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Widows dressed in black are seen walking the streets in grief, the local community offers support to the women that lost their husbands, donations and food are being taken at The Blood of the Vine, where some mourn in their own way the farmers that were lost in the tragedy.
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Several pesants are seeing reinforcing their doors with thick planks of wood, the attacks are still fresh on everyone's minds, people take every precaution to avoid being the next victim. Speculations as to the nature of the beast are vague, many attribute the recent carnages to one or some vicious neuri.
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The small shrine to Ezra, recently damaged by fire in an attack by a particularly cunning neuri, has been returned to its former state. The marks of fire and smoke have been scrubbed clean, as has the blood of the unfortunate soul targetted in the attack. The scorched grass outside already mixed by rain and snow into the earth beneath.
Locals speak of an air of loss that clings to place now, and to the young half-breed that tends it.
Most scoff when mention of it comes up, claiming that the Dilisniya poisoners and their whore god have simply reaped their due for the dead in Vallaki.
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The small and meek Ovidiu arrived to the village a few months ago only, earning the glares of the gossiping population. Some rumors associates her to Noica, another fool from Vallaki. Certain women of the inn who spoke with Crina managed to gather a few information about her. A son in Vallaki, a family to care for. Whatever happened to *her* husband. Maybe he fell under some neuri's claws like the widows who still gathers at the Blood of the vine to weep on the still abandoned tables.
Seemingly bored and uninterested, the guard is often seen headed along the Old Svalich road either east or west to continue her patrols. Cleaning off branches and trees fallen along the road and killing wolves that would wander too close to the city. A large stack of dark wolf hide is growing in a barn next to the burgomaster's guest house, waiting for a better purpose some suggest.
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In the local Temple of the Morninglord people going there attending rituals are meeting a rather silent and handsome man always there. Rumours are spreading rather quick, as the man has been seen often speaking to Vicar Miklos about vampires and witches. Someone also state that the man has been more than once harassed by a woman witch inside the temple itself. These rumours keeps him more isolated than ever. He seems scared to speak to any unknown people.
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Since several days ago that man has disappeared.
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Hearing the rumors and gossip from travelers, and fearing for the safty of her family, Androvia packs her things and heads East out of Vallaki in the direction of the village.
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*signs are seen being posted up in the Village of Barovia*
WANTED
for Questioning
Father Dallium - a Morninglordian
for being involved in stealing property from the Count
Description: hin - wearing golden robe - white hair
Reward: 2000 fangs
for bringing him in to the burgomeister of Barovia Village
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Some folk whisper among each other about a large group of cultists arriving to the Village of Barovia recently. They claim to be some Order of knights. Some talk about also about a smoke over the woods north-east to the Village, that appeared on dusk on the first day of their arrival.
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A bulky man clad in filthy armour, with the odd splatter of blood on him is seen wandering the eastern lands, peasants murmur of him being a 'Ladul Cultist' of sorts, although he is not trusted since his arrival the bandits that usually hold strong ground on the Lunar Bridge seem to have been dispersed, merchants are said to have a much easyer path to walk towards the city of Vallaki.
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A wandering anchorite tends the small Ezrite shrine at the Village of Barovia, some recent signs of upkeep there.
A visage that could have been Ezra herself, a woman covered in mists, is seen giving coins to beggars.
A single ravens feather is left by the door of the diminutive church, a scroll tied together with a green ribbon.
Holy Sainte Marle, Icon of her Sainted Image,
Guide us, show us Your Path,
Help those in need,
Give strength to the weak,
comfort the sorrowful,
Kiss us with the kisses of her mouth,
For your love is better than wine,
sainte Marle, all who seek your help,
Experience your unfailing protection,
Amen.
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For Several Nights in a row, villagers have reported hearing movement in the streets, rumours pass from mouth to mouth during the day that men have been stalking the streets at night, clad in darkness.
People are double locking all doors just to be sure.
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A old man dressed in robes been seen wandering around the local area together with a woman dressed in tightly fitting clothing and a very large cloak. The woman being suggestive in her speak and the man smirking at her comments this duo seem rather odd but seemingly do not cause to much of a fuss and only the man enters the village now and then.
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Those around the village and in particular speak of a heated argument between two of the 'sun kisser cultists' both arguing over the other's path's and morality. The two were last seen by two light carriers heading into the streets nearing dawn.
When dawn finally came there was a stain of blood on the streets of the fair village just outside the temple's gates. The skies seemed overcast and cloudly for most of the first parts of the morning.
Neither 'sun kisser' was seen returning to the temple grounds after their argument.
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A fiery blaze is seen from the north west, of the outskirts in the Village. As an old abandoned farmstead was set ablaze sometime in the early evening.
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[Feared peasants murmur of a crackling sound echo'ing threw the streets after hours, at day break all that remains is a sum of Fangs set in a odd depiction]
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"Ridicule, pathetic, and unbecoming of Being Barovian."
Words describing the latest spectacle as witnessed by a few Village guards in front of the big decadent city gates of the Municipality of Vallaki spread at the Village of Barovia, where this gossip always finds receptive ears. The word on the lips of guards speak of the lost ways of their comrades in Vallaki, to allow the Outlander to wear the uniform. They speak in contempt and disgust of their lacking ways, of the other reality Vallaki faces when it comes to the domestic invasion of the outlander ways into their lives.
Talks are fueled by hearsay, by urban legends about native Vallaki women marrying filthy outlanders and alien races. The talks are shared in front of a warm fire, at the Blood of the Vine or on duty; the people feeling somewhat, distant from their bigger cousin; Municipality of Vallaki.
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A coppery-skinned, long-haired elf in the lightest of fey armor regularly frequents the Village of Barovia carrying shipments of good from Vallaki. When gossip about the outlander garda comes up among the locals, he can often be seen frowning. But he appears to be wise enough to only share his opinion when asked, which naturally doesn't seem to happen much, if at all. The locals tolerate him and do business with him, but he too remains just a fey outlander.
