Session 21: 10/23/2025
Who attended:
- Saera (Nyx)
- Darin (Tink)
- Shannon (Zelanis)
What happened:
The party asks the wizards three a few more questions about Barovia and Strahd before heading through the portal. Nyx knows that the 4th piece of the rod is in the death house on the far side of the village.
As the party heads toward the house, a mob forms and starts screaming at the party to leave the village. Burton is hit in the head with a rock. Burton then persuades the villagers that the party means them no harm. The mob then disperses and the party continues on.
A women named, Sarusanda Allester, stops the party and explains that they have mutual goals at the death house. She is a Ulmist Inquisitor, part of a group that fights evil within the multiverse. She explains that she knows about the rod piece and that evil priests wish to claim the rod to use in necromancer rituals. She has vowed to not allow this evil to happen. Sarusanda also tells the party that her father, Galias, joined the evil priests of Osybus. Sarusanda is expecting to find and slay him in Death House.
Zelanis becomes curious at the name Galias Allester, as it is familiar to her. Her father occasionally spoke of this name, but she was never able to find reference to this name till now. Sarusanda explains that her father kept a diary. A long time ago, her father helped a man named Veylen smuggle a man named Morissette out of Barovia. Veylen kept talking of a prophecy (that the multiverse was in danger and only those part of the prophecy would save it), and that it was important that Morissette needed to leave this plane, that Morissette's offspring could help stop the end of existence.
Sarusanda joins the party to find the piece of the rod.
When the party arrives at the death house, they find a boy and a girl standing outside. The boy is weeping. The children explain that there is a monster in the house and ask the party to make the house safe again. The party learns that a group of robed people entered the house recently. Nyx offers the children food and then a nearby neighbor comes by and offers to keep the children safe.
Zelanis scouts the house and find there are only two ways in (the front door and a window on the front of the house). The party goes through the front door, Zelanis hears shuffling behind the second set of doors. The party decides to try the front window. They climb in and find themselves in a empty den. Zelanis again hears shuffling behind the doors. They party prepares for an encounter.
There are three priests of Osybus waiting for the party. When the first priest dies he becomes a flameskull. When the second one dies it releases eerie whispers. When the third one dies it also becomes a flameskull. The party takes on some damage, but eventually defeats everything in the room.
The party continues to explore the house for a path towards the basement of the house. They eventually head upstairs to the second floor. There are two sets of doors. Zelanis hears shuffling through one door and the other room is quiet. The party heads to the quiet room. Inside the conservatory they find well preserved skull. Sarusanda casts Speak with Dead. The skull was a former cultist who was sacrificed. The party finds out that there is a secret staircase in the attic that will take them to the catacombs beneath the house. The skull them summons three will-o'-wisps and they all attack. The party quickly defeats them.
