After the revelation that Elora and Ireena look identical to each other, the group tried to figure out why that was. Looking at each other was looking in a mirror except that Elora’s hair was brown and her eyes a lighter green while Ireena had bright red hair and deep, green eyes. The group could find no explanation for why they looked alike. Neither had any lost family that they knew of, and Elora was half-Elven. She did note that Ireena’s brother Ismark did not look much like her or Elora.
Unable to solve the mystery, they instead sat down to lunch to try and answer the group’s questions about Barovia. Ismark shared more wine with them from the Wizard of Wines. The group was intrigued as they were told there were no wizards in Barovia. Ismark clarified that this was just the name of the winery and there was no actual magic involved, which he revised to say there was some magic involved, but the Martikovs who ran the winery were not wizards. They drank two kinds of wine together, the cheaper Purple Grapemash No. 3 and the more expensive Red Dragon Crush. Bramo enjoyed the Grapemash, but Bronwyn preferred the elegance of the Red Dragon Crush. She noted that the wine was some of the best she’d ever tasted and the only good thing about Barovia.
Ismark explained that the people of Barovia are all trapped in the valley. A heavy mist surrounds it and allows no one to leave except for those the Lord Strahd allows to leave. Anyone who tires chokes and gags on the mist. Wine is the only good thing in Barovia, and the only thing which doesn’t need to be imported. Ismark explained that Bildrath gets all of his goods from the Vistani who are the only ones Strahd allows in and out of the valley.
Ismark seemed to finally take notice of Lancelot telling the party he knew the dog and asking where they found him. They briefly explained their adventures in the Durst House and how they’d found Lancelot there. Ismark was both horrified and impressed, telling them all the children of Barovia know to steer clear of that house as it is an evil, haunted place. He told them Lancelot belonged to a woman in town named Mad Mary. The group suggested returning Lancelot home to her.
Considering their prowess and accomplishments, Ismark asked if they could do him a furhter service beyond helping to bury his father. He asked the group to take Ireena far away from the Village of Barovia to somewhere safe like the town of Vallaki or possible the Abbey of Saint Markovia. He told them that Ireena had recently drawn the attention of the Lord Strahd and he regularly harassed her. He was not sure why he was interested in her or what if anything she had down to draw his attention. The group suggested perhaps he sought to make her his bride, a suggestion which unsettled both Ismark and Ireena. The group wondered if Elora’s resemblance to Ireena meant she would also be targeted by Strahd.
The group quickly agreed to escort Ireena as they were heading West as well. Ismark offered to pay them for their help which the group accepted. They made plans to depart the next day after the magistrate’s burial. Asking about the attacks on the house, they learned they’d been going on for 3 weeks. The house had been attacked by a mix of wolves and undead creatures who had materialized out of the fog from somewhere nearby. Ismark explained that the woods were filled with wolves and that Barovia was plagued by the restless dead. Ismark and Ireena’s father had died 3 days ago of a heart attack. Ireena explained that the stress of the endless attacks was too much for him and his heart had given out. Ismark noted that oddly, since his father’s death, the attacks had ceased.
During their discussions, someone came to Ismark’s door and banged loudly on it. Ismark asked the group to stay back and hide with Ireena while he answered the door. He recognized the visitor and opened the barricades to let them in. A bedraggled woman in peasant’s clothes burst into the house howling and crying for her missing child. Ismark explained that this was Mad Mary. She was there to beg Ismark for help in locating her missing daughter Gertruda. She had apparently gotten out of the house and Mad Mary was convinced she’d be abducted by some kind of monster. Ismark assured her that her daughter was fine and would be found while also signaling to the group that his girl was surely dead.
Lancelot came and lay his head in Mad Mary’s lap while whimpering, but she took no notice of the dog. The group asked some questions about the missing girl determining that she was an actual person, she was young, but not a baby, and that she had not been magically transformed into Lancelot. Ismark promised Mad Mary that he would find her daughter and return her, all while letting the group know he was not sincere. The group chimed in an agreed to help with the search. With these assurances, and some wine, they managed to calm down Mad Mary and send her back home.
Ismark assured the group that children go missing around here all the time and are never seen again; Gertruda is certainly dead. Ireena chided her brother for lying to Mad Mary and giving her false hope. Ismark was flustered by the entire exchange, uncomfortable with the situation and his responsibilities as the new magistrate. Elora told her it is sometimes better to tell a small lie to help in a difficult situation.
