Adventure Timeline
Player-known Barovian calendar per Ireena Kolyana. Current year 735. See _Session Index for real-world session dates.
Campaign clock: 9th of Neyavr, after midnight (post–full moon); party long-rested at St. Andral's Church; session ended after Mercurio's Tome of Strahd attunement dream.
Quest statuses: Assigned · Started · Progressed · Deferred · Completed
Neyavr 9
Morning
- Shared prophetic dreams across the party
- Irredel takes wolfsbane (full-moon day)
- Party infiltrates Vallakovich Manor (~8:30 a.m.)
- Baron Vargas Vallakovich absent — urgent audience with Lady Fiona Wachter
- Izek's room: nonmagical Ireena Kolyana dolls with Blinsky's Toys tags
- Victor Vallakovich in attic workroom — Stella Wachter on ethereal plane; night-hag heartstone needed at Old Bonegrinder Windmill
Noon
- Baron Vargas Vallakovich peacefully abdicates
- Lady Fiona Wachter accepted as burgomistress
- Festival of Blazing Sun canceled
- Strahd von Zarovich arrives on flaming nightmare horse; rain stops
- Fiona swears fealty to Strahd
- Strahd rewards party for thwarting Volenta
- Party secures peace boon for Barovia Village refugees
- Fiona pays 100 gp via Ernst; lands and titles promised later
Afternoon
- Party and Fiona depart for Old Bonegrinder Windmill
- Fiona reveals warlock pact with Ezra (Mother Night); imp Majesto relays messages
- Catering-order deception gets party inside windmill
- Morgantha coven defeated
- Hag link to missing children and cannibal dream-pastry trade exposed
- Heartstone looted from Morgantha
- Fyodor and Myrtle rescued from locked crate
- Megalith corruption noted near windmill — Dispel Magic deferred
- Fiona shares Ladies Three lore; confirms Ezra is separate from the three hags
- Irredel collapses en route — fever; carried by Sildir
- Heartstone delivered to Victor Vallakovich at Vallakovich Manor
- Ireena Kolyana organizes refugee caravan toward Barovia Village
- Irredel moved to St. Andral's Church basement
Evening (~9 p.m.)
- Sildir, Mercurio, Saturno, and Ember leave Blue Water Inn for Stella ritual
- Sildir plans to split for Irredel at church afterward
- Wachterhaus: disheveled butler admits party
- Mercurio persuasion calms Lady Fiona Wachter — Victor Vallakovich named as ritualist
- Fiona brings comatose Stella Wachter; leaves Karl Wachter and Nikolai Wachter II at home
Night (~10–11 p.m.)
- Vallakovich Manor attic: Fiona reviews Victor's ethereal-anchoring notes
- Saturno stays to anchor heartstone in salt circle
- Sildir and Ember go to St. Andral's Church (~11 p.m.)
- Church basement: synthetic moonstone shards found in Irredel's bag — counteracted wolfsbane; removed
Midnight
- Full moon — Irredel partially transforms; bites Sildir's left arm
- Dr. Rudolph van Richten amputates below elbow; Guardian of Faith restrains Sildir
- Irredel vision: accepts bone-throne feral woman's offer; wakes human
- Parallel Stella ritual: Stella Wachter's spirit returns to body — briefly animated, then collapses unconscious
- Fiona carries Stella home
After midnight
- Party reunited at church
- Sildir's severed arm secured for holy destruction
- Party long-rests at St. Andral's Church
- Mercurio attunes Tome of Strahd — shared dream of young Strahd von Zarovich
Quest progress
- Rescue Stella Wachter Completed
- Overthrow Baron Vargas Vallakovich Completed
- Run Vallaki Rehabilitation Front Completed
- Escort Ireena to Vallaki Completed
- Investigate Vallaki Disappearances Completed
- Seek Aid at St. Andral's Church Completed
- Depose Strahd von Zarovich Progressed
Neyavr 8
Morning
- Nightingale revealed at St. Andral's Church — impersonating Dr. Rudolph van Richten
- Real Dr. Rudolph van Richten (V) missing — went alone to Court hideout
- Lady Fiona Wachter upstairs at church
- Party armed with holy water and field rations
- Sent to Maw of the Wolf at Lake Zarovich
- Sylalys volunteers to help guard Wachters upstairs
- Ezmerelda d'Avenir watches Arabelle
Afternoon
- Lake grotto: cipher "Blood of prey opens the way" — Saturno's blood opens passage
- Party infiltrates vast underground Court complex
- Moon-simulator chamber and profane ritual spaces found
- Thrall-conversion lab — two kidnapped victims mid-process
- Volenta ambushed in alchemical lab (yellow ball gown, human-skull mask)
- Sylalys arrives unmasked; impales patrolling assassin from behind
- Irredel Turn Undead panics patrol; Volenta escapes deeper into dungeon
- Bone-throne court chamber explored — dark-entity altar
- Dr. Rudolph van Richten and Father Lucian Petrovich rescued from torture room
- Two stabilized thrall-conversion victims escorted out
- Lab notebook and bag of holding looted
Evening (~6 p.m.)
