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He was too perfect despite being the most imperfect person I knew.

—- Sydney Sage


Adrian Ivashkov is the Royal Moroi son of Nathan and Daniella Ivashkov. He specializes in spirit and often self-medicates with smoking and alcohol to numb its influence.

Biography[]

Upon meeting Rose Hathaway in Frostbite, he instantly becomes obsessed with her. In Spirit Bound, she agrees to date him in return for money to find Dimitri Belikov in Blood Promise. When Adrian finds out that Rose loved Dimitri too deeply in Last Sacrifice, they break up. A month later, at the start of Bloodlines, he moves to Palm Springs with Eddie Castile to protect Jill Dragomir from a radical group of moroi against Queen Vasilisa Dragomir's politics. There he meets alchemist Sydney Sage, who is also assigned to protect Jill. Slowly, he and Sydney develop a deep friendship in Bloodlines, and she inspires and encourages him to start taking art classes at Carlton College. By the end of The Golden Lily, he admits his feelings for Sydney and kisses her; they start dating at the end of The Indigo Spell.

In The Fiery Heart, he is diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder and starts taking mood stabilizers, only stopping when Sydney is kidnapped in Silver Shadows; he starts taking them again once he gets her back. Adrian and Sydney get married at the end of Silver Shadows. The couple adopts Declan in The Ruby Circle and moves to Maine to have a safe life together. In the epilogue, Adrian is revealed to have started working as a kindergarten art teacher.

Appearance[]

Adrian is described by many as being extremely handsome, breathtaking, sexy, and hot, even for a moroi. Sydney describes his smaragdine orbs, which are said to be similar to Dragomir's eye color, as the deepest shade of green in the world. He stands "a little shorter than Dimitri," according to Rose, and has a model body type that is comparable to art. Adrian has light chestnut brown hair, often said to be styled in a messy, just-rolled-out-of-bed style.

Personality[]

Outgoing, showy, confident.

—Jill Dragomir (about Adrian)[[Adrian's Lost Chapter|src]]

Adrian Ivashkov is brave, selfless, impulsive, and open-minded. He is willing to give his loved ones anything if they need it, like when he brought Jillian back from the dead (making her Shadow-kissed). He is also very intelligent, choosing to use words to outmatch his opponents rather than engaging in physical fights. Adrian is sometimes rebellious, as Dimitri noted when he noted that he doesn't follow rules—they are mainly guidelines to life. Sydney describes him as arrogant, cocky, and annoying, but she also thinks he is funny. According to Jill, Adrian always feels his emotions very strongly.

According to Sydney, Adrian has something of a split personality; one moment he could be happy and outgoing, while the next he could become distant and speak in riddles. Adrian is emotionally damaged due to both his father's verbal abuse and the effect of spirit. Both cause him to experience extreme depression, which causes him to drink heavily. Of course, his heartbreak over Rose didn't help matters.

Adrian frequently tries to prove himself, though he doesn't like to show it. He wants others to think he is worth something; this is particularly obvious with Sydney Sage. Adrian carries a lot of self-doubt and low self-esteem.

According to Carlton's psychiatrists, Adrian suffers from bipolar disorder, meaning that his high and happy moments are too high, making him impulsive, while his low and depressive moments are too low, to the point of inducing suicidal thoughts.

Appearances[]

Vampire Academy Series[]

Frostbite[]

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Shadow Kiss[]

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Blood Promise[]

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Spirit Bound[]

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Last Sacrifice[]

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Bloodlines Series[]

Adrian's Lost Chapter[]

It is Adrian's twenty-first birthday. He recalls times with his great aunt and how she used to treat him. He also thinks about his parents and where they are, what they are doing, and how they treated him on his past birthdays. Jill wishes him a happy birthday, and they begin to talk. She invites him to a dinner that will have her parents, Lissa, Christian, Rose, and Dimitri in attendance. He goes to reject the invitation when he remembers that they are going to be talking about her future, and he doesn't want her to have to face the entire group on her own. He accepts the invitation, which leads to the end of their conversation.

Bloodlines[]

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The Golden Lily[]

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The Indigo Spell[]

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The Fiery Heart[]

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Silver Shadows[]

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The Ruby Circle[]

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Vampire Academy (TV Series)[]

Molnija[]

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Beyond the Wards[]

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Powers and Abilities[]

Powers[]

