year or two, Count Reinhold would appear to die of his stomach illness, which was in fact a result of [[poisoning]] by his brother. Leo would then succeed Reinhold as Count of Barovia.<ref name="I, Strahd, The Memoirs of a Vampire p. 171-176">[[I, Strahd, The Memoirs of a Vampire]] p. 171-176</ref>

	[[The Wedding of Sergei von Zarovich]] was the moment when Leo struck. The massacre turned out to be somewhat wider than had been intended initially.<ref name="Gaz I p. 13 et. al.">[[Gazetteer I]] p. 13, 17, [[Gazetter IV]] p. 15-16</ref> It would claim his biological father Gunther, his brother Reinhold, his sister Gertrude, her husband [[Ivan Buchvold]], together their three children, and his sister Oleka, together with three of her four children. [[Count Strahd von Zarovich]] appeared to be fatally wounded. And the couple to be married, [[Sergei von Zarovich]] and his bride [[Tatyana Federovna]], were already dead, Strahd having murdered his brother Sergi and Tanyana having escaped Strahd by throwing herself from the castle wall. Leo was far from unpleased with the result. Unfortunately, Strahd, rather than expiring peaceably, rose up as one of the undead and routed the Leo's forces. The only Dilisnyas to escape [[Castle Ravenloft]] were Leo, [[Lovina Wachter]], Reinhold's wife [[Nadia Yakimov]] and her children. Contemporary Dilisnyas are the descendants of the one line, the other, both.<ref name=RoTp.121-3>[[Realm of Terror]] p.121,123</ref><ref name="Gaz I p. 13 et. al.">[[Gazetteer I]] p. 13, 17, [[Gazetter IV]] p. 15-16</ref>		[[The Wedding of Sergei von Zarovich]] was the moment when Leo struck. The massacre turned out to be somewhat wider than had been intended initially.<ref name="Gaz I p. 13 et. al.">[[Gazetteer I]] p. 13, 17, [[Gazetter IV]] p. 15-16</ref> It would claim his biological father [[Gunther Cosco]], his brother [[Reinhold Dilisnya\|Reinhold]], his sister [[Gertrude Dilisnya\|Gertrude]], her husband [[Ivan Buchvold]], together their three children, and his sister [[Oleka Dilisnya\|Oleka]], together with three of her four children. [[Count Strahd von Zarovich]] appeared to be fatally wounded. And the couple to be married, [[Sergei von Zarovich]] and his bride [[Tatyana Federovna]], were already dead, Strahd having murdered his brother Sergi and Tanyana having escaped Strahd by throwing herself from the castle wall. Leo was far from unpleased with the result. Unfortunately, Strahd, rather than expiring peaceably, rose up as one of the undead and routed the Leo's forces. The only Dilisnyas to escape [[Castle Ravenloft]] were Leo, [[Lovina Wachter]], Reinhold's wife [[Nadia Yakimov]] and her children. Contemporary Dilisnyas are the descendants of the one line, the other, both.<ref name=RoTp.121-3>[[Realm of Terror]] p.121,123</ref><ref name="Gaz I p. 13 et. al.">[[Gazetteer I]] p. 13, 17, [[Gazetter IV]] p. 15-16</ref>

	Leo and his remaining kin went to ground, rightly fearing the vengeance of the vampire that now ruled the realm. Flight to other lands proved to be impossible, for the [[Mists]] had cut off the land from its neighbours. The patriarch of the Dilisnyas hid himself away in a [[monastery]] and prepared himself for the night when Strahd would come. In [[398 BC]], the Count of Barovia at last came for his most wayward subject. The preparations proved to be insufficient, if just barely. Strahd ended Leo's life, but not his existence. He made him a [[vampire]] and then seal him away in a tomb on the [[Wachter Estate]] to be driven mad by hunger before eventually expiring of it.<ref name="Gaz I p. 13 et. al.">[[Gazetteer I]] p. 13, 17, [[Gazetter IV]] p. 15-16</ref>		Leo and his remaining kin went to ground, rightly fearing the vengeance of the vampire that now ruled the realm. Flight to other lands proved to be impossible, for the [[Mists]] had cut off the land from its neighbours. The patriarch of the Dilisnyas hid himself away in a [[monastery]] and prepared himself for the night when Strahd would come. In [[398 BC]], the Count of Barovia at last came for his most wayward subject. The preparations proved to be insufficient, if just barely. Strahd ended Leo's life, but not his existence. He made him a [[vampire]] and then seal him away in a tomb on the [[Wachter Estate]] to be driven mad by hunger before eventually expiring of it.<ref name="Gaz I p. 13 et. al.">[[Gazetteer I]] p. 13, 17, [[Gazetter IV]] p. 15-16</ref>