The group then debated whether they should search for Gertruda or not. Ireena convinced Ismark it was his duty to search for this missing girl, but he was uncomfortable leaving Ireena home alone. The group convinced him that being magistrate meant delegating responsibilities, and that they could act in his stead. He agreed and deputized all of them as his agents while remaining to protect Ireena. But then Ismark became worried about whether something might happen to the group and might not return to help bury his father or escort Ireena. He debated whether it was better to leave the girl for dead and focus on helping his family instead. The group finally convinced him to take the risk and allow them to search.
They headed out with Lancelot in the lead to locate Gertruda’s trail. He sniffed around aimlessly until they asked him to bring them to his home. He brought them to Mad Mary’s home, where they could hear her wailing inside. The group checked all around the outside of the house searching for tracks and signs of foul play. Riley lead the investigation and determined that there were no animal or monster tracks around the house or signs that the house had been broken into from the outside. If the girl was gone, it was because she left on her own.
They asked Lancelot to lead them on Gertruda’s trail. He brought them to the main road in the center of the village, leading them at first back towards the Durst House, he instead turned around and led them in the opposite direction out of the village. They followed along after him for a while until the sun started getting low and the village faded from sight. Elora determined that Lancelot didn’t have a fresh trail to follow and was merely investigating possible leads. They decided they needed to get back to the Magistrate’s manor and rest for the night.
Ismark was disappointed that their search was fruitless, but was grateful to see them all return. He set everyone up in their own rooms, gave them all chamomile tea, and tucked them all in for the night with a kiss on the forehead. Each of them was able to relax in a soft bed for the night while McCoy kept vigil at the front door barricade. They all had wonderful dreams brought on by the Dream Pastries from Granny. They were all free of Barovia in wonderful places with everything they had ever desired; their quests fulfilled. Even McCoy‘s mind wandered to memories of his former life, remember his time as a sailor and being with his wife and daughter. Many holes were left in his mind, but he was able to retain more memories than ever before of who he was and where he came from.
They were wakened before dawn by Ismark who told them that Ireena had prepared breakfast for them to eat before carrying their father to the cemetery. They were all reluctant to wake up having slept very well and longing for their pleasant dreams rather than their harsh reality. Eventually they all rose and ate. They were brought to the magistrate’s room where his body was securely wrapped in a sheet tied with ropes. McCoy, Johan, and Riley helped Ismark carry the body across the village to Church of the Morninglord.
As they passed through the streets, they glimpsed the Barovian people watching them through parted curtains, but no one spoke or came outside. When they reached the church, they saw it was a sagging gray building in disrepair. The church held a bell tower in the back, and its shingled roof was full of holes. Ismark went to the door and called out the priest, Father Donavich, to begin the ritual. Father Donavich came out and greeted them hoarsely. He apologized for his weak voice at he had been up all night praying. He led the funeral procession around the side of the church and to the cemetery on the hill behind it.
There they found a grave already prepared for them and laid the magistrate’s body within it. Ismark and Ireena buried their father with help from some of the group. As they waited for dawn, Bramo spoke with Father Donavich.
Noticing Elora and Ireena standing side by side, Donavich was overcome and staggered on his feet, leaning on the magistrate’s tombstone for support. He asked who these people were and where they had come from. He shared a secret with them he had kept for decades: Ireena was not the magistrate’s natural-born daughter! He found her wandering in the woods near the Pillarstone of Ravenloft which held Castle Ravenloft at its peak. The magistrate had loved Ireena as his own, and only he and Father Donavich had known the truth. Father Donavich feared that perhaps where Ireena was found and the coming of Elora to Barovia had something to do with Strahd’s new interest in the girl.
Ismark explained that he had hired the group to take Ireena far away from here to either Vallaki or the Abbey of Saint Markovia. Father Donavich believed the abbey was the best place for her as there was a holy man there who could perform miracles and may be a saint himself!
With the coming dawn, Father Donavich completed the burial ritual, saying prayers of the body and imploring the Morninglord to deliver the magistrate’s soul from Barovia. The group thought this was odd and asked what he meant by that. Ismark, Ireena, and Father Donavich shared a look before Ireena explained. Much as they are all trapped physically inside of the valley, so too are their souls trapped within valley, cutoff from the gods and the afterlife. The souls roam the land as ghosts or other undead and some are eventually reborn in new bodies. The prayers offered were in the hope that the magistrate might escape this fate.
