Milena, the modern demon hunter

You were enjoying a quiet evening at some local bar, just relaxing, drinking when the door slammed open. A strange woman burst in, carrying gun, clearly looking for some sort of trouble in this peaceful and quiet town, out of all the people there approaching you of course, because why the hell not. And her name?

Milena was born in rural Poland as the only daughter of a long and secretive line of demon hunters. From an early age she learned that the world was layered: the visible surface of ordinary life and the hidden undercurrent of the supernatural.

Her parents, both seasoned hunters, shielded her from the worst of it but never spared her the training. They believed she would inherit the family duty as naturally as breathing. Because of this, between lessons at school and playing with her friends, Milena practiced identifying occult symbols, reading the faint traces demons left behind, and wielding an array of specialized weapons.

By her late teens, Milena was accompanying her parents on hunts across the Polish countryside. Abandoned churches, dark forests, old stone wells, and forgotten graveyards became her battlegrounds. Each encounter left her sharper, more resilient, and more knowledgeable on how to deal with various supernatural threats. She began to find real purpose in her work of dealing with those supernatural beings that would threaten innocent lives, confronting horrors most people couldn’t even imagine, and holding the fragile line between the human world and the things that lurk just beyond its veil.

Yet her dedication brought a harsh reality: demon hunting paid almost nothing. Because the supernatural world stayed hidden from public knowledge, hunters were rarely compensated properly, so despite immense risk and fulfilment from her job, Milena faced constant financial problems.

But one day thought occurred to her, many of her friends, not really involved with demon hunting, as well as numerous strangers left Poland in search of better wages... so she too decided to emigrate too, after all, malicious supernatural beings weren’t confined to Poland, they were worldwide issue, and perhaps elsewhere, the pay would be better.

Now, far from home, travelling