• His voice is hoarse and weak from praying throughout the night
• He's basically driven himself insane and acts frantic
• He cannot be convinced to kill his son or advocate for it
• He knows his son still within the monster
  • and believes in his heart that The Morninglord will set Doru free
  • what's left of his sanity relies on this belief; shattering that hope would destroy Donavich
• PCs can offer to take a look at Doru and Donavich will agree
  • He warns the party that no harm can come to his son
• If it seems like the PCs will kill Doru, Donavich will descend himself and fight them

• A little over a year ago his son, Doru, and several other villagers stormed Castle Ravenloft (K) in revolt
  • having been lured there by a wizard in black robes who came to Barovia from a faraway land
    • {the Mad Mage}
• By all accounts, the wizard died by Strahd's hand and so too did Doru
• Doru returned to his father as a vampire spawn
  • Donavich trapped Doru in the Church Undercroft where he remains

• Donavich becomes withdrawn and inconsolable
• When the PCs leave the church, they can hear the church bell ring a single time
• If the party returns to the church, they find that Donavich has hanged himself from the bell's rope

• He wants his son back

Barovian Lore

• Ireena Kolyana isn't the natural daughter of Kolyan Indirovich. Although Ireena never knew, Koylan found her at the edge of the Svalich Woods (C) near the Pillarstone of Ravenloft. She was but a girl then and seemed to have no memory of her past. Koylan adopted her and loved her dearly

Son: Doru