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A dark-green-clad man, a known Outlander regular presence in the Village, has been seen pinning a small note to a well. With some surprise the note is written in a very childish way, with a skull and two bones crossed drawn at its bottom.
"Nu enter. It's mult dangerous. A.S."
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Some several nights ago the sounds of a skirmish could be heard in the streets and those brave enough to peek out of their windows witnessed a motely band of outlanders making their way to the Morning Lord's temple. A pretty young woman in revealing attire appeared to be carrying the pitiful, skinless remains of what could only be a child.
A short time later two of the swordsmen within the band, a scarfaced young man and a towering bulwark of armour and steel were seen in the Vine almost drawing blades on each other after much heated discussion.
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At Mircea's foundry apparently a smith is leaving for those who need a series of weapons made of steel. If the smith is asked what they are for, he'll likely mention some one in dark-green-clad who left them there.
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The materials left gradually seem to improve in quality. The man leaving them there is always the same.
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Even some few armours have appeared in the same shop, besides the other steel blades. Nevertheless, the green-clad man has been seen waving the store-keeper with a "Adio for a while, spring is close."
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The same man seems having started leaving very high quality bows in the woodwork shop of Alexandru Popovici.
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In the early morning hours just before sun rise, the Burgomaster's Residence was beset by monstrous spiders, two of the guards succumbed to the poison and perished before the foul beasts were destroyed.
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the slow clasp of expensive shoes on cobblestone roads echos in the dead of old night throughout the Village. the silhouette of a shadowed figure is witnessed walking the streets by the Curious peasant peeking from their bedroom window....
a deep sinister laugh echo's off the moon lite structures of the village as the night continues on...
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An individual in robes of white has been gathering as much fruit as possible from local farms & paying well for the last fruits of the season , her rounds also take in the local smiths , where she had orderd several horse shoes & a small quantity of nails along with a hammer , dispite obviously being an outlander & owning no horse or livestock of her own .
The Church of Hala celebrates the
New Year on October 31st, normally a day of
dread for many people across the dread realms.
This day marks the end of the harvests in many
places, but to the Halites it is a day for
celebration. In the Church of Hala, this
celebration is known as Samhain (So-wen).
Halites often give out gifts of fruit and
vegetables on this day to the poor and bless
small children, regarding them with praise.
Young boys in particular are held in esteem,
though girls are not unfairly regarded, for they
are the future mothers that will give life to the
next generation. Iron is often hung on walls and
above doors and windows by Halites on this day.
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Some adventurers have seen a Vistani child making a doll, with her tiny hands, in the Zarovan camp by the Tser Pool. Some are ready to swear they saw the doll moving and then, after it exploded in an outburst of smelly gore, a thick mist appeared. The little doll was dressed as a waitress and with a little tray in her tiny hands, made probably of copper. As it is, the girl who made the doll is also rumoured to be educated directly by Madame Eva.
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Locals talk of a shadey man, entering the village from the seldom used southern entrance. He had been carrying a woman on his shoulder, who was unconsious, her head covered in bloodstained bandages, under which tufts of red hair were noticeable. Well-dressed not the type to fare in the swamps. The man carried her all along the way, sometimes talking out loud, as if he was argueing with himself. He aimed clearly for the morninglordian temple. Some labourers that were accepting the free meals of the priest, later told the man handed over a fair amount of gold to the priest, and only said three words. "Tend to her..." than he put the womans body down gently, looked back once more, on her, and left the temple, without a word.
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" Oh nu! My chickens.. my livelihood! " - Farmer Petre Dimitrivich
It has been said that terrible creatures came during the Old Night's reign and shattered the unguarded and unwatched farmsteads and homes on the outskirts of the Village. Several bodies of drunks and livestock, slaughtered in ritual manner prove this happening to most eyes and there were several instances of graffiti in blood, ash, and feces about the area of destruction. The graffiti is simply an unblinking eye. What terrible things would have done this?
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Whispers, rumours and tales spread swiftly through the village of Barovia, aided by those who watch the streets more than others.
A woman in red armour and a caliban of small stature, wreathed in witchcraft have stolen a child!
Perhaps they are responsible for other recent cases of missing children in the woe begotten village?
Posters denoting the heinous and foul deed have been placed about the small village in warning. Each proclamation bears the mark of the Black Gauntlet.
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[The number of fatalities of the Barovian guard seems to have severely increased as of late. The body count seems to grow with each passing night. Rumors spread that an evil is plaguing the streets of the Village in the cover of darkness. Many of the corpses recovered have been found drained of their blood. Some may lay the blame on a vampyr, but no proof has been found to support the claims. Regardless, tensions may be rising within the village at the concerning number of deaths and disappearances.]
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The defences of the Village start gradually to increase.
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Soon, the word travels to many ears amongst those who enjoy this information...The Blood of the Vine begins to see mercenaries and an increase of mysterious figures alike, some making inquiries in their own way about the recent killings...
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An outlander criminal named, Ellana was executed at dawn and her remains burned. Her crimes being the murder and looting of a Village Guard and having the audacity to attack the Burgomaster Vanda Atanasius. A crowd gathered to solemnly witness the burning of the criminals remains. Condolences are offered to the the dead guards widow and son. The Village Guard has increased its patrols and have begun aggressively questioning all outsiders and foreigners.
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The strange events of the village attracts another traveller, a man in a dark coloured robe, white cloak and a gnarled staff made out of some simple wood arrived a late evening. Some might have seen the man walking about the village surroundings and the Vistani camp with a wolf pup or larger dog. He carries only a smaller pack, some weaponry and some books he sits reading by a table
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Some barovians looked confused when they saw the new village gaurd recruit, word has spread that the one who defended tser pool a long time ago had fallen by his own men back in vallaki yet here he walked in uniform.
Even more gossip started as he is seen entering and leaving krovache's house some say it is not strange the old sergeant had a visitor but that it was an assumed dead man was.
