The Divorce

We are home. Colette will finally see all the glory Redsorrth has to offer.

We slew strahd in his treasury. We then ran to his tomb and destroyed him again. His foul presence will only be felt in the ruins of his castle and on the imagery of the coins we looted from his land.

We found a hilt of a sword. I allowed Colette to wield it. It have her great power. This will surely destroy Strahd.

We found Gertruda of the Baravian Village. She lived in Strahd's bedchamber. She was under his spell. We were unable to save her from the monster she believed loved her.

We found Strahd's cake room. It contained the wedding cake of Sergei and Tatiana. Strahd knocked the figure of Sergei under a table. Petulant child.

We found Rahadin, Strahd's butler. Although we gave him a chance to repent, he chose death.

We found the crypts. We looked through the crypts and only took what was freely given. Saint Markovia gave Colette their thighbone. Khazuun gave me a staff. We only found a strange mechanism inside the crypt of a self-proclaimed time traveller. We also have a new dragon wing accessory.

We found Emil. He lied and said he was a typical villager of Vallaki. We released him and he repaid our kindness with anger. I am glad we eradicated the curse from this land. Foul beast.

Strahd found my letter. Rather embarrassing.

We have decided to enter Castle Ravenloft. I am prepared for the worst. I hope it does not come to that.

We found a lich and restored his memories. In return, he escorted us through his temple. He showed us the gifts that Gods of old had available. Colette was completely against the idea. We know Strahd took the gift of the Vampyr. We need any and all advantages we can get. I took the gift of the Howling Wind. I can command the storm. I am the storm.

I've done some calculations and the goods may have earned us upwards of 17,000 gold pieces. I have no need for this money. This wealth would allow us to comfortably retire for the rest of our lives. It would allow us to rebuild Corsari. We could rebuild the Dumont name and reenter the annuls of history. We could be nobles again.

We found the treasury of this place. Another monster of amber guarded it. We slew the monster and claimed the goods. We found a bag to aid us in transporting the goods.

We found a chest that Colette was obsessed with opening. When she opened it, the floor crumbled away.

We found a fascinating statue. The obsidian contrasts with the amber walls. Truly beautiful.

We found some natives of the land. They ran at the sight of us. Are we truly that frightening?

We found an amber monster. We killed the amber monster.

We found a boy hiding in what looked to be a lecture room. He looked burnt. He was a coward, hiding away from an amber monster, or a 'marble monster' if you believe his tale. His master fell to the forces of flaming skulls. I did not like the boy.

We found a wand on the corpse of a wizard. Also a pit.

We entered the Amber temple. It was not warmer inside.

A goat attacked me.

We could not restore Colette's ear, however, we were able to remove the strain on her sleeping mind.

The Abbot is also not human. I am not sure what he is. If I were to harm him, I would do best to not utilise the Dumont sword or holy water.

Wereravens exist. We have aided them. Their condition seems less nefarious than the wolves. Quite fortunate.

We freed the children and they seemed ungrateful. I am glad we rescued them. I do wish human children were less unbearable.

They planned to pit the children against each other and convert the strongest. What monster would think of this? Strahd. This is Strahd's doing.

A woman saw me as a warrior sent by her God to save her pack from the evils of Strahd. She tasked me with slaying the pack leader and replacing him with her husband who lies in Strahd's grasp. I falsely accepted this task and accepted her aid. Colette accepted their offerings. I am not looking forward to dealing with her.

The lair hosted a host of wolves. They ranged from feral elderly women to feral elderly men, and children. I will purge my memory of the child. It was not human, it bore the curse of lycanthropy. They can no longer receive our mercy.

Werewolves attacked us. We beat them and learned of their lair through a charred map.

The wagon outside the tower was trapped. I bore the brunt of the trap. I was not looking at it. Colette cannot hear me with one of her ears.

We came across a surprising tower. It struck me with lightning.

Colette believes that we have made ourselves the targets of the revenants. I hope this is not true. The hate of these creatures is more than I have ever seen before.

The revenants harmed us. More creatures than we have been able to combat before. We barely made it out alive.

We finished our journey in Argonvostholt. Strahd holds his skull. He wants it returned in order to restore hope. We will need to break and enter. Colette's expertise would come in use.

Colette's sword was acting peculiar again. She claimed it was too hot to hold, but when I touched it, the sword was cool to the touch. She called the sword a "petulant child". Who does my sister think she is? This is the same being who called itself stronger than a God. I hope this Destrix doesn't attempt to prove their power.

