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Q39. V L ADIMIR'S BEDROOM SLASHED PICTURE
If the characters study the whole picture above the man
telpiece, read:
Light enters this circular room through five cracked win
dows. The light falls on a large, dust-covered bed in the The picture shows the mansion in better days, under
center of the room, its posts topped with wood-carved clear winter skies with snow-capped mountains in the
dragons. Two large animals flank the double doors. One background. The top of the chapel tower glows like a
is a brown bear standing on its hind legs, its claws out silver beacon.
stretched. The other is a dire wolf, its face frozen in an
evil snarl. Near the wolf lies an empty wooden chest.
The picture radiates an aura of transmutation magic
under the scrutiny of a detect magic spell, but the aura is
This room once served as a bedchamber for Sir Vladi weak. If the characters repair the picture using a mend
mir Horngaard and Sir Godfrey Gwilym. The bear and ing cantrip, read:
the dire wolf are stuffed and harmless. Looters ran
sacked the chest long ago, leaving nothing of value.
The beacon in the picture flashes with a brilliant silver
Q40. ARGYNVOST'S STUDY light, and the spectral form of a huge silver dragon fills
the room. "My skull lies in the fortress of my enemy," it
says, "displayed in a place of ill omen. Return my skull
This room is a haven for dust and cobwebs. Three nar
to its rightful crypt, and my spirit will shine here forever,
row windows allow slivers of light to illuminate bare oak
bringing hope to this dark land." With that, the dragon's
shelves along the walls and a torn, padded chair lying
apparition fades away.
on its side near a cavernous hearth. A picture above the
mantel has been slashed, its lower half hanging down
below the frame like a torn piece of flesh. An iron door The spectral dragon isn't the spirit of Argynvost, but a
spell-like effect. Once the dragon has spoken, the pic
set in the south corner of the west wall hangs open on ture no longer glows and becomes nonmagical.
one hinge.
Q41. DRAGON'S VAULT
Strahd's soldiers forced open the iron door that once The iron door leading to this room hangs open on a sin
sealed Argynvost's vault (area Q41). They also took gle rusty hinge. It has obviously been forced open and
every book in this study but one. (Many of the books no longer closes properly.
taken from here can be found in Strahd's study in Castle
Ravenloft.)
The sole remaining volume lies on the floor behind The walls of this room are lined with lead. Emptied
the overturned chair. Titled The Oath Celestial, the book chests and shattered vases lie strewn upon the floor,
has been partially burned, and its cover was slashed by their contents plundered.
a sword. Leafing through the crumbling book reveals
that it is a devotional text for knights from a place called This vault once held a dragon's trove but was stripped of
the Holy Empire of Valentia. Most of the knights who all valuables long ago.
joined Argynvost against Strahd came from that em
pire-now lost beyond the mists. Q42. ARGYNVOST'S BEDROOM
JOURNAL PAGE
As the characters cross the room, read:
I Rich drapes, faded by time and neglect, hide the win I
dows of this otherwise empty room.
You hear the soft flapping sound of wings, but can't
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discern its origin. A single piece of parchment blows off
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the top of a bookshelf, spirals lazily in the air, and lands Argynvost preferred t6.:�l��p:i� .. h:i� drago'n form. Thu�.
there is no furniture here. .
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gently at your feet.
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rz:,:;;,;_:'-, 'journal, the re�t of which.was destroyed. Iffhe charac� directly above area Q33,:the.1loob;;f�hi�h is 20 feet be
\t>f:,:r:{, ···ters look at the torn page, show the play�rs the"Journal low. The rubble on° the ;oof surroiHict'i�i{ the hole is diffi
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;·4.%�;\\:'!:' 9f Argynvost" in appendix F. . cult terrain. The:r•dor is.slop�_d and covered with cracked
·_ �:}tf�It�" . . ·. DC 1p �tr�Pi!h: (Athletics) check. A failure by 5 or more
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·stone tile!,. Cliinbin'g the tiled roof requires a successful
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CHAPTER 7 I ARGYNVOSTHOLT
