At the age of five, ripped from his nomadic Family, Ivan was sent to a boarding school. Blyton Hall, nicknamed "Bastard Hall", was where the wealthy offspring society wished to forget or avoid were sent. It was an experience in hell for a young boy. The experiences hehad there made him a fighter by the time he was ten. That cruel, and bitter child grew up to be a charming rake, on the surface. He accepted the title thrust upon him, and came into a vast amount of money and power.

Still, his Father's Family despised him, and he felt the same way towards the Englishmen. Society, no less scornful than his own Family, alternately adored and despised him for his wealth and parentage. He had made a game out of seducing London's most eligible and beautiful and leaving them with ruined reputations and no chance for a successful marriage. At the age of thirty, he scandalized society by disowning the Family that had treated him so callously all his life.

Soon enough, Ivan tired of the society he was forced to live in, and turned to working out his frustrations on the battlefields around the world. Unconsciously, he searched for his Gypsy tribe, his Family, but has 
never found a trace of them.

On his many travels, he came into contact with Alexander Therion. They became comrades in war, brothers in battle, and eventually, Sire and Childe.

Ivan has spent his time in the Middle East as a freelance mercenary for hire for the terrorists groups there.