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Vallaki, Orphanage, St Andral's Church (and the Sunset Gate), Governer…
Vallaki
Well kept cobble streets.
Buildings, brick and tinder, well kept and in good condition, though hundreds of years old.
Spacious.
Boarders of grass. Wild grass between houses. Some houses include farming nearby. Signs of self-sufficiency.
Trees are here and there. Ravens in the trees.
Wells. Townsfolk making use of them.
Remains of bunting, wolfheads and garlands.
Rules
Attend all festivals without exception. Bring a child.
Do not speak Strahd's name. No document. Baron believes that this draws Strahd's attention. Believes happiness is what protects the town and will punish anyone who might affect this.
'All will be well.' (Motto)
Perhaps works. 100 years with no activity from Strahd.
People
Going about business in the streets.
Barovian drab clothing.
They smile!
Sanguine Dawn
Whore house.
Blinskies - Toy shop
Rocking horse sign
Rain abates as you enter.
Outer wall held together by rope and mortar, spiked at the top. Guards can peer over the wall but not many guards. Wide area of patrol.
Things get to walls. scale 20ft walls... shutters on the buildings and inns... guards with melee...
Governer - Vagas Valakovich.
Bildraith - charges extortionate prices for food. Has a monopoly.
Fish are plentiful. Once they fed the whole valley.
Stocks and gallows in town square.
Anya Travali - half vistani half dusk elf - runs a potions shop.
Bethel Doskaloi(general store) has been in the reformation centre. Utterly terrified of Strahd. Husband did not survive reformation centre.
Orphanage
Milevodge got locket from a 'lady' and that Felix could have it. He remembers a bad Smokey man. He thinks he knew Felix... gave him a locket, from before. Remembers a woman... who gave it to Milevodge. Told him to keep it safe.
Long blond hair, pale skin like moonlight. Very beautiful.
Milevodge... everything 'shadowy' after he gave it to Felix.
Ludmilla...
They met weeks ago. She gave him the locket. He met Felix in the stocks, gave him the locket. Then she asked him to take the bones, then 3 nights ago he took them. The night before, he met with her in the pub. Had Sanguivine wine... expensive. Working lady? From the prostitutes house?
Asked 5-7 days ago to get bones. Party arrived 7 days ago.
Dark black granite
2 story
out of the way, between buildigns
Since boy died, others started being hurt... 'manifested...' poltergeist?
Boy who joined before last festival. Felix. Leader doesn't like him. Found in his home, covered in blood, parents dismembered upstairs. No marks on Felix.
Creepy boy. 'Are you full of blood too? Aren't you going to come and play?'
Milevodge - Digger boy - marks on back look bigger and angrier. Pattern. Marking. Language or word.
Windows boarded up
Trap doors - ceiling
Like a Cukoo?
Under Felix's bed - frustrated anger - markings, taking out frustrations, repeated single word - Locket, Cedrik. Scratched in above bed. Bedboard - all marked Dark Dreams... What scratched it?? All hidden. Something strong enough to move bed. He has a kitchen knife. A teddy bear.
Werewolves got 3 more boys...
Girl - Karen, 13, thinks a lot of horrible things are 'cool.'
Claudia - Headmistress - Has Felix's locket. Locked in her office. Why the heck didn't the boy get her to get it?
'Grandpa Milevodge' very ill boy. He is sick and tainted with undead / fiendish. Bite marks on back. HE gave the locket to Felix.
Doug saved my life. I wish to give him something as a thank you.
Blue door in attic
St Andral's Church (and the Sunset Gate)
Consecrated ground.
Father Lucian leads the church.
Ismark wishes Irena to stay at the church.
Andril - able to resist Strahd. When died, bones became consecrated ground.
3 days ago... bones taken.
Alter boy - Yasker - only other who knew the story. Only 10...
Milivodge - grave digger - teenager, other who is in the church. Sullen but just problems of youth. Reliable worker. Not seen for a few days. Suspicions lie with him.
Milevodge was going to leave church. Didn't know how to say. Didn't pay him regularly. Lucian distracted... had a bad memory. Good man though.