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The temple foundations shook with small tremors some nights ago though it was believed to be an isolated incident. A scar-faced outlander seen to frequent the village often was witnessed near-carrying his constant companion, a slight young woman with crimson red hair, from the vaults deep under the Morning Lord's haven hurridley to the Blood of the Vine and the small refuge its walls provide...
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Three outlanders familiar to the desolate streets of the mournful village of Barovia have often been sighted together deep in serious conversation. A scar-faced swordsman in black, his constant companion, a young woman wreathed in shadow and another female and reputed guest of the Burgomeister who often keeps her counsel within the Blood of the Vine when night's embrace closes. Their expressions range from a mixture of rapt attention, concern, mocking humour and business-like neutrality as they walk the streets frequently, moving about like soldiers assessing a killing ground before a war...
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Occasionally, that same Outlander and reputed guest of the Burgomaster, is seen leaving the village by the means of a horse-drawn carriage. Her absences are limited to a day or two, at the most, before she returns via the same means. More recently, she has returned in the company of a man and a woman-- Barovian and especially good looking.
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Anyone trying to get in contact with the Burgomaster's (un)esteemed guest would find that has been missing in action, absent from the chaos and planning for approximately one week thus far. If anybody would ask around, the mention of Port-a-Lucine might surface. However, if any Outlander should travel there in search of her, they would not find her.
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Rumors soon spread that the newly weds kaeyna and krow had a run in with the local autorethies along with two others Colt and former vallaki guard and ezrite Vladimir Gianatz.
The moment the happy couple came out of the woods east of the village they got arrested and filed with charges three of them recieved lashes krow the husband got 8 and his wife got two but only cause she jumped infront of the guard who was about to whip krow.
The local law enforcments are starting to worry as not long ago a flood of outlanders visited them and now this incident makes then even more vigilant, its said mihas mandruleanu was among the guards who set the charged.
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A woman in golden armor bearing a Morninglord Symbol, 2 Hins and a husky woman in furs are seen about at the Blood and Vine with good regularity, taking up the same company room each night, and partaking of dinner and drinks down in the common room. The woman in armor is seen chatting with the locals as best she can, frequently to no good effect and generally being pleasant.
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Rumor is that a red-haired hunter set up his camp in the area, seemingly he's planning for a longer stay. He was asking about wolf attacks in the surrounding areas.
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Word of mouth spreads about a Morninglord cultist who has come to stay. Some say she's come to hunt Vrolok, other's say she is a Vrolok, regardless the cultists is seen arriving and entering the Blood o' Vine.
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Last night, the villagers of Barovia will whisper of terrible screams and sounds of fury that rang across the night, under the wailing of a terrible storm swirling across Lysaga Hill, lightning striking the hill's summit repeatedly. Those who peek out from behind curtained windows tell a tale of a group of heavily armed men who confronted some terrible beast in the night. The beast was defeated, and the men then adventured out west -- still in the middle of the night. Hours later, the storm eventually subsided, the dark clouds lifting from Lysaga Hill and passing away... three returned, it was whispered, carrying three corpses to then hide inside the Sunkisser temple...
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The last few day's and night's the patrons of the vine are nervous, multiple strange occurances have happend, once all patrons gone missing except for the New barmaid Eliza, another was when the Village lampligther the barmaid and an outlander known as Inari where seen pale as the winter snow when people asked what happend they fell silent.
Many claim it has to do with the fact that the gates where closed that Vallaki's problems went to the Village now that the gates are open again everyone hopes the trouble returns to the grey city.
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Seems the village have a new lumberjack as of late. Judging by his appearance he is a simple man, wearing plain often muddy garments, his face covered with a cowl.
When approached he introduces himself as Ian. Working from dawn to dusk only at nights he returns to the Vine for a whiskey. Other than that he does not speak much.
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Word that the Dilisnya chapel has been definitely closed down and barred was confirmed by none other than Lieutenant Ionache as he was touring a small delegation of Morninglordians around the barricaded structure. It is said that the cause of the closing takes root in the abhorrent actions posed by a masculine member of the Dilisnya cult; villagers speak of a flogging t o charges such as disrupting the peace, using vraja with the intent of harming citizens; those who attended the delivering of the sentence also speak of a verbal fallout involving Burgomistress Vanda Atanasius and the leader of the Dilisnya flock, a Borcan attributed the nickname of 'Poisoner Milea' - it is said Milea's arrogance made the Burgomistress fume with anger, to which she stormed out of the scene quickly.
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The villagers talk among themselves as the local guard known as mihas been seen rambling and drawing his sword for nothing else but thin air, but that the sight of ezrite upon ezrite pouring into the small village held no good news either for the peacefull near dead town.
When night came many awoke by the blown horns of guards who rushed out of a building near the famous inn, soon after blasts where heard and screams of dying men where the only sounds heard in the usualy silent streets of the village.
Those living near the inn heard a conversation between the rebels and the lampligther he was suppose to deliver a message, it got louder again when the ezrite delegation poured out into the street to aid the lampligther against the rebels, but further bloodshed was prevented.
Comming morning guards and ezrites are seen cleaning up the mess of the night befor, word also reaches that the ezrites have donated provisions for the fallen families.
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A woman arrives to the village angry and mumbling about some confrontation at the nymph and how vallaki has too many "hero's", She proceeded to get drunk at the blood o' the vine and decided to move to the village in hopes of new adventures and a better life.
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Rumor has it that a woman that was caught trying to break in the quartermaster's was arrested, then, as a punishment, recruited into the garda.
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Three outlanders, a blonde male, a dark haired female and a Borcan woman bearing vistana heritage were scourged in the village center the previous night as warning to any who would defy the Count's laws. The usual death sentance was waivered and 30 lashes given to each, the punishment given as a sign of the Burgomistress' "benevolence" and "mercy". Their apparent crime that of graverobbing.
