Ravenloft - Witches Hill
With concern over Saeko eased by Qvar's examination, Zertin's suggestion that everyone make what preparations they need is swiftly taken up. Fasts are broken while both the priest and Ashlyn go out to the front of the mansion to make their prayers to the sun gods Pelor and Lathander respectively while Violet and Ireena watch over the sleeping form of the Daughter of the Wind.
Meanwhile, Randall leads Hammer down to The Blood on the Vine tavern off the town square where he might enjoy the comfort of the stables during your quest.
At length Saeko rouses, and though still a little groggy from the aftereffects, and with no memory as to how she was poisoned, her resolve is unshaken and she insists on her readiness to accompany you.
Final preparations made, and made more wary by Caesius's notion that Drow might frequent these lands of mist and shadow and pose yet another threat, you set out.
A strong wind blows (though perversely seems unable to disperse the mists) turning what might otherwise be but light rain to a freezing sleet that lashes you intermittently, making the going both slow and unpleasant, though at least the inclement weather serves to keep trouble away.
You pass the crossroads, taking the higher, western route past Lysaga Hill once more that the signpost marks as the way to Castle Ravenloft, following the road's twists and turns as it climbs steeply till you come out of the tree line to a view that might, in better circumstances, be considered beautiful.
Draped in a cloak of mist, you look up at a waterfall which plummets over a high cliff carved from the shoulders of the mountains. Before you, a dizzying height above the river that runs below is a stone bridge.