Volenta von Zarovich
NPC, Bride of Strahd
(a.k.a. Volenta Popofsky)
Volenta Popofsky led a macabre and evil life. She was a prostitute in Barovia that would torture and kill any of her customers she could. She was run out of town when some of her activities were discovered. She ran to Castle Ravenloft and offered herself to Count Strahd to do with as he pleased. He was aware of her murderous behavior and impressed with the depths of her sadism. He made her his bride, and is at times impressed with her vampiric bloodlust which almost rivals his own.
Volenta is the most willful of the three brides, enjoying pushing the boundaries of Count Strahd and Ludmilla specifically. She has a childlike personality that quickly descends into a sadistic bloodlust. She likes to toy with her victims, and despite warnings from Ludmilla she believes Strahd will love her forever. She cannot believe the news from Rahadin that Ireena in Borovia has caught her husband’s attention.
Volenta is the most physically ferocious of the three. Her wedding gift from Strahd is a small amulet around her neck that is the same magic he composed his crystal heart from (it is the prototype he developed though she believes it to be an item of deep value to him). It can absorb 20 damage for her before shattering. If it shatters she goes into a bloodlust that gives her two attacks a round.
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