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Rumor Spread about the resent Werewolf attacks, People say the wolves are larger and are white. Some have said a Falkovnian soldier was asking questions about the attacks and how to kill the beast, some hin near by have said that he was going to see the skinner, No one has seen him since. However the Falkovnian was quoted in saying "If it bleeds, We can kill it"
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Rumor reaches far and wide around the village of barovia of the sunkisser light carrier known as Warn Windwill being dragged into the village temple area barely conscious and rambling about fearsome undead. Many locals avoid the ravings of the carrier as he is taken into the temple proper. There the Vicar finds him feverish and delirious, his very body's spirit drained and some would comment it is amazing he is alive at all. Unable to aide the light carrier whom had just the day before delivered quite the bundle of food stuffs and wood to the impoverished people of the village messages are sent out for aide from the other faithful.
OOC: need a pc cleric when possible thanks :)
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Tragedy strikes the village, Ruxandra Korolev who was wife to the woodsman Alexandru Korolev is said to have been found dead. How she was killed is a mystry, but her death seems to weigh heavy upon Alexandru who has been spending a fair amount of time drinking at the Blood of the vine inn.
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The villagers talk about how in this deep winter, the wolves howls seem to be closer then normal, and how they are more actively attacking the animals that live in the village...
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Word would spread that four Ezrites were flogged in the village, including the Vallaki Sentire, and an effigy Ezra burned in a deliberate, blasphemous offense.
Further to this, the Burgomistress pronounced an edict banning the public worship of Ezra and forbidding any Ezrite clergy in the village.
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Overnight, a message appears on the gate to the Burgomistress's estate in huge, white painted letters: "EZRA BLESS, BURGOMISTRESS!"
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Two new faces are seen around the village as of the past few days. Sunkisser Light carriers introduced as Warn Windwill and Adeline Windwill, seeming husband and wife to be of the cultists are seen about the village in the daylight hours harvesting wood, herbs, and such for the village and the faithful.
Warn in particular is seen chopping down several trees a few days later making rounds to the various houses that will accept his knocking during the daytime with deliveries of chopped oak, yew, and beech ready for fires.
It is also rumored by the Vicar and Warn spoke about having a fall harvest celebration one day with well crafted food for any that are of interest.
OOC: the last bit is still to be decided on when exactly...
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Rumor has it that the Temple of The Morninglord will donate food and warm clothing in the days to come. Although the specific time and date is not known, it is certain that it will be done.
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A sole survivor recounts how a light carrier, also known as Adeline Windwill, led a pack of werewolves into the sanctuary courtyard. The werewolves, after killing her, managed to kill almost everyone, including the lightcarriers.
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Rumors go around that the werewolf that was threatening the village lately was killed but by whom? Other gossip is that the lumberjack, Alexandru Korolev, has dissappered...
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Early in the day the ezrite ambasador known as popovici was seen beeing escorted by the gaurd vetran mandruleanu towards the burgomistress's mansion.
What the commoners stared more at was the large suitcase the ezrite was carrying.
Not long after the ezrite got escorted back out of the village the guards among themselves began to hope that the double shifts would stop now that there was suddenly allot more money to spend, the boards where also taken down from the ezrite shrine.
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Intense golden light burst forth from the cracks of the Morninglord temple, warding those of evil disposition from its sheer holy power. Soon, it would fade, leaving the Village as dark as it was before.
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Word spreads among the villagers of a strange visitor of apparent Vistani stock. The woman, dressed in gold, introduced herself as Camilla and has been soliciting the villagers for herbs for her sick daughter. The woman has a wild, desperate look in her eyes and wasn't wearing any shoes. Oddly enough, no one has seen the daughter.
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In the late hours of the night, long before the first reluctant stirrings of the Village of Barovia; a woman was led by the hand out onto the Old Svalich Road, clotted eye sockets staring out blindly to the world.
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What savage treatment did the self proclaimed Reformist suffer? What ever terrible manner of men or creatures that committed this horrendous act leave another dark shadow lingering over the trade route for a time to come.
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The Blood of the Vine Waitress, Eliza Chirila was seen heading up to the Castle today at nightfall and returning at dawn, pale and shaken.
She immediately packed her things and is rumored to be returning to Vallaki for a holiday.
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meanwhile as people come and go an old vetran guard stays there watching them enter and leave asking all who he comes across what they are doing in the village and their duration of their stay.
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As the sun sets in the village, several gruesome discoveries were made.
One of a Barovian man, clawed and bitten by something with sharp claws and teeth. He was found by the warehouse in a pool of his own blood.
The other is of a Barovian woman, a bloody trail leaded two where her body laid. It was mangled. Her head was removed and blood was all over the walls where her body lie. Something ripped open her abdomen exposing entrails. She looked to be partly eaten by something. A witness describe seeing the killer as something that was there then disappeared. Next thing the body was being dragged off, the witness didn't wish to pursue for fear of his own life.
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A woman in Garda armor was seen investigating the murder scenes, then quickly leaving towards the headquarters.
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Rumor has it that there was a large massacre of live stock in the western outskirts of the village.
That something has been trying to dig up the graves. Hands and feet at times can be seen sticking out of the graves.
Another woman was found dead in the streets. Her face partly eaten and she is covered in claw and bite marks.
Also there has been rumors of a heavy odor of decay hanging around the village.
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Rumors spread about something digging up the corpses in the graveyard. That the parts of the corpses have been exposed and something has been feasting on the rotting remains.
Also some of the local village guard seem to be falling ill. They seem to have a strong cough and often times cough up black slime. A few of the guards are starting to have pockets of black swellings on their bodies that is filled with a white ooze puss.
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The first victim of a strange disease was announced today, as the recruit Ioana Petrescu died in the early morning. After the caughs, swellings and lymph nodes appeared on her skin, and if cut they would burst with puss. After coughing up blood and her skin turn black, she finally died. No one knows what happened to her body.
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During the dawn, a small fey entered the village, carrying what seemed to be a very large maul.
After resting at the inn for some time, she started wandering the streets, bandaging and offering food to anyone in need.
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Several reports pile up on the desk of the Village guards.
one states that recruit Ioana Petrescu has gone missing, other guards state that she was not feeling and looking well.
another has names of sick villagers and sick livestock which increases by the week as more and more reports of the unknown desease find the desk.
the last pile contains the names of missing or killed guards of recent times.
