![[IzekStrazniPathfinder-v1.webp]] # Izek Strazni _Human Enforcer | [[House Vallakovich]] | [[Vallaki]]_ ## Summary The feared enforcer of Baron [[Vargas Vallakovich]], who carried out arrests and "purges" in [[Vallaki]] and wielded a monstrous demonic arm that conjured fire. He was obsessed with [[Ireena]] — commissioning dolls of her from [[Gadof Blinsky]] and staring at her whenever they met — because she was his lost birth-sister, Yasmine of the [[Strazni Family]], separated from him as a child at [[Lake Zarovich]]. He kidnapped her from [[St. Andral's Church]], killing [[Father Lucien]]; the party recovered her at a bridge and left him alive but wounded. He died soon after, and later returned as a revenant serving [[Rahadin]], helping capture [[Rudolph van Richten]]. %% ## Now _placeholder_ ## Appearance A big, brutal man whose right arm is a red, clawed, demonic thing wreathed in fire when he wills it. His face carries the same haunted intensity whenever [[Ireena]] is near. ## Personality Cold, violent, and feared throughout [[Vallaki]]. Absolutely loyal to the Baron as an instrument of order. His fixation on [[Ireena]] is possessive and unsettling — he cannot name why he wants her, only that he must have her, a warped echo of the sibling bond he lost. As a revenant, driven by grim, single-minded purpose. ## Connections **[[Ireena]]** — birth-sister (Yasmine), the object of his obsession. **[[Vargas Vallakovich]]** — his master, the Baron. **[[Strazni Family]]** — his lost family. ## Background **Yasmine and the lake:** Born to Hans and Ruxandra Strazni. On a fishing trip to [[Lake Zarovich]], a dire wolf tore off young Izek's hand; his sister Yasmine vanished and was never found. Their grieving parents took their own lives. Yasmine grew up as [[Ireena]]. **The demonic arm:** He bears a fiendish arm that conjures fire, the source of the town's fear of him. **The kidnapping:** He stormed [[St. Andral's Church]] with his thugs, killed [[Father Lucien]], and carried Ireena off. The party ambushed him at a bridge, stunned his group, and reclaimed her without killing him. **Death and return:** He died shortly after, and his death cost the Baron control of [[Vallaki]]. He came back as a revenant, aiding [[Rahadin]] in the capture of [[Rudolph van Richten]]. ## Stats **Base:** Izek Strazni (Curse of Strahd). Revenant traits after his return. - Demonic arm conjures fire (fireball-like blasts). %%