Name: Ivan Saenko, but more often referred to as Brother Ivan or simply Brother

Age: 21

Gender: Male (of the heterosexual variety.)

Race: Vodyanoi

Appearance:


Job: Brother Ivan is a Novice at the local Temple of the Water Gods who came as a part of a religious mission to Diehlstadt from his native waters. He is training for full priesthood, but as of now he is responsible for assisting the higher clergy in ceremonies, overseeing all manner of manual labor at the Temple itself, helping to collect/distribute alms, as well as the standard duties of a priest (leading prayers & meditations, performing blessings, etc.)

Personality: Ivan is energetic, passionate and somewhat paradoxical. He can be vibrant and outgoing one moment and desire nothing more than some time alone with his thoughts the next. Although that could just be due to his youth. He is not very experienced and can be surprisingly idealistic at times. Even the High Priest at the Temple has described him as a hopeless romantic. Ivan naturally follows his heart, rather than his head. Still he can seem to contradict this, because he has often been chided for being overly emotional. So while he is naturally curious, idealistic and concerned, his elders and many of the texts that he has memorized have often given him the impression that it is wiser and more effective to be careful, logical and not to trust so easily. Finding a balance between these aspects of himself is something of a personal mission for him.

Background: Ivan is from a large undersea city known as Ys. Coming from a relatively poor family, he sought to escape his lot in life via the power of knowledge. This pursuit however, lead him to become more of a poet than a scholar. He quickly realized he wanted more than just knowledge. He wanted spirituality, and to help his people through life's struggles. And so he set about studying and preparing to join the Temple clergy. Shortly after his formal initiation into the priesthood, he heard about the mission to Diehlstadt. Excited and enthralled by the idea of adventure and of representing his faith in strange new waters, he petitioned to join the first group of missionaries. Unfortunately, initiates were prohibited from going, and he had to wait until he attained the rank of Novice and be permitted to join the mission. He has only just arrived, but already, his head is walking with possibilities. And he is quite eager to explore the big city.