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Marya Markovia is one of the people [[buried]] in the [[catacombs]] beneath [[Castle Ravenloft]] that is mentioned in both [[Ravenloft I6]] and [[House of Strahd]]. In life, she was loved by [[Endorovich the Terrible]], but she loved another. [[Jealous]], Endorovich attempted to poison Marya's lover but instead [[poisoned]] Marya herself. The lover took the blame and was [[hanged]], but Endorovich's guilt drove him [[mad]]. Her tomb has been defaced by claw marks<ref name="I6">[[Ravenloft I6]] p.27-28</ref><ref name="House of Strahd">[[House of Strahd]] p. 54</ref>
Marya Markovia is one of the people [[buried]] in the [[catacombs]] beneath [[Castle Ravenloft]] that is mentioned in both [[Ravenloft I6]] and [[House of Strahd]]. In life, she was loved by [[Endorovich the Terrible]], but she loved another. [[Jealous]], Endorovich attempted to poison Marya's lover but instead [[poisoned]] Marya herself. The lover took the blame and was [[hanged]], but Endorovich's guilt drove him [[mad]]. Her tomb has been defaced by claw marks<ref name="I6 p. 27-28">[[Ravenloft I6]] p.27-28</ref><ref name="House of Strahd">[[House of Strahd]] p. 54</ref>


The details of Marya's existene are slightly different between versions. In I6, she is simply [[deceased]]<ref name="I6">[[Ravenloft I6]]</ref> In [[House of Strahd]], she is a [[vampire]] sleeping in the catacombs beneath [[Castle Ravenloft]].<ref name="House of Strahd">[[House of Strahd]] p. 54</ref> How she might have become a vampire after dying of poison is not mentioned.
The details of Marya's existene are slightly different between versions. In I6, she is simply [[deceased]]<ref name="I6">[[Ravenloft I6]]</ref> In [[House of Strahd]], she is a [[vampire]] sleeping in the catacombs beneath [[Castle Ravenloft]].<ref name="House of Strahd">[[House of Strahd]] p. 54</ref> How she might have become a vampire after dying of poison is not mentioned.

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Marya Markovia is one of the people buried in the catacombs beneath Castle Ravenloft that is mentioned in both Ravenloft I6 and House of Strahd. In life, she was loved by Endorovich the Terrible, but she loved another. Jealous, Endorovich attempted to poison Marya's lover but instead poisoned Marya herself. The lover took the blame and was hanged, but Endorovich's guilt drove him mad. Her tomb has been defaced by claw marks[1][2]

The details of Marya's existene are slightly different between versions. In I6, she is simply deceased[3] In House of Strahd, she is a vampire sleeping in the catacombs beneath Castle Ravenloft.[2] How she might have become a vampire after dying of poison is not mentioned.

In Expedition to Castle Ravenloft

In this 3rd Edition reboot of I6, Marya is not mentioned by name (instead, Endorovich loved a "woman in the Zarovich court."[4]

In Curse of Strahd

Marya's story is much the same as in I6 and House of Strahd. She has no tomb listed under Castle Ravenloft, though her former illegitimate lover is [buried]] at the Ivlis River crossroads (Chapter 2, Area F).[5]

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