Strahd 11: Revival

In a. Land plucked from time and space, surrounded by a fog that lets not escape. Be wary every adventure for the dangers hidden in every corner. To the castle you must go to throw an ancient evil on your own. But cautiously, he knows you're coming. He smells the flesh blood you're carrying. Trust no one in this land of twilight and you might survive to see true sunlight against all odds. If you prevail. Heroes true, they will sing of you to end your tale. But if you fall, have live. Your soul is now trapped.

High atop a mountain peak sits rainbow Loft Key. It's grand old doors open with you. An invitation so tarry not. There should be no delay. The Master awaits you this death. Welcome laws ladies, nobles and surfs. Prepare your spirits to be marred as we enter the curse of Stroud. Welcome everyone to Is that A6 or 9AD and D podcast made by idiots? How are we all feeling? Smug little. Bit dead. Little bit dead, little bit dead. Little bit dead little. Bit trapped in a mirror. Round.

All right, quick recap and then we'll dive straight into it. Last time the party came across Madam Eva's encampment, you caught up with Stanamir and his Vestani tribe as they were making camp Madam Eva's encampment on the pools, you learned about a wizard who had come to this, to this land a year before. Who enticed everyone to kind of rebel and revolt against Strad. And then you learn about how Doru was a part of that group and he was captured and that's how he became a vampire thrall. Most importantly, however, Will performed beautifully as as Strad's little as Strad's spawn, his little, his little bitch boy, and slaughtered the party.

Sorry. Bound and gagged at the centre of the camp with Ivan and Malice, both dead in their own little realms of hell, I suppose. For sure, for sure something like that. Madam Eva is brought. Madam Eva is made aware of the situation and she comes out of the tent of her little of her tent into the group of Astani that are surrounding a bound and gagged will. I wave and say hi. Oh no wait, no it don't because I'm dead. Oh. Malice for help, Will. Oh no, sorry, she's dead. Sorry, I'm sorry. Madam Eva.

She Madam Eva slams her walking stick into the dirt, which makes this madness like loud, almost like shockwave rumble through the encampment as if it was like clap of Thunder. You will all calm down.

We have seen this before. And she stares at each each, each and every one of the Vastani like slowly making eye contact with all of them. We have known that Strad uses and entices the minds of the weak against their brethren, and we know that he traps people to do his bidding. This, this is no different. Little poor lost soul. And she with the edge of her, with the edge of a walking stick. She pulls down the gag over Will's mouth. It was Strad.

I know. OK, cool. Good. Good. I know we'll be shady. This is not the first time that you have been coerced into an act of evil and not befitting of your own character. I just want to be liked. And you have this, it's almost forced. You have this flashback of the time when you were of the time when you were, when you were younger. You are part of this bandit group and you were selected to steal a large gem from a noble from a like a noble Lord. During the process of the calm you learned that the Lord was stealing money away from another noble to then fund the poor parts of a of the city that you are in.

Like he was like a clandestine Robin Hood esque type, but because he was he had like a load of like money and gems in his estate. You were called upon to break in because you were the most you were the smallest and the most agile. So it does not surprise me that you would have been his first choice to take out Ivan Dunkill and Malice Enfield. She produces 2 gems, 2 very large like glittering shining diamonds. World's eyes light up. They are not for you. He licks his lips in anticipation. Cracks you on the top of the head.

I will undo some of the damage that you have done. Now you ruminate on what you have done and we will have a trial to the sun what to do with you. OK, can I have my dog back while I wait? She looks towards the other Vistani and they let him. They let matchstick go. The matchstick runs over to. Your matchstick. He he does this, he does that little weird little like pad down circle and then he like lies down next to you. And my hands free. Can I ruffle his head? I dig a little top of his head with my chin.

You she puts she pulls the gag back up open your mouth and the the grip of Vistani.

They all look at you with like, just with like rage and anger like in their eyes. Oh shit, did that. She she goes over to the fire and she stands over Ivan's body. She begins to levitate off the ground as grass grows beneath her feet. The moon shines bright over her and she begins to glow and that's like prismatic rainbow esque colour and she slowly guides the two crystals together and when they touch there's beam of moonlight shoots into Ivan's chest and the diamonds crumble into dust as a as the dust is blown around Ivan's body.

When the beam hits you feel Ivan in in the mirrored realm. You feel this like really like powerful like pulling sensation come from your chest and Strad appears before you with a dagger and he grabs you by he grabs you by the collar. You are mine and you will not be taken away. And as he thrusts his dagger at you, you are pulled out through a mirror. And as you are brought into your body, a blood curdling, soul rending scream escapes from your mouth as you are. Brought back. This happens just like just like with will and like with just like with everyone else in this land of Borovia.

When you return to life the the soul shattering scream of torment escapes from people's lips because they have spent an A what feels like an eternity being tortured by Strad. You have been revived. Cannibal. You need to roll your revival debuff. Do you want to roll it in the tray so you can give it a proper roll? Are you happy with what you got? I got. A 95 Yeah, 95 some list. I can't take anything seriously. The more serious the situation, the funnier I find it.

