Madame Eva's Reading
General Summary
Excerpt from Seir’s Little Black Book (Session 11/1/22): Penned in Seir’s (slightly neater) Hand
We argue about who to talk to about the child murder- eventually we decide to tell the Innkeeper’s family at the Blue Water Inn and tell them to keep an eye on their kids. Irwin acts really shifty when we ask him questions and I ask him with paper if he’s being watched. He definitely seemed to be hiding something, and there was a raven lurking out. His behaviors seem to indicate that he thought that Majesto was stalking us, which seem to imply that he thinks Wockter is involved in the situation. It’s a shame we didn’t have any way to know whether or not Majesto was about. It’s a shame- if Lady Wockter really is involved in this nonsense, we will probably have to stop her, which will probably destabilize the area further. We left the area, passing through the same gate we passed through on the way to Villacki long ago. Without too much passage of time, we make our way to the Tser Falls Vistani encampment. Khaylen paves our way with a Vistani greeting and we are pulled in around the fire. We socialize while Khaylen tries to get some info on Madam Eva with Bela, a woman with a baby (Carl), her husband Lee and daughter Terra. She guides us to Madam Eva’s tent, where she has a bunch of nice rugs. Madam Eva is the woman who sold Letho the rugs outside of Barovia. She… she says that Vistani can leave the valley- but only those born as Vistani. We had a long conversation with her, where I feel like I accidentally revealed a bit too much about myself to the rest of the party - about my feelings of uselessness, helplessness, my desire to see my family again.. Eva told us that the only way to free all of us is for Strahd to be removed- apparently the souls in Barovia are in some sort of cycle of resurrection- the souls remain in Barovia. I hate this. I don’t want to remain here. I want to LEAVE. She tells us some people are born soulless, but didn’t seem to be familiar with people losing souls. She also explains that the Belvues are, for the most part, people, victims of circumstance. Vasilika is many people, who have been stitched together, in body and soul such that their souls are bound to one another. If she were to die a normal death, those souls would still be bound. After Khaylen asks Eva if we will be coming back, she gives us a reading. -The traitor. Knowledge of the ancient. Seek a wealthy woman, friends with the devil, she keeps a wealth under lock and key, beneath the bones of an ancient enemy. (Wockter) -The Shepherd- find the mother, she who gave birth to evil. From this evil, brings hope. (Kresk mayor family?) -The Avenger- a weapon of vengeance, a sword of sunlight in a land in need of it. It lies in a dragon’s house (probably the order of the mystic lake) -The Ghost- “not a certainty”, one who will help us in the battle against darkness. A fallen paladin, lingering like a ghost in the dead dragon’s lair. -The executioner - a dark figure on a balcony, looking down upon this tortured land with a twisted smile. We had a long talk about what we wanted to do next, and if we should visit Strahd. We were unable to reach a true agreement on the issue- Letho is worried it’s a trap, Zin is worried not going will upset Strahd.
Report Date
13 Nov 2022
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