Vallaki

I've come to the realisation that it is in my best interest to remain in good stead with the strange group I have now found myself a part of.
 
We had gathered information about the area, choosing to investigate the strange camp outside of Vallaki first. That endeavour was cut short by guards, who were insistent that no one would be able to pass. We found out from two 'tour guides' (Brothers named Yevgeni and Szoldar) that the camp is home to the Vistani, Strahd's loyalists, according to the locals. Without a way of getting through, we moved on to our second destination.
St. Andral's Church would prove to be more useful, at least, it provided more information about the sort of people on both sides of this.
 
St. Andral's church is run by Father Lucian, leading worship in a deity known as 'The Morning Lord'. Despite how devout the town seems to be, the church is filthy. The only part of the place that is cleaned, perhaps even slightly, is around a marble statue of their deity. It differs from the figures that line the church walls, however- this one has wings.
The church has a strange relationship with the dead, or rather, those who come back from death. It is at the point where the church will check the bodies of the deceased that lie in their graveyard, making sure that they haven't risen. In relation to that strange practice, we found that there is a force that protects the building from the undead, though the item remains a secret. I feel as if it has something to do with that marble statue. Why else would it be the only thing that these people clean?
 
Zikxdtasf asdyafoxw kx uriod dtx nug dtud cuxdtyaxqq yxuldxw di rxasf qxd asdi dtx ltoylt... Tin tx nuz zi aszazdxsd di rx asbadxw rxpiyx tx nioqw zi kolt uz jod u piid as dtx wiiy.

ad doysz iod dtud Xy nuz yaftd- cuxdtyaxqq az u bukjayx.

Xy waw ntud usg kus nadt u ryuas nioqw- lispyisd tak. Ntxs tx lispaykxw kg zozjalaisz, nx zdyole u wxuq. Tx nioqw jyibawx kx nadt dtx aspiykudais as taz qxddxy, zikxdtasf dtud kug txqj kx as kg ins xswxubioyz. As xcltusfx, Xy exxj taz dyox awxsdadg u zxlyxd...

Xy yxkuas luodaioz. Ztioqw dtx sxxw uyazx, Xy naqq ryxue ioy wxuq di zoad kgzxqp.
 
We would return to the inn, many questions for Danika to assist with. We spoke privately, Sabine came up again, but something new came to light. Danika is emotionally attached to Sabine somehow. Seeing that, it was as if things fit into place. While I still have questions... Something became very clear to me.
 
Kg txuyd az zi xkjdg dtud ad gxuysz piy dtizx Xy lioqw sid jizzarqg tubx. Wusaeu yxkaswz kx zi kolt ip zurasx dtud ad toydz. Kg hxuqiozg az wxbxqijasf dxspiqw xbxyg kikxsd Xy zjxsw nadt txy... Rod Xy'k sid nti ztx wxzxybxz.
 
I must stay focused, lest I be caught off-guard by this bizarre place.