Ivan Strom

Ivan Strom is the youngest member of the Myreque, and a trainee priest of Saradomin. A devout man often spending his free time in prayer, Ivan admires the Myreque but is worried to let them down because of his "poor skills". He joined the organisation at a young age, after his parents died in the Sanguinesti Region, although he still believes them to be possibly alive. He is said to have special powers, which is why Veliaf Hurtz deems him to be a target of not only Vanstrom Klause, but also Lord Drakan himself.

With the Myreque
Much of Ivan's early years is unknown. At some point, he joined the Mort Myre division of the Myreque, led by Veliaf Hurtz. He has stated that he is unsure why exactly he is amongst them, fearful of disappointing them and rather being at Paterdomus to train as a priest. However, he has proven to be a valuable asset to the resistance; on one occasion, he managed to weaken a couple of Vampyre Juvinates in the field, allowing the rest of the group to safely escape.

In 169, an adventurer was tricked by Vanstrom Klause, a very powerful high-ranking vampyre who was hunting the Myreque at the time in search of one of their leaders, Safalaan Hallow, and inadvertently led him to the Myreque base under the Hollows. After all of the Myreque members there introduced themselves to them, Vanstrom revealed himself and proceeded to kill Sani Piliu and Harold Evans before summoning a skeletal hellhound to finish off the others and leaving. A fearful Ivan stood in a corner of the cavern while the adventurer fought the monster, eventually managing to vanquish it. Ivan expressed relief that it had been killed, but also blamed them for bringing Vanstrom to them in the first place.

Following the incident, the adventurer offered their help to Veliaf to make amends and helped them relocate their base to Burgh de Rott. While they were patching up the town, Veliaf discussed the situation with Ivan and they agreed that Ivan would go to Paterdomus and complete his training under the watch of Drezel, so that Veliaf would not have to focus on keeping him safe and to protect him from falling into the hands of the vampyres, who desired to capture him. After preparing a new base for the Myreque, the adventurer returned to the Hollows to inform Radigad Ponfit and Polmafi Ferdygris of the new location. They then provided Ivan with some supplies and the two left the base to venture to Temple Paterdomus.

On the journey, the pair was attacked by two juvinates who were after Ivan, but the adventurer managed to defeat them. After safely arriving at the temple, Ivan went to see Drezel.

At Paterdomus
While at Paterdomus, Ivan continued with his priestly training. His studies went well and Drezel even saw him as his potential successor as protector of the temple. However, recent events, Sani's death in particular, had shaken him considerably. Nevertheless, the priest noted that Ivan had an affecting "inner calmness" about him.

At some point, he began hearing hushed, animalistic voices around the temple. After Drezel began hearing them as well, the two investigated around the temple but did not find anything, although they were too afraid to get onto King's Road and search farther from Paterdomus. Later, the adventurer arrived to investigate and discovered these voices to be those of werewolves who had crossed the River Salve to kidnap people.

Shortly after King Roald of Misthalin instated a Mercenary Protocol to help fight the vampyres, Ivan decided to return to the Myreque. To this end, he disguised himself as a mercenary, somehow having acquired a full set of the rare rune armour, and waited to be escorted to Burgh de Rott. Aforementioned adventurer soon offered his help, but Ivan advised them to investigate some strange going-ons inside the temple first, as he had seen Zamorakian agents possibly convening with Saradominists. After checking with Drezel, they began to look around the temple, where they discovered a splinter group consisting of both Zamorakians and Saradominists discussing the Edicts of Guthix. After an encounter with two of their bodyguards, the adventurer agreed to escort Ivan to Burgh de Rott.

Following their trek through the swamp, Ivan revealed his identity and made his way to the base, to the adventurer's shock and Veliaf's anger. The lieutenant stated that it was too dangerous for Ivan to be there, and that he would require protection due to his powers. Nevertheless, Ivan stayed, stating that Veliaf would "mellow with age" and was later glad to hear that both Vanstrom and Ranis Drakan himself had been killed with the aid of Vanescula Drakan.