Svalich Woods

At a glance

The forest surrounding the party’s lakeshore arrival in Barovia. Twig blights and a druid patrol made its dangers immediately clear.

During an outing from Vallaki, the company helped Soldar and an unnamed bald hunter set traps. They encountered people fleeing Krezk, who said they kept going in circles.
On the return journey, Soldar indicated a forest path toward a Vistani camp and voiced concern about increased activity there.
Lies in Barovia beside a large lake where the River Dancer put the party ashore.
Mordenkainen once maintained a mansion north in the woods.
A patrol from Yester Hill hunted reports of a mad mage in the forest.
The party defeated twig blights here and captured one of the patrol’s druids.
On the road toward Vallaki, the party peacefully passed two wary hunters after showing its Barovian talisman and later glimpsed an unidentified vampire crossing the open ground.