
Its cover and bindings is supple, but curiously familiar hide with a broken strap. Guarded by hordes of animated scarecrows, the meadows have been cursed and filled with the specter of unnatural life.Īmong the items found in the Barovian witches' mill, a heavily worn cookbook stand out.

The crops started to thrive as well, with the soil being naturally poor, there came rumors of the crops being fertilized with the foulest and most forbidden of substances. The mill and fields were abandoned to fall into ruin.Īfter a few years, the windmill started turning again as coven of witches took up residence beneath the aging structure. Unfortunately, the yields from these new crops were low and demand for warm delicious breads and cakes fell along with the morale of the villagers. Since routes to those big farms have been cut off, portions of the forest around the windmill were cleared to create fields for their own crops.

The people of the village had fresh bread to eat without their own fields and farms. Long, long ago, the millers of Barovia brought in grains from farms in surrounding townships to grind wheat, barley, and corn into meal and flour. The small terraced fields near the old windmill, northeast of village have a dark history. You have acquired the Holy Symbol of Ravenkind, the Tome of Strahd, and the Sunsword and are ready to confront Strahd.

It looms menacingly over the nearby village of Barovia, a constant reminder of Strahd's threatening presence.

When the time comes, it whispers in your mind, it will lend you its power to defeat the evil that slew its master.Ĭastle Ravenloft was built atop the ruin of an older fortress by artisans, wizards, and workers loyal to Strahd's Family. The weapon speaks to you, telling you that it is the Sunsword, a weapon that once belonged to Sergei, the brother of Strahd himself. Though the blade is no longer attached, the item still seems to hum with magical energy, and handling it imbues you with a sense of immense power. The gleaming metal hilt was clearly once part of a beautifully made weapon.
