If the characters are traveling in Vistani wagons, they
can continue on to the village of Barovia (area E) without incident.
If the characters are following the road on foot, the
party member who has the highest passive Wisdom
(Perception) score notices the scent of death.
The character can follow the stench to its source.
The dead man, Dalvan Olensky, was trying to escape
from Barovia with a letter from his master when he was
killed on the road by Strahd's dire wolves. Wanting to
return at once to Strahd, the wolves left the body in the
woods but have not yet returned to feast.
The letter in Dalvan's hand has a large "B" set into
its wax seal. The parchment is worn and flimsy. If the
characters open and read the letter, show the players
"Kolyan Indirovich's Letter (Version 2)" in appendix F.
The letter is dated one week ago.
Dalvan was instructed to place the letter at the gates,
in the hope that visitors would find it and turn back.
If the characters linger in the woods, they hear a lone
wolf howl far off in the forest. Each round, one more
wolf adds its voice to the howling, with the sound getting
progressively closer to the party. If the characters are
still in the woods after 5 rounds of howling, five dire
wolves arrive and attack. If the characters are trying
to leave Barovia, these dire wolves are joined by a pack
of twenty wolves. The wolves and the dire wolves stop
their attack if the characters return to the road and head
toward the village of Barovia (area E).
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