Charwoman Gene
Adventurer
"Talkative bunch, I see," says Irena, who then silently follows the road.
D&D 5E EB's Curse of Strahd IC (Year One)
Gates of Barovia
The group follows the road for almost a mile, the woods acting like walls due to their thickness. It turns southward and after the bend they see...
Following the arch of the rusty iron gates is the following script: "The Lands of Barovia, Conquered 347"
The old crumbling walls and state of the statuary tells you the date on the inscription must be true, considering the current year is 735.
The group follows the road for almost a mile, the woods acting like walls due to their thickness. It turns southward and after the bend they see...
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Following the arch of the rusty iron gates is the following script: "The Lands of Barovia, Conquered 347"
The old crumbling walls and state of the statuary tells you the date on the inscription must be true, considering the current year is 735.
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Charwoman Gene
Adventurer
hero4hire
Explorer
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hero4hire
Explorer
Digger grimaced in displeasure. "A country...almost 400 years old. Yet I have never heard of it." He said in a gravel-y baritone. The big man shook his head. "We must have been transported far by that gypsy."
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[sblock=Irena]You only know that she has never seen any lands marked Barvoia on any map she ever saw. And she saw quite a few as she was learning a new trade to help get her out of the streets. And even the history books she paged through seem not to mention either Barvoia or the giant gate like monument. (and you think they would)[/sblock]
[sblock=Josiha] You have heard the name Barovia once in a legend being told in Arabel about Gondegal the Lost King. He was the first to use smokepowder and cannons. His inspiration coming from another story told about how a land was conquoered using such weapons was renamed Barovia. Gondegal did take the city of Arabel but his victoy was short-lived as the combined armies of Sembia, Cormyr, Tilverton, and several Dalelands rose up to defeat him. (Josiha loving a good war story and all)[/sblock]
[sblock=Digger] Sorry you have only heard a bad joke about being under a bar or over a bar, you didn't laugh then and aren't laughing now.[/sblock]
[sblock=Halo] Barovia?? Darklord?? This is one of the Realms of Dread, an ancient land that is no longer bound to your world. It is said to be ruled by a dark and evil lord and by his will alone are people allowed to come and go. It was an old female human mystic living among your people who use to scare the children with the tale of Barovia, only now are you coming to realize that those tales were not just made up. If the tales are true than others before this group have been brought into these lands as amusement for a monster that is determined to kill you all.
Stonework - Yes it is over 300 years old and since it looks to be made by humans it is falling apart. Strangest thing is, is that this wall wasn't meant to keep anyone out.[/sblock]
[sblock=Josiha] You have heard the name Barovia once in a legend being told in Arabel about Gondegal the Lost King. He was the first to use smokepowder and cannons. His inspiration coming from another story told about how a land was conquoered using such weapons was renamed Barovia. Gondegal did take the city of Arabel but his victoy was short-lived as the combined armies of Sembia, Cormyr, Tilverton, and several Dalelands rose up to defeat him. (Josiha loving a good war story and all)[/sblock]
[sblock=Digger] Sorry you have only heard a bad joke about being under a bar or over a bar, you didn't laugh then and aren't laughing now.[/sblock]
[sblock=Halo] Barovia?? Darklord?? This is one of the Realms of Dread, an ancient land that is no longer bound to your world. It is said to be ruled by a dark and evil lord and by his will alone are people allowed to come and go. It was an old female human mystic living among your people who use to scare the children with the tale of Barovia, only now are you coming to realize that those tales were not just made up. If the tales are true than others before this group have been brought into these lands as amusement for a monster that is determined to kill you all.
Stonework - Yes it is over 300 years old and since it looks to be made by humans it is falling apart. Strangest thing is, is that this wall wasn't meant to keep anyone out.[/sblock]
The group searches the area around the large gate, but find no guard house or nothing to indicate this place is maned at all. As a few of you near the rusty iron bars of the gate, they creak and clank as they swing open all on their own. Tilly gulps, and grips her father's hand tightly.
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