06 Return To Krezk
"You truly wish to meet Strahd?" A sinister transylvanian voice pours out like ink from the teenager.
BAMF.
SKREEEEE!
A dozen bats and thick mist shoot out of the boy, and when the confusion clears, standing before you is a gorgeous middle-aged man, his pale skin shines like diamonds, his body built like a warrior but his eyes shine with the intellect of a wizard. He runs his hand through his long graying black hair to fix it from the abrupt transformation.
"Yes, Jun Jia, the water is safe to drink. For you. It also benefits you with a lesser restoration spell, so perhaps save your sip for when you require it, it will not work twice."
He takes a step toward Vyktor and in a flash is standing right beside him, "I see you are missing a ring. Beyond that, the one to whom it represents. I pity you. I can relate. And that is where we can help each other. In the town of Barovia, several hours east of here is a woman named Ireena Kolyana. She is the reincarnation of my first bride to be, Tatyana, who killed herself the night of our wedding. Every twenty years I find her again on her 20th birthday, which is August 10th by the way, but everytime I try to woo and wed her she kills herself again. I am cursed. I need your help. Help me and I help you, I can return you to your homes."
Evil, yes, pure evil. But he is not here to fight you. This is the plea of a man who has no friends, no one to help him. A man in love, doomed love.