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Well, you told me I needed to blend more into Oregano society.

—Lissa to Rosesrc


Vasilisa "Lissa" Sabina Rhea Dragomir is a Royal Moroi. Growing up as the younger sister to the heir apparent, Princess Vasilisa Dragomir is a carefree, kind-hearted, royal princess uninterested in the political machinations of the Royal Court or the hypocrisy of royal moroi society. But with a sudden death in her family, Lissa is thrust into a role she feels she's neither trained for nor emotionally equipped to handle. But despite how she'd rather be burying herself in art in the human world, Lissa, realizing the good she can do, tries to live up to her family's reputation.

Biography[]

Before the books began, Vasilisa's family was on a car trip, which killed Eric, Andre, and Rhea Dragomir. Rose also died in the accident, but Lissa brought her back, making her shadow-kissed and giving them a one-way bond that allows Rose to feel and see whatever Lissa does and feels.

Lissa Dragomir is the daughter of Eric Dragomir and Rhea Dragomir. She is Rose's best friend and the last Dragomir until the discovery of her illegitimate half-sister Jill. She specializes in spirit.

Rose becomes shadow-kissed when Lissa brings her back to life after the car crash that killed her family. She is elected as the Moroi Queen following Tatiana's murder.

Description[]

Described as angelic by Rose, Vasilisa is beautiful and captivating, and she looks around eighteen. Like most female Moroi, she is tall and slim. She has a beautiful pale complexion, jade-green eyes, and platinum-blonde hair. When she smiles, she does not show her fangs. In the movie adaptation, Lissa has full lips and curly, golden-blonde hair.

Personality[]

Lissa is very friendly, kind, and compassionate. She has a kind heart, usually tries to reach out, and will go out of her way to make others feel included. She hates to see others in pain, especially people she cares about, which is the primary reason she wants to continue using spirit, because she loves the fact that she can use it to help people. She also has a great love for animals and despises seeing them in pain as well. Because of her empathic nature, Lissa continues to use spirit to help others despite the constant threat of insanity, gaining strength with each healing.

Lissa is extremely skilled in social interactions, due in part to the natural charisma that spirit brings about but also due to her personality. She dislikes being part of the academy's social crowd because it just involves too many head games and tires her out.

Lissa is rather idealistic. She believes strongly in equal rights for all Moroi, both royal and non-royal, as well as for Dhampirs. She holds great disdain for the elitism of many royals, finding it selfish, snobby, and unfair. She also dislikes the treatment of dhampirs as property. She can get somewhat worked up when talking about such concepts, as shown during her first private audience with Queen Tatiana. She also dislikes the Queen for attempting to control her life and keep her on track as an elite Moroi princess.

Lissa prefers to carefully think out a plan before taking action, though she has complete faith in Rose's ability to protect her. Because of their bond, Lissa relies heavily on Rose to protect her.

Despite Lissa's strength, she can be quite fragile at times, mostly due to the negative effects that spirit has on one's mind. Before she and Rose flee the academy, and for a time after their return, Lissa experiences such emotional turmoil that she begins cutting herself in order to control the pain. While she claims she doesn't want to die and hates pain, she states that the pain gave her something else to focus on, which helps her control the darkness. She's also susceptible to becoming addicted to compulsion, using it on teachers and students whether on purpose or not.

Lissa is very intelligent and works hard at her schoolwork. She dislikes that most Moroi are forced to go to small colleges for their own protection, which is why she accepted the Queen's offer to attend Lehigh University. It is said that she has perfect grades.

Appearances[]

Vampire Academy Series[]

Vampire Academy[]

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The Meeting[]

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Hello, My Name Is Rose Hathaway[]

After Rose declined to join the scavenger hunt on St. Varvara's Day, Lissa came up to her and convinced her to join, as one of the prizes was dark chocolate bacon truffles. Lissa asked Rose to win them, as Christian loves them and it's his birthday next week. Rose asks if Lissa will be helping her win, to which Lissa says she can't because she and Christian volunteered to help the elementary kids' carnival. She is painting faces, while Christian is going to be making animals out of balloons.

