Curse of Strahd: Session Nine

Summary

The party traveled onward towards Vallaki, and soon hired four Vistani guides to keep the wolves at bey. They managed to reach the Vistani camp at the outskirts of Vallaki by nightfall and settled in for another night of drinking and revelry with their hosts. An hour before dawn the howling of the wolves had returned and the entire camp awoke. The heroes quickly noticed that Ireena was nowhere to be found along with the four Vistani guides they met. They were able to find her tracks soon enough and followed them south, deep into the woods. Reaching a clearing first, the thief saw a gruesome sight, a pale well-dressed man sitting on a stone throne with Ireena cradled in his lap, his fangs buried deep in her neck. All around him were massive dire wolves, standing guard. The thief fired off a witchbolt and the man looked up revealing a bloody mouth and chin. The other adventurers soon joined the ensuing fray along with twelve wereravens which had been following Strahd and the adventurers for some time. Strahd taunted them all but was soon forced to flee as dawn would soon light the clearing. Beaten and battered, the heroes managed to rescue Ireena and make their way back to the Vistani camp. Once there, the head wereraven gave them a shiny silver raven necklace and told them that if they ever needed help in defeating Strahd, just toss the necklace into the highest tree around and they will come to their aid.

Current Position

With Ireena still recovering from her attack by Strahd, the heroes are pondering where to go next and how to keep her safe, knowing now if Strahd bites her two more times, she will most certainly become a vampire or even worse, a vampire spawn under Strahd’s command.