Milevodge remembers going into the crypt... remembers taking the bones. Does not know why. Gave them to blonde haired lady.
Lucian - Vampirified, dead.
Room with trap door - small bed, for a child?
Governer Vagas
Vasili Von Holtz
Posh, cain, writes contracts for the mayor.
Accountant and tax man.
Also does the accounts of Lady Vactor...
Commands town guard. 25 guards. Isaac Strazne - the baron's right hand man. He is a terror. Do not cross him. Strazne has eyes everywhere.
Uses arcane. Used dark magic to burn Wilemina's house to the ground. Inside the West wall to the edge of the town.
Huge. Bald with ring of ginger hair. Crowd scared. Large hunch. Black duster jacket. 6ft 8. Large red demonic arm with flames licking.
Reformation centre.
People who go in come out changed. You don't want to end up in there.
Used to have the Lunas Valley. Conquered by Barov and Strahd. In happier times, Vallaki was a major market town. On the shores of Lake Zarovich.
Family has ruled the town for hundreds of years.
Vargon his father and Vargas, meant mainly have to do internal business only. Closed economy. Only external trade is wine.
Illegal to smuggle Vistani goods into town.
KILLED HIS FATHER? 'OLD BEAR?' Huge un-natural bear head on wall...
Rage towards Wector. Certain of her sneaky behaviour and conspiracy. Desperate to hang on to his power.
Bluewater Inn
First impressions
Szoldar of Szoldorovich - outside, offering himself as a guide. 5 electrum, more at night.
Tall, well-dressed middle aged woman in a black dress with black-grey hair in a bun. Warm smile. Danika. 'Dorakova?'
Hit by small metal wind-up toy raven. Children did it.
Wine
Pupuric (purple grapesmash no3) - 5c (Red Dragon Crush) Vinyard - The Wizards of Wine (Martikov vineyards). Said that this change happened not too long ago...
Balaruso - 2 Electrum
Sanguivine - 2 electrum
Crescovar goats' cheese beer - 4 Electrum - CAN CURE GRANNY's PASTRIES
1 electrum per person night
Innkeeper - Long hair in loose ponytale, weathered face, big smile. Star shaped like a star over one eye. Squint in that eye. Dark red tunic, black wastecoat, soiled apron. Irwin Martikovs. Family have pressed wines and serve Barovia.
Kids - 7 (Bral?) and 11 (Brom). Boys. Child with grey in his hair...
Muriel... Pale skinned, not Vistani. Trusted friend... always seems to be in the right place at the right time. Lent in to Pitt and said 'not yet...'
Bard - Amity
Rictavio - horse in stables, does puppet performances.
Raven motifs in the railings of the balcony near our rooms.
Many ravens on the top.
Help them:
Bluewater is a house of hospitality and Barovians take it very seriously. Under roof? Protect, share bread, make feel at home and safe.
Safety in Vallaki is 'complicated.'
No deliveries from Marticov Winery for several weeks. A friend in the area says that it seems to be very quiet... no sign of their family (and Irwin's father). Need delivery. Town survives on wine... only tavern in the town.
'Survive' on the blood of the vine... wine.
They would like us to go to the winery and pick up order. They can't be seen to leave the tavern.
One day's travel. Can provide a cart but not horse.
Offered a bottle of Champagne Du Stomp.
30 gallon casks.
Secret hideyhole
Hayloft in stables
Lots of ravens
Wooden chest, medium sized
They know a LOT about Vallaki.
They can protect us in the tavern. (Points to shutters.)
Argument between Irwin and father happened 10 years ago.
Man in a long red coat
Boys can change into ravens...
Lady Vactor
Figure standing at the iron railing of the Vactor house. Disappears when saw me. Long cloak... weapon... definitely watching us.
Grey hair, looks fairly old.
'Book club' doesn't read books... 'Diminutists.'
Very rich for Barovian standards
Sons Carl and Nicholi drink wine at Bluewater
Mansion with vines
No friend of the Baron. Animosity runs deep...
