Sunny Barovia

 11/25/24 Day 40 – Afternoon - Evening (The Story of Sir Fides courtesy of  Abe) We slowed to a jog for a few minutes, then stopped when we felt reasonably sure we weren’t being pursued. We caught our collective breaths and took stock of the situation.   It was probably about 3:00 or 3:30. Night would be falling.   We were in the woods of Barovia, somewhere outside of Krezk.   We had varying degrees of injury and all but Dasco and I were soaking wet and exhaustion was starting to set in.   (That was no surprise.   We had started the day at the Amber Temple, trekked all the way to Krezk, found the Sun Sword and engaged in large battle with the recent undead of Krezk as well as a group of Vampires.)   Shelter and warmth became our priority. We had several options.   It would be a full day’s walk to Vallaki, so that was not realistic.   The Wizard of Wine was about half that, but we might not make it before night fall.   Ther...

 11/18/24 Day 40 - Afternoon I must admit, some small part of me held out hope that the figures advancing toward us along the top of the wall would turn out to be allies. That was, of course, insanely naïve of me.   But to be fair, I thought I had seen all the vampires scamper back down over the walls in retreat. Apparently not. I should note that every vampire we’d seen so far (with the possible exception of Strahd) was fairly slim, if not gaunt in appearance.   They were almost universally slender with a build that suggested they never had to physically exert themselves in their entire existence.   If it weren’t for the unnatural strength and powers granted to them through vampirism, they’d hardly be a threat to anyone. So, when I saw the muscled, heavily armored figure advancing toward us along the wall, I could be forgiven for not realizing it was an ally of Strahd.   Sir Fides Behind this behemoth was a female vampire Laz (as he later told us) r...