Collateral Damage - C1 Arc 5 The Rig Situation

It’s hard for this group to catch a break it seems. Upon leaving the tavern, the party arrives and finally deals with their task at the winery. It’s a long battle and not everything is tied up in a pretty bow. We find the group concerned with Kyver’s well-being. Thinking that the dagger he received may be the cause they remove it from his possession and give him Arguile’s rapier as a loaner. They arrive back at Krezyk for the evening and return the wine to the town. Faith, power, and dreams seem to be on everyone’s minds. The next day, they meet with a strange and peculiar man, the Abbot. The entire process leading to the exchange and everything during, left the party unsettled. A strange man with an odd obsession for Strahd even going so far as to create a bride for him. If that weren’t enough, the druids have more things brewing. Instead of dismissing it as “their problem and not ours” the group finally decides to make a plan to see it through and make the land of Barovia a bit safer. This isn’t their finest hour by any stretch of the imagination.

Through some deceit and a revivify spell they gained a new ally, Chico. This of course did not happen without a rather uncomfortable exchange and series of bluffs towards Strahd who appeared shortly after. While he lets them continue on, he tells them he is aware of their coming and goings, and that they are always being watched within his realm. The Cascade appears for them again, and they explain that Chico should be in the employ of the Tavern and not have the details of what really happened revealed to him. Some of the party receive new gifts and items that they requested to help them on their journey ahead. An onyx blade handles for Kyver, a great sword for Galahad, and a saber for We'ahqa. JM takes the druidic staff that they found from We'ahqa for safe keeping and the group plans their next course of action. They leave the tavern, meeting with Damian again who shares his contempt towards Strahd. They inform him that they are indeed allies and he informs them that they might find aid in Vallaki at the Blue Water Inn. The layers and layers of complexities just keep adding up, don’t they? 

Stay tuned for the next part of our Arc Recaps… “The Rig Situation”. Enjoy!

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