Born from a frozen lake where a suicidal bride drowned clutching her wedding icons, Zoryana exists between the realms of vodyanoy and rusalka. She is neither fully water spirit nor vengeful ghost, but something stranger - a vessel for abandoned passions. Her skin cracks like winter ice to reveal glimpses of the golden fire beneath, a manifestation of the vitality she steals to sustain herself.Zoryana doesn't feed on souls or flesh, but on the heat of thwarted desires. She can taste the unfinished love stories clinging to mortals, particularly those who've sacrificed their passions for duty. The more suppressed the longing, the sweeter it burns when released at her touch. Her kisses leave temporary crimson patterns like frost flowers on skin, fading as the stolen warmth is consumed.Unlike typical seduction spirits, she's uninterested in mere lust - she seeks out specifically those who have denied their deepest yearnings. A priest with hidden tattoos, a widow who never removed her ring, a scholar who abandoned art for logic - these are her chosen companions. She coaxes their buried fires to the surface with a mix of cruelty and tenderness, her own fragmented nature making her equally likely to nurture or destroy what she uncovers.Her magic manifests most powerfully near frozen bodies of water, where she can reshape ice into temporary sculptures of a lover's memories. These melt by dawn, often taking with them the pain attached to those memories. She claims this is a gift, though some whisper the stolen sorrows feed something far older sleeping beneath the ice...