	==Time in Hiding and Dispersion==		==Time in Hiding and Dispersion==

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	Izabela Dilisnya, the aged [[matriarch]] of her line, was [[assassinated]] in [[314 BC]]. The [[crime]] was blamed upon the [[Katsky Family\|Katsky]] and the [[Petrovna Family\|Petrovna families]]. They had been locked in a dispute with the [[Dilisnya Family\|Dilisnyas]] over the rights to the prosperous (but now played out) [[silver mine\|silver mines]] of [[Mount Gries]]. There was also a century of accumulated ill-will between the families. The [[assassination]] touched off the [[War of Silver Knives]]. It was far less a war than a series of tit-for-tat assassinations that [[Count Barov von Zarovich]] ordered an end to in [[316 BC]]. Peace was restored, but well before Izabela could be avenged sufficiently avenged so far as her son [[Pidlwik Dilisnya]] was concerned. He developed an intense hatred for the von Zaroviches that he passed on to his son, or in fact, stepson [[Leo Dilisnya]]. Leo plotted not merely to punish them. He plotted to make himself the ruler of [[Prime Material Barovia]]. The von Zaroviches would be wiped out.<ref name=GazIVp15>[[Gazetteer IV]] p.15</ref> His ailing brother Reinhold would be installed as [[Count of Barovia]]. And after a year or two, Count Reinhold would appear to die of his stomach illness, which was in fact a result of [[poisoning]] by his brother. Leo would then succeed Reinhold as Count of Barovia.<ref name="I, Strahd, The Memoirs of a Vampire p. 171-176">[[I, Strahd, The Memoirs of a Vampire]] p. 171-176</ref>		Izabela Dilisnya, the aged [[matriarch]] of her line, was [[assassinated]] in [[314 BC]]. The [[crime]] was blamed upon the [[Katsky Family\|Katsky]] and the [[Petrovna Family\|Petrovna families]]. They had been locked in a dispute with the [[Dilisnya Family\|Dilisnyas]] over the rights to the prosperous (but now played out) [[silver mine\|silver mines]] of [[Mount Gries]]. There was also a century of accumulated ill-will between the families. The [[assassination]] touched off the [[War of Silver Knives]]. It was far less a war than a series of tit-for-tat assassinations that [[Count Barov von Zarovich]] ordered an end to in [[316 BC]]. Peace was restored, but well before Izabela could be avenged sufficiently avenged so far as her son [[Pidlwik Dilisnya]] was concerned. He developed an intense hatred for the von Zaroviches that he passed on to his son, or in fact, stepson [[Leo Dilisnya]]. Leo plotted not merely to punish them. He plotted to make himself the ruler of [[Prime Material Barovia]]. The von Zaroviches would be wiped out.<ref name=GazIVp15>[[Gazetteer IV]] p.15</ref> His ailing brother Reinhold would be installed as [[Count of Barovia]]. And after a year or two, Count Reinhold would appear to die of his stomach illness, which was in fact a result of [[poisoning]] by his brother. Leo would then succeed Reinhold as Count of Barovia.<ref name="I, Strahd, The Memoirs of a Vampire p. 171-176">[[I, Strahd, The Memoirs of a Vampire]] p. 171-176</ref>