Lissa dressed up as an angel for the holiday. Rose checked on her through the bond and felt Lissa's happiness as she painted a little Moroi girl's face. After Rose won the truffles, Lissa hugged her with such force that it almost knocked her down.

Frostbite[]

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Shadow Kiss[]

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Blood Promise[]

Rose often checks in on her through the bond while she's looking for Dimitri in Russia. Lissa misses Rose a lot and confides in Christian about it. When Avery Lazar shows up at the academy, Lissa is initially hostile towards her, thinking Tatiana sent her to spy on her, but she warms up after hearing her father speak harshly to her.

Avery encourages Lissa to go to court with her, Adrian, and Jill one weekend. When Lissa drunkenly kisses Aaron at a party, Avery is unconcerned, but when Reed speaks harshly to Jill, she warns her brother to back off.

Lissa gradually returns to her partying ways due to Avery's influence, and Christian reluctantly breaks up with her as a result. Everyone is unaware that Avery is actually a spirit user and that she's hoping to make Lissa her third shadow-kissed bondmate.

One night, Lissa is on a window and about to fall because of Avery's compulsion, but Rose manages to help Lissa fight off the compulsion. Once Rose returns to the academy, they spend time catching up, and Lissa makes Rose swear that if she ever does anything dangerous again, they will do it together.

Spirit Bound[]

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Last Sacrifice[]

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Homecoming[]

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Bloodlines Series[]

Adrian's Lost Chapter[]

Lissa was briefly mentioned by Jill when she was inviting Adrian to the dinner party her parents were throwing.

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[]

Queen Vasilisa Dragomir appears when Adrian again requests that she look into Sydney's abduction for re-education by alchemists. She adamantly refuses his request to send a "strike team" to break into alchemist facilities, as that would be seen as a declaration of war and because her responsibilities are to her own people.

She is seen again when Sydney and Adrian flee to court after getting married. When she questions why they got married, Adrian proclaims his love for Sydney and requests that she give him and Sydney sanctuary. Despite the alchemists' demands that she turn Sydney over to their custody, Lissa declares that they are both under her protection while they're at court and that she will grant them both sanctuary.

The Ruby Circle[]

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Vampire Academy (Movie)[]

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Vampire Academy (TV Series)[]

Pilot[]

Lissa and Rose were at a party celebrating the Queen's 200th birthday. They were involved in a car accident after leaving the party with the Dragomir family. Rose remained at the Academy while Lissa left for three months. Rose went to greet Lissa upon her return but was stopped by Dimitri. After Victor told Dimitri that Rose was not a danger to Lissa, they embraced. Christian helped Lissa pronounce old Moroi words. Lissa performed the Consecration Ceremony. Lissa had a panic attack while she was at a party. Rose later found Lissa burning in the sun and took her to the lake Lissa's parents had taken Rose to when she first met Lissa. They put memorial lanterns in the air, alerting Dimitri that Lissa and Rose had left their dorm. As the sun set, Lissa and Rose were discovered outside the wards and attacked by a Strigoi. Lissa and Rose got into trouble after the strigoi were killed, resulting in Rose's return to the Dhampir dorms and Lissa's placement with Mia, a new roommate.

Earth. Air. Water. Fire.[]

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Death Watch[]

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Benchmark[]

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Near Guard, Far Guard[]

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Molnija[]

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Beyond the Wards[]

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The Trials[]

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Darkness[]

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Ascension[]

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Powers and Abilities[]

Powers[]

