Endur's Expedition to Castle Ravenloft

[Legildur]

"Gertrude never left her room. It has been years since she has been outside. We kept her safe from the evils of the outside world.

"Now she's gone! Gone! Gone!"[/color]

Mary wails.

Ismark's eyes narrow slightly. He is distrustful of anyone that does not deal with the outside world. Sure, bad things happen, but life is a struggle and to be lived. 'There is more to this than meets the eye,' he thinks to himself as he waits for the others to complete their investigation.

 

[Rhun]

Skorl waits near Ismark. The half-orc's talents really don't lie in the direction of investigation. He'd wait for his companions to determine an enemy, and then he would destroy that foe.

 

[Le Noir Faineant]

Dareios waits at the entrance to Mary's house,
ostentatiously sharping his sword in front of the crowd.

 

[Endur]

Mary responds to Allesandra, "Gertrude was fourteen years old. She was far too innocent and trusting to face the harsh reality of Barovia."

The party does not find any out of the ordinary tracks.

Gertrude's room looks reasonably normal for a young child, decorated with painted images of unicorns, handsome princes, and faery castles.

As is normal for most of the houses in Barovia, the windows are covered with heavy shutters. Except, Cedric notices, for the window in Gertrude's room on the second floor.

One of the shutters is missing from Gertrude's window. But the only way to reach that window from the ground would have required a ladder.

 

[Le Noir Faineant]

Dareios, impatient as ever, waves somebody out of the crowd near him and commandingly asks:

"What do you know about this child? - Did she have a lover or something? Or was she said to posess magic?"

 

[Endur]

The woman approached by Dareios gasps and acts shocked in response to Dareios comments. "Why I never ..." She avoids eye contact with Dareios and moves away into the depths of the crowd.

 

[Le Noir Faineant]

Dareios yawns, frustrated and crosses his arms.

"Well, peasants, we will only be able to solve this case if you work with us instead of only demanding our service to protect you. Where are the volunteers to accompany us into the haunted woods. Where are those who will patrol the streets of Barovia at night when we are away? - I just see a pack of cowards before me. Noone of you would be a match for me - but not because I wear a sword. - Because I have the valor to use it! - Is there really nobody among you who even dares to speak up? - Then, better go home and lock yourselves in. For here you are of no use."

[Rockin' da crowd! ]

 

[Kafkonia]

"Dareios!" Alessandra exclaims. "Mind your tongue. These people have seen loved ones slain and risen again, and had their homes besieged and destroyed. If you cannot show sympathy, stay quiet."

 

[Voadam]

One of the shutters is missing from Gertrude's window. But the only way to reach that window from the ground would have required a ladder.

Jack will look for evidence of climbing down from within. Or that something supernatural climbed up. Jack wouldn't put it past some of the horrors like the ghouls being able to climb up, but he thinks it more likely the girl took an opportunity to escape.

 

[Rhun]

Skorl yawns and looks for a nice piece of grass to sprawl out on while his companions investigate the missing child.