The Village Guard has issued an order to burn all bodies animals and human untill the plague is cured.
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More of the citizens and guards are becoming sick with a cough. Even more start develop swellings of black lymph nodes and glands filled puss. A few are coughing up blood and their skin is turning black. Many have died from the disease and the amount of deaths start to increase rapidly. The healers are at a loss trying to find a cure. No magic or known remedy seems to work. Some of the healers also have caught the disease.
A black goo can be found in and around the village. It stinks of rot and decay.
Also reports keep coming in about something digging up the graves in the cemetery or dragging corpses from the crypts. From the rumors it is said that it looks like something is eating the remains of the dead. It is also stated that the corpses and body parts are littering the cemetery. It is gotten so bad that rumors of stray dogs can be seen in the streets carrying human remains. Even though the cemetery gets cleaned it seems to be a never ending battle.
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Rumor has it that something has been taking the dead from the plague and eating them before the authorities has time to clean them up. The dead seem to be piling up fast making it extremely difficult for the village to take care of. Also more people are starting to show shines of blacken swollen lymph nodes.
//Plague save DC Fort 17
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Word quickly spreads like wildfire throughout the village, and even reaching Vallaki, that Sergeant Petkovich has fallen ill. rumors circumvent that the beloved Sergeant has contracted the rumored plague while investigating the epidemic. Guards are stationed on the first floor of the Burgomistress's guesthouse. The second floor is quarantined off, where it is presumed the late Petkovich resides...
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The plague is having a heavy toll on the village. More people are dying than the authorities can clean up. Eaten corpses of plague victims litter the village. Animals and livestock are dying. The village seems to be facing the worse of the the disaster. Labor is becoming short in the village as more people are dying and less people are surviving to take care of the problem.
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The small elf, with the help of lightcarriers from the Morninglordian Temple, improvised a hospital in the old abandoned house. With the lightcarriers protection, the small elven woman started her relentless work, forgetting even to rest, trying to ease the suffering of the plagued. Yet her search for a way to cure the disease is met with failure, as she watches more and more people die.
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The sounds of Battle erupt from within the Burgomaster's Guesthouse. screams of agony and the stentch of death eminates from the establishment. a familiar voice calls out for help, as a black figure is soon seen leaving the scene...
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Hearing the screams, a tiny woman rushes inside the burgomistress guest house, to find a dead guard and a sick man. She struggled to carry the man to the hospice and care for his wounds.
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During the night the horrid stench of burning flesh could be noticed as a pyre was erected and several bodies were burned.
The sick in the makeshift hospice in the village have been relocated to the sun cultist's compound with the assistance of several people, among them a halfling woman, a knight and a dark-clad man as well as a Lightcarrier of the cult.
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Rumors has it that crude messages in Balok had been written in gore and carvings. The messages says things about "Big Score" and "Hunger"
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Rumors have it that after a group of three people, two men and a woman possibly of fey origin, were seen heading for the village graveyard. Several hours later, one of the men was carried to the Morninglord hospice which he has not left since.
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Word spreads like wildfire through the village that an Outlander Priest named Shy'Nar has found the cure for the plague. He is seen working tirelessly to brew more and more poultices to cure those who still have a chance......
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A small, makeshift caravan passed through the village gates carrying fresh food and clean water in from distant lands.
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the cure is said to have been rushed to the Morninglord hospice in the village. Sergeant Petkovich being the first among the sickened patients to receive the unproven Elixir... there is some relief as the sick men and women are given a chance to once again hope. however, a full recovery will take time, and has yet to be seen...
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Rumor states that the infectious ghoul was killed. That its body was put outside the village to be burned. But it seems that the body went missing.
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An old black woman of fat constitution is now seen waddling around the village, looking for information about the plague and the ghoul. She seems kind and gentle, but there is something of creepy and wrong about her. People are saying that she now is living into an abandoned house at the northeast part of the village where some go there looking for ways of enduring the plague. Rumors spread that her means are unorthodox but effective. She offers no cure yet, but seems able to give some relief against the worse effects of the blight.
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Rumor has it that a group of adventurers went into the old abandon well at the end of the town. Some say they have returned. Rumors claimed they were constantly harassed by some undead creature while in the well.
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Amongst the group that were seeking for the ghoul there was the immense black woman that now lives in the abandoned hospice. People say that she is insane and that she kept trying to talk with the dreadful creature.
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days pass as Sergeant Petkovich steps outside the infirmary for the first time in four days. locals take notice of his improving health, the "cure" being the topic of much debate among the patrons. strangely not everyone has made such a recovery to the elixir, but Petar's recovery brings some small measure of hope to the disease ravaged Village....
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Lately some bodies have been found of some would be ghoul hunters. They look to be eaten by the creature they were seeking to kill.
A rather large sack was found outside the merchant's store. It was filled with items. Black goo covered the sack and items. A message was carved into the sign in Balok reading "Here is your varja, iadual Outlanders"
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Food that was left for aiding the poor and many corpse remains left by the ghoul were seen in an unusal advanced stage of decay... maggots, rats and the like festering upon them. It is like as if artificial means were used in order to reach such ends.
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People is commenting that the insane black woman that kept trying to talk with the ghoul was finally attacked by the creature. Some say that she was devoured alive and that there was a young woman crying about it on the streets. Others say that actually she has survived and just waddled away from the village with the young woman trying to convince her to walk back and receive treatment at the Hospice.
Whatever the truth is, she wasn't seen since the incident.
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People is commenting that the insane black woman that kept trying to talk with the ghoul was finally attacked by the creature. Some say that she was devoured alive and that there was a young woman crying about it on the streets. Others say that actually she has survived and just waddled away from the village with the young woman trying to convince her to walk back and receive treatment at the Hospice.
Whatever the truth is, she wasn't seen since the incident.
the guards have said to kill her on sight as she is now seen as a deliberate plague carrier, no bounty will be given other then the satisfaction knowing you stopped the plague from spreading even more.