Colette brought out Babushka's head. I can't believe it is her. It must be magic.

Argynvost appeared to me. He wants us to redeem his knights. I will try to preserve their souls. I was not anticipating speaking to a ghost dragon.

We met an elf. He is a dusk elf, not that I've seen one back home. He claims that Strahd killed his people's women and children, leaving the men to watch their race die.

We visited Argynvostholt. It is a castle with lots of dragon imagery.

We slew the witch. The baby was an illusion. We captured the Seed Gem.

We met a witch. She claims to be the mother of Strahd. She holds a baby in her hut. Father, forgive me for this course of action, I cannot risk this woman to live. She stole a child and needs to suffer the ramifications.

We entered the ruins of Berez. We met a ghost. Ulrich is friendly. I promised him that I would set his soul to rest.

I don't spend enough time in the mountains. The forest will always be close to my heart, however, the land's elevation displays the breath of life evident in all.

Colette believes she can run across vertical surfaces. Ha. She would have a career in comedy if her act wasn't situational. Update: She can run across vertical surfaces. I have been proven wrong.

Tomorrow we shall march on the ruins of Berez. I wonder how it fell. We are running out of locations to seek assistance before Strahd meets us. I do not believe we are ready to face him, we need to train harder.

We went to the 'Mag Mage' he was a wizard with less-than-typical sanity. I wish I could say that we needed to kill him. I shot him down as he was flying away. I could have let him go. He was the first innocent man to fall to my arrows, may there not be another.

We visited the children. Colette seemed happy to give them a gift. I'm wondering if her orphanage had nice visitors like us.

Colette asked about one of my scars. I don't want to tell her. It's my burden to bear. If our recent time here has taught me anything, I will carry more burdens on my flesh.

We uncovered Lady Watcher's secrets. She has a pentagram room. She treats an imp as if it were a household pet. We needed to kill the monster.

The Divorce

I arrived back in the village. Miriam was pleased to see me. She wasn't expecting me. We argued about how long I was away, the argument ended when I deposited a bag of gold on the table. I needed to stay away so I could earn this gold, had I not earned th...

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The Sapphire Man

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This is Miriam. She is my ex-wife.

Miriam

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General Life

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Tommy/Kevin

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The Attack on Corsari

My memory of this event cannot be trusted completely, it has been damaged and pieced together through years of effort. I was out in the forest with father. He wanted to teach me the language of our ancestors. Bells. Screaming. Blood. We charged ...

05:03 am - 12.03.2022

We unlocked the child's room. She is twenty. She is in her nightgown. She is chained.

She has a locked room. Colette calls it the 'cat room', on account of the cats/ There is a secret wall revealing a manifest showing her dedication to Strahd and her worship of demons.

There is a child locked in a room. We will save her.

We investigated the Lady Watcher. She has riches aplenty, much to Colette's glee. We investigated the upstairs. We found that she sleeps next to a corpse. Presumably her husband.

I rendered the fisherman unconscious. We took the girl and the fisherman to the Vistani camp. They were grateful. They gave us a choice of riches. We chose gold. If they had arrows I may have been tempted.

We swam to the man. The sack contained a Vistani girl. She was the victim of a ritual to restore the lake with fish. She was chosen because she was 'lucky'.

We rested and regained our strength. We walked around the lake. We saw a fisherman throw a burlap sack into the lake.

We hid in the storage room. We locked the door. I hoped that Colette didn't invite him in this time. What drove her to do that? Strahd's sorcery is indeed rather strong. Why didn't he test my will against himself?

Strahd slashed my face. I have more scars. I used my holy water on him. I missed.

We visited the toymaker. It was a nice place. Played with a monkey. Strahd appeared.

She has appointed me as her Oathkeeper. I must keep her to these oaths. I swear to not abuse this trust.

Colette broke an oath to her God. She must spend a full 24 hours silent. I must find a way to make her break this oath more often.

Colette has sworn many oaths. She has been keeping this from me. It occurs to me that her magic is unlike that of a cleric. Her oath is similar to the oaths of the paladins. Her monastery was a religious order. She is a paladin, yet she doesn't quite know it.

Our journey to Vallaki was eventful. Wolves and men in armour attacked us. I was weakened by the lighting blast and they bested me in combat. The roads are too dangerous for us to travel now that Strahd has decided his descent into madness.