  • Heightented Compulsion: Moroi are able to control the minds of humans, dhampirs, and other Moroi to a certain degree through eye contact and verbal commands. Spirit users are the strongest in this ability.
  • Elements: Moroi have magical abilities that allow them to control the elements of earth, air, fire, water, and spirit. Moroi often specialize in one element in particular.
    • Spirit: Adrian can dream-walk and see auras.
  • Enhanced Immune System: Moroi don't get sick like humans. Although they can contract diseases, especially terminal diseases, it is unusual for Moroi to get sick or catch viruses.
  • Enhanced Senses: Moroi have stronger senses of sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch than humans. Moroi are shown to be able to distinguish between Moroi/Dhampir/Human blood by taste.
  • Enhanced Speed: Moroi are faster than humans but aren't as fast as Strigoi and Dhampirs.
  • High Life Expectancy: Moroi are not immortal like Strigoi, but they still live longer than most humans. Most Moroi live up to 100–110 years old, although some can far exceed that.
  • Hunger Resistance: Moroi do not have to kill in order to feed, unlike Strigoi, who always kill their bite victims, and instead feed in small, non-lethal increments.
  • Limited Darkness Adaptation: Moroi possess better night vision than humans, being able to see even in very dim illumination such as starlight.
  • Regenerative Healing Factor: Moroi heal easier and quicker than humans, allowing them to recover from injuries quickly so long as they feed.
  • Supernatural Beauty: Moroi are known to be highly attractive. They are immensely beautiful, slim, and tall; their skin is pale. However, Moroi do not need to have all of these features.

Abilities[]

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Weaknesses[]

  • Darkness: Using too much spirit can cause dark depression, outbursts of rage, violence, and insanity.
  • Mortality: Despite their healing factor, Moroi are still mortal and can die of advanced diseases, exsanguination, and severe injuries. They also weaken with age, just like humans.
  • Physical Weakness: Moroi aren't very strong physically and are absolutely no match for Strigoi. Compared to Dhampirs, Moroi are generally physically weaker and less nimble.
  • Sunlight: Moroi are sensitive to sunlight, and while exposure to sunlight is not lethal to Moroi, it is very uncomfortable.

Relationships[]

Relatives[]

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Romances[]

Rosemarie Hathaway[]

He first met Rose at a ski lodge in Idaho, where he made his feelings for her very clear by inviting her to dinner and sending her presents. Throughout Shadow Kiss, he flirted with her to the point that his great-aunt thought they were involved with each other. He funds Rose's trip to Siberia on the condition that she gives him a chance when she gets back. The pair date each other, although Rose continues to work on her quest to restore Dimitri to a dhampir. Eventually, Rose broke up with him because she was still in love with Dimitri. Adrian accused her of not caring, pointing out that he, Eddie, Sydney, and Jill were "victims" of her happy ending. Rose concluded that she couldn't be his crutch and that he needed to find his own strength. By the end of The Golden Lily, when Sydney points out that he still loves Rose, Adrian comments that while he is still hurt by what she did to him, he is over her and is now interested in Sydney.

In Indigo Spell, his feelings for Rose seem to be nearly nonexistent. He tells Sydney that he knows about Rose's epic love for Dimitri and has accepted it. Adrian sees Rose again in Dallas, when a spirit user had turned a Strigoi back into a Moroi, and he realizes he feels no romantic feelings towards her at all, even calling her "little Dhampir" and restoring their friendship.

Avery Lazar[]

Adrian was close friends with Avery Lazar and may have harbored some romantic feelings for her. But after it was discovered that she was a spirit user, he speculated that she used compulsion to get him to like her.

Sydney Sage[]

I know I'm not supposed to say this, but I love you

—Adrian to Sydney


Sydney and Adrian first ran into each other at the Moroi court, although they did not speak to each other at the time. Their first proper introduction was in Palm Springs, at Clarence Donahue's house. Adrian helped Sydney track down the source of illicit tattoos that used vampire blood and saliva, as well as expose Keith Darnell's involvement with the tattoos to the alchemists. Sydney, in return, gets him out of Clarence's house and into an apartment of his own, Keith's old one (which was offered to her at first). She also helped him apply for art classes at a local college.

In The Golden Lily, Adrian and Sydney's friendship deepens, with Sydney buying him a slush to cheer him up after a disastrous meeting with his father. Adrian, in turn, takes self-defense classes with Sydney (although he later quits because he cannot be around her without putting his feelings for her aside) and buys a Mustang and feigns ignorance of a manual transmission in order to have an excuse to be around her. Adrian finds himself falling in love with Sydney, which scares him (Moroi and humans being together is taboo, Keepers aside). He finally gives in to his feelings and shares a kiss with Sydney. However, Sydney tells him that they can't have feelings for each other. She then leaves his apartment, breaking both of their hearts.

In The Indigo Spell, Adrian dances with Sydney at Sonya and Mikhail's wedding and even tells Marcus that she is very important to him. Throughout their time together, their sexual tension increases. Adrian has curbed his drinking and smoking habits to please Sydney, who makes him happy. At the end of Indigo Spell, they finally begin dating. They share their first day as a couple in South California; they have dinner together (fondue, Adrian's favorite food) and watch the sunset after spending all day in the Greek architecture-inspired Getty Villa museum.