While discussing this, the group noticed a figure approaching them. It was tall, dressed all in black, with a sword at its hip and a veil covering the face. The figure had a decidedly feminine shape. Lancelot growled at the figure as it approached, but a hiss from the figure sent Lancelot running to hide behind Elora. The figure pulled back its veil to reveal a beautiful, elven woman with long, white hair, bright red eyes, and red, painted lips. Ismark whispered to the group that this was Lord Strahd’s sister, Rahasia.
Rahasia introduced herself to the group explaining that she was the lord’s “sister and eternal servant,” and that she’d been sent to offer the lord’s deepest respects for his fallen servant. She was also there to officially recognize the authority of Ismark as the new magistrate.
Bronwyn complimented Rahasia on her lip color, and she thanked her, explaining that the coloring was achieved using only natural products, and that she never uses anything unnatural on her. Rahasia then looked over the group and started addressing them individually. She approached Ireena and ensured her that she and the lord meant her no harm. They offered her protection and comfort in their home at Castle Ravenloft. She had a standing invitation to join them there and the lord would leave his black carriage for her at the crossroads to the castle. She also offers to take her there now on her steed.
Rahasia turned to reveal up the hill behind her a massive, black horse with flames for a mane and tail. Smoke billowed out from its mouth and nostrils as it reared back and stamped the ground with flaming hooves! Rahasia had ridden to the cemetery on a literal nightmare!
Ireena, with some urging from the group, politely declined the offer. Rahasia then noticed Elora and was fascinated by her. She implored Elora to tell her name so she could relay it to her brother who would be very interested in her. Elora reluctantly obliged.
Rahasia complimented McCoy on his construction, running her hands over his stone body. She was pleased that he was like a man, but superior and eternal. She turned to Brownyn noting that she was human but seemed much older and that he had another’s eyes, tiger eyes! She loved them. Bronwyn was very upset to hear this and denied having “tiger’s eyes.”
Rahasia spotted Bramo and referred to him as the group’s fool. She explained that their own fool at the castle had met with a terrible accident and needed to be replaced. She asked that they inform her if anything happens to theirs. Bramo responded with a string of insults and threats that an accident would befall her.
Rahasia was not amused and drew and struck with her sword in one fluid motion. Magic flowed through the blade which slit Bramo’s throat open spraying blood everywhere. His body fell to the cold ground bleeding out. Rahasia narrowed her eyes and watched them carefully. McCoy started to move but held back. Johan started to help Bramo but thought better of it after a withering glare from Rahasia. The entire group held uncomfortably still waiting to see what would happen.
Rahasia whipped the blood off her blade and sheathed it. She walked away from the group slowly without looking back and mounted her nightmare steed. The nightmare reared back letting out a blood-curdling whinny and galloped off into the air, flying away in a streak of fire towards Castle Ravenloft.
Johan quickly got to work with his healer’s kit on Bramo, saving his life and returning him to consciousness. Bramo swore revenge on Rahasia and the group warned him to hold his tongue in the future and wait until they powerful enough to face such a foe. Ismark apologized for not warning them how dangerous Rahasia was and her reputation for deadly swordsmanship and magic. Father Donavich called upon the Morninglord and cast a healing spell on Bramo to help heal his wounds; giving his blessing that Bramo still lived.
The group escorted Father Donavich back to the church to thank him and say their goodbyes. Standing in the doorway to the church, they heard a terrible scream come from inside, “Father! I’m starving!” Father Donavich tried to keep them out, but Bramo held the door open. Father Donavich insisted the noise was nothing and that it was a private matter.
McCoy pushed past him into the church finding it in near ruin inside. He heard the screams coming from behind a door which a opened. Inside he found the room flooded and moldy from water coming in through holes in the ceiling. In the floor, a heavy wooden trapdoor was held shut by a heavy chain and padlock.
Johan demanded that the priest explain himself. Finally, Father Donavich confessed that the person trapped below the church was his son Doru, who had been transformed over a year ago into a vampire by the Devil Strahd. He has kept his son locked up every since, and he prays day and night to the Morninglord for his son’s salvation.
