Mountain Fane
The Mountain Fane is a circular ring of cracked stone that lies within a circle of standing stones at the top of Mt. Ghakis. It is devoted to the Seeker, one of the Ladies Three, but has become corrupted by Strahd von Zarovich. Today, it forms one of the three anchors tying him to the land of Barovia and protecting him from harm.
Long ago, Strahd desecrated the Mountain Fane, perverting its power for his own ends through the use of blood magic and fell rituals carried out beneath the light of the new moon. In doing so, he channeled its energy to obtain the benefits of permanent nondetection and true seeing spells. So long as he remains bound to the Mountain Fane, Strahd cannot be truly slain; instead, he revives by the will of the Dark Powers in his coffin at Castle Ravenloft 24d6 days after his destruction.
To break this connection and deprive Strahd of the Fane’s boon, the PCs must carry out a ritual once performed by initiates of the priesthood of the Seeker. They can learn of this ritual from Elder Ormir, a Mountain Folk priest residing at Yaedrag in Tsolenka Pass.
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