# [[008_20260717 Session 8|Session 8]] ## Session Summary > [!tldr] [[008_20260717 Session 8|Session 8]] > Zar, Erno, and Andi ^summary ## Log ### Scene 1: Durst Manor #### Erno in the Attic Still afraid of the ghost in the attic, [[Erno Van Iche|Erno]] continued exploring the attic in the opposite direction when he ran into Irina climbing out of the dumbwaiter. She explained that she was looking for [[Doryan (Doru) Donavich|Doru]], who she believed was being held hostage for interrogations in [[Durst Manor|the manor]]. [[Erno Van Iche|Erno]] advised [[Irina Kolyanovich|Irina]] to take the dumbwaiter back to the main floor while he looked for another route. ![[The Durst Family-1784911406306.webp|right|300]] ![[008_20260717 Session 8-1784913158840.webp|right|200]]On his way, he happened upon the bedroom of the nursemaid. It was decorated with a family portrait of [[The Durst Family|the Dursts]], which had been painted during a happier time. The room appeared to have been occupied not too long ago, suggesting that the nursemaid was murdered in recent days. ^nursemaid As he snooped around, he found a bowl of fruit. Hidden amongst the fruit were two blue "eyeballs," which were following his movements around the room. [[Erno Van Iche|Erno]] covered the scrying eyeballs with a pillow. He messaged [[Andraste Amo|Andi]] to alert her. #### Dinner Time! ![[008_20260717 Session 8-1784913438439.webp|right|300]]Meanwhile, [[Andi]] and [[Zar]] sat down to dinner with a colorful array of nobles--all worshippers of [[Strahd von Zarovich|Strahd]]. As [[Andi]] looked around the table, no one appeared to be focused on scrying, even if they seemed fairly dull in that Barovian way. [[The Durst Family|Mme Durst]] described her pride at having helped quell the [[Battle at the Gates|Unwise Rebellion]], and her hopes for the dark future. When it came time for [[Andraste Amo|Andi]] to introduce herself to the table, she quickly turned the conversation to [[Irina's Birthday Party|"her cousin's" birthday party]], as any teenager might. When [[Nikolai Wachter|Nikolai]] pressed her on the fact that [[Kolyan Kolyanovich|the Burgomaester]] had traditionally been opposed to the efforts of the [[Ba'al Verzi]], [[Andraste Amo|Andi]] (by the grace of [[Kelemvor (Temple)#Kelemvor|Kelemvor]]) claimed (25 Performance) that her uncle was allowing her to choose for herself, and she feigned interest in how powerful [[Strahd von Zarovich|Strahd]] was. A little less successfully (14 Performance), she then focused on [[Thorne]], who wanted her to play with his doll. As [[Zar]] rolled his eyes, his gaze landed upon one of the paintings of a hunt. It was a recent painting, and he could see that the painting was a depiction of [[Look for missing children in Stoya|the attack on Stoya]]. Curious, he asked about the painting and learned that - Some of were trying to impress [[Strahd von Zarovich|Strahd]] with the help of the [[People of the Woods]]. - The [[People of the Woods]] have devised a new curse that turns men into wolves. ^mayhapsLycanthropy Despite finding the painting discomfiting, [[Zar]] was not unnerved (14 Wisdom Save) and reacted to the scene simply by stating "it was as vivid as if he had been there." The rest of dinner, the nobles ([[Diavola Romulich]] among them) ignored [[Andraste Amo|Andi]] and [[Zar]] and instead focused on business deals. They did not seem as heavily invested in the cult as [[The Durst Family|the Dursts]] and [[Nikolai Wachter|Nikolai]]. ## New Quests <!-- QueryToSerialize: LIST WITHOUT ID FROM "CoS 2026/Deeds, Past and Future/Quests" WHERE date = date("2026-07-17") AND !completed--> <!-- SerializedQuery: LIST WITHOUT ID FROM "CoS 2026/Deeds, Past and Future/Quests" WHERE date = date("2026-07-11") AND !completed --> <!-- SerializedQuery END --> ## Quests With Deadlines <!-- QueryToSerialize: TABLE WITHOUT ID file.link AS "Quest", dateformat(fc-end, "yyyy-MM-dd") AS "Deadline", (fc-end - this["fc-date"]).days AS "Days Left" FROM "CoS 2026/Deeds, Past and Future/Quests" WHERE contains(tags, "deadline") AND !completed SORT fc-end ASC --> <!-- SerializedQuery: TABLE WITHOUT ID file.link AS "Quest", dateformat(fc-end, "yyyy-MM-dd") AS "Deadline", (fc-end - this["fc-date"]).days AS "Days Left" FROM "CoS 2026/Deeds, Past and Future/Quests" WHERE contains(tags, "deadline") AND !completed SORT fc-end ASC --> | Quest | Deadline | Days Left | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | --------- | | [[Fight in Lazarus's cage match]] | 0713-12-08 | 0.25 | | [[Help Ismark with Irina's party]] | 0713-12-08 | 0.25 | | [[Retrieve a stolen gem for Stafania Martikova]] | 0713-12-13 | 5.25 | <!-- SerializedQuery END --> ## Time-Sensitive Quests <!-- QueryToSerialize: LIST WITHOUT ID FROM "CoS 2026/Deeds, Past and Future/Quests" WHERE contains(tags, "timesensitive") AND !completed SORT date DESC --> <!-- SerializedQuery: LIST WITHOUT ID FROM "CoS 2026/Deeds, Past and Future/Quests" WHERE contains(tags, "timesensitive") AND !completed SORT date DESC --> - [[Find and keep Irina safe]] - [[Find Gertruda]] - [[Protect Reston the Alchemist as he gathers herbs]] - [[Save Doru]] - [[Find a ride via the Burgomaester]] - [[Look for missing children in Stoya]] - [[Create a base of operations in Barovia]] <!-- SerializedQuery END --> ## Social Calendar <!-- QueryToSerialize: TABLE WITHOUT ID file.link AS "Event", summary as "Description", dateformat(row["fc-date"], "yyyy-MM-dd") AS "Date" FROM "CoS 2026/Collective Wisdom/Events" WHERE row["fc-date"] >= this["fc-date"] SORT row["fc-date"] ASC --> <!-- SerializedQuery: TABLE WITHOUT ID file.link AS "Event", summary as "Description", dateformat(row["fc-date"], "yyyy-MM-dd") AS "Date" FROM "CoS 2026/Collective Wisdom/Events" WHERE row["fc-date"] >= this["fc-date"] SORT row["fc-date"] ASC --> | Event | Description | Date | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | | [[Irina's Birthday Party]] | Irina is turning twenty! Her brother is planning a party for the whole town to attend. | 0713-12-08 | | [[Wolf's Head Jamboree]] | Rictavio and Mahiji invited the Gang to an event in Vallaki to help everyone celebrate as they conquer their fear of wolves. | 0714-01-14 | | [[Ceremony at Yester Hill]] | Sister Olivenka invited the Gang to a ceremony to be held on the 12th of Fivral in the year 0714 at Yester Hill. According to Zar, this may also be Strahd's birthday? | 0714-02-12 | <!-- SerializedQuery END -->