- Debrief at St. Andral's Church
- Dr. Rudolph van Richten confirms identity to party (secret)
- Volenta identified as bride of Strahd running false Court
- Izek was Court mole who chose kidnapping targets
- Father Lucian Petrovich restores Saturno's Henrik halberd as +1 halberd
- Lady Fiona Wachter collects Izek's severed hand as proof
- Fiona plans burgomistress takeover tomorrow at Festival of Blazing Sun
- Blinsky's Toys visit deferred
- Party dines at Blue Water Inn
- Urwin Martikov: father Davian Martikov at Wizard of the Wines missing; wine shipment overdue
- Long rest at inn; party levels to 5
Quest progress
- Investigate Vallaki Disappearances Progressed
- Overthrow Baron Vargas Vallakovich Progressed
- Investigate Wizard of Wines Started
- Deliver Arabelle's Gift Deferred
Neyavr 7
Morning
- Party collects wolfsbane suppression potion from Dr. Rudolph van Richten
- Ernst at Blue Water Inn delivers Izek's daily schedule
- Poisoned Red Dragon Crush wine plot delivered
Evening (~9 p.m.)
- Poisoned and ambushed Izek killed at Lake Zarovich — Saturno delivers killing blow
- Izek's fire death explosion downed Sildir
- Party loots silver battleaxe, symbol parchment, Ireena Kolyana-lookalike doll
- Sildir takes Izek's oversized arm as proof for Lady Fiona Wachter
Late night (~10 p.m.)
- Party reunites at Party Hideout; decodes Izek's Symbol Parchment — "The Wachter woman is next"
- Race to Wachterhaus
- Lady Fiona Wachter entertaining Vasili von Holz — coup aid offered
- Sildir's Divine Sense: six undead outside; nothing on Vasili
- Party evacuates Fiona, Wachter children, and staff through windows
- Six vampire-spawn assassins breach the house
- Split chases end at St. Andral's Church — hallowed grounds block pursuers
- Dr. Rudolph van Richten intervenes; three dead assassins; note: "Bring her and return to the lake."
- Nightingale arrives seeking Bryce
- Party allies with Nightingale; Court hideout at lake cave confirmed
- Wachter family sheltered overnight
Quest progress
- Seek Aid at St. Andral's Church Progressed
- Overthrow Baron Vargas Vallakovich Progressed
- Investigate Vallaki Disappearances Progressed
Neyavr 6
Dawn
- Party marches from Vallaki to Khazan's Wizard Tower on Lake Baratok (~two hours west via Sunset Gate)
- Werewolf hunters Yakov and Razvan ambush en route
- Ezmerelda d'Avenir confronts party outside tower
- Inside anti-magic tower: power-themed riddles solved
- Arabelle found hidden by Nightingale
- Dried wolfsbane and Ethereal Entities, Denizens of the Unseen Realm, Volume 2 recovered
Late morning
- Tower party returns to Vallaki
- Reunite with Sylalys and Irredel at Party Hideout
- Fetch Udo's tools from Wilhelmina Rikalova
Evening (6 p.m.)
- Wachterhaus dinner with Lady Fiona Wachter
- Fiona allies to kill Izek and coup against Baron Vargas Vallakovich
- Catatonic Stella Wachter revealed — conjuration magic after befriending Victor Vallakovich
- Agents will deliver Izek's schedule at Blue Water Inn tomorrow morning
- Party disclosed rehabilitation front to Fiona
Night
- Church visit
- Long rest at Party Hideout (into 7th)
Quest progress
- Seek Aid at St. Andral's Church Progressed
- Deliver Arabelle's Gift Progressed
- Overthrow Baron Vargas Vallakovich Started
- Run Vallaki Rehabilitation Front Progressed
Neyavr 5
First full morning in Vallaki — party arrived late 4th.
