Mirjana

Female

• Keeper of Bloodoath and Onyx Psoglav
  


• 
  Raisha's Guardian


• Lost Guardian

• Psoglav


• Yellow eyes


• Large, tall, humanoid figure


• Human body, arms, and hands with slate gray skin


• Wolf’s head with glossy black fur


• Pair of eyes on the head


• Pointed ears and snout


• Pale, sharp teeth and prominent fangs


• Three retractable silver, sharp talons in each hand, each as long as a woman’s arm


• Equine legs with a glossy black coat and black hooves

• Shares a close bond with her summoner Raisha and is always seen at her side


• Very kind, polite, and well-mannered despite her appearance – though she can be strict when necessary and is infamous for her long lectures when angered


• Is a skilled healer


• Is a very skilled blood mage – she was the one who first initiated it, and rather than eating human flesh as the people of Eridya like to say (mainly to scare unruly children into good behavior), she openly collaborates with and helps them as needed

Russian accent

Relatively emotive

Steady eye contact

Gestures to make a point or when agitated

Stands up straight

Neutral

Articulated, measured, serene

• Can use her retractable talons as incredibly powerful slashing and stabbing weapons that easily cleave steel


• Telepathy

• Expert hunter and fighter with powerful fangs, hooves, and talons


• Is the Guardian closest to humans

Mirjana was created along with the other eighteen Guardians by Eirene, the first Guardian and the creator of Eridya. Under her guidance, Mirjana created caves and forests as well as primates and humans, before making her home in the Onyx Grotto. From there, she watched over the world with the other Guardians, and was worshipped by humans and animals alike as they collaborated to help Eridya flourish – even as she and her people were regarded with suspicion due to their association with blood magic. Mirjana was considered to be the Guardian closest to humankind as she closely collaborated with them and taught them to use tools.

However, trouble arose when the people of Valya unveiled a creation meant to rival Eirene herself – an enormous black dragon named Dovrak. When they lost control of their creation, who began rampaging across Eridya and wounded the Tree of Life in the process, Mirjana worked with the other Guardians and humans to drive back the threat in what became the Nightbringer War.

Among the angry Guardians clamoring for retribution for the Valyans’ actions, Mirjana took full responsibility for Dovrak's creation and rampage since it was she who taught the humans of her continent blood magic and asked that if anyone should be punished, it was her. However, Annora and Zoran also stepped up, saying as fellow Guardians of Valya, they were also to blame.

Thus, Eirene sunk the entirety of Valya deep under the sea as punishment, scattering its inhabitants across the rest of the world. An enormous vault was then built in Neyri, in which all knowledge of blood magic – along with Annora, Mirjana, and Zoran, as well as their talismans and Legatuses – were sealed. The vault was locked by a mural of Eridya's remaining patron Guardians with explicit instructions never to be opened by anyone – and thus became known as the Forbidden Vault. The keys to the vault lie in five crown jewels – one for each of Eridya's remaining continents. Furthermore, all traces of Valya, including their Guardians, were wiped entirely from Eridya's history as if they had never existed, bringing the total number of Guardians down to sixteen.

Mirjana and her fellow Guardians would thus remain in slumber within the Forbidden Vault for the next thousand years, entirely unaware of anything outside of it – including the fact that her scattered people were working behind the shadows to bring her and her companions into the light of day once more.

• Can use sign language, which she uses to communicate with the cast when she first is awakened within the Forbidden Vault
  


• Is often seen with a walking staff about as tall as she is carved out of redwood which she also uses as a defensive weapon, making her the only Guardian seen to use tools