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wait until one or more characters are at least 10 feet in at the door. Without bothering to introduce himself, the
side the room before moving out from within the normal Abbot tells the burgomaster and his wife that he wants
shadows to attack. The shadows can't leave this room. to raise their son from the dead. He claims that the
"gods of light" want the Krezkov bloodline restored.
S22. OPERATING ROOM The characters can try to interfere in the raising of
Ilya Krezkov. Otherwise, the burgomaster digs up his
son's corpse. Without needing the requisite material
A bloodstained table stands in the middle of this other components, the Abbot casts a raise dead, returning
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I wise empty room. I Ilya to life with 1 hit point. Anna Krezkova praises the
Abbot and Saint Markovia for this generous act before
tending to her son. The burgomaster, his grief dispelled,
The first time a character touches the table, read: fears that he has misjudged the Abbot and has no way to
repay him for this supreme act of kindness.
A scream fills the room-a scream that echoes through DEVELOPMENT
time. It is followed by other, fainter screams of those Ilya Krezkov returns to life with a random form of in
who died under the knife. The screams fade until they are definite madness (see "Madness Effects" in chapter 8,
nothing more than haunting memories. "Running the Game," of the Dungeon Master's Guide).
The Abbot uses the raising of Ilya as leverage to get the
burgomaster to undertake an unusual quest (see "Some
There is nothing of value here. thing Borrowed" below).
I This room contains the wreckage of old wooden cribs. I SOMETHING NEW
S23. NURSERY
The characters learn that a Krezkite woman named
Dimira Yolensky (LG female human noncombatant) is
about to give birth. A local midwife named Kretyana
Dolvof (LG female human commoner) is summoned
If the characters search the room, one of them (deter to the mother's cottage to deliver the newborn. In the
mined randomly) sees a figure reflected in the window absence of a priest, the burgomaster's wife, Anna Krez
glass: a nun in white robes, standing in the doorway. A kova, is called upon to supervise the blessed event and
look back toward the door reveals nothing there, and the offer prayers for the health of the mother and the child.
reflection can't be seen again. Dimira gives birth to a healthy baby boy, but the baby
doesn't cry. While the mother coddles the infant, char
FORTUNES OF RAVENLOFT acters who succeed on a DC 10 Wisdom (Insight) check
If your card reading reveals that a treasure is here, it is can see that Kretyana is deeply troubled. If the charac
under the wreckage of one of the cribs. ters question the midwife, she tells them in confidence,
"That child has no soul. Very sad."
I soulless if they don't cry, and she has come to believe,
S24. MORGUE Kretyana was raised to believe that newborns are
rightly, that most Barovians lack souls.
A raven perches on the windowsill of this otherwise
I empty room. SOMETHING BORROWED
The Abbot needs a bridal gown. He doesn't trust the
mongrelfolk to find one, so he pays a visit to Burgomas
If the characters approach the raven, it flies to the shoul ter Krezkov and instructs him to obtain a gown within a
der of the nearest scarecrow in the garden (area S9). month, either as compensation for raising his dead son
A character who kills the raven is cursed. While (see "Something Old" above) or on pain of death.
cursed, the character has disadvantage on all attack No one in Krezk can fashion such a gown, leaving
rolls and ability checks. A greater restoration spell, a re the burgomaster with no choice but to look elsewhere.
move curse spell, or a similar effect ends the curse. His wife, Anna, says she should personally lead a well
armed group of Krezkites to the east to Vallaki.
SPECIAL EVENTS Anna Krezkova (LG female human noble) bids her
You can use one or more of the following special events husband farewell and leaves with_ two guards, four
while the characters explore Krezk and the abbey. commoners, and a mule laden with provisions. If the
characters are present, the burgomaster urges them to
SOMETHING OLD . provide escort. If they agree."-check for. random encoun-
This event can occur if the characters don't or can't ters as they make their way.along tbe -Old Svalich Road,
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raise the burgomaster's son, Ilya, from the dead. vinceci,:to let _t,herp'·in; Anp;i and t�e 1 chaia�ter.s can -b�gin
If alive, the Abbot learns that Ilya died recently and, in . : searching fpr a pridal gown or a dressmaker. Local
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his human guise,.visits the·burgomastet's cottage. If one dressmakers �re willing t; fashfo'ii a·-g��-fdr-50 gp, but
or more characters ai:e �t11ying t_here, they hear a knock Anna can't afford it, and the dress'w.on t·b.e finished in
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