| Barovia |
geography |
Sealed land; 400 years under Strahd; mist traps travelers |
| The Mists of Barovia |
magic |
Semi-sentient mist; transports, traps, and redirects travelers |
| The Durst Cult |
history |
Durst family ran a cult with altar and dungeon; disavowed by Strahd |
| Strahd's Curse |
history |
Ancient curse on Barovia; something the ancestors did; Strahd will not forgive it |
| The Midnight Procession |
mythology |
Dead march from the church graveyard toward Castle Ravenloft every night at midnight |
| The Failed Revolt |
history |
A wizard led a peasant revolt against Strahd roughly a year ago; the wizard was killed; the Order of the Silver Dragon's knights became revenants |
| The Standing Stones of Old Bonegrinder |
magic |
Six megaliths behind the Durst Windmill; wolf stone glows silver; wagon wheel stone shifted and revealed inscription in Session 7; dragon/raven/gargoyle/Leshy stones still dark and cracked |
| Tatiana and Sergei |
history |
Strahd's origin tragedy; murdered brother Sergei to claim Tatiana; she jumped from a tower; Strahd has been seeking her face in women ever since; he sees Tatiana in Ireena |
| Rebog |
mythology |
Wind spirit venerated by Keepers of the Feather as the source of weraraven lycanthropy; a gift, not a curse |
| St. Andrew and the Holy Symbol |
religion |
Paladin of the Morning Lord; received the Holy Symbol of Ravenkind from an angel in raven form; used it against vampires; his bones (now stolen) protected St. Andrew's Church in Vallaki |
| The Dusk Elves |
history |
Near-extinct elf subspecies; no women survive; remaining men kept at the Vallaki Vistani Camp; refugees taken in by Belikov over a century ago; now held captive by Strahd-aligned Vistani |
| Isaac and Ireena |
history |
Isaac and Ireena were forgotten siblings, separated by a direwolf attack on Lake Zarovich as children; neither knew; both are dead or oblivious; Isaac was killed in Session 12 before this was revealed |
| The Sun Sword and Kazan |
history |
After Sergei's murder, Strahd hired wizard Kazan to destroy his brother's sword; Kazan's apprentice stole the hilt and fled; Kazan covered it up; the hilt survived and is now the Sun Sword — Strahd believes the weapon destroyed |
| Van Richten's Curse |
history |
Journal entry from an unnamed vampire hunter: son Erasmus taken by Vistani, sold to vampire Baron Metus, turned and staked by his own father; a Vistani curse falls on all who travel with him; second wagon at Lake Baratok destroyed by Moro (Session 14) |
| The Amber Temple |
geography |
Location somewhere in Barovia; Kazan visited it and found the secret of lichdom; attempted demi-lichdom and destroyed himself; first mentioned Session 15 |