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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jackdaw" data-source="post: 6870555" data-attributes="member: 6789113">In my campaign Eva isn't related to Strahd nor is she a hag. She's an old Vistani woman who has read the fortune of her own people in the tarokka. It told her that Strahd will withdraw his favor from them in a horrific fashion. The Vistani are free to come and go only because Strahd sees it as an honorable exchange for saving his life 400+ years ago. Eva and the other elders know it's unwise to trust their futures to 1) A vampire and 2) A non-Vistani, but they have to be very careful about how they untwine their fate from his, because either all of them escape Barovia for good or no one does. Ohana means family!The Vistani sit in Strahd's blind spot. After centuries of service it doesn't occur to him that they could be anything else but ultimately loyal, like dogs (his admiration for them has faded to mild amusement). His chamberlain Rahadin has always been suspicious, though, and is central to maintaining the coterie of loyal Vistani spies. They're servants but also insurance against a Vistani exodus since a handful of them always stay behind. Rahadin knows the Vistani will always return for their kin, not matter how corrupt they are.So, Eva seeks Strahd's destruction but doesn't want her people implicated in the effort - because she fears that may be what causes him to withdraw his favor. Her aid to the PCs could either be the doom or the salvation of the Vistani. She's got a lot on her mind.</blockquote>

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