Two gargoyles on top of the gatehouse then came alive and attacked the party, engaging in an epic battle. Lireyan expertly cast a dispel magic spell to douse the flames. On the other side, a wall of green flame prevented their passing. They climbed up into the mountains and came upon a gatehouse which raised its iron bars as they neared it. Nonetheless, it was a condition of Kasimir's assistance and he had been foretold by the divination. van Richten had minced no words when he warned Barzulen against seeking this place out, saying it was a dangerous place where great evil had been sealed away to shelter it from those who would unleash it upon the world for selfish purposes. Reinhardt and Lireyan were less enthusiastic. The payoffs for doing so are extremely rewarding and the excitement level for the players when they are seeing something coming to fruition is awesome to see. I have been able to do a lot of foreshadowing with this adventure. *The importance of reading Curse of Strahd all the way through before beginning it. Barzulen has for much of the campaign anticipated finding a place that matched this description, for a demon spoke to him in Lady Fiona Wachter's cellar* encouraging him to find the amber doors, behind which he would gain power over death itself.
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"Would you say this temple has amber doors?" Kasimir insisted that the party must venture into the nearby Mount Ghakis to an ancient temple, rumored to have been the site where Strahd had sealed his pact with the Dark Powers of Barovia to become a vampire.īarzulen's ears perked up at the mention of this temple. The tarroka card reading they received from Madam Eva suggested that this individual would be instrumental in defeating Count Strahd von Zarovich, who had summoned them to the dread plane where they now find themselves trapped by the oppressive mists that encapsulate the realm.
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During our last Curse of Strahd adventure, Reinhardt the Paladin, Barzulen the Warlock, and Lireyan the Druid met a dusk elf named Kasimir Velikov.