McCoy spoke with Doru through the door who confirmed the story and begged McCoy to release him and allow him to feed just a little. The hunger was driving him mad, but if he just had a little something to eat he would be okay. McCoy was not swayed and backed away from the locked trapdoor.
The group debated whether or not they should kill Doru and put him to rest. Father Donavich was adamant that they not harm him, insisting that to die in this state would forever damn the boy’s soul. He fervently believed that a cure could be found and that the Morninglord would grant him this miracle if only he was devout enough in his faith. Elora told him that her arcane research said there was no cure for vampirism other than death, but Father Donavich insisted that all things were possible through the Morninglord.
The group decide to leave Doru where he was, unsure if they could kill him or if the possibility still existed to save him. Father Donavich thanked them and wished them well on their journey. Ismark and Ireena said their tearful goodbyes with Ismark hoping he would never see her again because she found a happy life elsewhere. Ireena insisted he was being silly and that she would find a solution and return back to him some day. Ismark handed Johan payment for escorting Ireena, a heavy sack containing 300 gold coins. Johan thanked him, and the group promised to protect Ireena.
The group headed out of the village following the Old Svalich Road. They crossed a stone bridge over the Ivlis River and entered the Svalich Woods. An hour later they reached crossroads. There a wooden gallows creaked in the wind, a frayed rope dangling from the beam above. The group took this as an ill-omen and avoided the gallows and small plot of graves beyond it. Signs at the fork pointed back to the Village of Barovia, northwest down a slanting path towards Tser Pool, and southwest on an upward slope into the mountains towards Vallaki and Castle Ravenloft.
Johan wanted to follow the sign southwest, but Ireena thought they should go northwest instead; she thought it was a shortcut that would allow them to refill their waterskins at the pool. Johan was suspicious of Ireena’s motives, but she relented saying it was only a suggestion. The group eventually decided to follow the advice of the only native to Barovia and head northwest.
The road sloped downwards, eventually disappearing and becoming a muddy trail instead. The trail led down to the water and an encampment of colorful tents and barrel-topped wagons. Around a large bonfire, several brightly clad humans were singing, dancing, playing music, and drinking. The group wondered if these were the Vistani Ismark had warned them about. Ireena said that they were, but that her brother was somewhat closed-minded about the Vistani and they would probably be all right passing by them.
As they walked by, the Vistani called out to the group, welcoming them and asking them to join them. They insisted that they had been keeping a watch out for the group, their seer, Madam Eva having told them they were coming. The group was skeptical, but the Vistana, Luca was able to give a matching description of them and their backgrounds which convinced them. He asked that they share wine and food with them and get know each other.
Luca explained a little bit about the Vistani, their lifestyle, and their hospitality. Everyone was a welcome friend to the Vistani until they proved themselves otherwise. They were travelers from all over who wandered many worlds finding them homes in brief stays, but always being together with family. Bronwyn explained that they were from another world, one very different from Barovia, but Luca said that they too traveled to many worlds in the multiverse. Barovia was an all right place to be if only for the wine. Bronwyn agreed with that and shared some of Luca’s wineskin.
Johan was in a hurry to meet with this Madam Eva and get back on the road, but Luca explained that the Vistani believed in Fate and Destiny. They never hurried or followed schedules because with their fates decided, they were always where they were meant to be when they were meant to be there, including drinking wine with them now. The group didn’t necessarily agree with this philosophy, but they politely indulged in some food and drink with them.
Eventually a shrill voice cried out from a large tent insisting that the group come inside immediately and threatening to curse Luca if he didn’t get them all inside. Luca explained that this was Madam Eva and that they’d better do what she says, escorting them into the tent. Inside, the tent was lit by magical red flames and there was a table covered with a black, velvet cloth. Bent over the table was a withered, elven crone who cackled laughter and insisted that they all sit.
She identified the group by name, including some very specific insights about them, and the woman introduced herself as Madam Eva, a seer and fortune teller gifted with the Sight. The group’s arrival had been foretold in the cards, and she had been anxiously awaiting their arrival. She explained that all of the gods are liars and only Fate is true. Madam Eva described Fate as threads which tie all creatures to one another. These strings layer over top of one another to make up the fabric of our worlds called the Weave. Only those gifted with the Sight are able to perceive the Weave and that she was blessed, or cursed, with that ability.
