Session 12

After the party finished up their conversation with Rictavio, they heard a commotion downstairs. Elora poked her head out the door to see that some guards were giving Danika a hard time. Pelanil goes downstairs to talk to her.

She tells the party that the guards found a dead body that the tiger apparently killed and that they're looking for Karl and Nikolai Wachter. She also tells Rictavio they'll eventually come for him when they realize he was involved. With that news he goes to pack his things and sneak out the back. He tells the party, "If you find yourself in trouble, you can find refuge in the small lake".

At the church, the party meets Father Lucian Petrovich and Yeska the alter boy. Father Lucian confides in Pelanil, another man of god, that the bones that consecrate and thus protect the church have recently gone missing. He shows the party the cellar where they're normally stored, and Shalooti finds a dark, medium length hair.

After failing to persuade Yeska to spill the beans, Ireena eventually shakes the boy until he finally tells her that he told Milivoj, the (very attractive) gravedigger, about the bones. Father Lucian points them to the orphanage next door.

Here, the party is shocked to find that, Lucien, one of the children from the windmill that they dropped off, is dead, and that Milivoj is gravely ill. After some investigation, the party realizes that a newer boy at the orphanage, Felix is responsible.

When they find Felix, they realize that he's been possessed, and so they fight the demon possessing him. Pelanil smites the demon with radiant light, making quick work of it. Before killing it, the demon possesses Shalooti, threatens to cut Felix throat, and begs to be put back in its locket.

The party lures the demon toward the locket, slamming it shut last minute. Multiple party members strike final blows on the monster, and Anakir captures him in his pokeball (Orb of the Warmage).

Felix, hog-tied, stirs awake, gasps, and begins to sob...

• Rictavio has a partner that he hasn't seen in years
• Rictavio is racist against the Vistani
• St Andral's Church is no longer protected from Strahd since the bones have gone missing
• Lazlo, Hans, and Franz ran away from the orphanage a few weeks ago when things got weird there, and they haven't been heard from
  • the other children fear they're in danger