In The Fiery Heart, Adrian and Sydney keep their relationship a secret from everyone except Jill, who can see into Adrian's mind. With the presence of her sister, Sydney begins to sneak off during her last period study class to be with Adrian. Adrian also begins to take mood-stabilizing pills so that Spirit does not get to him as much on Sydney's urging. Later, Adrian and Sydney progress even further in their relationship, both emotionally and physically. By finding Adrian's "love phone" in Sydney's car, Zoe (Sydney's sister), uncovers their relationship and notifies the Alchemists. This results in Sydney's kidnapping, and the book ends with Adrian going back to his drinking ways to drown out sorrow and Spirit alike.

In Silver Shadows, Adrian and Sydney are still in love but cannot be together since Sydney is being held in a re-education center after the Alchemists found out that she was in love with Adrian. Adrian begins the difficult search for Sydney and, after nearly four months of searching, finds her. Soon after, while on the run from the Alchemists, Adrian and Sydney get married. Adrian gives her an engagement ring made with rubies from his Aunt Tatiana's cufflinks, and they both return to Court to escape the alchemists. Once there, Sydney is given sanctuary by Lissa when the Alchemists try to take her away and annul the marriage.

In The Ruby Circle, Adrian and Sydney's relationship deepens, and together, along with Rose and Dimitri, they find out the truth about Olive's weird pregnancy. When Olive is killed by a Strigoi, Adrian feels sad and guilty that he wasn't able to save her, but Sydney comforts him. Later in the book, Sydney helps Adrian snap out of the extreme spirit and prevents him from having a burst of spirit where his mind would stop functioning permanently, like it happened to Avery and Nina. Sydney realizes that Adrian loves her very deeply, as it's very difficult to snap out of spirit, but he does so by listening to her and letting his anger dissolve. The Alchemists accept Sydney's deal, where she gives them the names of rogue Alchemists in exchange for their acceptance of her and Adrian's marriage and their agreement to let them live freely without interference from the Alchemists. At the end of the book, Adrian and Sydney adopt Olive and Neil's son, Declan, and they turn out to be great parents. They move to live in Maine along with Eddie and Adrian's mother. Sydney joins a college for an architecture course, while Adrian becomes an art teacher for kindergarten students. They share a passionate moment at the end of the book.

Friends[]

Jillian Dragomir[]

Adrian views Jill as a little sister and describes her as pure and innocent, which is the reason he brought her back to life and formed their shadow-kissed bond. However, he does feel somewhat frustrated that she can feel everything he feels, and he tries to cut back on his alcohol consumption for her sake. Jill is very protective of Adrian. She feels his connection with Sydney and wants their relationship to blossom. Whenever Adrian is upset, Jill starts showing similar mood swings.

Jill used to have a crush on Adrian back when they were in the Moroi world. After he brought her back to life, however, she quickly got over her crush on him. He normally calls her "Jailbait." The one time he called her by her full name was when Jill was using her water element and scared Sydney Sage.

Christian Ozera[]

Adrian and Christian meet in Frostbite. Although they don't initially get along—Christian is jealous of Adrian's friendship with Lissa—they eventually become friends. They constantly tease and insult each other as a sign of affection. They also help each other and their friends when the need arises, as shown in Last Sacrifice when they worked together to clear Rose's name. Things are awkward between the two since his aunt killed Adrian's aunt, but Adrian still asks Christian for culinary advice. When Adrian's old drinking buddies tried to attack Sydney, Christian told him that he would get back at them, which Adrian found comfort in.

Jaclyn Terwilliger[]

Adrian initially did not like Jaclyn Terwilliger when they met, because Sydney had complained about her passive-aggressive methods of teaching her magic (which were completely against Sydney's belief system). However, they seem to have made positive impressions on each other after a short time, as Ms.Terwilliger allows him to call her Jackie and Adrian is more open minded about Sydney learning magic than he was before he saw her natural talent.

Vasilisa Dragomir[]

Adrian and Lissa are friends, and he affectionately calls her "cousin" (a common form of address among royals). He helped her learn about her Spirit powers—teaching her dream walking and reading auras—and she tries to teach him how to heal people. Even though they are both Spirit users, they have a lot to learn from one another. They continued to be close friends even after Lissa became queen. Adrian also likes to call her Lissa and tries to get others to do so, including Sydney Sage. However, Lissa is somewhat irritated with him, since he caused a rift between the Alchemists and the Moroi by marrying Sydney.

