Day 13: The Wizard of Wines
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Day 13 (Призрачнаялуна 17, 735/?)
Version 1
Our heroes leave Krezk, bidding farewell to Ezmerelda. At the edge of the The Wizard of Wines vineyard property, Rudolph bids them farewell; immediately after, Ayduin is attacked by a poisoned crossbow bolt from an unseen foe. The rest of the party realizes Ayduin made a deal when the bolt doesn't kill him. A chase ensues. The assailant is revealed to be Arrigal, who is captured and interrogated. Arrigal reveals that Strahd learned of the party quizzing Arabelle and that he's been ordered to kill one of them to save her. Sylvain says alright why not it's not like I haven't died before. Bodaway gets cursed. The party puts this discussion on hold in favour of finding out what's wrong at the winery. The answer? A lot. Sylvain and Osrin try to stealth over but find themselves ambushed by a mob of blights; battle ensues. Many problems are vocally identified by Ayduin.Version 2
Our heroes say goodbye to Ezmerelda, the Abbey, and Krezk; hello to some shady Vistani on the road; goodbye to Rudolph as he fulfills his duty of escorting them to the winery; and hello again to Arrigal when he attempts to assassinate Ayduin, only to discover Ayduin's a lot harder to kill than he used to be. Our party assumes Vistani treachery; Arrigal argues treachery against the Vistani. Bodaway is pro-murder; Sylvain is pro-assisted-temporary-suicide. Ismark plays politics. The matter is shelved until the situation at the winery has been assessed. Upon arriving at the winery with captive assassin in tow, our heroes learn, to their surprise, that everything has gone wrong at the winery. They meet Davian Martikov, Urwin's father, as well as his siblings, siblings-in-law, nieces and nephews, and various other non-Martikov winery employees. It seems the forest folk have taken over the winery with their magic and their strange plant creatures after weeks of harassing the winery. For two days, the winery employees have been in hiding, while the forest folk have done who knows what inside. After initially planning to investigate the following day, they decide to at least do some initial recon. Osrin and Sylvain scout ahead, only to find themselves ambushed by several of the plant creatures they'd seen before in the woods — the same kind that had killed Ismark only a handful of days earlier. Battle ensues.
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21 Mar 2021
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