There we met Taako and Barry playing Taako's made up game Taakala
Anakir lost 2 sp to Elora and also mysteriously lost another 13 sp
Pelanil did a lot of glaring a folks, and then after finding out that Barry was lich, picked a fight which Taako tried to diffuse
The Characters received a letter via the messenger Arrigal that was addressed to each of them individually and signed the Kolyan Indirovich, Burgomaster of Barovia
The group stayed the night at the tavern, then at first light made their way west per Arrigal's directions
As the fog closed in, Pelanil was struck by a vision of a woman beckoning him
As the fog cleared, the party was surprised to find themselves in a forest
Continuing on the road, Carlos the mule in tow, the group caught the stench of death
they followed the smell off the road where they found where they found a mauled body
on the body, the found another note in another script, also signed by Kolyan Indirovich
This one is much more foreboding than the first, claiming that the Burgomaster's daughter Ireena Kolyana has been bitten by a vampire
Right after finding the note, the party is attacked by wolves, seemingly led by a red-eyed direwolf in the distance
The party was able to quickly charm, kill, and put to sleep the wolves as the direwolf looked on and make it back to the road
Bardolf ties the carcass of one of the wolves behind Carlos, and the party takes off right as they hear the sleeping wolves wake up
After a full day of travelling, night set in as the adventurers arrived in a sleeping town
Two children (whose names we don't know) begged for help from the party
saying their parents are missing, their baby brother Walter is stuck in the 3rd floor nursery, and there is a monster in the basement of their house