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Session 22: 10/30/2025

Who attended:

  • Saera (Nyx)
  • Darin (Tink)
  • Shannon (Zelanis)

What happened:

Zelanis had heard footsteps across the room from the Conservatory, so the party went in and fought the three priests inside. Burton and Sarusanda were wounded during the fight. After the battle Zelanis found a secret room with a trapped chest. After disarming the trap she found some loot and divided it amongst the party.

The party then headed up the spiral staircase to the third floor. They opened the first door and found a bedroom and evidence of a struggle. The footsteps lead to a secret door that revealed a staircase heading up to the attic. The party then found the children's room where there was a dollhouse that was a miniature replica of the house which showed all of the secret doors.

With the knowledge of the secret doors, the party quickly found the door with the spiral staircase to the basement. The party descended into a dungeon. There was a faint chanting echoing throughout the chambers, but they are unable to determine from which direction. Most of the dungeon was empty. Zelanis found some more loot that she shared with the party. Nyx almost ran into some more priests, but Zelanis stepped in and warned her.

The party continued on till the chanting grew louder and they followed more stairs heading lower into the dungeon. The party came across some shambling mounds. Burton ran in and was engulfed by one of them. Once the party defeated the shambling mounds, Burton was released and gasped for air.

The party followed the chanting deeper into the dungeon and found a portcullis blocking their way. Burton with Tink's help was able to lift the portcullis open. Inside the ritual chamber there were 14 hooded figures chanting loudly. In the middle of the room was a lifeless women dangling from above and a Relentless Impaler had risen from the blood beneath her. Embedded into the chest of the Relentless Impaler was the 4th piece of the rod. When the party entered the room the Impaler attacked. The party fought hard and was getting worn down, but they won the battle.

Nyx pulled out the piece of the rod from the Impaler's chest. The cultist warn the party that, "None dare trespass in the territory of Strahd. You will answer to our master". The cultists then begin chanting, "He is the Ancient. He is the Land."

Then suddenly, a gust of wind blasts through the halls of Death House and the dungeon, and the temperature drops precipitously. Candles and lamps snuff out and relight with dark-purple flames. The wind takes on a monstrous timbre—like screeching bats or howling wolves—and crescendos to a deafening roar. Suddenly, it stops.

For a long moment, the party hearsnothing. Then, as clearly as if it were happening right next to them, the house’s front door creaks open and slowly closes, latching with a crisp click. Then, once again, nothing.