She explained that the fates of the entire group were all tied together in knots like yarn tangled by a cat. Pulling against these strings only served to tighten them, and these strings had pulled all of them here to Barovia for one reason or another. She told them all that they were trapped in this place now and only the Devil Strahd could release them…or they could kill him. She told them that their intertwined fates all revolved around Strahd in one way or another, each forming the spoke in a wheel where Strahd was the axle. The cards would reveal their fortune, 5 cards for Strahd and 2 cards for each of them. Three of the cards would reveal the locations of important treasures they would need, one would reveal their destined ally, and the last would reveal the place they would confront Strahd.
The first card she drew would tell of ancient knowledge to understand their enemy. She drew the Wizard, a keeper of arcane secrets, they would find the treasure, “in a wizard’s tower on a lake, guided by the wizard’s name and servant.”
The second card would tell of a powerful symbol of hope and good. She drew the Bishop, a holy man of great power and revealed that the treasure lay “in a pile of treasure beyond amber doors.”
The third card would tell them of a weapon of vengeance, a sword of sunlight. She drew the Avenger, a holy warrior dedicated to revenge, they would find the treasure, “in a dragon’s house held in corrupted hands”.
The fourth card would reveal one who would stand with them against darkness. She drew the Raven, a creature gifted with wisdom and sight, their ally would be, “a Vistana child! You must hurry to find her in a lake where her fate hangs in the balance!”
The fifth card would reveal where the creature of darkness would be cornered by them. She drew the Artifact, a magical, religious relic, their foe would be found, “in a sacred place where morning light once shone.”
She then drew two cards for each them, one card for their past and their problems and another for their future and the path they must follow.
For Johan she drew the Merchant and the Broken One. Financial ruin had brought him to his current state and that he may find himself broken inside and out before his quest was completed. He had a dark hole inside of him filled with hatred. He had been wronged and sought to set right that wrong with violence. She warned him against this path, but knew he would not listen. She told him the answers he seeks lay in the West where the Moon sets. There a wolf waits to swallow him whole.
For McCoy she drew the Evoker and the Beast. Telling him that he was a sailor named Sylvester McCoy. He had been to Barovia before and come to a bad end. He was rebuilt by magic into his current form. He would never know peace and the threads of his fate were plagued by storms! He would find the answers to who he was, where he came from, and how he came to be in an underground sea. He was not the only unnatural being in Barovia and that he must travel to the far Western reaches to seek his kin and his sins.
For Bramo she drew the Myrmidon and the Seer. He was like a mercenary fighting only for money and his own personal gain and that his salvation lay in the hands of a seer with much wisdom to share with him, wisdom all of his magic and science could not bring him. All that he had done to control his destiny had been for naught. The darkness within him is a stain he carries in his very blood. The sins of the father punish instead the children. To find the cause of all this and a way to stop it, he must travel to a dark place where he would find the truth buried in amber. But he should be forewarned, for he would pay the price for this knowledge with his own health and sanity!
For Bronwyn she drew the Beggar and the Tempter. She had lost everything she valued from money, to home, to family, and her salvation lay along a dark path that could take even more from her if she was not careful to resist temptation. She was the lady with a secret burden, a curse. She too was blessed with the Sight, but this was not her own gift, she saw through the eyes of another, a dark shadow. She saw through tiger’s eyes burning with a fire beyond her own. But there was a shadow beyond a shadow, a deeper darkness she could not perceive, something that hides beneath the Weave. There were many paths for her, many ties drawing her in. Her only way to be free from her curse was to know it, recognize it, and understand it. Traveling west and south she would find her answers. Also, she saw a thread from her past, thought severed, but remaining stronger than ever. This thread had an unavoidable pull, and she must seek it out and seek to understand it.
For Elora she drew the Torturer and the Innocent. She explained that she was tortured by wounds from her past cutting her like the torturer’s lash and she sought to heal these wounds. The secret is found within her own innocence, an innocence she must maintain to find her salvation! Madam Eva called her by the name Elora, Ireena, and many others, explaining that she, and also Ireena, were the bearers of an old soul reborn, that of Tatyana, the Devil Strahd’s long-lost love. Madam Eva explained that she had died many years ago by plunging to her death from a great height, and ever since Strahd has sought to be reunited with her. This is why he will never allow Elora or Ireena to leave Barovia, he possess them both! She explains that though they are not related by blood, they are sisters of the soul; the same woman trapped and reborn in an endless cycle. Elora sought to escape her fate, but it has drawn her back to the land of her birth. She must travel West and find a girl with the Sight who will lead her to her past. To escape from this trap, she must find answers within the temple of knowledge she came here to find, and that it lies somewhere in the southern peaks.
