A hastily scrawled missive is tacked on trees at regular intervals along the route from the mist camp to the fishinglodge in Barovia.
"To the Black Arrow. You have Twenty Four hours to return what you took from me. My weapon. My coin. And the cost it took to return me to life. If you don't, you will be actively hunted until my spirit is taken by the mists. This is your warning. When I find you, it'll be the last time you'll ever be found again.
Thraden Hallomein"