Curse of Strahd Session 14

General Summary

Arachdra, 18th of Mid-Ardent, 1736

As they were leaving, the party meets Father Petrovich. He was spooked, as someone had stolen the protective bones of St. Andral. With the party’s help, they interrogated the boy who tends the grave known as Milivoj. He mentioned that Henrik van der Voort, the town’s undertaker, paid him to dig it up as the boy needed money for his siblings.

Along the way, they noticed that Blinsky’s toy store was closer on the street so they stopped by. The party asked about the spontaneous marionette doll they found in Ravenloft and who bought it. Mad Mary in the Village of Barovia bought it for her daughter. He’s unsure about it. As for the Ireena Kolyana dolls, he mentions that Izek sees this person in his dreams and demands he replicates them. Each time he makes one, it’s closer and closer to her likeness.

Heading to the Henrik’s shop, he refused to let the party in so they forced their way. Asking about the bones, he leads them to the coffins where six vampire spawn attacked. Using a soul coin and the help from Timmy and Spud, the spawns were defeated and the sacred bones recovered.

When they reach the church, Aloysius mentions that if the priest needs any safety, he can go to the old tower by Lake Baratok. Though grateful, he declined. However, he did mention that someone staying with him could use that sort of protection.

Heading towards the room, the party finds a ragged yet alive Antonin Fevre. He mentioned that all this time, he was trying to tear Strahd down with Spud, Van Richten, and Ezmerelda’s help only to be defeated. After reuniting and being glad (yet uneasy) to see his boys, they mentioned that they were struggling to find the sun sword. Ezmerelda mentioned she could do the card reading and see if it could be elsewhere instead.

Following the card reading’s trail, they went to Burgomaster Vallakovich’s mansion. After some snooping around, they found and freed a prisoner who mentioned he was arrested for waving a sign that mentioned feeding the Burgomaster to the wolves. He scuffled off after Clovis casted an invisibility spell on him.

They went up into the attic where they had met Victor a few hours earlier. Tastarn snooped around the junk-filled room while Clovis checked on the burgomaster’s son. Inside his room, Clovis found the boy huddled in the corner and in shock. The teleportation circle was erased and scribbled out to stop it from functioning in anyway possible.

After coaxing the boy into explaining things, it turns out that he tried using Fabulus’ contract to get a sigil out of Barovia only to instead be in the Abyss. He saw, emerging from the cavity, one of those tall and lumbering figures heading for him. He then teleported away, horrified by what he had just witnessed. Clovis then mentioned that he’s coming with them for safety.

Tastarn, throughout the discussion, came into the room with the sun sword.

Rewards Granted

• Recruited Antonin Fevre
• Acquired the Sunsword

Missions/Quests Completed

• Thwarted the vampire spawn scheme
• Found Antonin
• Found the Sunsword

Character(s) interacted with

• Father Petrovich
• Gadof Blinsky
• Henrik van der Voort
• Antonin Fevre
• Burgomaster Vallakovich
• Izek Strazni
• Victor Vallakovich

Created Content

Current Quests

• Investigate the Amber Temple
• Return the gem to the Wizards of Wines Winery
• Investigate Mad Mary in the Village of Barovia