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Welcome friends to Highrollers presents The Curse of Strad,

a gothic horror adventure of chills, thrills, and many blood spills.

I am your dungeon master Mark Hume's and the players joining me are as follows.

Chris Trot as Jesper the Vistani Bard,

Kim Richards as Shadows Beyond the Vale,

a Tabaxi cleric,

Katie Morrison as Rose Vanendi the Human Ranger,

Tom Hazel as Xeros Mistan the Dragonborn fighter,

and Rianen Gawa as Sikhi Mistan

the Dragonborn sorcerer. So, Last time on Curse of Strad, the party travelled to the town of Laki, a supposed

safe haven and placed to gather their thoughts after their mysterious and

traumatizing events since their arrival in Barovia. Along the old Swallach

road the group's horses are attacked by a pair of dire wolves who nearly succeed in killing one of

yesper's beloved horses. Shadow beyond the veil intercedes and halts the icy grip of death.

Arriving at Valaki's gates, the party were at first refused

entry due to the presence of the Dragonborn and a Tabaxi, a frightful rarity to the

people of Barovia. However, with the arrival of the town's Burger

Master, they are welcomed inside. Burger Master Theona Wachter and her husband Nikolai welcome

the group and assure them that it is safe from the monsters outside

and leave them to explore and find lodgings within the walled town.

Yesper and Ismark lead the group to an inn they know that find it has been closed and left abandoned.

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