Yester Hill

The druids who worship Strahd von Zarovich as lord of the land and master of the weather convene here, atop Yester Hill, on the very edge of his domain.

Alterations

The dead adventurer’s tattered leather armor isn’t salvageable, but the axe embedded in the tree is a magic battleaxe. Its handle is carved with leaves and vines, and the weapon weighs half as much as a normal battleaxe. This is the Adventurer's Axe. 

Architecture

The trail through the thick woods leads to a hill covered with dead grass and cairns of black rock. Dark, ominous clouds gather high above, and a single bolt of lightning strikes the hilltop. West of the hill, the land, the woods, and the sky vanish behind a towering wall of fog.
Dirt trails run along two concentric rings of cairns that encircle the hillside. Each cairn is a ten-foot-high mound of slimy black rocks.

The Middle

Atop the hill is a wide ring of black boulders and smaller rocks that collectively form a makeshift wall enclosing a field of dead grass. Lightning strikes the edge of the ring from time to time, illuminating the area where a stature was located before it was torn down during the battle with Baba Lysaga. This area is covered with signs of a great battle that has taken place. Baba Lysaga's hut has been burned to the ground and its ashes have been slowly moved around the area by the wind. 

Gulthias Tree

At the south end of the hilltop is a sickly copse, a grove of dead trees and shrubs with a huge, misshapen tree at its core. Blood oozes like sap from its twisted trunk. Skulking around the tree are six gangly humanoid creatures covered with needles. Embedded in the tree is a shiny battleaxe, beneath which lies a humanoid skeleton.

Type

Viewpoint

Owner

Strahd von Zarovich