Yes. High five, Well, I'm a fucking you. Fucking kill your ass off. Because you can let me go. Hang on. Oh my sister as well I remember though, Fucking hilarious. Oh, traffic, you couldn't let me. Go. Everything's good. It's good, it's fine. It's a flag I call. Out to straw. Please don't send me back, I don't wanna go back. Never started. Let me go right? Surely. Probably not. Ivan's so chilled they've got to let me go. Yeah. Eva looks down at looks down at Ivan with a cocked eyebrow. Madness off the shades, that's.

What they call me?

She now, she kneels down beside you and she gives you a flagon, a flagon of Ruby wine. Brave soldier of the silver calibre, Ivan Dunkel, I welcome you personally to my camp and I apologise that your passing happened under my watch. Honestly, honestly, it's fine, Fine. Don't worry about it. I'm honest. Madame Eva, I assume? Two bows ahead. Excellent. It's a podcast. My name is Ron Dunkel and you're the first person they've met here who knows anything about the silver calibre. I know that your your mission has sent you on a great mission to rid this land of the darkness.

The ability to slay with the weapon that you have is not known to this land. You will be of a great help. And then she looks. She glances over to malice. I unfortunately do not have the necessary tools to bring back your travelling companion right now. I understand that that you have a book. That's really is that's that's unfortunate because a message you don't really want to come back. She holds out her palm. Oh wait, I understand that you have a book, yes. I can't believe I forgot about this and yeah, I I rummage her out of my pockets and pull out this book.

She she flips to the relevant page. I will work on this ritual over the course of the next day. Go. And we will have your companion back to you forthwith. But she puts a hand over the cold, the cold corpse of malice. And there's this like bright white glow from her palm, and it seeps into Malice's head as she cure, as she casts greater restoration on your dead body. You have now been cured from your blindness, even though you are now dead, Strad. Cured my blindness. No, just give it back. To me he.

Did it away again, Yeah. Strad gave you the illusion, right? Of being able to see it again. I was just curious. He made it the his his like his ploy was. Look what I have given to you for free. Yeah. This is what I this is what I can give you if you agree to be my concubine. I can give you a land to roll over. I can give you power. He gave. Me a queen, Actually, yeah. He gave me matchstick back. Worth it? That's just going to kill me. I don't know. Yeah, I don't know what it's be for viewers. It's because I'm a holy man.

It's got a fucking awesome. That's like that is that position. You are a holy man. The blasting flames and smites. I hadn't done any smite. I didn't. I did one smite. That was fucking hilarious. Remember? It will. Well, why have you been tied up? Oh, yeah. Killing. Killing people and stuff. What are we going to do about him? By the way, what is your plan? He will be bound and gagged until your companion is alive and then we will hold a tribunal to find a punishment fitting for your friend. But rest assured you.

Think that's really funny? That's going to be great. I understand full well that he is not of his own mind. No kidding. Spoiler He's a danger to everybody here because you're probably getting tied up, you know? She pulls down the gag. How long has it been since you've fed?

Well. Vastani openly gasp and they take a very large step away from. Me. Oh, that type of fed a day. Probably not even that. It was like this morning when he killed, he killed the priest, right? So yeah, you should have seen him. Will was dead and he came back and he, we were in the Chapel of the Father of the Light in Borivia, and before we even realised what was going on, he was, he was eating chunks of this dude's neck. It was fucking amazing. He didn't heal him afterwards. To be fair, he's quite a polite vampire, you know, if anyone's willing to offer that blood to him, he will hear you afterwards.

Yeah. I am puts the guy back over well. I could have sucked either of your bloods and I didn't. No, that would have been terrible, wouldn't it? If you fucking sucked that blood instead of just doing the thing where you just stabbed me, you bitchily. Do I have like a scar or anything? Look, hole going from one side right to the other, You see where it goes? This deep red line, this like thick scar where she just opened your neck up fucking. Sick with?

Madam Eva retreats to her her her tent, and she returns with a rabbit. She's holding it by the ears. What the? Fuck and she holds it out. I. Was going to make a rabbit. Holds it out and I. Was going to go hop hop.

Holds it out to the Vistani. Make. Sure that he is fed Vistani looks, he doesn't the the Pasadian question doesn't question her, but he doesn't like he doesn't like this at all. But she is the leader of the camp so he does bend the knee as it were. He does follow her commands. So whilst you are feeding. I don't like rabbit. That's all you're getting, the only blood you'll be getting in this fucking camp. I didn't even ask for any. Yeah, but for some reason they think you might be a little bit out of your mind.

You know they're going to have to untidy and remove my gag for me to eat. Pulls the gag down but he just holds it. Oh, I see. What the fuck? I can hear the swapping noise. He did that fat point thing where he like shakes this up and then shops a screwdriver on the bottom of it. Malice. Yeah, yeah. Blood pump.

