3/30/21 Session 9 - "The Deal"

Our heroes fight to the best of their ability to fend off the Hags. Seeing that they are outmatched and underpowered, the adventures signal to retreat, but not before they lose Balasar Norixius to a fatal atack from the Hags. While this is happening Grinfiddeus Nobbles is helping to keep Gertruda at a safe distance and the party begins to retreat. Adrid stays behind when the Hags ask to stop the fighting and allow the party to take the body of Balasar Norixius if they can cut a deal. Unhappy to be cutting a deal but hopefull that they'll be able to find a way to preserve life and revive Balasar Norixius, Adrid agree to talk.
The Hags want Adrid to take their pastries into Valaki and sell them on their behalf. Granny is no longer allowed to enter Valaki and would like someone to pedle her concotions in her stead. Adrid agrees and stays behind to wait for the hags to bake their "treats". The rest of the party takes Balasar's corpse up the road to the North and Lilithus casts a spell to keep his body from decaying.
About an hour passes, Adrid takes the pastries and agrees to sell them in Valaki. He calls down Lancelot from the room up stairs and they depart hastily to the road and walk North hoping to reach the rest of the party. After walking for a while he finds them and explains that he needs to now sell these pastries in Valaki and sees no way out of doing so in some way without angering the hags. Fredriech Carlston seems most displeased that Adrid would make a deal with the hags and wants to rid Adrid of the pastries here and now. Adrid firmly holds onto them and hopes he can find a way to get rid of them while still fufulling his deal with the hags.
Suddenly, Balasar Norixius comes back to life, screaming. The party is shocked to find him alive and is very wary of what could be what they can only assume is a posession or some ort of evil magic flowing through their friend. After a discussion about the authenticity of this revival, the party begrudgingly continues on to the next town and find themsleves at the gates of Valaki.
The town guards are initally wary of the travelers but do eventually let them in to seek lodging at the Blue Water Inn. After seeing Balasar they ask if he is a part of the "Order of the Silver Dragons". While he is not, the party finds it interesting that there potentially other Dragonborn here in Barovia. Adrid, eager to rid himself of the pastries askas about who is in charge of the town. The guards inform the party that they can speak about any issues with the Burgermaster, Baron Vargas Valokovich.