"From Barovia Town," she says. "He makes me serve as his maid, cleaning the dirty old place! I just want to go home. But he hits me if I say I'm not happy here!"
The girl looks at Ares strangely. "Bit me? No, he has never bit me. Just hit me, and won't let me leave. There are a few others in the castle. Some serve the Count willingly, but he takes what he wants."
The girl nods meekly. "I will certainly help, if you will rescue me from this place! I want to go home." Helga wipes a tear from her cheek with the back of her hand. "Both the library and the Count's chambers are upstairs. Just one level up from here."
"What kind of guardians? The more information you give us the more successful we can be helping you and the others escape and be returned to your homes. Where are these guardians? What do they look like?"