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Many sheeps were slaughtered in the outskirts. Signs show that they were cut with some sort of big blade by a strong wielder. Most of them were took away although, the few left behind show an advanced stage of decomposition.
One could say that a foul ritual had took place in the area as it is noticeable the aura of negative energy that comes from it. There are some blood droppings here and there but most of them were washed away by the falling rain.
A couple of villagers also comment of having seen through their windows a skeleton dropping dead rotting sheeps around the town during the late night in the middle of the rain. But they are not sure of it as the rain was strong and the night really dark.
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People are commenting of seeing the ghost of a big old lady wandering through the streets of the Village at late night, as if she were mourning about her fate.
... after an elf Paladin and a man dressed in dark garments paid the local Morninglord priest to bring the Old Mamere back to life, the ghost stopped appearing to the relief of the locals.
But soon it was discovered that the old Lucia was infected by the plague, her veins appearing dark from under her skin. She was taken to the Hospice and tied from tip to toe by them.
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Rumours have spread through the village about a cloaked Dementlusian woman making a deal with the ghoul. In exchange for tormenting and making people suffer the ghoul was given Vistani Elixirs.
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on the tongues of those in the village it spreads like wild fire that the ghoul has been slain.
people are still hoping for a cure but if there ever will be a true working cure has yet to be found.
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While some look for ways to cure and stop the plague, it seems that the blight has took a new toll through the woods around the Village of Barovia. Some animals were found dead with similar symptoms that were seen before on humanoids.
Also, a couple of hunters mentioned odd bone circles left around the surroundings of the village and also at the Marsh.
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Many of the bone circles near the village were found destroyed, the bones scattered about as if deliberately kicked aside to prevent whatever witchcraft they are intended for.
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Rumours spread that a baby vanished during the night along with a sickly goat. Rumours also spread of a cloaked and hooded woman walking around the streets, her gown black with red stiching sewn into it, humming a dark haunting tune.
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A farmer was found butchered, laying in the middle of the crops at the entrance of the Village of Barovia. His limbs were separated from his body, his head chopped off and the ground is soaked by some sort of negative energy.
At the same night many villagers and other people that fell to the plague are seen recovering at incredibly rates while more and more animals become sick. Not everyone show signs of recovery although. People start wondering about the connection of the two separated happenings and to fear about the price.
//ooc info: this might be your chance to get rid from the plague if you plan to move on to another plot.
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A sandy-brown haired young man has been sighted toiling in the village and the surrounding farmland, tending to the sickly and burying the dead.
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Rumors spread of a cloaked woman walking through the streets during the early hours singing a lullaby to a crying infant. Some might recognize the accent as being from Dementlieu.
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The long abandoned and neglected shrine to Ezra has seen use again in the past days, frequently visited by a dark-garbed man. Donations of food and coin have been left within and the shrine itself has been tended to.
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People are really scared with the last happenings. A foul presence haunted the village for an entire night... until a scream exploded into the local Inn... Bridget, the woman that looked for the ill was victim of some sort of terrible illness.
It is being told as well that some sort of evil force shaked the abandoned warehouse... whoever dares to enter there will notice the remains of a terrible ritual.
At least someone was saved tonight: the lost child that everyone looked for was rescued thanks to Shy'nar.
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Shortly after the terrifying screams of agony coming from the inn, a window in the inn's upper story was thrown open. Within the window, it is said, stood briefly the figure of a man, shouting a curse into the night. To what effect no one knows...
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Screams of agony echoed throughout the Blood of the Vine during the night. It is said that a young woman brutally died in the common room on the upper level. Supposedly blood covered the floor, rumours even go so far as to say her body exploded.
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People keep on commenting about the boons and curses brought by the stranger Old Black Woman...
"We were saved by her... but by which price?"
"Are you insane? She gave birth to that ghoul! I never trusted her"
"Of whom you are talking about? Maman-Mamere? Man, I heard that she was planning to call forth the entire legion of devils straight from the hell!"
"Pff, don't worry, that black witch will not be seen anymore! Our guard kicked her out of the village!"
"No-no... didn't you know? She was dragged directly into hell after the shacking of the warehouse! Fits her well."
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~ A Garda recently transferred from Vallaki to the Village, it's rumored he seeks to help the struggling community get back on it's feet in the wake of the plague Many Have Taken to calling the Garda Private Lupescu or Rica. It's unknown if his stay will be permanent or temporary but it is known that he possesses a good work ethic while on duty~
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~In the night Rats have been seen in abundance, as if compelled by some unseen force to come out of the woodwork in droves. It's unknown if they had been there all along living quietly or have recently migrated. One thing is for certain, the streets of the village are filled with the sound of tiny feet on pavement of a night~
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~A cow has recently gone missing from a small farm just outside of the village as well as a chicken, none truly know what became of the beasts but it was apparent they were both lead off in the night as the missing lead rope would indicate. Oddly two gold pieces were left in the chicken pen. Whether as payment or insult is up for speculation though if it was the former the mystery party grossly under payed for such fine beasts. On a perhaps unrelated note two forms were seen walking down the thoroughfare in the night, one casually twirling a mink carcass by the tail as they strolled along in what would have appeared to be good spirits~
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In the basement of an abandoned house, the remains of something terrifying paint the floor. A massive amount of glugy blood congeals in a thick pool, with more blood splattered outwards, as if something exploded. This was no ordinary wound or conflict.
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Whispers are said about a man dressed in a set of forest colored garb followed by a fey woman similarly dressed were seen heading into the forests to the east of the village with a black large cat in tow. The fey woman appeared several months pregnant one early morning. Word around the tavern was the two were seen at times often sharing a room for the past many weeks before hand, and the man was said to have been helping around the village where he could, but always wearing a thick garbed hood. Perhaps it was just timing but after a few weeks the rumors also of a large shadowy monster that had been seen in glimpses during full moons have also passed.
All in all the memories of both soon fade as time passes on....
