Session Report 21

The ruffians awoke among the ruins of the destroyed winery and had a delicious breakfast of rations with a side of some bacon from Rictavio's frying pan.
After a nutritious and filling breakfast, the ruffians head out along the smashed forest trail after doing some investigating on it. The best idea the Ruffians could come up with is that the druids dragged the wine vat's away and that is what caused this destructive path.
Whatever happened, the Ruffians follow the destruction and along the path they start walking parallel to a wall of fog. The party inspects the fog and notices that everything from the sulfuric smell to the burning sensation on skin are similar to how the fog felt that day the party awoke to find Stanimir gone.
After some time walking along the fog, the ruffians come upon a clearing where a hill rises and two massive trees sit, competing for dominance of the hill. Along the lower grasslands of the hill sit rings of ancient stone pile graves.
The ruffians decide to send in Pablo undercover with Gunter as his bodyguard. Supposedly, Pablo was able to nab some sort of pin from Strahd while they were in the castle. So armed with this Strahd pin, the knowledge of druid jive speak, and his trusty fungus hat, Pablo walks in to the druid enclave.
Pablo talked with the druids and at first they seemed suspicious yet once Pablo showed off his pin and jive speak, he was in. The druids showed him to the gem they had(1 of the 3 needed for the winery) which was stuck inside a huge tree. The tree lowered itself so Pablo could take the gemstone which turned out to be glowing and the size of Gunter's head.
Before leaving, Pablo asked some questions to the druids, asking primarily about the whereabouts to the other two Gemstones. The druids told him of the two other locations which were the ruins of Berez and somewhere in the forest of Vallaki, near the onion windmill.
Pablo reconnected with the party and set out for the ruins of Berez. Along the way the ruffians got Rictavio to give Gunter a chance with the gun for the next fight. As the wagon rutted through the mud road to Berez, the party spied a castle sitting on the cliffs high above. Rictavio mentioned that the castle used to house an order of Knights many centuries ago but that was before Strahd's rule.
The ruffians make their way into the abandoned village and find it filled with scarecrows and not much else yet after some scouting from Pablo as a bird, they are able to find the second gemstone in yet another tree.
This time the tree was not alive but hollowed out into a household of some sort. Inside sat a lady with a lot of knacks and baubles. What stood out from the mix of items was a baby in a crib, sleeping. Pablo ignored the baby while he dealt with this women. He showed the pin again and explained that he was here on a mission for Strahd. While they talked the women spoke of her son and the great things he has done as lord of the land. Pablo listened until that old cunt gave him the gemstone and then he dipped.
As the ruffians get back on the road, they realize that the last gemstone is most likely in the hands of their nemesis, the Hags at the onion windmill. With that realization in mind, the ruffians head out for the last gemstone on the list.