Ireena is gone. She went into a pool and a spectre stole her. I attempted to retrieve her. I was struck by lightning.

The abbot is a madman. He operates from the ruins of the monastery. His staff are mongrels, cursed with the visage of animals. I slew a beast that attempted to harm me, the abbot believes that he was a man, not a beast.

We entered Krezk. They don't have a tavern. Colette is livid.

Colette gave me a letter to read on the event of her death. It's very much like her to worry. This must be an effect of the land, causing her to despair.

We went to Yester Hill to recover a seed for the winery. I shot Strahd with his bow. It's confirmed that the bow isn't enchanted against him.

The stick is now a sword.

Colette found a stick. I told her to use it instead of her fists. We saw how that behaviour turns out.

Those foul, rotten, blighted druids rendered my sister unconscious. I am glad I learned my skills. Had I been any less of the man I am, she would have died there. I can't let that happen. I will do everything in my power to ensure that my sister does not die in this land.

On our way to buy passage into Krezk, the Burgomeister demanded an investigation into the local winery. The winery has been overrun by druids. I can't believe that the people from which father taught me his magic could be so mad. Strahd's command over the sanity of mortals must be stronger than I expected. Perhaps I too have gone insane. A rebellion against this man is certainly not the most sane of activities.

Strahd sent me a bow. It holds a form of magic. It allows me to fire without loading the arrow. This will be one more step towards his end. I hope that this weapon doesn't hold an enchantment to guarantee his safety. Or perhaps a curse to punish me for my open rebellion.

To save Ireena, we decided to take her to the village of Kresk. The monastery there will be more than safe enough for her. Especially if all those monks have the magic that Colette handles.

Strahd attacked the church. He killed the priest. Had we regained the bones of the saint, he would be safe. Strahd will be held responsible for this death and the deaths of all those he has slain. The cruelty he tormented these people with will not be forgotten.

Colette killed a man. The man was half-demon, half-human. He was still a sentient man, although his soul may have been corrupted by his blood, or a deal with the demons that made him.

There was the festival of the blazing sun. The Burgomeister here commands respect through cruelty. Strahd found a way to ruin this festival.

Strahd left a letter in our room. He wants to meet for dinner. I don't wish to dine on blood.

We arrived in Vallaki. It's a town. They have donkey masks for their stocks. At least everyone says they're happy. They sell beetroot soup.

The Vistani tell us a story of the last people who rose against Strahd. A mage with a strong rebellion of natives. Maybe Madame Eva's reading was correct. After losing to Strahd and having him gloat his power over them, many would be broken. I still feel for that father who houses his vampire son. The best thing would be to kill it, but to kill one's family...

A travelling people, the Vistani, gave us a reading. They claim that Colette and I will be alone to fight the evil in this land. They couldn't be more wrong. As long as we're together, we're not alone.

An elderly woman was selling pastries to grant us better dreams in this realm. If this is going to be a persistent problem, we should invest.

We met the Lord Strahd Von Zarovich. He has control over the dead. I don't need a crystal ball to predict his death.

A woman has lost her child, Gertruda. I will find her, no matter the state I find her in. I know how horrible it is to believe the worst, only to be proven wrong.

The lord of this land is a tyrant with foul magical powers. He has been terrorising this land and its occupants. A woman, Ireena, needs our help. Far be it for me to deny her the luxury of safety.

That house was horrid. We should burn it down and bless the ashes.

We found a house with children outside. They say that their parents are fighting a monster in their basement. I've taken it upon myself to aid them so these children are able to rest safely. I do wonder how a monster was able to enter their basement though. Colette was with me.

The weather around this village is unusual. It shouldn't be as foggy. Perhaps the werewolves have a mage among them. Perhaps there is an unrelated phenomenon.

We found a job posting that asked us to venture into the woods to hunt werewolves. I'm unsure if I could hunt a werewolf on my own - Colette won't be much use without any equipment - yet I took the job anyway. With a clear and precise enough shot, any arrow can find its mark.

She's proficient with the tools of a common thief. She swears that violence and thievery is the best course of action. I swore to never find myself falling in with banditry. Must I choose between my morals and my family?

She's quite different from when we were children. That's to be expected, although I wasn't prepared for her to be this annoying. She claims that she doesn't utilise magic, yet she dispels spectres with naught but her fists. She claims to not follow religious doctrine, yet she prays every day without fail.

She's alive. My sister is still alive. She's not exactly as I remember but she doesn't need to be. I still have a family