  • Compulsion: Lissa has the ability to use her compulsion to an extraordinary extent. She sometimes uses too much compulsion, to the point where it is very draining for her and physically harms whoever she is compelling. She sometimes accidentally uses it, not realizing her capabilities. She can also compel more than one person at once.
  • Elements: Lissa has magical abilities that allows her to control the elements of earth, air, fire, water, and spirit.
    • Earth (Movie): She can control any natural substance, such as stone, dirt, plants, or wood.
    • Air (Movie): She can create, manipulate and project air.
    • Fire (Movie): She can create, manipulate, and project fire.
    • Water (Movie): She can control and manipulate the water that surrounds her.
    • Spirit: Lissa is a moroi girl who has the rare element of spirit. Originally, she was thought to have not specialized at all, but the truth is revealed by Victor. Lissa is an excellent healer, although using too much takes a mental toll on her. Her sensitivity makes her want to use her powers when she sees something hurt or killed. Such incidents result in depression and her cutting herself. This improves as Rose begins to absorb her emotional darkness through the bond created when Lissa brought Rose back to life, a very straining process. When Jesse tortured her, her anger allowed her to bring out images of evil from spirit. She is also able to create illusions, making Jesse believe spiders are crawling all over him after he tortures her in Shadow Kiss. With Adrian's help, she learns to sense auras and can control when she sees them. Lissa is also incredibly charismatic.
      • Aura: Lissa can see other people's aura. An aura is the color surrounding a person that reflects their mood and overall character.
      • Healing: Lissa has demonstrated that she can heal any physical wound, although it has been discovered that this ability is rather limited in the way that it cannot be used for mental injuries.
        • Resurrection: Lissa was able to bring Rose back to life after she died in the car crash
          Lissa using magic

          Lissa using telekinesis (Spirit)

      • Telekinesis: Lissa is able to use telekinesis through spirit.
      • Charming: She also learns to charm silver objects with spirit to heal the darkness of spirit and to charm a silver stake to restore Dimitri Belikov as a Strigoi in Spirit Bound.
  • Enhanced Immune System: Lissa doesn't get sick like humans. It is unusual for her to get sick or catch viruses.
  • Enhanced Senses: Lissa has stronger senses of sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch compared to humans.
  • Enhanced Speed: Lissa is faster than humans but isn't as fast as Strigoi or Dhampirs.
  • High Life Expectancy: Lissa is not immortal like Strigoi, but she still lives longer than most humans.
  • Hunger Resistance: Lissa feeds in small, non-lethal increments unlike strigoi.
  • Limited Darkness Adaptation: Lissa possesses better night vision than humans, being able to see even in very dim illumination such as starlight.
  • Regenerative Healing Factor: Lissa can heal easier and quicker than humans, allowing her to recover from injuries quickly so long as she feeds.
  • Supernatural Beauty: Moroi are known to be highly attractive. She is immensely beautiful, slim, and tall; her skin is pale.

Abilities[]

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Weaknesses[]

  • Darkness: Using too much spirit can cause dark depression, outbursts of rage, violence, and insanity.
  • Mortality: Despite her healing factor, Lissa is still mortal and can die of advanced diseases, exsanguination, and severe injuries.
  • Physical Weakness: Lissa isn't very strong physically and is absolutely no match for Strigoi.
  • Sunlight: Lissa is sensitive to sunlight, and while exposure to sunlight is not lethal to her, it is very uncomfortable. This is why she is seen carrying an umbrella during the day.

Relationships[]

Relatives[]

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Romances[]

Christian Ozera[]

Lissa and Christian know each other before she leaves with Rose, but upon her return, they become friends. He falls in love with her and is hurt when Rose tells him that Lissa doesn't care about him. He then rebuffs Lissa, sending her into the arms of her ex-boyfriend Aaron. He convinces her that she doesn't care about Aaron and kisses her, but she gets mad at him. He stows away on the rescue mission to save her and is nearly mauled to death by psi-hounds. Lissa heals his injuries, and they begin dating. After a month of dating, he loses his virginity to her. When Rose abandons her, he's there for her to comfort her. He's jealous of Adrian and threatens him. Under Avery's control, Lissa kisses Aaron and decides not to tell Christian. However, Jill tells him instead, and he breaks up with her. Lissa's jealous when he begins to spend time with Mia and Jill and flirts with other guys in retaliation. After Rose is arrested, he kisses her, admitting that he never stopped loving her, and they get back together. Christian becomes much less self-conscious in his relationship with Lissa and jokes about Blake's interest in her. She makes Dimitri Christian's guardian.

