The Silvered Six Logbook
The first few dozen entries are a log of jobs taken in and around the sword coast. The entries contain basic information on who a job was taken from, basics of accomplishing the task, and notes on payments upon completion.
It begins to get more interesting near the middle of the book.
3-18-1498 DR Assigned job by crowns guard to suss out reports on some werewolf attacks.
3-22-1498 DR Picked up questionable tracks and followed. Old mill outside a group of farmsteads appears abandoned. Found multiple animal and a human corpse torn to bits in attic of the mill. Werewolf may be sheltering here. We’re making camp to stake out the mill and observe any comings and goings.
3-23-1498 DR Strange fog rolled in overnight. We awoke in a swampy area. This is not where we made camp, but we did not break camp either. Found a road and will travel it.
3-24-1498 DR Found a settlement. Villagers call this village Krezk and refer to this area as Barovia. None of us know this town nor Barovia. They think the year is 733. The town appears to be centralized around an Abby to some local deity.
UNK date Traveled a road the locals call Old Svalich. Came upon a walled city Vallaki. They are holding a festival tonight they call The Red Foot Dance Festival. Citizens must go out and procure a living bat. On the night of the festival everyone will kill their bats however they want. With the cobblestones slick with bat blood there will be dancing all night. Those who fail to capture a bat will be considered allies of Strahd and will be punished.
UNK date Met an encampment of traders outside Vallaki. Called themselves vistani. Indicated they were free to travel through the fog to and from Barovia as Strahd permits it. Agreed we should pay Strahd Von Zarovich a visit.
UNK date Traveled Svalich road to a fork leading to Castle Ravenloft. A black carriage was waiting at a gate. We entered the carriage and it took us to Ravenloft driverless. We met Strahd. He claimed he grew weary of leadership and was seeking someone to rule in his place. Said he would abdicate his throne after trial by combat. Cog accepted this challenge. He was no match. Arewen tried to intervene. Strahd bit into her neck and she collapsed. Strahd turned, sat down at a fucking pipe organ, then began playing a song! We fled the castle into the woods dragging Cog’s lifeless body and the unconscious Arwen. We were able to stabilize Arwen.
UNK date No one will interact with us. Any of those vistani traders we meet say we’re marked by Strahd and refuse to trade. The villages refuse us entry. We’ve been making camp in woods, cave mouths, even under a bridge once. The artificer’s construct can at least take night watch allowing us some rest. We need to get out of here.
UNK date Arwen hasn’t been eating; at least the food I’ve foraged and hunted. I came across a half eaten wolf corpse. I picked up some tracks. They started at our camp. I think Arwen ate the wolf raw….
UNK date Svilna says Arwen is a vampire. She is trying to cure it. She’s losing her mind. She has begun feeding Arwen her own blood saying her righteous blood will cleanse Arwen. We really need to get out of here.
UNK date Attempted restorative potion from local herbs/plants for Arwen. Ineffective. The plants are different here. Properties are similar and have been able to find some substitutes for typical components. Will keep trying.
UNK date Artificer construct broke down. None of us can fix it. We’ll have to take turns on night watches. Trying to train a dire wolf pup I found. Maybe he can be our night watch when he grows older. We need to get out of here.
UNK date Traveled all over north, south, east, west. If we travel too far in any one direction a fog begins to over take and choke us until we retreat back where we came from.
UNK date Svilna has gone completely mad. We came across a farmstead. She kicked in the door and tied up the farmers. She fed them to Arwen saying her righteous blood was making the vampirism stronger and the blood of these mongrels would weaken the condition. I felt nothing. Don’t care if we get out of here anymore.
UNK date Some city guards from Vallaki were patrolling Svalich road. Captured them with Thor and we fed them to Arwen for fun. Svilna has gotten more dire in her attempts to cure Arwen. She has bound Arwen up and is attempting incoherent hours-long rituals which appear to be torturous for the both of them. It’s beginning to become pretty fun here. Maybe we should just stay after all.
UNK date Tried to trade some pelts with vistani on the Svalich road. They refused to trade with me of course. Set my wolf on them. They yelled “Orla help” and this cleric completely bashed in the face of Grayfoot. Guess I’ll need to train a new wolf. Retreated from that encounter. Will need to get with Thor and track this Orla down. She’ll make fine prey.
The back half of the book is empty.
It begins to get more interesting near the middle of the book.