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OOC: And with this post the tail of Warn Windwill ends! Where and what happens to him after this is my own personal story to weave in my own private roleplays and fiction writing but for server purposes his story ends here.
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[A sheet of paper, marked in blood, has been nailed to the door of the Ezrite Shrine. Inside, a beggar's corpse has been found, half melted by acid and caked in his own blood.]
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A local farmer is furious! Someone stole his cows and replaced them with stone replicas!
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~ A Goat has turned up missing from one of the local farms, no one seems to be able to discern where it went and eventually the suspicion is cast towards the ever present threat of wolves that plague the lands near the village~
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An ox, and a goat have been stolen. The Phantom Sculptor, as one has called this villain, has left two stone replicas in their place.
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After one year of the locking down of the small Chapel of Ezra within the Village, and several months after its re-opening, the green-clad "Dilisnya poisoners" have been seen stationing in the Village of Barovia more often than usual. Have the problems been fixed or is this encumbering presence going to cause further troubles in the future...?
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Some works have been done in the past weeks in the little building dedicated to Ezra in one of the central courtyards of the Village of Barovia. A Templar in full gear has been noticed standing day and night by its door in the past day. Local population has noticed, and for now, they just remain in the range of low, and upset, murmuring.
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A disgusting and brutal sight has been left with the villagers this dark evening. The animals in the villages western outskirts have been slaughtered and eaten brutally... messages in blood appear to have been written all over structures and doors. The writing appears to be mostly darkonese and call it for a "Zahlia".
OMNIA NAM TIBI! ZAHLIA!
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Talk moves around of a red headed girl in odd clothes frequently asking around the streets of the village about the recent vampyre attacks that have happened offering gold or food for anything that might help
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[Just as the sun set, last night, an Akiri woman was seen leading a mustached man through the streets of the run down village and right into the temple of the Blessed Succor. Neither one of them were seen until the next morning when the woman would head out at dawn to greet the sun and then promptly return inside of the church.]
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Several animals have been slaughtered in a farm not far from the Village. Some of the animals have been partially eaten, but some were just killed. The marks on the animals and the brutally of the attack suggests a large beast, with claws and sharp teeth, but an empty bottle of a renowed dementlieuse wine found along with the carcasses create doubt about what could have done that.
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A notice nailed to the bridge leading to the villiage:
"Doctor Luoh has taken temporary residence within this city. Should you seek healing of injuries that are untreatable by the cultists and are not of the Ezra Faith, seek him out at the blood of the vine, first floor, first room on the left.
I warrent no caliban birthing magic in my operations.
I can not regrow lost limbs.
I can not and will not bring the dead back to life.
I wish no soliciting.
I welcome and seek those who wish to study anatomy.
I seek an apprentice in surgical studies.
//Teaching the way of pale master and anatomy half of assassin //
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Those forced to visit the dreary village of Barovia can hear the talk of the townsfolk speak on a robbery that took place in the dead of night within Bildrath's Mercantile. Among the items stolen from the old merchant were a pair of priceless emerald necklaces, several silver chalices, fancy brooches, silver ingots mined from the bygone days when the Wagner Silver Mines worked, and numerous other items of value.
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Some free to take skillfully crated silk clothes, with some patches of worg pelts, start appearing at the local tailoring shop. Worgs have also reduced in numbers. A silent man walks the wood and the village.
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*in a very bad handwritten style, on a tree by the gates of the Village of Barovia*
Falkovnian, your things ready.
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More silk clothes are found in the shop of the local tailor. Apparently for free.
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By the crossroad with Tser Pool a small camp has appeared recently. Notices claim of a recruitiment for some F.F.F. and someone called Arden. And then, as it happens, the camp can be seen no more.
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A young blonde woman is seen frequenting the graveyard behind the temple. Each time carrying with her a collection of freshly picked spring flowers. She spends a good while kneeling before an unmarked grave, occasionally weeping. She leaves the flowers and a small note behind, departing briefly before sunset.
[the note reads]
My Dearest Love, It seems like a lifetime we have been apart, and I nearly rejoined you this day. The past few years have been difficult. I fear all too soon I will fail in my promise to find a way home, and it grows ever more difficult to not simply ignore the call of life and spend eternity with you in the mists.
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Recently a greencloaked figure, roughly the height of a child if not slightly taller, has been sighted around the dreary settlement.
Rumour suggests that they entered the woods to look for the stone circle, after paying a visit to the haunted house of Mad Mary.
Whatever intent the figure has, they seem to be scanning the entire town and outlying environs.
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[A local priest has gone missing from the Morninglord Temple Grounds. The only evidence of his disappearance was drying blood in the temple's mortuary...]
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The first law of Barovia broken, spat upon! Day breaks, and Count Strahd's own taxes have been stolen, pillaged from the village of Barovia by perfidious hands! The village guard mill in force, searching, and dark visitors come to ask questions; tall, with cruelty in their tone and bearing.
A carriage rolls into the village the next day, and the Burgomeister herself rises to meet the visiting Count Strahd von Zarovich, welcoming him into her estate - a very grim-looking Count.
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A very young woman arrives in the village, passes into the graveyard, and disappears from sight--although throughout the night the sounds of battle and enraged undead echo from beneath the ground.
The next morning the woman reappears, her armor covered in gore, her face in tears. She washes and changes into a simple frock to spend the entire day praying and ministering to the sick in the hospice, healing many.
At sunset the cycle begins again. It does not appear that the woman--who wears a Wayfarer Kinship amulet--ever sleeps.
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In the dead of night, something stirs in the woods and marshes surrounding the Village of Barovia. Glimpses of a figure, stick-thin and ragged. A man lurching between the twisted trees through banks of swirling mist, dragging a rusted felling axe behind him.
A single word breaks the silence of those nights. A howling lament filled with inhuman rage:
'Mina'
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Some Vistani vardos have seen entering the Village overnight, left a couple of people by the Blood O' The Vine Inn and then went away, possibly to Tser Pool.
