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Message: <blockquote data-quote="not-so-newguy" data-source="post: 9677894" data-attributes="member: 6786140">Recap of last 3-4 sessionsSituation at The Martikov Winery<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Davian, the patriarch wereraven winemaker, must get back to the winemaking.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The ceremony to re-attune the Gem takes place in the morning of day ten.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The wine for Purple Grape Crush #6 is safe for now.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Red Dragon Crush Gem is still at large, believed to be in the Swamp of Berez.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Champgn Du Le Stomp went missing ten years ago.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The residents of the winery focus on their work, maintaining constant vigilance for Druids.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">After the ceremony, their first goal is to bottle the available wine and ship it out.</li> </ul>Keepers of the Feather<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A clandestine group of wereravens and some humans who secretly oppose Strahd.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">They operate as spies conferring with ravens to be their eyes and ears.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Davian is the Gang’s most reliable resource for Barovian knowledge.</li> </ul>Marta and Hans from Vallaki. Arrive on Day 10. Tell of attack by Wintersplinter and Wachter Coup. PCs remember the couples’ faces from Blue Water Inn.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Lady Wachter along with two dozen cultist arrived at the Baron’s mansion on the night the PCs left.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">She has claimed rulership over town and openly declared allegiance to Strahd.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Captain Korga has switched sides to Wachter.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Wintersplinter destroyed part of the southern wall. Killed 6 guards, 2 Cultists, and 10 townsfolk. Finally killed by guards and cultists.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Some cultists used occult magic to fight Wintersplinter.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Baron is in public stocks under constant guard</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Baroness is imprisoned in her mansion.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Baron’s son Victor escaped out the attic window, turns out he’s a mage of some power.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Victor warded the attic, two cultists were killed, and now nobody will go up there in fear of more traps.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Ireena still in St Andral’s.</li> </ul>The Gang focused their attention on the news delivered by Hans and Marta. Smugly, Moss, Mamol, Sleeps, Grant, and Elyrion leave the winery and go to Vallaki.VallakiDay 11(daytime): They arrived in Vallaki. Cultists of the Frog Demon Bobugbubilz are present amongst the guardsmen. They are clearly Lady Wachter loyalists and seem to have some authority.The Gang visits St. Andrals, after that they scope out The Baron’s Mansion where the Baroness is reportedly in prison. Ernst, Lady Wachter’s servant, is discovered watching the Gang.They also spot the Baron in public stocks.Day 11-12 (around midnight): The Gang infiltrates the Baron’s Mansion, rescues the Baroness, finds the Holy Symbol of Ravenkind buried in the Baron’s attic. Later that evening they free the Baron from the stocks.Day 12 (daytime): The Gang receives a letter, delivered by Ernst, from Lady Wachter. Here are the contents of the letter:[spoiler]I will pay you the respect of being blunt:fact #1 Ernst observed you studying the old mansion of the former Burgermeister. fact #2 Former Baroness Lady Lydia Petrovna is freed from the old mansion less than 24 hours later. Fact #3 Former Baron Vargas was quietly freed from his stocksfact #4 You alone have the ability and potential motivation to accomplish this.Despite our differences, I believe we can come to a peaceful solution. It’s either peace or mutually assured destruction.Please meet me at my estate in eastern Vallaki. Make arrangements with my servant Ernst.Sincerely,Burgermeisterin Fiona WachterA Most Loyal Servant of Strahd[/spoiler]The Gang decides that they must eliminate Lady Wachter and reinstall Baron Vargas as leader of Vallaki. They believe he is the lesser of two evils.They inform Ernst that they will meet with her at noon tomorrow.Day 12-13 (around midnight): The Gang infiltrates Lady Wachter’s home. Unfortunately, Lady Wachter’s home is heavily guarded. The exterior is protected by 6 cultists, 2 guardsmen with halberds, and Captain Korga (bandit captain stats). The interior is protected by 4 cult fanatics who are playing Pedro upstairs near the Lady’s bedroom.The Gang ambush the Cult Fanatics and repel the mooks coming from the exterior. In the middle of the fight, Blalach emerges from a linen closet and helps the Gang.Blalach[spoiler]Blalach is played by the guy who owns the house we’re gaming at. Let’s call him Rob. The place where we play is kind of an artsy flop house. I guess that’s the best way to describe it. Unique and awesome place to play.Anyway, Rob will be popping into the campaign randomly. He’s completely new to the game, so I made a champion fighter armed with a magical flail.[/spoiler]Smugly goes into Lady Wachter’s room and finds Lady Wachter trying to escape out of the 2nd story window, while Captain Korga waits below. Smugly beats her up, but she still manages to escape. Grant pushes Smugly out of the way and finishes off the usurper with an arrow. Captain Korga escapes.Blalach explains that he was ambushed and held prisoner. Captain Korga and the cultists (great band name) were planning to sacrifice him. Blalach wants revenge on Korga. The Gang obliges and they hunt him down and kill him.The Gang will be 6th level after the next Long Rest.</blockquote>

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