	[[The Wedding of Sergei von Zarovich]] was the moment when Leo struck. The massacre turned out to be somewhat wider than had been intended initially.<ref name="Gaz I p. 13 et. al.">[[Gazetteer I]] p. 13, 17, [[Gazetter IV]] p. 15-16</ref> It would claim his biological father Gunther, his brother Reinhold, his sister Gertrude, her husband [[Ivan Buchvold]], together their three children, and his sister Oleka, together with three of her four children. [[Count Strahd von Zarovich]] appeared to be fatally wounded. And the couple to be married, [[Sergei von Zarovich]] and his bride [[Tatyana Federovna]], were already dead, Strahd having murdered his brother Sergi and Tanyana having escaped Strahd by throwing herself from the castle wall. Leo was far from unpleased with the result. Unfortunately, Strahd, rather than expiring peaceably, rose up as one of the undead and routed the Leo's forces. The only Dilisnyas to escape [[Castle Ravenloft]] were Leo, [[~~Lovinia~~ Wachter]], Reinhold's wife [[Nadia Yakimov]] and her children. Contemporary Dilisnyas are the descendants of the one line, the other, both.<ref name=RoTp.121-3>[[Realm of Terror]] p.121,123</ref><ref name="Gaz I p. 13 et. al.">[[Gazetteer I]] p. 13, 17, [[Gazetter IV]] p. 15-16</ref>		[[The Wedding of Sergei von Zarovich]] was the moment when Leo struck. The massacre turned out to be somewhat wider than had been intended initially.<ref name="Gaz I p. 13 et. al.">[[Gazetteer I]] p. 13, 17, [[Gazetter IV]] p. 15-16</ref> It would claim his biological father Gunther, his brother Reinhold, his sister Gertrude, her husband [[Ivan Buchvold]], together their three children, and his sister Oleka, together with three of her four children. [[Count Strahd von Zarovich]] appeared to be fatally wounded. And the couple to be married, [[Sergei von Zarovich]] and his bride [[Tatyana Federovna]], were already dead, Strahd having murdered his brother Sergi and Tanyana having escaped Strahd by throwing herself from the castle wall. Leo was far from unpleased with the result. Unfortunately, Strahd, rather than expiring peaceably, rose up as one of the undead and routed the Leo's forces. The only Dilisnyas to escape [[Castle Ravenloft]] were Leo, [[Lovina Wachter]], Reinhold's wife [[Nadia Yakimov]] and her children. Contemporary Dilisnyas are the descendants of the one line, the other, both.<ref name=RoTp.121-3>[[Realm of Terror]] p.121,123</ref><ref name="Gaz I p. 13 et. al.">[[Gazetteer I]] p. 13, 17, [[Gazetter IV]] p. 15-16</ref>

	Leo and his remaining kin went to ground, rightly fearing the vengeance of the vampire that now ruled the realm. Flight to other lands proved to be impossible, for the [[Mists]] had cut off the land from its neighbours. The patriarch of the Dilisnyas hid himself away in a [[monastery]] and prepared himself for the night when Strahd would come. In [[398 BC]], the Count of Barovia at last came for his most wayward subject. The preparations proved to be insufficient, if just barely. Strahd ended Leo's life, but not his existence. He made him a [[vampire]] and then seal him away in a tomb on the [[Wachter Estate]] to be driven mad by hunger before eventually expiring of it.<ref name="Gaz I p. 13 et. al.">[[Gazetteer I]] p. 13, 17, [[Gazetter IV]] p. 15-16</ref>		Leo and his remaining kin went to ground, rightly fearing the vengeance of the vampire that now ruled the realm. Flight to other lands proved to be impossible, for the [[Mists]] had cut off the land from its neighbours. The patriarch of the Dilisnyas hid himself away in a [[monastery]] and prepared himself for the night when Strahd would come. In [[398 BC]], the Count of Barovia at last came for his most wayward subject. The preparations proved to be insufficient, if just barely. Strahd ended Leo's life, but not his existence. He made him a [[vampire]] and then seal him away in a tomb on the [[Wachter Estate]] to be driven mad by hunger before eventually expiring of it.<ref name="Gaz I p. 13 et. al.">[[Gazetteer I]] p. 13, 17, [[Gazetter IV]] p. 15-16</ref>

