Battles of Mind and Bodies

Disaster / Destruction

The party gather information and celebrate but after midnight Strahd decides to visit, bringing death and destruction with him.

The party continue their information gather; Boniface politics with the Baron, Gerbo offers his magical axe for plated armour with Yasper. Dion flirts and massages information out of the Watcher brothers, Tuppence divulges information about the siege against the Wizards of Wine to Urwin Martikov. He excuses himself and tells Tuppence to meet him at the Blue Water In when things have died down as they must help the Vinyard. Mean while Mother and Rudolph "Rictavio" van Richten talk to a very nervous Lucian, priest of St Aldran's church, before he quickly excuses himself and leaves. After some more conversing Mother decides to follow after the priest to talk further but as he turns a corner he is jumped by Rahadin, Strahd's chamberlain and grappled by Strahd. Simultaneously a scream pierces the cathedral as Lucian's head is dropped from the ceiling by a vampire spawn crawling along the roof.   Strahd presents himself at the top of the cathedral's stairs with Mother in hand while spawn and zombies flood into the Cathedral. Strahd throws mother down the stairs and declares, you can protect these people or attempt to stop me, you can't possible do both. The party move to protect the citizens as Strahd watches them, mocking them as they do so. Tuppences puts the two Martikov children on her broom of flying sending them back to the Inn as Laywin is dragged into the crowed. Dion rescues the Watcher brothers and tells them to get the town's guard.   Still exhausted from their previous travels, the party continue to face down the attackers