Lexandr Ibanov was the definition of a self-made man. His mother was a prostitute impregnated by a sailor, and he grew up destitute in the docks district of Kardiev. He took up odd jobs around the docks as a child and eventually became a sailor himself. By the age of thirty, Lexandr had made a small fortune in the shipping business, and he used his wealth to expand his empire into several other trades. Today, Ibanov’s business has branches in every major city in the world and no small amount of influence in many governments.

At twenty-six, Lexandr married a prostitute he’d fallen in love with named Misty. Misty would end up giving him four children, all girls. Natasha was the eldest, followed by Tania and then the twins Rada and Raisa. Eventually Lexandr got a boy named Dmitri as well, from an affair with a woman who died during childbirth.

Over the past few years, Lexandr’s health has begun waning, causing a great deal of infighting as the siblings jockey for position as the heir to the family business. For her part, Misty seems content to party, get drunk, and bunk with whatever handsome suitor her affluence can attract.

Natasha, who grew up as the presumptive heir, is extremely jealous and fearful of Dmitri. She knows that her father was always disappointed in his lack of a male heir, and worries that even though the boy’s barely a teenager Lexandr may pass control on to him.

Dmitri feels little empathy towards his half-sisters. His father’s told him that he’s the son of a duchess, and he takes great delight in rubbing in the fact that his sisters are daughters of a common harlot.

The twins don’t care very much what happens to the business, so long as they’re taken care of. Where Natasha is a driven and ruthless woman, the twins are spoiled brats who take after their mother and want nothing more than a life of luxury and decadence.

Tania ran away when she was a teenager. Lexandr searched for her half-heartedly for a while, but in the end decided he didn’t miss her all that much. She was sick of living in her sister’s shadow, and decided to run away and make a new name for herself.

Encounters with the Ibanovs

One of the PCs becomes the object of Misty’s affections, and is showered with gifts. If he scorns her, however, she takes a grudge against him and does everything in his power to make his life a living hell.

Lexandr hires the PCs to find Tania. He’s become disgusted with the sycophants that surround him and believes that only Tania, who spurned him and his wealth so long ago, is truly fit to run the business.

Natasha and Dmitri each hire the PCs to dig up dirt on the other.

While the PCs are attending a formal party, the twins crash it and make a huge scene, flouting all senses of decency and propriety.