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{{monster
|name=Ilona Szilagy
|symbol={{brightblue|V}}
|tile=
|difficulty=17
|level=13
|experience=459
|speed=16
|AC=4
|MR=80
|align=-10
|frequency=0
|genocidable=No
|attacks=[[Weapon]] 1d10 [[Physical damage|physical]], [[Bite attack|bite]] 1d12 [[Vampiric (damage type)|vampiric]], [[dNetHack monster spells|spellcast]] 2d6 mage
|weight=1450
|nutr=400
|size=medium
|resistances=[[cold resistance]], [[sleep resistance]], [[poison resistance]], [[drain resistance]], [[death resistance]]
|resistances conveyed=none
|attributes={{attributes|Ilona Szilagy|fly=1|amphibious=1|breathless=1|humanoid=1|regen=1|pois=1|nopoly=1|undead=1|human=1|lord=1|female=1|hostile=1|stalk=1|nasty=1|strong=1|collect=1|waitsforu=1|infravisible=1|nocorpse=1|death=1|vampire=1}}
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'''Ilona Szilagy''', {{yellow|V}}, is a [[unique]] [[monster]] that appears in [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]]. Ilona Szilagy is an [[undead]] [[Human (monster attribute)|human]] and one of [[Vlad the Impaler (dNetHack)|Vlad the Impaler's]] [[Vampire (monster class)|vampiric]] wives, making her a [[Lord (monster attribute)|lord]] to [[Vampire (monster attribute)|vampire-kind]]: she is [[strong]], [[unbreathing]] and [[amphibious]], has [[flight]] and [[Regeneration (property)|enhanced regeneration]], can track the [[hero]] and see other creatures using normal sight and [[bloodsense]], and can be seen via [[infravision]]. Ilona will seek out [[weapon]]s, [[armor]] and other items to pick up, waits for the [[hero]] to approach her, and can [[follow]] the hero to other floors if she is adjacent. She can reach [[Monster level|level]] 30 and has 6 points of [[AC]] in the 'natural' category.

Ilona Szilagy has a single weapon attack, a [[Vampiric (damage type)|vampiric]] [[bite attack]] and the ability to cast one [[dNetHack monster spells|arcane spell]] during each of her turns, and she has a [[base attack bonus]] of +0.5 [[to-hit]] per level. Ilona possesses [[cold resistance]], [[sleep resistance]], [[poison resistance]], [[drain resistance]], and [[death resistance]], and has a weakness to [[silver]].

Ilona Szilagy can be [[Ward (dNetHack)|warded]] by a fourfold [[User:Chris/dNetHack/Elder Elemental Eye|Elder Elemental Eye]].

==Generation==
Ilona Szilagy is always generated hostile. She is not a valid polymorph form or genocide target.

Ilona Szilagy is always generated in the central room at the top floor of the [[Windowless Tower]], where she is placed on the rightmost square of the room next to Vlad (and opposite both [[Carmilla]] and [[Mina Harker]]) during level creation.

Ilona Szilagy is [[always generated with]] a [[long sword]], a [[gentlewoman's dress]], and a pair of [[low boots]].

Ilona Szilagy [[Corpseless|never leaves a corpse]] upon death.

==Encyclopedia entry==
{{encyclopedia|
We do know that Vlad later married Ilona Szilagy, who was
related to Matthias Corvinus, the king of Hungary who had
placed Vlad under arrest following his escape from Wallachia
in 1462. It appears that Corvinus made an arrangement with
Vlad to restore him to his throne. To strengthen the bond,
Vlad was offered a royal bride.
|[ Dracula's Homepage, by Dr. Elizabeth Miller ]
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		+	==Strategy==
		+	While Ilona is individually on the weaker side, her ability to cast spells paired with the [[seduction theft]] of Mina and the [[Seduction\|seducing gazes]] of Vlad and Carmilla can leave the hero thoroughly disrobed and robbed of vital weapons and armor if a player is unwary or under-prepared. To that end, be careful that wands of {{wand of\|striking\|or=1\|fire}} are not zapped at the doors to their room, even if you are only targeting the other vampires in the surrounding area—if they are destroyed, one of more of Vlad and his entourage may be able to see the hero from where they are meditating, usually becoming active much earlier than you want.

