Players help Shaggy and bury the burgomaster
The Players help Shaggy defeat the zombie. The burgomaster died. They go to the church and talk to Doru and it all goes well. They now have to prep to leave the village.

Barovia

• #battle As they arrive at the western gate, they see Shaggy fighting another zombie plague spreader.
• After beating the zombie plague spreader, a lone horseman, Rahadin, flanked by twelve zombies arrives. He announces that Strahd is acting mercy on to the town, and if no resistance comes, they shall stop the nightly sieges. There is a deathly choir surrounding Rahadin.
• Rahadin tells Shaggy: “Please accept my congratulations on your new position—and my condolences on your loss." After which Shaggy needs a minute to notice what it means, but he then starts running towards the mansion, the players follow.
• When they arrive in the mansion they find Kolyan dead with a long, elegant slash across his chest on the floor and Ireena unconscious with vampire bite marks in her neck. When Ireena wakes up she mourns her father's death. Marianne questions Ireena what happened, she explains that her father, in a seemingly hypnotized state, invited someone inside the house. Her memory is otherwise blank.
• Next morning the players head down for breakfast, Ireena is cooking in the kitchen while Shaggy asks the players for 3 favors. #EscortingIreena, #FindMadamEva and helping them carry the coffin to the church.
• Suddenly Avery attacks a rat, it was one of Strahd's spies. They continue talking and eating before heading to the church. When they arrive at the church no one answers knocking on the door, but Parriwimple appears from the side, telling them that Father Donavich hasn't come out in days. Parriwimple also invites the players to visit Bildrath’s Mercantile
• They enter the church and meet Father Donavich praying at the altar. He cannot perform any rituals because Doru still has his holy symbol. He tells them that 6 days ago Doru came back but pale and red shot eyes. He trapped him in the basement of the church. The players head downstairs while Shaggy and Ireena stay upstairs with Father Donavich.
• They find Doru in the basement, but he's different than they expected. He is actively resisting his vampiric urges. Avery tests him by holding out his bloody arm, but Doru manages to resist for a whole minute, he is glad he can resist, so he gives the players the holy symbol and asks them to tell his father that he is still himself. Before they leave, he gives them the location of a hidden weapons cache that Van Richten kept in case of emergencies.
• As they return the holy symbol to Father Donavich and tell him the news, he is quite shocked, but also quite happy that his son is still himself. They bury Kolyan and head back to the mansion. Ireena tells the players they shall leave at noon and they can do what they want till then, most likely shopping at Bildrath’s Mercantile.

Ending

• Session ends when players are back in the mansion and are free to go where they please for the next 4 hours before departing the Village of Barovia.

XP

Total XP: 1400

• 400 ~ Finishing Arc B
• 100 ~ Doru succeeded

Loot

• 3 Rations per person (15 total) ~ Gear ~ Party
• Coordinates to weapon stash ~ Notes ~ Party

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