In 1915 was sought out by Charles Delaware Tate in the hope that she could remove his curse, the ability to see beauty in all things. In exchange for her help, he gives her a strange crimson pearl. However, Ivanka tricks him by removing his sight so that he can never set eyes on beauty again. (The Blind Painter) Several years later, Ivanka is allowed to live in the Old House by Jamison Collins in exchange for her silence about the crimson pearl and the parallel time room. During this time is encounters the malevolent spirit of Redmond Van Buren. (A Collinwood Christmas)