To Marushka:

by Trevor Belmont

I’m sorry. Let me say that first.

I love you. I know you’ve been upset with me since I took the Stoyanavich curse upon myself, and I never really gave you an explanation. Allow me to do so now.

I have not been very outspoken about my family back in Faerun, and the reason for that is simple: I no longer have any. I have not told you about your new in-laws, because they have already been put to rest. I have no further family to introduce you to in the event we make it out of Barovia alive. To be frank, I took the job to escort Elaine and Bryndon because I had nothing left. I had not even the desire to make the best with the rest of my life. I was a pain in the ass, and a drunkard. It was the lure of the Borgermeister’s money that made me come here. To that end, I give thanks to the fates for having baited me so. For if not, I would not have met you.

I know I gave you a lot of shit when we first met. How you rebuked my own achievements, and thought me a liar when I told you we arrived by boat. I was by your side, leading you safely through this hell, and yet still you seemed to pine for other, "better", hunters. I was jealous, of course. A beautiful woman as a traveling companion and she seemed to fawn over those she would deem your “betters”. You made me want to be better. You made me realize that the name of Belmont was not dead. You made me want to be a man worthy of you.

Because of that, of the future I dream of with you, and the desire to see you escape this nightmare that has become your life, I felt fear for the first time since I was a child. I once again felt like I had something to lose. And for everything that I am, I fear that I am not enough. I am a hunter of beasts and werewolves, this you know. Knowing the creatures as I do, I know also the power they posses. The power they can grant. It it why so many lesser men succumb lycanthropy. But I chose it willingly in this way, because I wanted the power to protect you. To walk with you into a new world and make new stories with you, and experience adventures the likes you’ve only ever read in a book, or perhaps been told by another around a fire.

I need to know I can control this curse, and make it mine. So that I might wield it as a weapon against our enemies. To this end, I have decided not to wait until the last minute to find out how the change will affect me. I leave behind my affects, all of them, to you. I hope to return and reclaim them so I might aid you all in the fight against Strahd, but should the probable happen and I lose myself to the beast I’ve become.. Pray, take up my arms and let them serve you well. I have shown you how to use them. Take also on your person the fragment of staff we recovered. It still has a small amount of magic within, and will allow you a cast of Wall of Force daily.

I am confident in myself, for once, thanks to you. I will not say goodbye here, because I do not believe this the end. No, I say ‘See you later.’ I believe I will return, and we will see this all through to the end together. I look forward to rebuilding the Belmont family with you.

Yours,
Trevor, of House Belmont

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Waterdeep and The Children
Session 0, Prologue

The Undead Cruiseship - Arguably Still Better Than Carnival
Session 1, Feb 29, 2020

Fucking Dwarves.
Session 2, Mar 21, 2020

Beginning to See the Truth
Session 3, Mar 24, 2020

I don't even know where to begin with this one.
Session 6, August 1, 2020

The One I'd Like to Forget
Session 7, August 15, 2020

Hunters in this place are all just fuckboys, change my mind.
Session 8, Sept 12, 2020

Its hard to be right all the time.
Session 9, Sept 26

A small amount of payback, but not nearly enough
Session 10, Oct 10

Dinner Pt 1
Session 11, Oct 31

Dinner Pt 2
Session 12 Nov 7, 2020

Argynvostholt, so far...
Session 13/14 Dec. 19 2020

The Fallout of Argynvostholt
Session 15, Jan 16 2021

Lost and Found..
Session 16, Jan 23 2021

Whip > ChickenHouse
Session 17, Feb 6

...Fuck.
Session 18, Feb 27

So that happened.
Session 19 3/13/2021

The Beast of Mount Baratok
Session 20 March 19, 2021

I don't even have words for this bullshit.
Session 21 Apr 10, 2021

What Goes On In The Dark (Powers)
Session 22 Apr 24, 2021

A Vow
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Love in the time of Vampirism
Session 23 May 15, 2021

Grave Robbing and the trouble with Undead.
Session 24 May 22, 2021

To Marushka:

The Heart of the Matter
Session 25 Jun 19, 2021

Daybreak
Session 26 Jul 2, 2021

To Marushka:

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