"I met with a man named Devon not long ago. He informed me that he believes he is being stalked by a Vampire. Hearing this, I decided to investigate once more the tunnels beneath Mt. Baratak, hoping to learn the identity of his would be stalker. While I was fighting my way through the dark passages, I encountered a man named Valli. I met Valli once before when he saved me from the Moor Men near the village of Barovia. He and I decided to join forces in our explorations in that hellish hole. With minimal difficulty, we fought our way through the tunnels and into the ruined tower. The tower was full of blood suckers, but we managed to put them all down, again with minimal difficulty. We stopped to rest in the top floor. While we were recovering our spells and mending our scrapes, something happened. A presence became known to us. This presence had power, of that we could be certain and it held some familiarity to me. The voice of a woman seemed to appear out of thin air, mocking us for entering her home. Valli wasted no time in turning tail and fleeing, leaving me alone in the room with whoever or whatever had found us. Then she appeared.
Her name was Lyssa Von Zarovich, a blood relation to the Count and like him a cursed creature of darkness. We spoke for some time in that room and I was surprised that she did not attack me. It appeared that she had something more intimate in mind. Further more, I do not believe she is the vampire that was stalking Devon, but I can not be sure. There was something about her though. A grace or charm that I found compelling. I could not resist her alluring request for me to come closer to her. When I did so, she pulled my lips to hers and embraced me tighter than any had in the past. At first the exchange was pleasant, even stimulating however it did not come without pain. She bit down on my tongue and began sucking me of my lifeblood. Even then, I was compelled not to withdraw. I embraced her tighter. When it was through, she bit down even harder, severing part of my tongue and leaving me on the floor in agony. She did not kill me however and something she said makes me think that she does not intend to. She made me an interesting offer, one that in my weakened state I could not refuse. Even if my health were perfect, I do not think I could refuse her. She is perfection.
After she left, I crawled out of the catacombs and managed to stumble back to Vallaki. Entering the Morninglord temple, I found that it was full of people with weapons in hand. Apparently demons had attacked this night and then suddenly left. Those present did what they could to heal my damaged tongue, but nothing had effect. Healing spells would not stop the blood flow, nor would cauterizing the wound. Nara'ia was present at the temple. It was good to see her alive and well after so long. When morning came, Nara'ia and a priestess named Bera took me to see father Ilie in the slums. He too was unable to restore my damaged limb. It was decided that a Regeneration spell was the only way. Father Ilie also suggested that we go back to Baratak and kill the vampire who did this to me. Bera and I are going to go back there, but I do not know if I will be able to harm Lyssa. Even after everything. More important, Ilie seemed very uneasy by my presence. He even told Bera and Nara'ia that should I pass away, my body must be burned. I've decided that I do not like father Ilie. None the less, Bera and I (and perhaps others) will return to the ruined tower on Baratak once I've recovered my strength.
Currently I am sitting in one of the private bedrooms at the temple in the slums. Nara'ia is here, taking her reverie. She too has noticed that I am changing. I cant quite explain it but this ordeal has left me feeling different. I can not bring myself to tell Nara'ia exactly what happened in that tower. I doubt she'd feel the same about me, were I to enlighten her. In any event, even with my injury - I feel stronger. I've even noticed that I can cast even more potent spells than before. Unfortunately I cant make much use of them given that I can not properly speak the verbal components to them but they are there none the less. Perhaps its something Lyssa did to me that gave me a new peak in my training? I can not say for sure, but I do know that I feel different. Changed."