Finally, for Riley she drew the Soldier and the Darklord. Her past as a soldier, all the fighting and solving her problems through violence, had caught up with her and left her cursed. Her salvation lies down a dark path, and that only a being a great evil can help her. She reveals that Riley’s life has been a lie. Everything she was told about it false. She, like her parents before her, is a Vistana! She was born here in Barovia separated from her tribe and mourned as dead, now welcomed home. Her hair, eyes, and skin tone match those of the Vistani in the camp outside. Her parents traveled between the worlds and their real names were Nicolae Casamirovich and Gildi Lutherumov and Riley’s true name was Rahela Nicolov! The false names Riley knew were pseudonyms used to put outsiders at ease when dealing with them.
The tattoo on Riley marks her as a despised outcast among the Vistani, a mark reserved for only the most heinous and irredeemable crimes. Madam Eva knows that she is innocent of any such crime, but someone who knows her true past has cursed her with this mark and cut her off from her true heritage. Madam Eva cannot remove this mark, saying only that it requires great magic to remove. She might try the holy man who dwells in the western mountains or perhaps the Mad Mage who haunts the woods of Barotok Mountain. She also reluctantly adds that the Devil Strahd may be able to help her, but he would never do such a thing.
After pronouncing their fates, she tells them to depart and pursue their destinies, but to heed her advice lest they fall to ruin. The group departed feeling somewhat crestfallen by these revelations. Elora and Ireena felt closer than ever. Elora was confused by all she had learned, but Ireena was grateful to learn that she now had a sister. The two promised to work together to discover the truth and protect one another. Elora would use her magic and Ireena her sword in service of the other. Johan felt invigorated by the knowledge he received and was anxious to get back on the road.
They traveled west along a muddy path following the riverbank which eventually led them back to the road. They crossed over another bridge north over the Ivlis River and observed a beautiful waterfall, Tser Falls, which plunged into a great pool at the base of a canyon. Following the winding road steadily north, they reached another crossroads. The eastern branch led along a cobblestone road and there waited an elegant black carriage drawn by two black horses. Ireena identified it as the carriage Rahasia had described. As she stared at it, the doors of the carriage swung silently open for her. Elora steadied her as a shiver ran up Ireena’s spine, and they turned away to the western road.
Traveling along this road, they came to another set of massive stone gates with headless, stone guardians on either side, nearly identical to the gates they passed through to enter Barovia. Again, the giant doors opened at their approach, groaning loudly as they did so and then closing behind them as they passed. They walked for some time through the woods, wary for any dangers around them. As they reached narrow pass between two hills, they spotted danger; a large pack of wolves!
Ten wolves lead by two dire wolves flanked them from the hills and blocked the path between. Riley sprang into action charging in the group of wolves ahead of them. Ireena drew her sword and stood at Elora’s side to protect her. McCoy split off up one slope and Johan split off up the other to engage the dire wolves there. Bramo and Bronwyn backed up the slope to launch spells at the wolves from a distance while Elora fired off scorching blasts of fire at the wolves clustered around Johan. Lancelot rushed to Riley’s side trying to intimidate the wolves with his furious barking.
Johan was quickly overwhelmed by the wolves and brought down by them. Ireena rushed to aid him and was tore down by the wolves. Riley kept her wolves at bay using expert battle techniques and parries keeping their vicious fangs from sinking into her. McCoy when into a frenzied rage facing off against a dire wolf and small pack by himself. The spellcasters focused their magic on the pack around Johan and Ireena while Bramo rushed in to heal the downed Ireena. Bramo’s medical skills were not enough to save Ireena, but Lancelot helped to keep the wolves from finishing her off.
Bramo was able to heal Johan and awaken him, allowing him to in turn heal Ireena with his divine touch. Back on their feet, they regrouped and turned the tide against the wolves. A dire wolf closed in on Bronwyn and bit her, but she retaliated furious hellfire that incinerated the wolf. They quickly finished off the balance of the wolves, gasping, wounded, and out of breath. They took a few minutes to bandage their wounds using their healing kits and head warily back on the road to Vallaki.