The group spends a couple minutes away from the body discussing the note. Through it they understand that this vampire must have been the conqueror of Barovia, but why would such a creature want the four of them to come here, and didn't Madam Eva the fortune teller say they're were items and people they would need to find before they confronted this Darklord.
While you weigh your options a wolf's howl breaks through the air. It sounds a good way off, but is soon answered by another howl, though this one is a lot closer than the first.