A New Barovia: Chapter One

[VAN]

"Good morning Thomas. I don't know much about the commotion here, just another unfortunately there was another murder last night. In fact I plan to ask a few question the sergeant over there when he is less busy or head directly to militia Headquarters after breakfast."

[Ail]

Robert welcomes Adam and replies sincerely


"I had a good sleep yes, thank you. It was the waking up that could certainly have been better. I'm not feeling very much myself today, alas."


He asks the bartender for the same breakfast he'd asked before: tea, and toasts with butter. Simple fare, but he was afraid his stomach couldn't take anything else.

He asks Cornelius about what happened, why the militia is there before he goes to the table. His reaction to Thomas depends on what Cornelius tells him.

[steveflam]

Cornelius comes back with a tray containing both heavy and light meals. "I know'd some a yers drank that nasty dwarf drink the missus likes to give to her friends. 'Eer's some coffee n tea too, fellers."


He leans in to the three men, whispering. "I only heared it from a maid who heard it from a guard in da militia. A lady was murdered lass night in the poor section of the city. Arm ripped off 'n so were her head." He crinkles up his nose before continuing. "Dmitir 'n 'is men twer but askin questions ta everyone like where yer bin lass night n all that rot. Look, I gots ter git back ta work. Have a g'day lads."

He nods and wanders off going back to his post behind the bar.


Dmitri finally wanders over to your table. "Gut mornink. I haven't seen you before here. I am Sergeant Dmitri of the Krezk militia. Might I inquire as to your whereabouts last evening?"

[Ail]

Robert stands and bows to Dmitri, and says.

"Good morning, sir... last I remember, I was drinking here with my friends. I can't remember much else, it was a strong one. My head still hurts, I'm afraid.

[VAN]

"Same here sir, we were all together here drinking and then we went to sleep. But may you please tell us what happened in details? My friends here have been asked to investigate these horrible murders and I as cleric want to help as I can."

[Zilfer]

Coin had slept shakily. His dream had been interupted by a mild nightmare, with a dark cloaked figure and red eyes. He sat up drawing a shortsword next to his bed and slashing at his invisible attacker. He felt silly after he realized he had been only half awake. He gathered up his stuff, he had slept in far to long, the morning light was already bright and he wondered if the others had left without him.

He came down seeing some of them seated around a table and he headed that direction. Food was already there so he began to eat as he tried to catch up on the conversation. From what he could tell there had been another murder last night.

"Wonder if this always happens at night, or if the criminal lays low once dawn breaks," said Coin alloud mostly to himself.

[VAN]

"Guess is easier the night due to the dark, in daylight someone might spot him."

Turning back to sergeant says:

"So sergeant, what can you tell us about last night and in general about these murders? I know that always the head and the right arm have been missing but do you know why? And were you able to identify this woman?"

[steveflam]

"Same here sir, we were all together here drinking and then we went to sleep. But may you please tell us what happened in details? My friends here have been asked to investigate these horrible murders and I as cleric want to help as I can."

"Oh.... you are the ones Vassili has told me about before he left last evenink. Very vell. It is nice to meet you. I do not know her identity, unfortunately. There has been an awful lot of travelers in Krezk, Barovia in general since the borders opened recently. That is to be expected under circumstances such as these. I can lead you to the crime scene once you have finished eatink. I have two men there now, keeping the scene free of interference." Being a cleric doesn't seem to impress or bother Dmitri in the least.

[VAN]

"Sounds like a plan. Just need to wait the others to wake up first."

Adam gets a sip of his coffee and asks:

"Can you tell me please when the borders opened and when was the first murder? And how many are the victims in total now? And do you know roughly their age?"

[steveflam]

"De borders opened six months ago. The first murder was before dot, however. There haff been seven murders in total. THey vass aged from twentyish to over fourty."

[VAN]

"Do you know if they have anything in common? Anything at all even the time, the place, the weapon that has been used. Anything might be important. Also was there any witness? Who found all of them?"

[BigBadQDaddy]

Thomas listens as Adam puts the questioning to Dmitri. His old friend hadn't lost his touch for details.
"Would it be possible for us to investigate the scene of the crime? Granted it hasn't been completely disturbed by the locals..."

[Ail]

Robert listens attentively, while drinking his tea and eating the toasts. He commends Adam's questioning, and doesn't offer any new question for the time.

[steveflam]

Thomas listens as Adam puts the questioning to Dmitri. His old friend hadn't lost his touch for details.
"Would it be possible for us to investigate the scene of the crime? Granted it hasn't been completely disturbed by the locals..."

Dmitri looks at Thomas. "I haff two men there now, cordonning off ze area. NO citizen shall disrupt ze area."

[Zilfer]

"Since we've no lead on who the criminal doing this is, I think you guys are right. We should investigate the crime scene and that will hopefully narrow down our search," said Coin already trying to think of the "murder weapon" if you could call it that. It almost sounded like an animal had done this, but he wasn't quite so sure. "If that fails I could always try asking around town, they probably don't like to talk to outsiders too much but I bet a few drinks would loose their lips."