Dimitri Belikov[]

Originally Dhampir Guardian Dimitri Belikov was Adrian's rival, as they both were in love with Dhampir Rose Hathaway. Adrian disliked Dimitri because everyone believes he is perfect, and Dimitri disliked Adrian for not following the rules and his excessive drinking. In the end, Rose chose Dimitri as her love, breaking Adrian's heart completely. Soon after, in Palm Springs, Adrian begins to let go of his rivalry with Dimitri because of his growing love for Alchemist Sydney Sage. Though at some moments there is tension between the two, it is later found out that Adrian does, in fact, respect Dimitri; in return, Dimitri believes that Adrian is a good person and also respects him. In The Ruby Circle, it is revealed that they are actually cousins.

Marcus Finch[]

Adrian and Marcus Finch have an uneasy relationship. At their first meeting, Adrian attacked Marcus when he found out that Marcus had harmed Sydney. Marcus in turn was annoyed by Adrian, even calling him an "asshole." Eventually Adrian became jealous of Marcus because he was human and Sydney was also a human, and relationships between vampires and humans are taboo. But this was later laid to rest when Sydney decided to not go away with Marcus to Mexico but stay with Adrian. This tense relationship continues when they meet again in The Fiery Heart, though they are both devastated when Sydney is taken by the Alchemists and to the re-education center after Zoe snitches on Sydney and Adrian. They become friends as they collaborate to free Sydney from re-education. Marcus seems to be aware of Sydney and Adrian's relationship but is non-judgmental.

Enemies[]

Brayden Cartwright[]

Adrian had some rivalry with human Brayden Cartwright during The Golden Lily. When Sydney begins her relationship with Brayden, Adrian is surprised at how much it bothers him that she's not single. He continually points out what he believes to be faults in Brayden, but it only ends up annoying Sydney.

Adrian believes that Sydney is only dating Brayden because of his car, which is therefore his "status symbol," and because he is smart and smells like coffee, according to Sydney. Adrian interrupts them at the Halloween dance, and Adrian scoffs at Brayden, calling Sydney's outfit "historically inaccurate." He sees it as an insult to her, saying he would have called her "the most beautiful creature in the world."

Adrian also calls Brayden a variety of wrong names throughout The Golden Lily, to the point where it annoys Sydney. Adrian also has lots of incidents that involve Sydney having to spend time away from Brayden and more time with him. Adrian was visibly happy when Brayden broke it off with Sydney.

Brent Badica, Wesley Drozdov, Lars Zeklos[]

Brent Badica, Weasley Drozdov, and Lars Zeklos are Moroi royals and used to be drinking buddies with Adrian before he left for Palm Springs. They appear in The Fiery Heart, where they try to attack Sydney Sage when she walks alone to the guest rooms. Adrian attacked them with a tree branch because he couldn't use spirit magic due to the medication pills.

Quotes[]

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Etymology[]

Adrian is a Latin Origin name meaning "From Hadria". In the German form of the name Adrian means "Dark". It was a popular name in the Roman times and the Middle Ages but became rarely seen in modern times. It was used regularly in Christianity for many years. Adrian was used a lot during Shakespearean times, as it was used in the play The Tempest, in which it means "Lord".

Ivashkov comes from the profession of fishing, called "Fisher", which was given to fishermen. But over many years, the name has come from different areas in the Western Civilization to mean "Favored of God".

Trivia[]

  • Richelle Mead has said that Adrian is one of her most complex characters due to his Spirit influence, as she believes that Adrian uses his sarcasm and humor to hide the insecure and emotionally damaged man that he is. She also states that he is her favorite character to write about, besides Rose Hathaway.
  • Adrian's Spirit influence and darkness are worse than Lissa's or Sonya Karp's, as Adrian will get attacks from the Spirit that can make him see things that aren't there or hear voices (visual and auditory hallucinations caused by episodes of bipolar disorder), and he is even prone to violence under the influence of Spirit. He copes by drinking and smoking to undermine the effects of Spirit.
  • Richelle Mead has stated on her blog that Adrian listens to classic rock music.
  • In an excerpt of The Fiery Heart that Richelle Mead posted via social media, it says that Adrian listens to Pink Floyd. Later, it is found out that he likes Fleetwood Mac, especially the song Rumours.
  • Adrian is a founding member of AYE, Alpha Yam Ergo, a fake Greek fraternity he used to get into college parties.
  • Adrian and Dimitri are the only two major characters in the Vampire Academy series not to have attended St. Vladimir's Academy during their youth.
  • Adrian states that he is only important and amazing when using Spirit; otherwise, he truly believes he isn't talented at anything else.
  • Adrian is a Leo according to Adrian's Lost Chapter (a short story set between Last Sacrifice and The Bloodlines).
  • The ruby-encrusted cufflinks he sells during the events of The Fiery Heart were given to him by Tatiana as his twentieth birthday gift.
  • Like Sydney, Adrian's birth flower has connections to his character of having moral integrity, strength, remembrance, and infatuation. It is also considered to be the longest-lasting flower out of the birth flowers.
  • Adrian is the first of the main characters of both series (excluding Sonya) (VA/BL) to get married.

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