As you are being bombarded by the sounds and the corrupted memories, a window appears in front of you where you see this ray of light bring Ivan back and Strad. Strad appears beside the window and he rubs it clear and like like like wipes it out of like existence back into like the darkness of the void and he begins to like emanate this red glow. Can I see him? Now you can. You can. You can still see him. Yeah. Eva has killed you of your curse, so you have your side back. Amazing. The holy man was The holy man was saved.

I can send you back with a mission, one that I believe. Might I? Know how I feel? By the official to you take your revenge unwill oh. Fucks sakes. I will not be time you you. You're too noble to be. She gets a little. Masked by my disease. But I can give you life if you will take Will's life. Hold on a minute. I will grant you clemency. You may become as the Vastani. You are welcome to leave and return to this land whenever you wish, provided that the holy man dies. That so you've got to take revenge and will and kill the holy man I just constantly saying two of us the.

The will stuff I was like. Yeah, I was going to. Do that that's. Like a freebie. Like take your revenge. If you want me was like, I mean, I'm I'm angry at will. So there's like a part of me that probably would have agreed, but I wouldn't have wanted to do it under stride first of all. But then I think Ivan. I think Ivan has been nothing but like helpful and kind and I was like, I I. And you can return home knowing that the knowing that you can return home as the pastani do. They just walk through the fog and they return back to the land that you're from.

I, I sit there and I want to, I give the impression like I'm thinking, I make it look like I'm really thinking about this. And I it's hard in the moment to make the decision in it. I mean no. You've asked. Him What's going to happen if you don't do it? I think I'd rather take. I mean, I, I think because I also saw Ivan, right, technically, like I saw the light of Ivan and I, I think there is hope in my chest despite being in my personal hell, that hopefully someone might be doing something. And my sight came back and I, I think all this is like going round and round in my head and I just.

He's getting desperate as well. He's makes making that offer after putting. You in hell and I, I, I look at him dead in the eyes because I can see him now and I get real close. I see it on.

His face. Ballast, we are working as hard as we can to bring you back, so stay safe. For now, her body just erupts in. Flame. Yeah, I, I, I spit on his face and I go. I will not betray the people who have done me good. He wipes the spit out of his eye. Well. It's not part of. This and he clicks his fingers and you stop falling as you're as you hit the as you hit the ground of the of like like cobblestone, like thick like concrete slabs and chains appear out of nowhere and they hook into the back of your flesh and pin you against the wall as you are constantly torn apart by legion of vampire sport you.

Don't know. This and every time you every time you die, you you open your eyes and you reawaken to the thud of your body hitting the concrete floor and the pain is new, as if it was the first time. And this happens repeated. Yeah, I think just like screams of pain and torture and. This can stop, yeah, at any time. How long? 'S it till I'm wondering if perhaps I could go through this this sacrament and maybe I could perform the right? You you can. It only takes a follower of the father of the Dawn to perform the right.

However, the right must be performed at Dawn I. Hope malice comes back it. Was nice when we were attacked, so it can't be long till dawn, right? It's nice. It's. The last shred of my. It's it's it's a good few hours away. It's like like 5 or 6 hours away. OK. I'm going to sit and read this book then. Good to learn this second. So you just hear an echo in the wind of screeching. As as you as as you have died, you do have a connect because you died in close proximity to malice, unlike Will who died on his own, you have this connection to malice and you're able to feel something of a torment.

There's there's a. There's a, There's a. There's a there's a slight corruption in the wind. Sounds like, well let's have a good crate. I'll do what I can to bring it back. I think this is all. This is what you said. It what was like 6 hours till dawn. Six hours till mom. I think it gets to like hour 4 I'm. Just chill. And this is she's going to she's going to go, OK, OK, OK, please, it needs to stop. Can you? And then I hold my hand out. Shard regards the Hand. And licks her fingers. Can I make a prayer?

You can make a prayer. So as I'm reading this book. I was using your feet to keep my feet warm. I I pray to the Dawn Father or Struts. You remember. I'm sure you're already aware I'm no longer part of your own Bruce, but about a return for Malice. I prepared her rituals to bring her back and she'll be back up on this mortal plane before take along. Your power is not as absolute in this land as you think it is. There are people who work against you and. The more serious you get, the more funny this becomes.

It's just, I'm just going to let you know that Malice is going to be with me soon. I'm sure you're with her, tormenting her right now, probably making an offer to kill me like you did with Will, which you nearly had me there.

Very good. That one. You nearly you nearly got in debt, but you underestimate the will of the people of Borovia and you overestimate your own power. And soon, soon we'll be coming for you and we'll see. We will see. We, I don't have anywhere to go with that, but we'll see. But Malice, just know that we're we're coming for you. See you in a bit. Much like with, well, what makes you so certain what returns is what was lost. Well, I haven't really got a got this quite yet, but it's it's, it's it's really quite a tedious read, but I performed somebody right, So I'm sure I have done some.

Really tiny writing. Really small writing. I. Don't read Latin.

Why is it Sullivan? What the fuck? But who reads Orcus? What the fuck me?

