Milivoj

A nineteen-year-old church groundskeeper with broad shoulders, long shaggy hair, and the stubborn confidence of a young man carrying a family on his back. He stole St. Andral's sacred bones and sold them to Henrik van der Voort for five gold — not out of malice, but to feed the siblings his dream-pastry-addicted mother could no longer care for. He carries a three-year-old on his shoulders and twin sisters on his arms like it costs him nothing.

Overview

Milivoj is the sole provider for his family — a mother addicted to Morgantha's dream pastries, a young brother, twin sisters, and a three-year-old. His father was injured on a recent wolf hunt and can no longer provide. When Henrik van der Voort offered him gold for the sacred bones hidden beneath St. Andral's Church, Milivoj took the job. He broke into the crypt through the window, stole the bones, and sold them for five gold — five years' wages for a commoner, and enough to keep his siblings fed and out of Morgantha's windmill.

He is not evil. He is desperate, protective, and nineteen.

Session Appearances

Session 13 — The Investigation

The party first encountered Milivoj at St. Andral's Church, where he was working on a broken window while Yeska swept the chapel. When the party arrived with Ireena seeking sanctuary, Milivoj became immediately suspicious and protective of Father Lucian, questioning whether these outsiders were vampires or worse. Father Lucian dismissed him to continue his work.

After Father Lucian revealed the bones had been stolen, the party investigated the crypt and found evidence: white flower petals from the cemetery garden, boot prints, and a scrap of gray wool fabric snagged on stone. Yeska revealed that Milivoj "has very good ears — he can hear things people whisper in confession" and had been telling tales about the devil potentially attacking the church. This was what prompted Yeska to ask Father Lucian about the church's protection in the first place.

Father Lucian provided a crude map to Milivoj's house in the impoverished northwest quarter.

Session 13 — The Confrontation at His Home

The party found a leaning, decrepit structure sagging beneath its own weight — rotting timbers, cracked windows. At the door stood his mother — a gaunt, glassy-eyed woman with matted greasy hair and a faded beaded necklace. She had just consumed a dream pastry and stood confused about why she'd opened the door. Children wrestled and played behind her.

When called, Milivoj appeared with his three-year-old brother giggling on his shoulders and his twin sisters each hanging from his arms. The moment he saw the party, his expression shifted from joy with his siblings to concern. His face visibly fell. He gently shook his sisters free and set the boy down, then stepped into the rain.

His shirt bore a tear in gray wool — matching the fabric found in the crypt.

Milivoj initially denied everything: "I just saw you for the first time today." He carried himself with the confidence of a nineteen-year-old who believed himself invincible and had a family to protect. When the party confronted him with evidence — the torn shirt, the white petals, the window broken outward, his keys to the church — he scowled, realizing they had done their due diligence.

Under pressure, he broke: "Fine, fine. You don't have to go crazy. I stole them. What's it to you? They're just bones."

Then the real reason: "You know what else is important? Feeding people you care about. My father's away. He can't provide for us anymore. And that old woman has been around, getting my mother addicted to those damned pies. I've heard of children gone missing. I'm not going to let anything happen to them."

He revealed he sold the bones to the coffin maker for five gold. Henrik had asked him to get them and they plotted the theft together. When Ria offered him five gold to come with them to retrieve the bones and promised to shut down the windmill, his defiance crumbled: "You just carry five gold about like it's nothing?" He stared in shock — five gold was five years' wages for a commoner.

"You're a scary woman," he told Ria. "You go from rage to roses in a moment."

He agreed to help.

Relationships

• Milivoj's Family — Mother (dream pastry addict), three-year-old brother, twin sisters, older brother; Milivoj is their sole provider
• Father Lucian — Employer at St. Andral's; trusted Milivoj with church duties; deeply disappointed by the theft
• Henrik van der Voort — The coffin maker who commissioned the bone theft; paid Milivoj five gold
• Yeska — Fellow church worker; nine-year-old acolyte who inadvertently revealed Milivoj's involvement
• Morgantha — The dream pastry vendor whose addiction is destroying Milivoj's mother
• Ria — Confronted him with evidence then offered gold and protection for his siblings; he respects her fierceness

Memorable Quotes

"They're just bones."

"You know what else is important? Feeding people you care about."

"That old woman has been around, getting my mother addicted to those damned pies. I've heard of children gone missing. I'm not going to let anything happen to them."

"You just carry five gold about like it's nothing?"

"You're a scary woman. You go from rage to roses in a moment."