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A loud, cacophonous battle erupts during the midnight hours in the graveyard of the Sanctuary of Blessed Succor. Roars and screams can be heard from what can be described as a large entity that rampaged through the noapte - destroying everything and anyone who dare defy it. Many brave warriors and villagers taking their stand, to little or no avail.
As the dawn caressed the land once more, all seemed to be normal. Save for one man, carried away by Morninglordians into their mortuary as the Barovians of the village carried on, seemingly as if nothing had happened.
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An unidentifiable corpse finds its way into the walls of the Sanctuary of Blessed Succor, laid upon the floor infront of Father Miklos. It's origin and identity a mystery to many - The Church invites any that may have information on the deceased and the circumstances involved to please come forth and share what they know.
ping me here or on discord, or send a tell to Anghel Vantu in game.
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A small congregation gathered in the cemetery behind the Sanctuary of the Blessed Succor. The assembled were all clad in the robes of the Morninglord faith as orisons were raised in tribute to the dawn. The dead was interred, laid to eternal rest and accompanied by the solemn hymns of hope synonymous with the faith.
The pervasive rainfall did not drench the spirits of the reverent assembly even as they returned to their temple with a look of pious resolve.
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Village inhabitants still awake in the late hours of the night murmur quietly of black silhouettes caught in their periphery outside the window of their homes: silent, and still. Those brave enough to attempt to focus directly on these forms see only but an outline of lamplight bending over their humanoid shapes for a second before vanishing.
Some claim it a trick of the eye or blaming the lack of sleep. Others know better.
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The small shrine to Ezra in the Village of Barovia seems to be tended now by a handsome blonde male anchorite with a bright smile. Occasionally a female anchorite with brown hair and caring and compassionate eyes and a tall and rather fetching Templar are seen as well assisting the blonde male anchorite. Inhabitants note that he speaks no Balok, but seems very polite offering courteous greetings, food, and offerings of coin in the trade tounge with a heavy Mordentish accent. The gardens of the shrine seem to have been prepared for planting, and posters note that the gardens will be used to grow food for the citizens of the Village of Barovia. The shrine is still bare save for the altar, candles, and prayer mats, but it is sparkling clean and welcoming.
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Fewer howls are heard around the perimeter of the Village of Barovia. Villagers whisper about food being delivered to the citizens around the Village and of the sick being healed during visits from a young blonde Ezrite who heads out most mornings and comes back covered in the blood of worgs from around the village. He is quick to greet passersby with a smile and seeks to assist those in need. Also, the Shrine of Dutiful Mercy seems to be clean inside and out, and it is obviously occupied again.
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Word has it that the Shrine of Dutiful Mercy is again empty. The young blonde Ezrite noted for his presence in the area of late collected what few belongings he had. Gave alms to the poor and said farewell to the few he had spoken to regularly telling them the Grand Scheme had called him to service at the Redoubtable Chapel of Raduta Keep. With short blessings, he left the Village singing, albeit poorly, hosanas to Ezra.
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A man who identified himself as Edouard, rightful Burgomaster of Krofburg, was heard to be loudly declaiming the unlawful theft of his property by his brother and his exile from Krofburg for many years. The crowd listened to him mostly for entertainment, and were eventually worn down enough by his ranting to ignore him for the rest of the evening as he grew increasingly drunk.
A few might hear, though, that he was being watched by several men in dark clothes, who after the night concluded departed directly towards the sinister spires of Castle Ravenloft.
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A hooded woman weeps before the clergy of the Cult of the Morninglord in front of the Sanctuary of Blessed Succor beginning at dawn in a torrential downpour. By dusk they part ways amicably, and the woman enters the cemetery with a wicker mask in hand. The disquiet of ghoul and ghast is quelled when a ray of sunlight reaches down from the night sky, rendering them unto ash.
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To go missing from the village of Barovia is not an uncommon occurrence, though for a guard to disappear without even the slightest trace is certainly something of note, something that shakes what little sense of safety exists in the villagers. The guard Mihai has vanished, leaving no note or sign in his absence. Old Noapte, many fancy, has taken him to visit his family.
The grave of Mihai's son goes unattended in the coming weeks, where once it was visited daily by the man. The flowers die and the once-clean stone is no longer kept washed; obscured by moss and dirt, just another name forgotten, disappearing to the mists like that of his father.
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A number of small, lovingly tended stations have sprung up in the Village of Barovia. The cooking pots are filled with simple warm stews and flanked by lit candles and written prayers to the Morninglord, praising hope and endurance. An acolyte of the god makes her rounds between the stations, often keeping a careful eye out for any troublemakers.
The acolyte also spends much time in the outskirts after a recent wolf attack, helping build barricades and spending time watching for more attacks.
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Earlier in the day a shrouded man in brown with earthy smells and feathers adorning his garb is seen leaving the village. He leaves word for those with a connection with the land gather at a nearby grove.
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"What is now whispers were lovers cries; or so the villagers say. Where two lives crossed and broke apart. Who now to whisper sweet nothings to, who now to stand by your side, what of the cold bed they leave behind. Oh, love lost."
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In the dark hours of night only a short walk from the gate, there was roaring, fire and pain. Hushed whispers now speak of a demon, and two lovers torn apart.
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Three figures, not far from the Village, shrouded under the guise of night, chant in guttural tones - ushering something pitch black. They step within, and vanishing into the damming darkness. Before long, they return with a feline companion, dispersing soon after. The remnants of a fire leave a strange scent about the area, a mound of dirt where grass once lay seemed burnt over from the intensity of whatever flame once resided there.
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A frail figure clad in outlandish, monochrome robes arrives at the Village of Barovia. He is often seen writing or receiving letters at the Blood o' the Vine tavern, but seems to have few words for the locals.
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A single Lamordian woman is occasionally seen coming and going from the village. Grabbing simple food supplies before leaving about whatever business she may have.
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By Lysaga Hill there was a rather terrifying sight of monstrous creatures heading there as a tremor disturbed the vicinity where witches and warlocks are known to gather. A great tremor was heard as something happened there.