But yeah, just really, I was just giving you a call to psych you out just to let you know that we can fuck with you and good luck, Good luck. You're more than welcome to come and come out of your little tower and come and find us. But otherwise, we'll be coming to you, so don't worry. Speak for yourself. Yeah, as as a spawn of Strad, you do feel a slight empowerment for actually achieving a goal that Strad set out for you anyway. That was just. So I can't believe I'm not to fucking say this, but as a milestone for actually achieving a goal, you level up well.

That's not fair. I will. Do that at the end of this episode. The end of this episode, you're now level 6. You're level higher than the other two. Okay. For achieving a dark goal set out to you by a dark patron, which was in fact to kill Ivan, which you succeeded in doing. This is bullshit fuck you Stroud, sign off fuck you, fuck you fuck you stupid borough yeah you dumb zombies and all this other shit fuck you but. You find it really funny? Yeah. This is such a good day for you. I really want to see what malice comes.

Back. Yeah, my prayer. I'm hoping to sort of like maybe crack his resolve a little bit, maybe see if I can get through to malice. There is. I don't really know how many of it works. The the fact that you even after death, after everything that you were shown, even knowing the truth that Strad box communication to deities or at the very least intercepts the communication between deities role religion. Check at vantage actually see if you pick up on it. Probably not. No. OK. I'm so bad at religion.

And yet you're a parody. I'm bad at everything except for shooting stuff. Shooting stuff I got fucking down. That's. Insane. That is absolutely insane. Intelligence based. That's my dump stand. Fair.

Your message did get through. Strad allowed it. And the reply that you got wasn't Strad. That actually was the that actually was the voice of the Tomfather. How much, how much Strad listened to is hidden from you, but you know that the but you're not at the very. Least. But you, at the very least, you know that Dawnfather is watching and he was allowed, you were allowed to communication with him. OK, that's something. I guess so. Moving on from here, the hours pass and the Vastani are all taking turns keeping guard around Will, who is being slightly tormented by the cackle and laughter of stride in his head.

I'm laying on my side with my hands tied behind my back and then spooning. Me there's a dead there's a dead Bunny like boy your face. Like in my in the. Case me just put a foot in his mouth and suck it out his straws. I'm like spooning matchstick. Matchstick's called up with me. I know, if you weren't such a dirty murderer, that'd be adorable. I know. Malice look. You guys are not counting me like any slack for the fact that Stroud's really fucking scary and I'm really fucking powerless. You threatened me as well and I came back completely fine.

You're twice the size of me.

And the fact that you can no longer take anything seriously is just. Powerful course. I'm also super paranoid, don't forget. So, like, it's not unheard of, yeah. Fair enough. So how are 4? You held out your hand. Yeah, I was trying to stop that from happening from. And. I mean, you do you. I got help. I wouldn't want to be tortured either. And he holds up, he holds up a hand from and the the advancing vampire like called like freeze in place. What do you have to offer that would make me believe you now My.

I'm my loathing. I've always I will stand by your side. I will create you an air whenever you want. Just help me up. He bites into his rest and bleeds into a cup, and he puts the cup in your hand.

I. So close. I take the cup. How far away from you is it? He's just out of arms reach. You have one arm for your. The rest of you is chained to a wall. I'm going to take like it in his face. Stand up, try stab. Him as you stand, as you as you stand up and lunge forward with the arm that's chained, the hooks tear out of your arm and you're in excruciating pain. And then new hooks come out from the wall as like giant skeletal hands dig into the front of your chest under your rib cage and then pull you back as you're slowly flayed open.

And then as as the rib cage breaks apart and you fall, you fall in like a suck in like a circular loop. And then you'll stage back around, back to the wall where the the metal claws tear out your flesh again. And it's like. Yeah, it's like a continuous loop of like a flake. Well, malice, Seriously, just go get out anyway you can. Like no one's resolve is that strong. And then Strad disappears. And every time, every time you begin to fall forward, you feel the intense agony of 100 vampires born tearing you apart.

For sure. Can I do the sacrament now? New pain, new pain. Hey, at least it's only for two hours. I'm sure it'll be 4.

Madam Eva, Madam Eva comes out from her tent and she goes. She approaches Ivan. The sacrament is ready. Yes, I think I've, I think I got it down. It is time she looks towards the sky and it's about 5-10 minutes to dawn by the the the prayer has to be read just as the sun's rays first touched the land. Perfect. I we have the Sacramento Dawn or anything. Or it was written as in, in the in the Little Black book, there are a list of names that Donovich has written down. And these list of names were people who had old souls.

So he was in. So Donovich always knew doesn't really matter if I kill you because in a few lifetimes you're going to come back as a baby anyway. So your soul is kind of like like a like a coin. I can just put it into a machine and eventually that it's going to get recycled. So I don't really care. That's just how the spell, that's just how this ritual works, that. Is a fucking sick.