Morning
- Sylalys and Ireena Kolyana left Blue Water Inn early
- Sylalys leaves amber magical flute for Mercurio
- Ireena leaves note seeking burgomaster aid
- Urwin Martikov tips commotion at Henrik's Coffin Shop
- Rictavio collects parcel from Danika Dorakova and departs
- Baron Vargas Vallakovich's procession confronts Wilhelmina Rikalova over son Udo
- Sildir flatters Baron into releasing Wilhelmina to party custody
- Sylalys rejoins after morning investigations
Mid-day
- Henrik's Coffin Shop: Henrik alive; Father Lucian Petrovich kidnapped by wolf-masked figures
- Wolf-mask assassin ambush in streets
- Ernst tails party; delivers Wachterhaus dinner invitation for 6th at 6 p.m.
- Party buys formal clothes at Arasek Stockyards general store
- Vallakovich Manor visit: Baron tasks infiltration of Wachterhaus
- Fake rehabilitation scheme approved
- Udo found chained in manor closet
Afternoon
- Sylalys reports Baron corruption and Festival of Blazing Sun in four days (same day as full moon)
- Lady Fiona Wachter named as resistance contact
- Irredel persuades Baron to release Udo tonight
Dusk / evening
- St. Andral's Church: meet Dr. Rudolph van Richten
- Wolfsbane leads for Irredel's suppression potion
- Dinner at Blue Water Inn; Urwin Martikov links disappearances to Baron critics
- Return to Vallakovich Manor at night
- Victor Vallakovich in library; Khazan tome quest
- Udo recovered with warehouse keys to Arasek Stockyards barn
- Party Hideout established as fake rehab front
- Masked vigilante (V) kills wounded Court assassin in alley
Quest progress
- Investigate Vallaki Disappearances Progressed
- Seek Aid at St. Andral's Church Progressed
- Run Vallaki Rehabilitation Front Started
Neyavr 4
Dawn
- Ember and Saturno still in supernatural trance after long rest
- Party builds sled; carries them toward Vallaki
- Morgantha dream-pastry encounter at old windmill
- Sildir keeps pastry sample (later revealed as enchantment magic; buried)
- Wolf ambush escalates — regenerating wolves
- Dead wolf reverts to human form
- Irredel, Sildir, and Mercurio bitten
- Irredel's bite stays raw — party believes lycanthropy
- Ireena Kolyana rushed toward lake; Sildir Commands and persuades her to defer
Late night
- Party enters Vallaki through eastern gate
- Vampire and werewolf screening at gates
- Ember and Saturno wake on crossing palisade
- Dr. Rudolph van Richten at St. Andral's Church confirms Irredel's lycanthropy
- Monthly suppression ritual offered — not permanent cure
- Father Lucian Petrovich and Henrik missing
- Lake Zarovich trail: hunter's shack, butterfly-carved standing stone, wolf fang evidence
- Vallaki Vistani Encampment: Kasimir Velikov shares dusk-elf history and Court of Wolves legend
- Arabelle missing; Yan killed clutching mat
- Ireena Kolyana inside Vallaki walls
Quest progress
- Seek Aid at St. Andral's Church Progressed
- Escort Ireena to Vallaki Progressed
- Investigate Vallaki Disappearances Started
- Deliver Arabelle's Gift Progressed
Neyavr 3
Dawn
- Party departs Tser Pool for Vallaki with Ireena Kolyana
- Headless rider passed on Old Svalich Road
- Refugee graves and dead wolf at cliffside watchtower
- Sylalys finds cold Silver Dragon Pendant in tower
Day
- Six wolves ambush on narrow cliff road
- Sildir pushed off edge; revived by Mercurio's Healing Word
- Tommy (undead knight of Order of the Silver Dragon) at River Ivlis bridge
- Wolf-shifter warning; Argynvostholt and Sir Godfrey Gwilym direction
- Silver Dragon Pendant recognized as order relic
Evening
- Camp at old valley gates (headless-statue site)
- Irredel reads van Richten werewolf manuscript aloud
- Ireena Kolyana notes full moon in six days (9th)
Quest progress
- Escort Ireena to Vallaki Progressed
- Seek Sir Godfrey Gwilym at Argynvostholt Started
Neyavr 2
Day
- Party accepts three favors from Ismark Kolyanovich: escort Ireena to Vallaki, consult Madame Eva, bury Kolyan
- Kolyan Indirovich funeral at village St. Andral's Church
- Father Donavich asks retrieval of holy symbol from Doru in undercroft
- Doru spared after blood-resistance test
- Kolyan buried; cloaked mourner "Abraham" flees when pressed
