Notices have gone up around various townships in Barovia seeking a peculiar artifact. It is gemstone of exceptional size described as being warm and emitting an eerie sobbing sound. It is believed to have last been taken by the terrorist Janos Baltar before his execution and a generous finder's fee has been offered for the stone's recovery. Anyone with information regarding it's whereabouts are asked to leave a letter at the abandoned inn on Svalich Road.