Adam, Madam Eva knows, knows this, and she she held she holds forth a hand of a little of a standing girl. What's the what? This child has a soul of an old one. Do not let the physical visage trouble you. The soul is 700 years old but and the and the little girl like nods. OK. Cackling with laughter, you head out to the lake. Say your prayer as you hold your gun to the side of this child's head. Holy shit, I'm not sure I'm entirely comfortable with this. Like I understand what they're saying about the souls, but I perhaps made a baby would be more comfortable when doing this.

As a follower of the father, as a father of the donor, you're not. Are you saying you're not capable? Child sacrifice is yeah, I could do a lot of things honestly, but I'm a little freaked out by this. Madam Eva pulls out a dagger. OK. And she beckons you to sit down, and she opens the she opened the book, and her feet begin to glow like a white light.

Father of the dawn on this morning, I ask that you open up your vault and you allow a trade to take place. She flips the dagger upright in her hand as the blade of the dagger begins to shine like a golden light. The candles that were on a like a horseshoe shape around the lake burn intensely and like the flames grow to 100 feet tall. You're essentially like they're essentially like engaged in like a prism of fire as they all meet in the middle. Ioffer you a soul to take for the chance to the soul to be returned.

Return me Malice Enfield. She drives the dagger into the back of the little girls spine and the little girl, her eyes roll back white and from her mouth and her eyes. Amidst this bright golden light, the child falls lifeless into the Sirpool. As as the dawn's rays begin to rise over the land, the golden light from the child's body erupts along with the tower along with the prism of flames, and the sky is bathed blood red as this light shoots into Madison Field.

In the in in your little personal hell. Strad returns and is visibly shot against the wall as this red beam passes through him into you as you fall to the floor. I do. This as you. Fall, tell our listen. I stick both my middle fingers up as I go. Double guns. As you fall to the floor, your body also erupts in a blood curdling soul ending scream as you are returned to life. I'm not going to do that. Oh, I got really excited, even fully then forward take a breath in. Oh, you're, you're a cannibal or oh, it's.

OK, I'll do these with these. Oh, you're dice from the table 66. Oh, 666 the boots. Yeah, 6666. Is that a 66 or A99-O? My God, I am the. Smartest, wisest, strongest, fastest and most beautiful person I know that you know. Not that everyone else knows that, you know. So you're just. Even more full of yourself, yeah. Pretty much your your vanity like. You have that already. I thought she was going to get something that was going to lighten her up a little bit, but she did. Not break. And because you did not break, you think that you are God Incarnate on earth.

Oh God, to repeat those words, you think that you are. Not that you actually are, but you think that you are. That shit don't stink. For. Sure. Welcome back. Malice. I did it. I brought you back. I'm getting more Italian. What's up with that? You're actually Italian, so. Shit. I.

Know. Where's Where's the thief? Where's the what? The thief. Oh, he started up in the camp back there. I walk. Well, it's okay, Malice. It's okay. She stomps.

Will did a bad thing, but he knows he's he's sorry. He knows it was bad. He's sorry I have spent. I haven't repeatedly said I'm sorry. Don't say he hasn't said he's sorry. I have spent 8 hours being ripped apart over and over again. I had to read a book. It was really boring. It had time in one.

She's done. She's out. She's. Jabs herself with the leg. She asked Madam Eva she can stay with her. Strands herself on the leg, goes back to strata. Yeah. Obviously at this point like. Stretch my arms up and like, crack my shoulders. Yeah. What? Happened before you. I don't have any sympathy for Malice because she chose that. Chose what? Chose to be tortured? What? Rather than giving in to the big evil. Yeah, she heroically chose to be tortured. I gave in to the big evil, but only because he teased me with matchstick and look at him.

I mean, look at it this way. She gave in to the big eagle, the big evil, and she got a level up before you guys did Eagle big. Eagle. I. Would Eagle, I would sacrifice myself to a big eagle, yeah. If it was a big eagle, I would already be there. Struts taken down notes to this concept. I'll try. Again for an eagle.

OK, who wants to get a Palmer, you think? Can I polymorph? What about me? What about? Oh yeah.

You have to deal with my situation before you go off and get readings. I I sorry, I looked at I both of you. Visibly cower when I see malice coming. I, I, I look at both of you and I, I take a slight bow and I say thank you. That was awful. Just. I'm just, I'm not, I'm not that right? Again, by the way, look. Yes, yes, we recovered your sights. You. Are you are very welcome. Thank you. Miss Enfield I. I can see. I'm very sorry for everything that you have had to endure. But it's OK because she killed a child to bring you back hard as fuck.

Seriously, I was like, I was like freaking out. I was like, I'm not going to be able to do that. She just came over and did it anyway. So it's kind. Of the dead child. Yeah, there was like big candles and everything was great. Whole fucking thing. We're kind of glossing over the fact that Father Donovich was obviously killing people. See, it seems a lot like he was. He was killing people. Wait, who? Father. Father Donovich. He was killing people. Yes, the the the sacrament spell I, I took it's oh, it was just yeah, it is.

