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The vampire Count Strahd von Zarovich stares down a sheer cliff at the village below. A cold, bitter wind spins dead leaves about him, billowing his cape in the darkness.  \nLightning splits the clouds overhead, casting stark white light across him. Strahd turns to the sky, revealing the angular muscles of his face and hands. He has a look of power—and of madness. His once handsome face is contorted by a tragedy darker than the night itself.  \nRumbling thunder pounds the castle spires. The winds howling increases as Strahd turns his gaze back to the village. Far below, yet not beyond his ken, a party of adventurers has just entered his domain. Strahd’s face forms a twisted smile as his dark plan unfolds. He knew they were coming, and he knows why they have come all according to his plan. He, the master of Ravenloft, will attend to them.  \nAnother lightning flash rips through the darkness, its thunder echoing through the castle is towers. But Strahd is gone. Only the howling of the wind—or perhaps a lone wolf—fills the midnight air. The master of Ravenloft is having guests for dinner. And you are invited.  \nDramatis personae   \nHere lie memoirs of brave adventurers who ventured into Barovia. The team consisted Lord Edward Coal, a young and noble human paladin of Lathander, who was acompanied by his Tiefling mentor (who refuses to acknowledge the fact that he is indeed a Tiefling -- the only signs being that he casts no shadow and has no mirror reflection) Limyé -- an elder man, a warlock of the Undying Light. They were joined by Richard, a human rogue, who seems to have bad luck with owing money to the wrong people, and his companion, Rann--a young and quiet wood elf Ranger.  \nPrologue  \nThe two pairs of adventurers met together at The Leaping Satyr tavern in the May Creek hamlet, just 8 miles out of Daggerford. They were brought here by rumours of werewolves attacking the hamlets around Daggerford, killing farmers and stealing their children. Recently, the selforganized militia managed to capture one of the werewolves and extract some information, before putting the beast out of its misery. All they got was that the werewolf pack was quite sizable, their leader's name was Kiril and that they come from some land called Barovia, which no one seems to have heard of.  \nThis information was not immediately obvious to be trustworthy, were it not for the fact that on their way to May Creek, Richard and Rann run into a group of colorful Vistani gypsy travellers. The leader of these travellers spun a story of their past, which was magically shown in the green flames of their campfire.  \nHe spoke of a wounded soldier, who once stumbled into their camp. They nursed him back to health and found out that he was a prince, who had many enemies. In his thanks for saving his life, he provided them with land and safe passage. A curse has however befallen their prince. They hope that if our heroes ever come to their land of Barovia, maybe they can find a way to lift this curse.  \nHaving established the existence of Barovia did not help however finding it. Limyé studied all his best maps, to no avail. As evening descended, the doors to the tavern swung open, and in came a brigthly clad man with a hat hiding his eyes in shadow. Without hesitation he approached the table at which our adventurers were sitting, and asked them to come to his master's aid at first light. He handed the characters a letter from Kolyan Indirovich, burgomaster of Barovia (see Appendix). He described Barovia as a valley of great beauty and his master as a remarkable man. The road to Barovia supposedly was through the Svalich Woods, but the direction our group was pointed to seemed to agree with the location of the Misty Forest. The mesenger introduced himself as Arrigal and paid both for drinks, and after some persuasion, also for the group's beds f","cbCaiuxC2BQx8jd2","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiuxC2BQx8jd2","pdf",40537598,51,"English","# Prologue\n## Dramatis personae\n## The Leaping Satyr tavern and Vistani account\n## Last day on the Sword Coast\n## Welcome to Barovia","[{\"question\":\"Who is the vampire Count Strahd von Zarovich and what role does he play in the story?\",\"answer\":\"Count Strahd von Zarovich is the master of Ravenloft, observing adventurers as his plan unfolds. He invites them “for dinner” as their arrival matches his intention.\"},{\"question\":\"What rumors bring the adventurers to the May Creek area?\",\"answer\":\"Werewolves are said to be attacking nearby hamlets, killing farmers and stealing children. 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