3-18-1498 DR Assigned job by crowns guard to suss out reports on some werewolf attacks.
3-22-1498 DR Picked up questionable tracks and followed. Old mill outside a group of farmsteads appears abandoned. Found multiple animal and a human corpse torn to bits in attic of the mill. Werewolf may be sheltering here. We’re making camp to stake out the mill and observe any comings and goings.
3-23-1498 DR Strange fog rolled in overnight. We awoke in a swampy area. This is not where we made camp, but we did not break camp either. Found a road and will travel it.
3-24-1498 DR Found a settlement. Villagers call this village Krezk and refer to this area as Barovia. None of us know this town nor Barovia. They think the year is 733. The town appears to be centralized around an Abby to some local deity.
UNK date Traveled a road the locals call Old Svalich. Came upon a walled city Vallaki. They are holding a festival tonight they call The Red Foot Dance Festival. Citizens must go out and procure a living bat. On the night of the festival everyone will kill their bats however they want. With the cobblestones slick with bat blood there will be dancing all night. Those who fail to capture a bat will be considered allies of Strahd and will be punished.
UNK date Met an encampment of traders outside Vallaki. Called themselves vistani. Indicated they were free to travel through the fog to and from Barovia as Strahd permits it. Agreed we should pay Strahd Von Zarovich a visit.
UNK date Traveled Svalich road to a fork leading to Castle Ravenloft. A black carriage was waiting at a gate. We entered the carriage and it took us to Ravenloft driverless. We met Strahd. He claimed he grew weary of leadership and was seeking someone to rule in his place. Said he would abdicate his throne after trial by combat. Cog accepted this challenge. He was no match. Arewen tried to intervene. Strahd bit into her neck and she collapsed. Strahd turned, sat down at a fucking pipe organ, then began playing a song! We fled the castle into the woods dragging Cog’s lifeless body and the unconscious Arwen. We were able to stabilize Arwen.
UNK date No one will interact with us. Any of those vistani traders we meet say we’re marked by Strahd and refuse to trade. The villages refuse us entry. We’ve been making camp in woods, cave mouths, even under a bridge once. The artificer’s construct can at least take night watch allowing us some rest. We need to get out of here.
UNK date Arwen hasn’t been eating; at least the food I’ve foraged and hunted. I came across a half eaten wolf corpse. I picked up some tracks. They started at our camp. I think Arwen ate the wolf raw….
UNK date Svilna says Arwen is a vampire. She is trying to cure it. She’s losing her mind. She has begun feeding Arwen her own blood saying her righteous blood will cleanse Arwen. We really need to get out of here.
UNK date Attempted restorative potion from local herbs/plants for Arwen. Ineffective. The plants are different here. Properties are similar and have been able to find some substitutes for typical components. Will keep trying.
UNK date Artificer construct broke down. None of us can fix it. We’ll have to take turns on night watches. Trying to train a dire wolf pup I found. Maybe he can be our night watch when he grows older. We need to get out of here.
UNK date Traveled all over north, south, east, west. If we travel too far in any one direction a fog begins to over take and choke us until we retreat back where we came from.
UNK date Svilna has gone completely mad. We came across a farmstead. She kicked in the door and tied up the farmers. She fed them to Arwen saying her righteous blood was making the vampirism stronger and the blood of these mongrels would weaken the condition. I felt nothing. Don’t care if we get out of here anymore.
UNK date Some city guards from Vallaki were patrolling Svalich road. Captured them with Thor and we fed them to Arwen for fun. Svilna has gotten more dire in her attempts to cure Arwen. She has bound Arwen up and is attempting incoherent hours-long rituals which appear to be torturous for the both of them. It’s beginning to become pretty fun here. Maybe we should just stay after all.
UNK date Tried to trade some pelts with vistani on the Svalich road. They refused to trade with me of course. Set my wolf on them. They yelled “Orla help” and this cleric completely bashed in the face of Grayfoot. Guess I’ll need to train a new wolf. Retreated from that encounter. Will need to get with Thor and track this Orla down. She’ll make fine prey.
The back half of the book is empty.
Purpose
A log kept by the Silvered Six regarding their contract jobs primarily in the Sword Coast of Faerune. The party recovered this logbook after battling the remains of the party at the Fedorov Farmstead outside of Village of Barovia. The last several entries provide information regarding their time in Barovia.
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