I think maybe at some point we should sneak back into Borovia, maybe take a couple of those people, just keep them with us. I mean, if one of us dies, we could just do the sacrament because. That's not bad plan. Yeah, I think that's pretty good. What do you think Will? Fun Fun crazy? Yeah, he agrees. See. I don't know if you spoke to Straw. Briefly, Yeah. He sort of threatened him, dared him to come here. Sorry about that. Absolutely wanted me to kill you. Yeah, crazy. Thing it wasn't meant to kill me.

He offered me everything he wanted me to be as queen. Oh shit. But don't forget that you're properly fucking up yourself now, so you'd be like that's. That's what I was like. I was like, obviously, look at me. It was. Like he obviously saw that, was extremely strong minded, yes, and he wanted me by his side like I could say, but I held my ground. Well done. Thank you I'm. Proud of you, Malice. Well done. It must have been. Hard to turn. That down especially because it was a torture. Malice flicks her hair back a little.

Bit and walks. Away. Away or towards me? Yeah, wait, Shut, shut, shut, shut, shut, shut, shut, shut. I got like, I, I still like follow him as we go. I just lean on the post that he's tied to is all. I look down. It was like, well, I mean. Mice doesn't do anything, stares at you and then gets a chair and sits in front of you. The guarding Bastani not at malice. And then one by one, they will walk away.

Incredible. Retreats from the lake. The dead child. You're just quite weak minded. The thing is, so basically, basically all we got to do is is like if if you kill him, if you kill hell now, then we can just kill another child and bring him back. It'd be great. The problem Here's my problem. She sits up straighter because she feels. Will sinks into himself. And she goes, no matter how many times we kill him, he will continue to stay alive. He gestures up the gag in his mouth so that he can participate in the conversation.

Like what? Do you think no? I don't know, I kind of.

Like him? OK, I used my scimitar.

OK, Yeah. OK. And then I lie on my lap. Let me just let me just preface this with I'm really, really sorry. Can I like roll like to convince them that I'm sorry? No. Considering all the apologising you were doing was when we were dead? Yeah, you can hear me. I know you can hear me because I could hear you guys when I died. That's. True, he was dead before. With dangerous to the face. I died first because you guys didn't save me, remember? We literally did. You didn't though. You got in the fucking?

Oh yeah. No, that's right. We were actually trying to save you. You. Failed. Only because you decided to become a vampire. Look, I'll level with you. I'll tell you everything. Why don't I explain what happened with Strad that led me to do what I did and you just hear me out, She gestures. You can do that, but I'm not going to listen. Why I?

Don't know, I just. Malice, will you hear me out? Oh, Malice is a lot more angry about it. I'm actually quite chilled about the whole thing, I think. Honestly, I can see where you were going with it. It was quite funny. Quite funny. Malice, first of all, from the bottom of my heart. I'm not worthy and I'm sorry. Pick some goblet wine. Secondly, when I died, Strad appeared and he's not in love with me like he is with you, so it was really a very different experience. It's true he was in love with me.

He's quite scary. That's because you're beautiful and it was quite scary. I like to, I like to think that Will's not saying any of this. He's like, look, I didn't have a choice. He was doing this, but you are so. Beautiful of. Course he was. Nice to you, I love you. And and. You're so kind and. Yeah. I'm terrified of being stabbed so. Smart and like the last thing I'd want to do is is to be scorned by your beauty. But anyway, as I was saying with Strad, he's really big and really scary and I'm obviously very small and I'm a just a weak man.

I'm nothing compared to like what a strong, strong woman you are. I'm just a weak man and have you seen matchstick? He's really cute and like that dog is the only positive thing I've ever had in my life. It's. True, it's worth. And he was going to, he was going to, he gave me Matchstick and then was going to take Matchstick away if I didn't kill you guys. But I knew that if Empire. Is a monster. He was going to, he was going to send me back, right? I was dead and he was going to send me back. So I knew if I killed you guys that he would then send you back.

It's just that I misunderstood and I didn't realise I was supposed to only kill one of you like it was an accident. I know, but you're, you're. I can't tell you you're missing the point because you'll get offended because you're up yourself. I. Where's that coming? Was fine. I obviously I panicked and I made the wrong decision. And it's because like my mind was just clouded by your beauty and it was all I could think about. Well, while I was dead, it was the thing that kept me going because you're just so smart and wise and and beautiful and I'm I'm ever so sorry and it won't happen again.

Ivan. Like honestly just stabbing him in the eye would be fucking, but he does seem sorry I've never actually heard him. Apologise, I. Appreciate that. I was wonderful. I still think a fair trial. But you're both alive again. I think no harm. No, no. Foul or whatever is they say. For sure. I mean Strad wants you to kill me. You could like either. Literally fuck all I can do at this. Point side up, the difference is nothing. I didn't agree to do anything. So me don't have to kill me. I'm not like asking for it, I'm just how malice handles it.

I'm saying you've got 2 choices. You can accept my apology or you could stab me. But it doesn't. Again, it will not end you.

That's true. I would suffer for a while. You know what she you say that she looks at you dead. Eyed cocks. I panic.

