Summary
Greeted by Vasha
- ‘Buff Walmart Greeter’ - Matt 😆
- we told her we’re from Waterdeep and a lil lost 😄
- she welcomed us to our new home and told us we’ll never leave
Elthra shares story of his home:
- Loving family, grew up in religious order
- cast out of his family due to him developing heretical magic
- his home city flooded in what he called divine retribution for casting him out
- lot of innocent bystanders in that divine retribution
Madam Eva greets us before we enter her tent
- she’s not actually a seer - she just has a Ring™️ camera 😆
Asked Madam Eva about “The horseman rides and the seer spoke true” - since she’s the seer
- the horseman - Dalvin Olinsky from Village of Barovia
- he wanted to escape the valley but she told him he’d die in the valley
- so he ran out into the mists and died - “and the seer spoke true” 😁
Madam Eva saw a vision of us lifting the Curse of Strahd™️ so that people can leave the valley.
She did a tarot card reading of fortunes:
Madam Eva's Fortune
Party Fortune:
Four of Wands - look to the west and find a pool blessed by the white sun
Nine of Cups - the treasure lies in a dragon’s house in hands once clean and now corrupted
Six of Swords - what you seek lies in a pile of treasure beyond amber doors
The Sun - A Vistani wanders this land alone, searching for her mentor, she does not stay in one place for long, seek her out in the Abbey of Saint Markovia near the mist
High Priestess - look to great heights, find the beating heart of the castle, he waits nearby
Individual Fortunes: Rowan:
Tens of Coins - You found success in your life, but you are struggling with isolation and feeling alone
The Empress - I see a nurturing figure in your future, you will find someone in Barovia that will sooth your loneliness
Three of Coins - In your past I see teamwork, worked with a group before
The World - I see a resolution to your journey, not the one to leave Barovia, but the one you started before you got here
Three of Swords - I see heartbreak, grief, and sadness in your past as well, I think you are still mourning the loss of something
The Emperor - But here in Barovia you are going to find the respect you deserve, but providing for others and having others provide for you
Knight of Cups - I see a hopeless romance that there is someone that you have feelings for that has not returned them
The Lovers - but I think you will find your companionship with people in Barovia, I think you are in a safe space to express yourself here
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Eva told us of a Vistani encampment near Vallaki and to mention her for a discount there
We bumped into Laszlo 
- He had a story about a charismatic wizard who rallied a revolt a year ago
- all the villagers who went with him were never seen again cept Doru
- the wizard and The Devil Strahd had a spell fight! - raining down magic on each other
- at the end of the fight the wizard fell a thousand feet into the river
- Laszlo thinks he’s dead but offscreen deaths don’t count
- especially when no body was found
- Terry gave him a fake vision about Staten Island - a land he will in the future take over
Rowan gave a short story about the fire that destroyed his home and killed his parents. How he then went off to study under a forest paladin to learn to protect nature.
Sekhmet shared her backstory of growing up in a booming city of Waterdeep. Her and her brother, Zepher, were apart of a Tabaxi & Halfling found family. Their leader, Grandpa, went missing and she’s looking for him. Remembers him by a magic scarf that she has.
We then continue to drink and crash for the night there.
We head off to Vallaki in the morning. Another giant magical gate that opens on its own for us. With intimidating giant statues on either side on the road.
After an hour or so we find a road heading off the main road to a windmill that looks similar to the one on Rowan’s shield.
- Durst Mill?