Danica

alive

Danica

Status: Alive — Blue Water Inn, Vallaki

Known Information

Innkeeper of the Blue Water Inn in Vallaki. Wife of Irwin. Mother of Brahm and Bray. Runs the bar, takes coin for rooms and stabling, and maintains a diplomatic non-relationship with the two drunk brothers who seem to be a recurring problem.

Weraraven. Danica and her family are wereravens — a form of lycanthropy they consider a gift, bestowed by a wind spirit named Rebog, traditionally obtained through ritual and months of meditation. In Session 9, she revealed herself by stepping out of the shadows with feathers receding back into her skin; she had been the raven tapping at the party's window.

Keepers of the Feather. She is a member and key figure in the Keepers of the Feather, a secret order founded by wereravens to gather intelligence, find allies, and accumulate tools for eventually defeating Strahd. She ran an intelligence operation on the party while they slept, intending to determine if they had ties to Strahd. It did not go as planned.

In Session 9, the Keepers learned the party was not working for Strahd. She confirmed that the winery to the north (owned by her father-in-law Davian Martikov) has stopped sending shipments; she marked it on the party's map and appreciated their offer to investigate. She said she would look into the missing Vistani scout Miro.

Celeste asked her about safety in Vallaki. She answered with the measured optimism of someone who lives in Barovia and has learned to set her expectations accordingly: the guard is under the Burgomaster's control; St. Andrew's Church has bones that supposedly protect against Strahd's incursions; it's a decent enough place to raise a family, for a given value of decent. She suggested St. Andrew's Church as a potential refuge for Ireena Kolyana.

Upon seeing Ireena for the first time, she and Irwin exchanged a shocked and knowing glance, and directed the party to the toymaker in town.

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