Threads in the Mists

Leaving Darkon restored the party's earlier lives and revealed Voss as Mordenkainen, confirming that the domain had taken far more than anyone realized. The Book of Names and Castle Avernus preserve what Darkon steals, but the mechanism—and the cost of ever returning—remain unknown.

Ooru serves Ankhtepot of Har'Akir and believes the pharaoh's missing ka—a portion of his soul—may be hidden somewhere in Darkon.

Black Lily revealed that his mortal Kargatane cell serves beneath a higher supernatural organization called the Kargat and arranged for the party to meet his master.

Rats in Martira Bay moved along unnaturally straight routes as though following an unseen network.

Ignatius overheard two strangers at the Gilded Thorn discussing something better hidden deep below Martira Bay, apparently a Kargat headquarters or network of tunnels.

Martira Bay's guards are searching for someone called Jack after new killings in which victims' legs have been taken.

Erasmus showed Azalin disappearing during the destruction of Castle Avernus and Darkon breaking into territories controlled by competing powers.

After Vermoth's betrayal, the party found an envelope from Black Lily stating that “the phylactery must be hidden in the castle.” They believe it refers to Azalin's phylactery and Castle Avernus.

Twelve coins among Rage's spice-selling proceeds bore Azalin's face instead of the customary skull, marking them as having passed through the Darklord's personal coffers.

Elzarath could find no record for Darian Corvrick in the Library of Names. Darian responded, “My name is erased.”

Aldo revealed that Kargatane scarecrows act as hidden observers and will report what they have seen when addressed with the passphrase “the crimson retinue.”

Seasoned soldiers defend Rivalis each night when a phenomenon called the Shroud descends heavily upon the town.

Sister Elda claims devotion to a Silver Lady in Nevuchar Springs despite never having visited the settlement.

Vidic hunts occult evil across Ravenloft and mentioned two nearby threats: a hidden house close to Rivalis and a whistling fiend he intends to investigate.

A beautifully robed spellcaster appeared among an undead blockade south of Martira Bay, transformed into a bat, and fled north after the party escaped.

A mime at the Gilded Thorn gave Rage a parchment card printed with the name Risibilos.

Several spirits haunt Richten House, many apparently searching for Van Richten or reliving moments of fear and loss.

Three crows repeatedly followed and watched the party as they crossed Rivalis.

An elven Dark Delver offered five hundred gold pieces for a defector hiding within Neblus's Eternal Order and paid half in advance.

Cattle at the Two Brothers Creamery are covered in red biological growths that Vidic says caused a plague one hundred years ago.

After emerging from the Mists, Rage mistook four travelers for bandits and charged. The party killed the entire group; only during the fight did their leather-armored leader reveal a holy symbol of the Church of Ezra.

At midnight, the town bell of Rivalis rang thirteen times.

No one has emerged from Rivalis's Crystal Gardens in weeks, and its plants may have come alive.

A mysterious jester left the party a black-scaled rose immediately after they destroyed an intentionally animated scarecrow.

Gray decay is spreading through gardens in Rivalis and can animate surrounding plants into violent creatures.

Growmaster Brambledu initially claimed that a “nice grower” donated the alien growth found in the Crystal Gardens. The party later learned that the gift was soil brought from Lamordia by a powerful traveler.

Rivalis residents are clamoring for Screaming Cheese from the Two Brothers Creamery while its cattle suffer from red boils.

Several Rivalis residents agree that conditions worsened after the druids left, but their accounts of when and how this happened are vague or contradictory.

Aldo asked Rage to investigate a pale halfling who visited the Coachman's Rest at night, drank only red wine, and apparently never ate. The stranger has since revealed itself as a wandering ghost, probably a creature known as a Haunted Visage.

The immediate task is complete. Follow the surviving vampires and Henrik's account through Predators Around Vallaki.

Erasmus can manifest beyond Richten House and across domains. The source and purpose of that freedom remain unexplained, but his continuing guidance now belongs to The Legacy of Van Richten.

Crossing into Barovia restored Voss's memories: he is Mordenkainen, an archmage of Oerth's Circle of Eight whom Strahd cast out of the domain. The mystery of the prisoner's identity is resolved; his imprisonment and Darkon's theft of that identity continue under The Stolen Memories of Darkon.

Snowmane carried the company through the Mists and delivered it safely to Barovia. The journey Irik set in motion is complete; the search for Strahd and the truth behind Azalin's ritual continues under The Red Star Ritual.

The unicorn's magic provided only a temporary disappearance. Rage ended the curse by granting proper funeral rites to the souls bound to his trophies.

Rage broke the final chains and released the captive fire elemental. Pearl and the party destroyed it and its summoned sparks; the torture apparatus remains dangerous, but no prisoner remains in the brazier.

Irik confirmed that a dragon still returns to Castle Avernus, Hyskosa's scrying showed Ebbasheyth examining a damaged tower there, and the party heard Ebb's distinctive screech as they left. Together, the evidence identifies Ebb as the immense creature heard landing above the laboratory.

The party destroyed the bone golem and escaped the endlessly replenishing skeleton horde through its animal-dug tunnel. The ossuary remains dangerous, but the guarded beast itself is gone.

The party bypassed the barrier by crossing the guarded inner bailey wall, reached the upper treasury and elemental laboratory, and recovered wealth and a grave-elemental crystal. Irik later endorsed using the treasure for the greater good.

The party followed the lead and discovered Aldo's association with the Dockside Men and the Kargatane. The friend's identity remains unrecorded, but the purpose of this narrow investigation has been fulfilled; Aldo's larger faction ties continue under The Crimson Retinue.

The invitation was genuine enough to secure the party's entry into Castle Avernus. Its sender and ultimate purpose remain unknown, but those questions now belong to the party's investigation within the castle rather than the journey to answer the summons.

- The party used Black Lily's key to enter Ablander's quarters but did not use the poison.