Chapter 36: Bride of the Vampyre

[Scott308]

Ingrid Esthof - Human Cleric

Waking up with the realization she is now completely alone, Ingrid looks to get her bearings. Not really the outdoorsy type by nature, the cleric tries to remember what others in her party did to determine directions. She gathers her light stone and cautiously sets out in the direction she thinks she was traveling with the wolves.

[Inferno]

The Graveyard on the Old Road to Castle Ravenloft, Greyhawk







Rested, Ingrid Esthof continues on her journey, following the Old Road higher and higher into the mysterious mountains.

She no longer feels the cold.

An hour beyond the ancient graveyard, she discovers the fresh, ruined carcasses of three things that might once have been human. Little remains beyond their bones. Strangely, there is no blood to be found.

She continues on for long hours.

Thunder rumbles above the forest roof, and lightning flashes.

Then, in a clearing on the road, she can see her final destination looming in the distance.

Castle Ravenloft.




Actions, Ingrid?!





PC Status:

Ingrid Esthof, Human Cleric 6: Move: 12", AC: 10(8), HP: 28/28, Spells: 5/5 1st lvl, 2/5 2nd lvl, 1/3 3rd lvl

PC Magic:

Continual Light (Ingrid): Target: pebble

Player Resources:

Tale of Terror (the story so far)
A Dark and Terrible World (maps)
Desperate Struggles (clues and player notes)

[Scott308]

Ingrid Esthof - Human Cleric

Ingrid continues on to the castle, knowing every step brings her that much closer to seeing him again.

[Inferno]

The Old Road to Castle Ravenloft, Greyhawk







Ingrid continues her journey on the Old Road, through the forest-shrouded mountains... to Him.

Hours later, she reaches her fearsome object, Castle Ravenloft.



Darkness gathers with the ravens. The rain has ceased but the thunder and lightning do not relent.

Ingrid stands naked before an immense and ancient walled castle, raised a millennia ago in the age of Vecna. Its gigantic drawbridge is down, beckoning her to enter freely and of her own volition.


Actions, Ingrid?!





PC Status:

Ingrid Esthof, Human Cleric 6: Move: 12", AC: 10(8), HP: 28/28, Spells: 5/5 1st lvl, 2/5 2nd lvl, 1/3 3rd lvl

PC Magic:

Continual Light (Ingrid): Target: pebble

Player Resources:

Tale of Terror (the story so far)
A Dark and Terrible World (maps)
Desperate Struggles (clues and player notes)

[Scott308]

Ingrid Esthof - Human Cleric

Finally here, she makes her way across the drawbridge, eyes open for Him...or her companions.

[Inferno]

The Old Road to Castle Ravenloft, Greyhawk
Day Two? Dusk. Sunday, January 15th, 577 CY?







As the light fades, Ingrid Esthof enters where angels fear to tread.

Castle Ravenloft.

Beneath a roar of thunder, she crosses a vast wooden drawbridge across a seemingly bottomless chasm.

Then Ingrid passes through the enormous jaws of the gatehouse, beneath the savage fangs of the open portcullis.



Beyond lies the bailey, an immense stone courtyard, devoid of life, where towering walls loom all around her.

The great doors of the ageless keep stand before her, inviting her to enter.


Actions, Ingrid?!





PC Status:

Ingrid Esthof, Human Cleric 6: Move: 12", AC: 10(8), HP: 28/28, Spells: 5/5 1st lvl, 2/5 2nd lvl, 1/3 3rd lvl

PC Magic:

Continual Light (Ingrid)

Player Resources:

Tale of Terror (the story so far)
A Dark and Terrible World (maps)
Desperate Struggles (clues and player notes)