Friends[]

Rosemarie Hathaway[]

Rose and Lissa become best friends in their childhood and are like sisters. Lissa brings Rose back to life when she dies in a car crash, creating a one-way bond between them. Rose comforts Lissa through her depression and takes the darkness of spirit from her via the bond. Lissa and Rose escape the academy for two years (in the books, one year in the movie), during which time Rose feeds Lissa her blood. Rose is increasingly jealous when Lissa begins dating Christian, as she doesn't like sharing her. Rose originally drives them apart, but admits she was wrong when she realizes they're perfect for each other. Rose chooses Dimitri over Lissa and abandons her, hurting Lissa deeply. She returns in time to comfort her over her breakup with Christian. Whenever the two are separated, Rose uses the bond to check on Lissa. In her spirit dream, Lissa's biggest fear is that Rose will die protecting her. When Tasha attempts to shoot Lissa, Rose jumps in the way and almost dies. However, when she survives, the bond between them breaks. Rose becomes Lissa's guardian, and Lissa gives Dimitri to Christian so that he can still be with Rose.

Dimitri Belikov[]

Dimitri is the one to return Rose and Lissa to the academy. He is assigned to be Lissa's guardian. Lissa doesn't let Rose kill Dimitri when she has the chance, instead staking him with a spirit stake and restoring him. He pledges his allegiance to her but refuses to talk to Rose. Lissa eventually convinces him to go on the run with Rose to protect her, and he obliges. Lissa feels that she is to blame for Rose and Dimitri's relationship, so she has Dimitri reassigned to Christian so Rose can be with Dimitri again.

Adrian Ivashkov[]

Lissa meets Adrian at the ski lodge and soon discovers he, like her, has specialized in spirit. She goes to his room, and they become friends as they bond over their power. Christian becomes immensely jealous of Adrian's time spent with her. Lissa begins defending Adrian from Rose. He teaches her to sense auras and walk dreams, and she teaches him to heal. Their relationship is similar to that of a brother and sister.

Edison Castile[]

Lissa and Eddie are both friends of Rose. Eddie considers Lissa to be one of the good royals. Eddie is one of the few people to be told about Lissa's power of spirit. He's assigned to her for the field experience, and they grow closer, becoming good friends. He takes his responsibilities seriously and tries to spend as much time with her as possible. When Lissa runs for queen, Eddie and Janine plan to take rotating shifts to guard her, as they are two of the few who can be trusted with her. Lissa doesn't find it as awkward to have Eddie in the room while she sleeps as she finds it to have Janine there. Eddie insists on accompanying her to her test. Eddie is suspicious of Ambrose and feels the need to protect Lissa from him. He kills a Moroi who attacks Lissa, getting him in deep trouble and earning him a suspension from his guardian duties. Lissa sends Eddie to watch over Jill, trusting him with her.

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Etymology[]

  • Vasilisa - Greek and Russian female name meaning "Queen". The name comes from the fairy tales in Russian of a princess who is called either Vasilisa the Beautiful or Vasilisa the Wise.
  • Sabina - Latin name from the name "Sabine" which means "Sabine Women" as the Sabine Women where a group of women kidnapped in the era of Remus and Romulus in Rome.
  • Rhea - Greek name meaning "Flowing". It comes from the Greek gods are the Mother of the Gods was Rhea and she was the Titian of Generation, Fertility and Motherhood. Vasilisa shares the name as her mother Rhea Dragomir.
  • Dragomir - South-Slavic surname meaning "to whom peace is precious". As Drag means "dear, precious", mir means "peace". It is also a formation of the word Dragon which is the symbol of the Dragomir family.

Trivia[]

  • Lissa is seen to be similar to deceased Queen Alexandra since they both rule when they were young.
  • Lissa is linked to the Ozera family through her grandmother being an Ozera, and that of her boyfriend being an Ozera family member.
  • She is of Russian and Romanian descent. Russian through her father's lineage and Romanian through her mother's lineage.
  • In the film, Lissa has control over all the elements, though to a limit as if she uses too much of the other elements she is effect by the Spirit Darkness (along with Rose)
  • Instead of cutting her wrists like in books, she instead in the film has her wrists slit by the darkness effects of her element; Spirit.
  • In the short story 'From the Journal of Vasilisa Dragomir', found in the 'Vampire Academy 10th Anniversary Edition' (released on November 29th 2016), it is revealed that Lissa's birthday is on July 30th.

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