Think they might be performing human sacrifices.
Earnst Larnack. Grey man. Paid well. Pint shop - brother, Carl, owns it.
Breakfast with the Baron
Woman who is embarrassed, tries to avoid eye contact. Laughs at all the Baron's jokes. Hands are visibly shaking. Lydia.
Surley looking teenage boy. Dressed in black. Long hair. Emo. Impactient. Drumming fingers and tutting.
Storms off angrily. Formiddable presence. Linked with Wecter?
Has arcane ability.
Has ability to erase memory, influence, control people, etc.
Baron much more together, has welcomed us all.
Tilia - house staff led by her. 'No match for Natasha.'
Food that I have not seen. Full big English breakfast. Fine dining cutlery.
On the way in, was being watched by the grey-coated man who smells of perfume.
Dogs calm him like a comfort blanket
Tilia crestfallen about us investigating Wecter?
Mansion
Tired looking estate. End of which is an overgrown mansion. Still intact.
Vactor House
Milevodge took the bones here... told to hide them under the wood behind the mansion. Then asked to take them to Henrid Vandahort, the coffin maker. Took the reliquary to vactor house as he wanted her to be blamed then took the bones in a bag to Henrid.
Lady Vactor (brown hair, face like a lemon butt) parchant for dark things such as infernal. Underground book club. Sympathetic with... Strahd!?!?
Margareet... offered pamphlet on the occult.
Festival of the Sun
Baron with banner, blue flag with Mastif. Baron well dressed and nodding and waving, He is the 'sun' and children are the 'flowers' who turn their face to the sun.
Behind him, boy dressed in black suit, scowling from side to side.
Woman, plump and vivacious, purple dress, giggling and waving. Giggling incessantly...
Band - guards with drums, Amity the bard, some pipers.
All will be well. Repeated ten times.
Address - importance of happiness, importance of the way it keeps darkness at bay. Lasts for 1 hour.
After speech, family helped off horses.
5 women in red dresses with black hair.
One is sharp featured, immaculate hair, heavy make-up, pinched lips, steely stair directed at gallows platform. Every so often she brushes her hair on the side of her head.
Man who Pit saw... behind the women. Man in grey coat.
While Strazne goes to light, the 5 women go right past him to the North East.
Ismark and Irena are in the crowd. Irena wearing a shawl and is harder to spot.
Franz in the stocks... MAY be freed from the stocks if the Baron wills it.
The thunder cloud was Strahd. Lightning struck the fire before Strazne could light it. Strahd's face there. Just after Wector women left.
Morgantha's Coven
Known by some. Windmill known as 'the bonegrinder.'
Take people's children.
'Granny' sells pastries to those who have lost everything and will make horrible transactions to have something. To give wonderful dreams to those who can escape the horrors of Barovia. Take 'mementos' from people.
Speak to 'Father Lucian' at St Adrils.
If the hag has something, you enter into a 'hag's bargain.'
Dream
Wicker man burning, roots from the ground. Scream.
I am standing in a ring of chanting figures... I am one of them. Figure kneeling on the ground in front of me, woman. Dark white whisps of hair. Means something but can't put finger on it.
From the side, a tall figure... 8.. 9 foot tall? Drenched in animal furs that leak blood. Headdress of twisted antlers... glowing gem in his hand as big as a skull. He kneels next to woman, takes her head, shines green gem on her face.
She looks at me pleadingly. When clears... stand before mighty twisted tree.
Sound of battle.
Winter Splinter... Golthias... Golthias... Chanting, dancing, me too... Gaping wound at the base of the tree, curled up in the base, pierced by spear strikes, naked, pleading for his life in terror, 12, pleading.
Long have I waited for one who is worthy... my spear hungers for blood. Retrieve it and rule these mountains in my stead... just like the mighty warriors from the early days of the whispering wood.
Spear feels right... red light coating my hand like blood... pure iron all down its length. Curvan's spear... the blood spear.
I stepped forward, clenched my jaw, then reeled around and thrust it at the tall figure. Everything went black... fall back asleep.