I honestly have had a great day so I don't mind what happens. Let's show up. Leave it till morning. I'm feeling a bit fuzzy. I need a good rest. Is it morning? Damn it. Good morning. I have to wake you up at dawn. Maybe tomorrow, yeah, we'll deal with that. I have to be out. Of a whole nother day.

This problem is malice is I really wanted to go and do the I wanted to go and talk to Madam Mayor. We can still do that, OK. I, I, I feel like us making the decision isn't fair. I mean, you're still in. The So I just, if you guys are going off to see Madame Eva, do I just have my long rest? And no, I murdered you instead. So if I have my long rest while they're doing their Eva stuff because then I can help, yeah. That's fine.

I yeah, I say let's leave it. Let's talk to Mad Eva, make sure we're all understand. We need a dunker as well. She was a large part of her bringing us back, you know, she revived me and then absolutely. Revived to you. You should also apologise to the parent of the child you had killed. I didn't know that up there. I I specifically said I was not man enough to do. It it was an old soul, old soul it. Was an old soul, yeah. Let's get talked about it, mate. Mad. Let's go talk. About, about, about, about.

I gesture back over the the Vastani that were guarding her originally them him. Sorry. They nod and they return to take up their positions again. Standing over will be shady. I I leave the gaggle. OK, guys, be careful while you're watching. We're going to talk to your boss. Be careful of him. He's a straddling we I got him on the back and then wonder off Skip. We could, you know, just cursed him like you were cursed. What?

Kind of curse could you give him. Anything fun? They are you tell what's up because he's going to make him useless in a fight The. 4 The four look at the look at each other, and their eyes glow purple. Wait a minute. No, you're safe. You're safe. No, just the one that cursed you. Yeah, presumably it's just taking a load of damage. Yes. Oh shit, where's the bloody page? Just. Sitting in a Tavern somewhere, like I don't have one of those people that were here yesterday. I haven't seen it screaming at the church and then they I haven't seen him since then.

Oh my fucking head. Curses. The target is blind, she takes Oh my God, Oh my days right? 14 points of psychic damage as the curse is broken. But we've decided the best way to punish you is today of a Stanley curse you. But I don't know what the curse is going to be. Well, we haven't decided yet, but he's going to tell us what kind of curses he can do and then we're going to pick one. The Vastani there are 4 guarding him and the Vastani can can cast one curse. I think just the. Just one. Yeah. What that means?

Target is unable to perform a certain kind of act involving fine motor control, such as tying knots, writing, playing an instrument, sewing, or casting spells. Can't do any of those things or one specific. Thing unable Thing No. Unable to perform a certain kind of act involving fine motor control. Yeah, such as tying knots, writing. Anytime you try to do something, yeah, just like. Sewing or casting spells that have somatic components. Oh yeah, we're not going to do that because we actually. Need.

We need you to fight.

The target's appearance changes in a sinister yet purely cosmetic way, for example because can place a scar on the target's face, turn the target's teeth into yellow fangs, or give the target bad breath. When this curse ends, the pastani takes a 1D6 damage. Yeah, like a cosmetic 1. Oh yeah, that's really. Funny, A non magical item in the target's position chosen by me disappears and can't be found until the curse ends. The lost item can weigh no more than 1 LB. When the curse ends, the vasana takes 1D6 cyclic damage the target takes.

The target gains vulnerability to a damaged type of the vasana's. Let's not do. That. The target has disadvantage on ability cheques and saving throws tied to one ability score of the Vasana's choice. The targets attunement to a magic item which do not have The target is blinded, deafened, or both. When this curse ends, the Vasana. Takes 5 descent. I wouldn't want. To he can't he can't be blinded, regain your sight and then blind someone I. Think we've done? I'm thinking. I'm thinking either the yellow fangs or the bad.

Yeah, you do both. Get 2 of them.

Maybe the fangs give me the bad breath. Bonus as an action of vistana can target a creature with intone fate that the vistana can see and cast evil eye. This duplicates the duration and effect of Animal friendship Chant personal hold person spell. Oh, I never mind him. No, we're just going to give him bad breath and make his teeth all yellow. Roll a Wisdom saving. Yeah, this is happening while we're off to Seattle. Yeah, 619, we'll come back. In 6 plus wisdom 1107777 I have yellow teeth and bad breath.

So the fast cast taste takes effect. Your mouth begins. You do you get this weird metallic taste on your tongue and like it almost feels like your mouth begins to fill with like ash and rotten meat as the ore breath is takes on the effect of a decay of a decaying corpse and the second vistana puts. His. The second Vistana puts his hand on your shoulder and all again. It's 14. Meets beats, yeah. It's annoying that failed keep out of guys. What were they trying to do to me? Teeth yellow. Teeth yellow, pointy.

Teeth. So I just have that breath. Your teeth would crack and your fangs would grow overly long. And they would. Become like a Sabre tooth. Sabre tooth? No. Sabre Tooth.

