• Drawn into a strange land our heroes flee thru the thick mists into the only refuge available. They find a faint message painted in what looks like blood.
• “Beneath this dwelling lurks a beast. Who hungers for a bloody feast.
  He sleeps until the midnight chime
  Then wakes to feed his dark design.
  If morsels seek to flee their doom,
  Then bring toward his secret room
  A gift to soothe his savage mood
  But mind the servants of his brood.”
  
• Time is of the essence they have little time to escape at midnight a horror will be unleashed…time moves on.
• A family portrait rests in the main hall.
• Various clues give the names of the owners Gustav, and his wife Elisabeth.
• Trapped in the house the heroes explore…
  • The First Floor:
    • It seems as if the first floor is in a fine state as if nothing is amiss.
      • A fine meal is presented and our heroes partake.
      • A den filled with wolves stuffed and preserved is the first hint that all is not right. When no one looks the move, and can’t be destroyed.
      • Toys are found belonging to Rose and Thorn.
      • Piece of needlework made by children for “Miss Klara” has the young woman’s face hacked from it.
  • The second floor:
    • This floor seems to have been affected by time, but still serviceable.
      • a harpsichord plays a haunting melody titled “Waltz for Klara“. The ghosts most noticeably. A well-dressed man, Gustav, dances with a woman in servant’s clothes, Klara. Additionally, a woman, Elisabeth, gazes at them with a ruby pendant around her neck.
      • A letter in the library from Klara asks for a temporary leave of absence. She is with child but clearly loves the family.
      • Secret room with a letter from Strahd von Zarovich clearly unimpressed with whatever is happening in the house.
      • On the balcony outside the house our heroes see walls of fleshy tendrils moving the house.
  • The third floor is devastated by time.
    • A suit of armor comes to life and attempts to stop the heroes.
    • A bed is found that clearly was used to torture someone.
    • a crib with the name “Walter” lovingly, but poorly etched into the wood. A woman’s finger gnawed by tiny teeth is found.
    • In the mirror our heroes communicate with the ghost of “Klara”. She was abused and is missing her fingers, feet, and her mouth has been sewn shut.
  • Attic.
    • Our heroes find a crude drawing of a basic floor plan that denotes Quarters, Shrine, Alter.
    • A list of names titled “recruitment”

As the session ends our heroes enter what looks like a children’s room…its somewhere between nine and ten o’clock.