An Invitation from Strahd
General Summary
Excerpt from Seir’s Little Black Book (Session 10/25/22): Penned in Seir’s (slightly neater) Hand
Letho went and got the town guard to try and investigate what happened with Bluto, as he didn’t want to be responsible for the problem by himself. He was also annoyed with the delay from Majesto, who he regarded as being responsible for him losing Bluto. There weren’t too many guards around, though. Letho and Zin jetted and went to the Blue Water Inn, meeting up with Irwin. They grabbed a drink and headed back to the crime scene to Balmer peak the mystery. O, Borokin, and I started to stake out the area by the lake. Khaylen and Thoradin headed back from the Vistani camp and Thoradin joined the lake group, while Khaylen went into the city. Investigating the body, Letho didn’t find much in that would point to a killer, besides the fact that the blade was potentially dull. Ernst, Lady Wockter’s right-hand man, showed up at the scene a bit later and looked the body over. At the lake, O and I walked along the beach and looked around for stuff. The fog started to roll in as it got later in the day. We did find Bluto’s canoe, but there wasn’t anything interesting about it. We do find claw marks on the side of the boat, though. Could be Thoradin’s. I also noticed Bluto’s name carved into his lunch box- the “B” carved in looked similar to the one that was carved onto the bracelet I found. We regrouped with Thoradin, who caught us up with what had happened the previous day there. Back in the Inn, the party in the city have some drinks before heading out to regroup with the rest of the party. As they left the inn, Vasili followed Khaylen out and handed her an envelope with a seal, saying that he thought Khaylen would be interested in it. The seal was the letter ‘S’. Khaylen pulled the party into an alley to have a chat about what’s been going on and open up the message. The message said, “My dear guests, it has come to my attention that you’ve had presumed communications with me prior to this moment. But I assure you, I was not aware of anything that came before. I humbly invite you to join me at my castle, and I wish to discuss matters of this land with you further. I understand that you have other things to attend to, but in two days’ time, I hope to see you here.” Our party regrouped at the lake to discuss the letter and the kidnappings, as well as Bluto’s death. Khaylen started, as usual, harassing Clovin again. We made a plan to go and visit Madam Eva on the way to Strahd after staking out the lake that night. The night went uneventfully.
Report Date
13 Nov 2022
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