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	**[[Oleka Dilisnya]] and three of her four children. Her husband [[Victor Wachter]] and their daughter [[Lovina Wachter]] survive.		**[[Oleka Dilisnya]] and three of her four children. Her husband [[Victor Wachter]] and their daughter [[Lovina Wachter]] survive.
	**[[Reinhold Dilisnya]] perishes, but his wife [[Nadia Yakimov]] and perhaps any children they had, survive to produce a branch of the Dilisnya Family that eventually produces [[Roman Dilisnya]].		**[[Reinhold Dilisnya]] perishes, but his wife [[Nadia Yakimov]] and perhaps any children they had, survive to produce a branch of the Dilisnya Family that eventually produces [[Roman Dilisnya]].
			*[[398 BC]] [[Count Strahd von Zarovich]] confronts [[Lord Leo Dilisnya]] at the [[Monastery of Silver Threads]], walking into Lord Dilisnya's trap. Strahd is almost put down, but the [[monk]]s of the [[monastery]] act to turn the tide of battle. Strahd turns Lord Leo Dilisnya into a [[vampire]] and [[Imprisoned\|imprisons]] him in a [[The Tomb of Leo Dilisnya\|tomb]] to starve from a lack of [[blood]].<ref>[[Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume I]] p.13</ref>
	*[[579 BC]] [[Mordent]] is annexed by [[the Mists]].<ref name="Gaz III p.56">[[Gazetteer III]] p.56</ref> The Dilisnyas subsequently spread out to the rural areas of that land.<ref name="Gaz IV p. 16">Gazetteer IV p. 16</ref>		*[[579 BC]] [[Mordent]] is annexed by [[the Mists]].<ref name="Gaz III p.56">[[Gazetteer III]] p.56</ref> The Dilisnyas subsequently spread out to the rural areas of that land.<ref name="Gaz IV p. 16">Gazetteer IV p. 16</ref>
	*[[611 BC]] [[Roman Dilisnya]] is born.<ref name=RoTp.123>[[Realm of Terror]] p.123</ref>		*[[611 BC]] [[Roman Dilisnya]] is born.<ref name=RoTp.123>[[Realm of Terror]] p.123</ref>

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	**[[Oleka Dilisnya]] and three of her four children. Her husband [[Victor Wachter]] and their daughter [[Lovina Wachter]] survive.		**[[Oleka Dilisnya]] and three of her four children. Her husband [[Victor Wachter]] and their daughter [[Lovina Wachter]] survive.
	**[[Reinhold Dilisnya]] perishes, but his wife [[Nadia Yakimov]] and perhaps any children they had, survive to produce a branch of the Dilisnya Family that eventually produces [[Roman Dilisnya]].		**[[Reinhold Dilisnya]] perishes, but his wife [[Nadia Yakimov]] and perhaps any children they had, survive to produce a branch of the Dilisnya Family that eventually produces [[Roman Dilisnya]].
			*[[579 BC]] [[Mordent]] is annexed by [[the Mists]].<ref name="Gaz III p.56">[[Gazetteer III]] p.56</ref> The Dilisnyas subsequently spread out to the rural areas of that land.<ref name="Gaz IV p. 16">Gazetteer IV p. 16</ref>
	*[[611 BC]] [[Roman Dilisnya]] is born.<ref name=RoTp.123>[[Realm of Terror]] p.123</ref>		*[[611 BC]] [[Roman Dilisnya]] is born.<ref name=RoTp.123>[[Realm of Terror]] p.123</ref>
	*[[605 BC]] [[Camille Yakimov]], later the first wife of Roman Dilisnya, is born.<ref name=RoTp.123>[[Realm of Terror]] p.123</ref>		*[[605 BC]] [[Camille Yakimov]], later the first wife of Roman Dilisnya, is born.<ref name=RoTp.123>[[Realm of Terror]] p.123</ref>