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T7. WESTERN ARCH
A cold hearth stands across from the door, the wind
howling down its chimney. A stone staircase is on the When the characters approach the bridge, read:
south wall. Three windows look out over a foggy sea.
The snowy pass comes to a gorge spanned by a stone
bridge. At each end of the bridge is a thirty-foot-tall, thir­
The stairs climb 20 feet to area TS.
ty-foot-wide stone arch. Atop each one are two statues
ThLEPORT DESTINATION of armored knights on horseback with lances, charging
Characters who teleport to this location from area toward one another. The wind bites and howls like wolves
K78 in Castle Ravenloft arrive at the point marked X as it passes through the gorge.
on the map.

T5. GUARD TOWER, UPPER FLOOR The western arch contains empty guard posts, one on
each side of the bridge. These 10-foot-wide chambers
provide some protection against the howling wind.
The upper level of the tower is an icebox with windows
set in almost every wall. A rusted iron ladder bolted to TB. STONE BRIDGE
the floor and ceiling leads up to a wooden trapdoor.
Mounted above the stone hearth is a dire wolf's head.
The wind coming down the chimney howls in its stead. The low walls that enclose the stone bridge have fallen
away in a couple of places, but the bridge appears intact.
A black-cloaked rider on a charcoal-colored horse guards
The trapdoor in the ceiling pushes open with a squeal, the middle of the bridge.
revealing the rooftop (area T6) and the stormy gray sky.
T6. GUARD TOWER ROOFTOP The cloaked rider is a manifestation of Strahd von
Zarovich-a grim warning to proceed no further. If the
characters interact with the manifestation in any way,
Ten-foot-tall, gold-plated statues stand atop the battle­ the rider and horse disperse like ash in the wind.
ments, facing outward. Each one depicts a female hu­ Five hundred feet below the bridge is the Luna River,
man knight holding a lance. The cold wind stirs the snow, barely visible through the fog. Though slippery in a
few places, the 10-foot-wide, 90-foot-long bridge is
under which you see human skeletons clad in rusty mail.
safe to cross.
The roof is 40 feet high and 540 feet above the misty val­ T9. EASTERN ARCH
ley below. A wooden trapdoor in the floor squeals as it is
pulled open, revealing area TS below.
The skeletons are the remains of four guards who held One of the statues atop this arch has crumbled, leaving
this post long ago. Characters who search the remains only the hindquarters of the horse intact. The mountain
find tattered bits of cloth, broken longbows and arrows, pass continues beyond.
rusted blades in ruined sheaths, and rusty chain mail. This arch contains IO-foot-square guard posts, one on
I women. The wind howls, "Begone! The treasure is ours!" I each side of the bridge: Both rooms are empty.
FORTUNES OF RAVENLOFT
If your card reading reveals that a treasure is here, read:
Beyond this arch, Tsolenka Pass hugs the mountain­
side for three miles before.branching north and south.
The swirling snow assumes the forms of thin, young
The northern branch leads to the Amber Temple (chap­
ter 13). The southern branch continues to wrap around
Mount Ghakis until it ends at the deadly fog that sur­
rounds Barovia (see chapter 2, "Mists of Ravenloft").
The forms are six snow maidens. Use the specter
statistics, with the following modifications: SPECIAL £VENTS
The snow maidens have immunity to cold damage.
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damage instead of necrotic damage. · cb�raders. make their way along Tsolenka Pass.
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