Blue Water Inn

At a glance

A large multistory inn in Vallaki that serves as a Keepers of the Feather refuge and the party’s local home.

Known facts

  • The feathered visitor was Two Hundred Summers, who met the company upstairs with three Keepers and departed with them as ravens.

  • The company gave Siv a sending stone before sleeping; on festival morning the boys working the bar expressed weariness with Vallaki’s repeated festivals.

  • Rage promoted wine sales by buying drinks and drumming up custom; the taproom was busier on the company’s return from hunting. No division of proceeds was recorded.

  • Danica handed Carver Strahd’s invitation, delivered earlier by an unidentified old man, and announced a feathered visitor upstairs.

  • The next morning, Hyskosa answered questions about the Hexad in the taproom and cast a reading that frightened Ignatius. Rage used Van Richten’s truth trinket during the conversation.

  • Ravens perch around its exterior.

  • Urwin welcomed the party using the Keepers’ code words and asked for a private meeting downstairs.

  • An unnamed half-elf entertained in the bar while Erasmus van Richten painted a spectral image behind him.

  • Hyskosa sensed nearby vampires upon the party’s arrival.

  • Urwin led the party into the cellar for a private Keeper briefing and offered the company rooms without charge.

  • The half-elf performer is Rictavio, a Mist traveler who violently rejected Hyskosa and the Vistani.

  • Erasmus appeared in the cellar and was visible to Urwin but not to Rictavio.

  • Urwin arranged for his ravens to watch the party and promised to seek information about Two Hundred Summers.

  • The company brought a salvaged barrel from Watcher House and agreed to split its sale proceeds with Urwin.

  • Siv showed a journal stolen from Rictavio’s room.

  • The party recovered here until dusk and reached level 5.

  • In his private quarters, Rictavio removed his hat and revealed himself as Van Richten, securing the company’s help against Strahd.