- Party collects Ireena Kolyana; departs Barovia Village for Tser Pool
- Ireena Kolyana reveals Strahd von Zarovich bit her the night Kolyan died
Afternoon (road)
- Strahd von Zarovich coach encounter at crossroads gallows (before Vistani camp)
- Escher Belasco drives coach; Irredel Silences Sildir after failed Command
- Strahd marks two "points" against Sildir; excuses Durst Manor damage
- Scarecrow-vulture fight; blue-tipped raven wounded and healed
Evening
- Arrive Tser Pool — Stanimir welcomes party to Madame Eva
- Vistani revelry; Game of Stories with Eliza and Arturi Radanovich
- Spyglass, van Richten werewolf manuscript, and tarokka deck won
Midnight
- Tarokka reading at gallows crossroads
- Eliza confesses spying for Strahd; Sildir executes her
- Madame Eva charges party to buy doll from Blinsky's Toys for Arabelle
- Ghostly adventurers march toward Castle Ravenloft as warning
- Escape from mists requires deposing Strahd von Zarovich
Night
- Rest at Vistani camp
Quest progress
- Escort Ireena to Vallaki Started
- Consult Madame Eva Completed
- Find Gertruda Started
- Lay Kolyan to Rest Completed
- Deliver Arabelle's Gift Assigned
- Depose Strahd von Zarovich Started
Neyavr 1
Day
- Party arrives Barovia Village after watch-post rest
- Answered gate challenge: "dead or alive"
- Met Ismark Kolyanovich at tavern
- Learned of week-long undead siege
Night
- Undead siege defense (in-person session)
- Blue-tipped raven leads party to town square
- Ismark Kolyanovich saved from pale zombie amid fallen defenders
- Strahd von Zarovich's messenger delivers proclamation ending attacks
- Ismark Kolyanovich named burgomaster after Kolyan Indirovich's death
Night (into 2nd)
- Kolyan Indirovich found slain; Ireena Kolyana wounded at manor
- Party long-rests at burgomaster manor
Quest progress
- Reach Barovia Village Completed
- Defend Barovia Village Completed
Octyavr 31
Day
- Party travels into Daggerford on eve of high harvest tide
- Sheltered in hayloft above Nightmare's Bridal Tavern during storm festival
- Relics activate — chase through supernatural fog into Durst Manor
- Front door locks; bloody verse warns beast awakening at midnight
- Explore Gustav Durst / Elizabeth Durst tragedy
- Ghost children Rosavalda and Thornbolt
- Hidden dungeon discovered
Evening / night
- Descend to crypts; fight ghouls
- Fight flesh mound beneath altar — revealed as infant Walter
- Elizabeth Durst's spectral collapse triggers house destruction
Late night
- Escape into unfamiliar forest
- Long rest at abandoned watch post (night before Neyavr 1)
- Mist-shrouded Barovia Village and Castle Ravenloft sighted from valley overlook
- Party halted at village outskirts — "Halt! Declare yourselves!"
Quest progress
- Escape the Durst Manor Completed
- Slay the Beast Below Completed
- Lay the Durst Dead to Rest Completed
- Reach Barovia Village Started
Quest Status Key
| Status | Meaning | When to use |
|---|---|---|
| Assigned | The party has been given the objective but has not started pursuing it in play. | Errand or favor is handed off (e.g. Madame Eva's doll for Arabelle at the tarokka reading, before the party reaches Vallaki). |
| Started | The party has actively taken up the objective. | Favors accepted, a lead is followed, or work begins (e.g. Escort Ireena to Vallaki when Ismark's errand is accepted; Investigate Vallaki Disappearances when the church/lake trail is pursued). |
| Progressed | Meaningful forward movement, but the quest is not finished. | New clues, partial goals, alliances, or milestones (e.g. Izek killed, wolfsbane recovered, Court hideout raided). If a quest both Started and Progressed on the same day, use Progressed. |
| Deferred | The party explicitly postpones next steps; the quest stays open. | A planned action is put off with no resolution (e.g. Blinsky's Toys closed on Neyavr 8). |
| Completed | The objective is resolved for player purposes. | Quest notes would mark it done (e.g. Stella rescued, Baron deposed, village siege ended). Omit from all later dates. |
One entry per quest per day (latest status that day). Completed quests do not appear on subsequent dates. Entries in Quest progress sections are formatted as [[Quest Name]] Status.