Sunny Barovia

 12/12/23 The next morning, the party filled me in on what I had missed during my evening soak.  Ireena and the others went to the Blue Water and met with Lady Karlova, Silas, Escher and an apparently stunning redhead vampire named Celeste Melanie.  The short version is that the contingent was aware of our encounter with the Chamberlain and were unbothered by it.  They were able to shed a little more light on the situation with Ireena’s brother. When the Burgomaster of Barovia died, Ismark assumed the role, but did so without Strahd’s consent. Since that time, the village has suffered.  While never great to begin with, the infrastructure, economy and general quality of living has plummeted under Ismark’s governance.  Strahd asked Ismark to come to Castle Ravenloft to explain himself and what was going on in Barovia.  Ismark refused, so the Chamberlain was sent to bring him in. If Ismark is unable to explain what is going on in Barovia, or a...

 2/21/23 Abe was kind enough to send me notes from the first encounter.   Rather than me paraphrasing, I’m going to take the lazy route and just post them (with some minor formatting changes) here.   Thanks Abe! Three men and a woman meet the party on the causeway. Additional men and women remain back at the forest and scattered along the lake shore. Lead Male Druid - “We are the People of Baratok” “You stand in the presence of Seer-Sha, Daughter of Baratok” “I am Quade, first of the Lodge of the Crag Cat. I will speak with you.” Seer-Shaw - Perhaps in her late forties, if the years were particularly hard. Pale, blond hair, beginning to transition to white.   She carries what looks like a thin stone rod, approximately the length a walking stick.   She is also wearing furs over some sort of extraordinarily thick hide armor. She is medium height with a lean, athletic build and attentive to her surroundings. When anyone looks at her, she seems to ...

  9/20/2022 We’d fought swarms of rats before, back when we first took control of the Manse in Valaki.   It was a chaotic mess with us coming out much worse for wear as a result. But clearly we’ve learned quite a bit in the two weeks or so since then.   As the rats attempted to swarm us, Laz pulled his blade, and it was quickly covered with a greenish flame.   The party waded in and started swinging.   Well, except for me. I hung back just a bit.   I’m not as young or fast as I used to be.   Even Woody took a few swipes with a baton he was carrying.   (He didn’t hit anything, but he looked cute doing it.) They made short work of the vermin, and I threw a firebolt on the odd rat that escaped the initial carnage. As I said, there was a rather ornate, steel door.   As we debated the best way to go through, Oloch walked up and simply knocked on it.   He turned around, looked at our startled faces and said, “I’m sorry, was I not supp...