Description
Katya Mirnova is a fierce young woman of seventeen with her father’s piercing blue eyes and her late mother’s sharp features. Her long black hair is usually braided back in a practical style, and she wears thick furs and wool similar to the other villagers, though hers are adorned with silver charms in the shape of snowflakes—marks of the guardian lineage. Her hands bear the calluses of someone trained in both wand work and survival in the harsh northern climate.
Personality
Katya is protective, suspicious of outsiders, and fiercely devoted to her family’s sacred duty as guardians of Frostwell Village’s secret. Unlike her father, she has little patience for visitors and believes the prophecy warns of danger, not salvation. She is quick to challenge those who don’t show proper respect for their traditions and has a sharp tongue when defending what she believes is right.
Beneath her stern exterior, Katya is intelligent and observant—she notices small details others miss and has an almost uncanny ability to sense when something is “off.” She deeply loves her father and the village, which makes her overprotective and sometimes overly cautious.
Story
Katya met Caoimhe Keelan, Finlay Figgins, Otto Noxley, and Callum Vane at Frostwell Village when her father Oleg brought the young wizards in from the cold. She was immediately suspicious—visibly upset that her father was revealing sacred secrets to complete strangers. When the party made Callum drink first to test for poison, her distrust only deepened.
Despite her protests, Oleg led them to the Circle of Eight. Katya insisted on accompanying them, torn between duty and doubt. Her instincts proved right: the moment they descended into the ancient dungeon, Oleg betrayed them all.
Katya screamed “Papa?! NO!” as her father petrified two of the students and fled into the darkness. She helped revive Finlay and Caoimhe, then fought alongside them against a deadly wight. With tears streaming down her face, she cast spell after spell until they finally destroyed the undead guardian.
After the battle, Katya conjured food for the exhausted party in the ancient throne room, her hands trembling. She knew the horrifying truth: the man she followed was not her father. Somewhere, the real Oleg was missing.
When the party pressed deeper into the dungeon, they discovered a ring hovering over a pool of frozen water. Katya made a fateful decision—as part of the line of protectors, with the dungeon now compromised, she would claim the ring to protect it. But the moment she touched it, the ice cracked and she was dragged under. A water elemental rose to attack. Katya managed to pull herself out once, but as the cave began collapsing and the party fled, the elemental struck again. It slammed into her and dragged her beneath the water. She did not resurface.
Katya died in the dungeon her family had guarded for four hundred years, never learning what happened to her real father.