Day 16: Two Resurrections

General Summary

Day 16 (Призрачнаялуна 20, 735/Eleasis 2–11, 1493)

Version 1

The party makes their way back to the winery, then to Krezk. Osrin learns about the Coalition. Sylvain asks everyone about their dreams, and not everyone answers truthfully. The gem is restored to the Wizard of Wines winery. The party arrives at the abbey, prepared for one resurrection, and instead having to perform another one first: on the allegedly quite racist Dr. Rudolph van Richten. They do that, Arrigal kills Sylvain (with consent), Strahd and his vampire squad (and three new, terrifying women) show up, then leave with van Richten's newly re-murdered body a number of seconds later. Sylvain and Zantras bickered, Sylvain caught empathy for another vampire spawn, Sylvain got resurrected. Osrin expressed three emotions in a single day and predictably couldn't sleep that night.

Version 2

The tentative alliance between the party and the coill cailleacha somewhat less tentative in the wake of the Gulthias Tree's ddestruction, with Mathghamhain revealing her name and some of her history to Ri-An and Ayduin, the party heads back to the winery.
Another uneventful journey takes our heroes back to the abbey, while Osrin receives messages from Cal throughout the day, learning of a group called the Coalition, led by the King, that has seemingly been growing more and more powerful back in Faerûn over the course of the last year, and features some familiar names. The Martikovs and their allies are overjoyed to find the gem returned to the winery, and listen to the whole tale while sharing the wine — no longer so endangered as it was. Adrian, Elvir, and Carac, planning to start delivering wine around Barovia that day, offer the party the opportunity to go with them, citing strength in numbers. Ismark suggests it may be best for him to go with the wine rather than the party, as it may be his best shot at getting back to his village sooner rather than later. The modest group of 12 (and two draft horses) heads north, travelling into the night as Osrin continues to learn things she probably didn't want to. She compliments Cal, who immediately gets 500 XP. They reach Krezk and make their way in easily, trudging up to the abbey where they find an unexpected sight: the dead body of Dr. Rudolph van Richten. After some corpse-punching, warforged-choking, and a bit of discussion, they agree to revive him, to see if Strahd's account of how van Richten ended up there is accurate. Turns out it was! Awkward. Arrigal kills Sylvain and the party begins to resurrect him but got interrupted b Strahd's very important "Thank you for resurrecting the legendary monster hunter" business. Sylvain gets resurrected.

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Report Date

19 Jun 2021

Primary Location

Krezk

Secondary Location

The Wizard of Wines

Related Plots

• The Coalition

Related Characters

• Arrigal Yezhov
• Cal
• Carac Cherenchikov
• Dr. Rudolph van Richten
• Dworic Glanhig
• Elvir Martikov
• Foxilon Goodbarrel
• Imithren Orren
• Ismark Kolyanovich
• Laucien Ariessus
• Osrin
• Sinariel
• Strahd von Zarovich
• Sylvain
• The Abbot
• The Artist
• The Maker
• The Woman in Black
• The Woman in Green
• The Woman in White
• Zantras, the Kingmaker