Sunny Barovia

7/26/2022 Dasco, Lady Ireena and I returned to the Manse.   The others stayed out looking for and helping survivors. After a quick bite to eat, Lady Ireena went to bed for a few hours, and I set about reviewing Victor’s journals until I fell asleep in my chair. I woke sometime around noon or so.   Stiffer than usual, but basically rested.   We were told by one of the staff that Lady Ireena had left earlier this morning to “check on a friend,” and would be back late. The rest of our group eventually returned.   Laz had been instrumental in finding survivors who’d been unable to get to help themselves.   One of them turned out to be Karl Wachter who had been thought dead.   Wolfram was able to use his healing ability on him and apparently save his life, making Lady Wachter even more enamored of our young Paladin. Laz mentioned that while they were all together, Lady Wachter asked to speak with Fin privately.   They stepped out of earshot and exch...

 7/19/2022 So the vampires went for it, but not for the reasons we expected. We discussed our plan.   Because Laz has had a better than average rapport with Strahd in the past, we asked that he be our mouthpiece. I have to hand it to him, Laz definitely knows how to kiss someone’s ass.   He drew the process out a bit, until finally Strahd started getting impatient.   We eventually facilitated the release of the prisoners who cooperated, the prisoners who didn’t as well as the innocents that had just been caught up in it. We were just about to send Victor and his father out, when Lady Petrova became nearly hysterical.   “Not my son!” she cried.   “I’ll go with him!” Given that our plan hinged on her remaining in the home to establish ownership, we decided that we’d tie up Victor and he’d remain until morning as well. Laz  conveyed  to Strahd that Ladies Petrovna and Ireena as well as young Victor would remain until morning.   At that...

  6/14/2022 That vampire girl escorted us through the rest of the picket lines.   Strahd was there with about a dozen mixed humans in various forms of old or improvised armor.   Of more concern was Strahd’s entourage.   His horse and groom were there, of course. But I also counted at least three of those big wolves as well as a number of clearly vampiric followers.   Strahd politely thanked us for coming, believe it or not.   The new Baroness briefed us on what happened after we left the festival. Apparently, the Burgomaster (who was reportedly drunk) made his way into the stands to greet Lady Wachter who, in turn, introduced him to Lady Ireena.   For some reason this seemed to unnerve him, and he quickly excused himself, leaving his wife Lydia behind.   For her part, Lydia was apparently sporting several bruises to her face which were poorly covered by makeup.   When asked, Lydia confided that her husband does abuse her, which sent Ire...