Hailing from the town of Volksgrad in Kislev, Ivanka has lead a tragic life. While still only a child, her families farm on the outskirts of Volksgrad was attacked by a warband of beastmen and chaos cultists, marching under a banner of a blood-red crown. During the raid, her parents were both killed and her siblings carried away by the reavers. Ivanka herself was able to slay her would-be abductor , a ferocious beastman, but received a horrendous wound as she lost her right eye in the melee. The beastman was killed, strangled to death and it's corpse left to rot on the snow-covered ground outside the farm.
Ivanka, still only a young teenager but the oldest of her siblings, then tried to follow the trail left in the snow by the warband, but collapsed due to blood loss and exhaustion. She was found by a passing group of mercenaries returning from an expedition to the Troll Country, who carried her severely injured body back to Praag, where she recovered from her wounds. Yurii Tsibliyev, the captain of the mercenary band, took her under his wing, and trained her to fight.
Ivanka became a vicious fighter, initially working with the mercenary band, but struck off on her own when she reached her early twenties. She has since grown to be one of the most well-known fighters in the underground circuit, adopting the moniker 'Ivanka the Frost-Bitten'. Her skill with her fists and improved weapons is legendary. She travels the Empire, Kislev and Bretonnia as part of a troupe of pit fighters.
She has never forgotten those who killed her family, and harbours a deep hatred of chaos cultists and beastmen. During her travels, she always has sought information about cultists, and in particular any who are associated with the Red Crown. She has come to Middenheim on the fighting circuit.
Ivanka, still only a young teenager but the oldest of her siblings, then tried to follow the trail left in the snow by the warband, but collapsed due to blood loss and exhaustion. She was found by a passing group of mercenaries returning from an expedition to the Troll Country, who carried her severely injured body back to Praag, where she recovered from her wounds. Yurii Tsibliyev, the captain of the mercenary band, took her under his wing, and trained her to fight.
Ivanka became a vicious fighter, initially working with the mercenary band, but struck off on her own when she reached her early twenties. She has since grown to be one of the most well-known fighters in the underground circuit, adopting the moniker 'Ivanka the Frost-Bitten'. Her skill with her fists and improved weapons is legendary. She travels the Empire, Kislev and Bretonnia as part of a troupe of pit fighters.
She has never forgotten those who killed her family, and harbours a deep hatred of chaos cultists and beastmen. During her travels, she always has sought information about cultists, and in particular any who are associated with the Red Crown. She has come to Middenheim on the fighting circuit.