Taking a break at the coffin shop

What do you know about vampires? Me, very little, or at least, until yesterday morning, nothing at all. Today, just a little bit more. OK, we had dealt with the vampire in the basement of the temple in Barovia, but other than that, vampires existed in stories and...

Gorek and the pie

On our way back from the Death House, we bumped into the old lady with a hand cart that we had spoken with the previous day. Apart from Ismark and Ireena she was the only one in this grubby little town that we knew. She had been selling pies. Gorek had bought two....

Friendship at the Inn

I want to tell you about Gorek and the Pie, but before I do, I have just had the most incredible conversation with Karak that I need to write down so that I don’t forget it. We had travelled to Vallaki and made our way to the Bluewater Inn, right in the center of this...

Escape from the Durst House

It’s not often you witness a miracle, two if you count our escape from the Durst House, or the Death House as the locals call it. That sort of information would have been useful to know this morning. I am safely back at the Burgermeister’s house along with Karak and...

Secrets in the Library

We weren’t on our way home within the hour. We cleaned ourselves up at the Inn and then walked the short distance to the Manor house. You could tell that this was once an imposing landmark within the town of Barovia, but now it looked ramshackle and crumbling in...

Mishaps in the Temple

No-one would ever have called me as a pious man, I have no leanings one way or the other, but I do respect the beliefs of others. So, when Gorek had finished his dawn ablutions and joined us again at the breakfast table. (Without Breakfast!) We agreed that we would...