	==Origin==		==Origin==

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		+	==Origin==
		+	{{wikipedia}}
		+	Justina Szilágyi de Horogszeg (before 1455 – 1497), born Ilona Szilágyi, was a Hungarian noblewoman who became the second wife of [[wikipedia:Vlad Dracula\|Vlad Dracula]], Voivode of Wallachia (the prince better known as "Vlad the Impaler"). She was the daughter of Ladislaus or Osvát Szilágyi and thus a cousin of Matthias Corvinus, the King of Hungary: Corvinus first gave her in marriage to Wenceslas Pongrác of Szentmiklós, who had inherited estates in Upper Hungary (present-day Slovakia), but was forced to renounce them in exchange for landed property he and Justina jointly received in Transylvania following their marriage.
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		+	After Pongrác died in 1474, the widowed Justina married Vlad, whom Corvinus acknowledged as the lawful voivode of Wallachia in 1475. Vlad seized Wallachia in late 1476, but soon died in battle. To strengthen her claim to her Transylvanian estates, she married Paul Suki, who was related to the former owners of those territories. After the death of Suki, in 1479, Justina was married to John Erdélyi of Somkerék, until her death in 1497.

	==Encyclopedia entry==		==Encyclopedia entry==

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-'''Ilona Szilagy''', {{yellow|V}}, is a [[unique]] [[monster]] that appears in [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]]. Ilona Szilagy is an [[undead]] [[Human (monster attribute)|human]] and one of [[Vlad the Impaler (dNetHack)|Vlad the Impaler's]] [[Vampire (monster class)|vampiric]] wives, making her a [[Lord (monster attribute)|lord]] to [[Vampire (monster attribute)|vampire-kind]]: she is [[strong]], [[unbreathing]] and [[amphibious]], has [[flight]] and [[Regeneration (property)|enhanced regeneration]], can track the [[hero]] and see other creatures using normal sight and [[bloodsense]], and can be seen via [[infravision]]. Ilona will seek out [[weapon]]s, [[armor]] and other items to pick up, waits for the [[hero]] to approach her, and can [[follow]] the hero to other floors if she is adjacent. She can reach [[Monster level|level]] 30 and has 6 points of [[AC]] in the 'natural' category.
+'''Ilona Szilagy''', {{brightblue|V}}, is a [[unique]] [[monster]] that appears in [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]]. Ilona Szilagy is an [[undead]] [[Human (monster attribute)|human]] and one of [[Vlad the Impaler (dNetHack)|Vlad the Impaler's]] [[Vampire (monster class)|vampiric]] wives, making her a [[Lord (monster attribute)|lord]] to [[Vampire (monster attribute)|vampire-kind]]: she is [[strong]], [[unbreathing]] and [[amphibious]], has [[flight]] and [[Regeneration (property)|enhanced regeneration]], can track the [[hero]] and see other creatures using normal sight and [[bloodsense]], and can be seen via [[infravision]]. Ilona will seek out [[weapon]]s, [[armor]] and other items to pick up, waits for the [[hero]] to approach her, and can [[follow]] the hero to other floors if she is adjacent. She can reach [[Monster level|level]] 30 and has 6 points of [[AC]] in the 'natural' category.
 Ilona Szilagy has a single weapon attack, a [[Vampiric (damage type)|vampiric]] [[bite attack]] and the ability to cast one [[dNetHack monster spells|arcane spell]] during each of her turns, and she has a [[base attack bonus]] of +0.5 [[to-hit]] per level. Ilona possesses [[cold resistance]], [[sleep resistance]], [[poison resistance]], [[drain resistance]], and [[death resistance]], and has a weakness to [[silver]].

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