Walentyna Zavis is a noblewoman in Demmen, Demmenkreisen. She is the sister of Matthias Burgmeister, kreisarch of Demmenkreisen. She is the mother of Lucyna Zavis
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Prior to Dietrich Berger's assault on Demmenkreisen, Matthias kills himself. Following the successful assault, Dietrich is killed by Eleonore Drechsler who claims the title of kreisarch.
However, Walentyna had long intended for her daughter Lucyna to succeed Matthias, even to the point of leaving Demmen in pursuit of some unknown goal during the siege by Dietrich. When Eleonore claims the title, she is too powerful for Walentyna to immediately install Lucyna as kreisarch, so she conspires with the merchants and some nobles of Demmen to undermine Eleonore.
However, Walentyna's mysterious disappearance during the siege had some especially sinister result, and Walentyna chooses to follow Ansgar Anderssen, Ausartxango Belatz, and Geirr Stronghair when they leave to investigate things in the Rueckenberge.
Walentyna harasses them throughout the trip, along with Eleonore Drechsler and Karl Josef Wagner, who follow in her wake. She is there all the way to the highest parts of the Rueckenberge.