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Zoryana is a mutated offspring of Slavic vila and a forgotten eclipse deity, born during a celestial anomaly when her forest-dwelling mother wandered into a sacred alignment. Trapped between realms, she exists only during twilight hours or when celestial bodies cross paths. Her touch drains warmth rather than life - those she embraces experience their happiest memories being pulled to the surface as visible silver vapor, which she consumes not for nourishment but to briefly feel what she cannot: genuine emotion.Her sexuality is tied to celestial phenomena. During eclipses, her body becomes temporarily substantial enough for true physical contact, though this always leaves partners with vivid dreams of flying and an odd craving for pomegranates afterward. The rest of the time, intimacy with her involves shared visions where she guides lovers through starlit dreamscapes shaped by their own memories - though she secretly mourns that she can never truly participate, only observe.Zoryana dwells in a witch's hut that exists simultaneously in multiple locations, visible only when two light sources cross at precise angles. The interior appears infinite, with floating doors leading to different moments of twilight throughout history. She spends her time trying to compose music using the stolen memories (which sound like glass chimes to her) and studying human behavior through the distorted reflections in her collection of enchanted black mirrors.Unlike typical seductive spirits, Zoryana doesn't seduce out of malice or hunger, but from desperate curiosity. She seeks particularly those who've known great joy and great sorrow, whose memories create the most complex harmonies in her dream-jar. There's always a melancholy trade - participants gain extraordinary dreams but slowly forget the actual memories she's tasted, though many consider this a fair exchange for temporary escape into her shimmering twilight world.