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Session 179- A Return to Barovia Part 29
5/17/2025
Anna Krezkova takes Rams to her home to meet her husband
Dmitri and son Ilya.
Dmitri and Ilya are seated in front of the fireplace. The father
smokes a pipe and the son is deathly pale and wrapped up in
many blankets.
Anna explains that Ilya died a few days before she met Rams
in Vallaki. The Abbot promised her and Dmitri that he would
resurrect Ilya if they acquired a wedding dress for Vasilka.
Anna bought the wedding dress in Vallaki and returned home to
give it to the Abbot who was as good as his word and resurrected
Ilya. Ilya came back from the grave not quite the happy-go-lucky
young man he was before his illness. He’s unable to get warm no
matter how big Dmitri builds the fire in the fireplace or the piles of
furs and blankets his mother piles on him.
Ilya tells Shelby (cleric of Tiamat) that she can’t hear her deity’s
voice here and he tells Tira (cleric of the Morning Lord) that the
Morning Lord won’t help them with the Abbot.
Fecus gives his skeletal cat to Ilya to see if that improves the
melancholy mood of the mayor’s cottage. Victor pipes up that he
indeed makes the best skeletal cats. The cat cheers up Ilya, but
his father Dmitri is horrified, begins sobbing, and leaves the room.
Rams ask Anna if there is a good spot to create their effigy for the
ritual to summon/create another creature powered by the red and
purple gems. She says they may use the area behind her cottage
and any wood or construction materials.
Fecus chooses to create a raven shaped single effigy after some
debate with the Magic Users whether a single or double effigy should
be created.
The Magic Users (Tim, Victor, and Ezmerelda) complete the ritual and
a giant metallic red and crystal purple raven emerges from the effigy.
It is telepathically connected to Tim, Victor, Fecus, and Shelby. It
inquires where the enemy resides and follows the party when they
begin the climb up to the abbey.
Up at the rusty screeching gate, they encounter Otto and Zygfrek, the
mongrelfolk that guard the gate. Tim and Fecus are polite and inform
the guards that they are wedding guests that would like to meet with
the Abbot. The 2 mongrelfolk lead the party into the courtyard. The
Abbot comes out to greet them and invites Rams into the main hall.
The Raven sends a telepathic message that there is a creature hiding
in the well and goes over to it to keep an eye on things while Rams
proceed into the main hall.
The Abbot introduces Rams to Vasilka, a beautiful, but clumsy
Flesh Golem.
Rams ask when the wedding is scheduled and the Abbot replies that
whenever the groom, Strahd, arrives.
After some more questions from the party, the Abbot reveals that
Strahd cannot be killed permanently within Barovia. He’s hoping
that marrying Vasilka will be the miracle that will heal the devil Strahd
and his cursed land.
The Raven’s next telepathic message is that the Abbot is completely
mad, in case no one figured that out on their own. It also says that a
fight with the Abbot, who is really a fallen angel, might go very badly
for the team.
The Abbot gives Rams a short tour of a few parts of the abbey that
aren’t used to house the most out of control mongrelfolk. They meet
Clovin, another mongrelfolk, who is the source of the beautiful violin
music filtering down to the main hall from the loft above.
After the tour, the Abbot tells Rams he will contact them when Strahd
arrives (without giving any timeframe for when that could be) and
thanks them for visiting, clearly indicating that the visit is over, and
asks Otto and Zygfrek to escort Rams to the gate.
Session ends with the players debating on what to do… attack the
Abbot or come back later.
6/1/25 Perchance Prompt is the pink text bullet point from above.
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