Insight... held green above the girl's face, shining on
KESHGAR - friend turned against us.
Beneath, clouds part, I see a huge hill
Huge henge on the hill
Fly over it. As I pass, I hear a rhythmic repetitive chanting. Voices raised in anger or exultation. I am blown towards a great, black, twisted, gnarled tree. Beyond that, there is a towering wall of fog that encompasses my vision, blinding light as the lightning reflects off it. It is as far as I can see.
I claw into the tree, just manage to grab onto the tree. Other birds around. Branches are moving and swaying.
My claws have penetrated the branch. Dark rivulets of blood seeping out of the branch. Vision shifts to follow the rivulets of blood to the trunk, sheets pouring down the trunk. Down to the enormous gnarled roots... burrowing into the ground. Racing through the earth, into the ground, burrowing through the earth. Then, the sound of chanting as I pass under the ring of stones... figureless voices...
Golthias!
Burst out of the side of the hill into Barovian air. Still moving. A river of blood pours out of the base of the hill, tearing through the forest like a tsunami of blood. In the distance, in the path of dark red liquid, is a large stone building with a couple of outbuildings. Huddled around, cowering in fear, are many humans.
I'm a bird, lost, in a storm.
Woke up with bloody prints on the door and bedclothes. Blood around my eyes.
Is this the Martikov 'family secret' of how they produce wine?
Missing Staff
Baron's wife, Baronness Lydia Patrovna and their son Victor.
2 staff missing
Baron believes Lady Vactor has poached these staff.
We are to find out why and where they are.
Discretion is key. Nothing to link us to the Baron.
Martikov Winery
Svarog of the Kavani now leads them.
Snows of Kreskof - Abbot may be able to restore Claudi to life. Morning lord.
Under Yester Hill - heartbeat of a thain that has gone black.
I need to return the Spear of Kavan to the cairn of Yester Hill.
Third stone in Vactor House????!
Festivals
Festival of the Sun
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Extra rewards if we join in with the preparation
Festival of the wolf
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Do these reset time?
Mention of Strahd breaks spell?
To Do
Save the girl
Contract for the town?
Ismark ill. Feverish, palor to skin. Magic? Massive looming presence in his mind. I dispel...
Return Spear of Kavan
Vistani camp
Luvash
Be careful
Dusk elves reside here
Black skinned and haired
Falfar.. returned to the camp. Vistani riding around the town? Riled?
Mad Mage of Baritov
North of the lake, fishes with lightning.
10 months ago - first sighting.
Linked with Rictavio?
Abbey - Cresk
Inhospitible place, but friendly
Healing abbot there, blessed by morning lord
Old Lady
Dead husband. Helped to bury. Died a few days ago.
Georgie
Died of natural causes.
Magda Zalken
Massive presence
Attention after dispelling Ismark's affliction.
Reality rippled around me.
Cave - dripping? Cold?
Carnival Waggon
Rictavio, half elf, very interested in Doug...
Looking for new recruits
Has travelled around a lot...
Crazy stories. Jungle, someone like me, farmer boy, jungle with saber toothed tiger...
Large, open cobbled area with sheds along the sides. A warehouse. 'Arasek Stockyard.' Two labourers are unloading grain. Southern of the stockyard is a carnival waggon. 'Rictavio's Carnival of Wonders.' Wouldn't be out of place in Feyrhun.
Children of Mother Night
Lycanthropes
Attack walls. Abduct children.
Argyn Vostholt
Haunted Castle
Apparently a great dragon fell there.
Man following
Gray hair, 50ish, cloaked, weapon
Perfumed scent.
Hovel outside the city
Pair of eyes through grubby window
Ramshackled
Clouds building above Valeki
Un-natural, no sounds, flashing
Smoke from small fires in Valeki
Yester Hill
Important place for the 'forest folk'
Vampires
Weaker if they haven't fed...
Boistrous boys in the Inn
Big barovian guys, well dressed
Nickoli, says they could buy the place.
Festival
Town square, fire ring