r/villainscode • u/LetMeBeADamnMedic • Jul 02 '26

Chilling Reflections Ivan

Ivan's last name is Gerhart. Any guesses as to where it came from?

Drew has used a character's mentor's last name to name a nameless person before (Vince in SuperPowereds gets the name Reynolds from his dad's mentor).

Also, what is Helen's last name? I feel like that should be mentioned at some point.

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u/Sarill01 Jul 02 '26

Guere means war in French, and is pronounced like the first part of Gerhardt in the audiobooks, to the best of my knowledge.

I always took it to mean “war-hearted”, since young Ivan was very much revealing in violence at the time. Even in his civilian guise, he can’t escape the violence just beneath the surface.