Sound like Butters and fucking well, there's. Two other guys there, right? They all get in on it. The other two. Fuck yes guys, I love that. Keep going. Keep going. I'm fair no one did this to you. 1516 and. Again, final time. 16 damn it, sorry I laugh and. Breathe. Let's go check out. We'll see you later. Hey, I'll see you later. I'm like 5 feet away. How bad is the breast? Still terrible How? How far does it reach? Jesus World. Anyone. Anyone in Malay range will be. Obvious. I do. I do let you know we are going to go and talk to Madam Eva about making sure that you can get out your binds.

I think you're. Could she cure me if she was going to cure your blindness? The down the downside is that just that you can smell it and you're just as negatively affected by it as well. It doesn't have a mechanical issue, just. Yes, but like if they could cure malice, they can cure me. Yeah, but then it's gonna hurt one of their own people. So, yeah, and. We're also gonna tell them not to do it, so yeah. I'm a victim. I'm a victim. I'm a victim of Yeah, we're. A victim. Of I was a victim of circumstance.

We are victims of you and. That was a victim of straw. That's when we. Can do anything worse then we're going to let you out. Yeah, let's go talk to Madam Ever, Yeah. Can't even stroke my dog. No matchstick.

Stroke your dog instead. Madam, Ever.

We like, I guess, make ourselves known outside the tent door. Yeah, yeah, it's, it's like a. Like there's a piece of wood I can knock. Yeah, it's. Like, Oh yeah, yeah. It's a large tent, kind of like waggon. Like knock on the wood to let. Her know that we're out Eva Eva like she heard this like thud from her stick and the the robe the robes like the cloak holding a hold like shutting the door to the tent the material rather they kind of like bunch up and like flap open that's. A neat trick. Dope.

Yeah. The magic flames cast a reddish glow over the interior of this tent, revealing a low table covered in a black velvet cloth. Glance of light seemed to flash from a crystal ball on the table as a hunched figure appears into its depths. As the crane speaks, her voice crackles like dry weeds. At last you have arrived. And she burst into laughter. Her cackling laughter bursts like mad lightning from her with it. I love you. But you she was more or less like saying that into the ball as she has already like regarded like your presence in the camp vis A vis events.

We just wanted to thank you for all of your work last night and this morning to her biggest back from death. It's really, really fucking sweet. Thank you it. Is it is a pleasure? It was. To help. After the childhood thing, yeah, it's pretty dark even in this thing. I find that pretty wild. Such is the way in the land of Bolivia. Yeah, this place is cursed. You can only know that. But like, really cursed. Yeah. Anyway, I just wanted to thank you. I realised a powerful spell that you cast to bring me back and if there's anything we can do to make up for it, we are at your service.

We will take Will with us because fuck me, you don't need that. We've doubt. The punishment and we're happy to take him. If you believe that you can control such a creature, then. No, we're just going to keep our eyes open. Do you mind if we keep the rope? We'll use that every time. Of course, Yes, of course, and you're not here. Would you care to have your fortunes read? Yeah, go for it. I feel like it would have been more useful last night, so we could have known we were going to be ruthlessly stabbed to death.

But whatever, we're back now, so let's go for it, yeah? These cards, this reading carries more than just individual fates. These cards will let you know where a great weapon can be found that can slay Strad, where a great enemy of Strad can be found. Oh, we. Should probably we should really get. Well, we should. Really get well for this. We should probably get both the both of the things. And where? Yeah, I mean we need. Do you mind if we bring will back do? You mind if we just pop and get well, you're.

Going to want to maybe put something over your. Face you want the creature. Let's keep him bound.

Of course. Let's go back outside. Come on, Will. Will come on start arm underage. Yeah, carry them in, pick them up book. So you want a chair? Yeah, like tap walls head. Yeah, like rubblers there, we're doing a future reading. We thought you wanted to be involved. They're. Not going to untie me. No, not. Yet, OK, you're not gagged anymore. Oh. My God, maybe we should gather on his hands. I don't know. You should put some kind of I get like a piece of so you can still talk, but it acts like a mask.

The face masks, they save lives because I was going to have to give up breathing just then. Yeah, really. 11 So as I was telling your friends will be shady. One card will reveal a weapon, one card will reveal a great historical knowledge, one card will reveal an ally, and one one card shall reveal a symbol. And she begins to lay down 5 cards. This card tells of history, knowledge of the ancients that will help you better understand your enemy. 9 of Glyphs The Traitor Look for a wealthy woman, a staunch ally of the devil.

She keeps her treasure on the lock and key with the bones of an ancient enemy. This card tells of a powerful force for good and protection. A holy symbol of great hope. This card is a card of power and strength. It tells of a weapon of vengeance, a sword of sunlight. I see a nest of the Ravens. There you will find your prize. This card sheds light on one who will greatly help you in the battle of darkness, the worst of all truths. You must face the evil of this land alone. Final Card. Your enemy is a creature of darkness whose powers are beyond mortality.

This card will lead you to him. He waits for you in the palace of Wisdom, warmth, and despair. Great secrets are there. And she offers you the the card she offers. She offers you the the cards that you drew. These cards will react when you are in an area where that matters most to them. And with that, we will call it an episode.

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Strahd 11: Revival

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