Investigate Vallaki Disappearances

Objective

Find Father Lucian Petrovich, Henrik, and Arabelle; identify who is kidnapping townsfolk and Vistani near Lake Zarovich.

Progress log

• Dr. Rudolph van Richten reported Lucian missing two nights; Henrik also unseen (Session 9 @ 00:40:12)
• Morning-walk route north toward Lake Zarovich (Session 9 @ 00:41:13)
• Lake scuffle: black cloak scrap, wolf fang, boot prints from town (Session 9 @ 01:15:28)
• Vistani Yan killed clutching matching black cloth; Arabelle missing (Session 9 @ 02:18:14)
• Party believes one kidnapper links all disappearances (Session 9 @ 02:31:38)
• Henrik found alive at Henrik's Coffin Shop; boarded up after witnessing kidnapping (Session 10 @ 01:23:48)
• Lucian kidnapped two mornings prior by two wolf-masked cloaked figures from rooftops (Session 10 @ 01:39:04)
• Separate masked helper visited Henrik: cracked wolf-skull mask, tattered black cloak, healing spell (Session 10 @ 01:42:02)
• Henrik journal: fear repetitions and rhyme; stolen by Ember (Session 10 @ 02:12:12)
• Two assassins ambushed party; wolf masks and cloaks match prior black-rag evidence (Session 10 @ 03:19:07)
• Tailor Alexandra missing from Arasek Stockyards shop for weeks; criticized leadership (Session 11 @ 00:58:14)
• Udo found chained and beaten in Vallakovich Manor (Session 11 @ 01:53:01)
• Masked alley figure was V (Dr. Rudolph van Richten); vigilante garb matched at torture-chamber rescue (Session 12 @ 02:59:10; Session 18 @ 01:46:41)
• Masked figure: Court of Wolves is a farce; Lucian taken as threat; investigate Izek (Session 12 @ 03:07:17)
• Udo rescued to Party Hideout; imprisoned three days; limited manor intel (Session 12 @ 02:28:46)
• Urwin: hooded assassins; Court of Wolves legend may be incomplete; two other investigators active (Session 13 @ 00:23:52)
• Arabelle found at Khazan's Wizard Tower; kidnapped by wolf-mask figure; seers targeted (Session 13 @ 03:00:15)
• Nightingale notes: secret society tried to take Vallaki; map ? near Lake Zarovich north of town (Session 13 @ 03:17:06)
• Court assassin teeth not wolf teeth per Arabelle (Session 13 @ 03:09:30)
• Werewolf hunters Yakov and Razvan on Old Svalich Road; den rumored near tower (Session 13 @ 01:14:28)
• Ezmerelda d'Avenir confirmed cultist teeth are vampire fangs, not werewolf (Session 14 @ 00:23:55)
• Party theorizes Court of Wolves kidnappers are vampires; "court of bats" if Strahd-led (Session 14 @ 00:24:26)
• Symbol note copied from Nightingale notebook at tower departure (Session 14 @ 00:42:53)
• Lady Fiona Wachter unaware of vampires until party revealed at dinner (Session 14 @ 02:12:06)
• Stella Wachter under conjuration magic; linked to Victor Vallakovich (Session 14 @ 02:49:31)
• Izek killed; carried Izek's Doll resembling Ireena Kolyana and Izek's Symbol Parchment (Session 15 @ 04:32:16)
• Symbol script matches Nightingale tower notes—different message (Session 15 @ 04:31:45)
• Party speculates Session 10 masked helper may be separate from V—unconfirmed (Session 10 @ 01:42:02)
• Festival of Blazing Sun same day as Feast of Saint Andral—party suspects schemer beyond Baron (Session 15 @ 00:35:28)
• Izek note decoded: "The Wachter woman is next" (Session 16 @ 15:51)
• Six vampire-spawn assassins attacked Wachterhaus; three killed outside St. Andral's Church (Session 16 @ 55:04)
• Assassin note decoded: "Bring her and return to the lake" (Session 16 @ 02:00:54)
• Nightingale allied; hideout = lake-shore cave with mob-wolf entrance (Session 16 @ 02:03:40)
• Dr. Rudolph van Richten missing after fighting assassins outside church (Session 16 @ 01:44:02)
• Izek's Doll = Blinsky make; nonmagical (Session 16 @ 02:09:40)
• Infiltrated Court hideout at lake grotto; blood-gate opened with Saturno's blood (Session 17 @ 47:10)
• Thrall-conversion lab: kidnapped victims mid-process; greater restoration needed to reverse (Session 17 @ 03:08:02)
• Dr. Rudolph van Richten (V, vigilante alter ego) rescued from hideout torture chamber (Session 18 @ 01:46:41)
• Volenta engaged in boss fight—escaped hideout; not killed (Session 18 @ 01:38:23)
• Bryce/Lucian debrief: Volenta = Court puppet-master; Court dismantled by routing her (Session 18 @ 02:14:56; Session 20 @ 00:25:22)
• Two lab victims carried out stabilized; thrall reversal study at church (Session 18 @ 02:41:09)
• 14 undead behind obsidian door; party may flood chambers later (Session 18 @ 02:22:48)
• Stella Wachter: ethereal-plane trap from failed teleport—not simple conjuration curse (Session 19 @ 01:18:50)
• Izek room: mass nonmagical Ireena Kolyana dolls—Blinsky's Toys tags; party infers Izek commissioned (Session 19 @ 49:33)
• Unconfirmed: refugee-camp children missing—Lady Fiona Wachter suspects Morgantha link (Session 20 @ 01:24:05)
• Hag coven at Old Bonegrinder Windmill used human flesh in pastries; forced cannibalism (Session 20 @ 03:24:48)
• Morgantha, Bella, Offalia defeated Session 20 (Session 20 @ 04:04:42)
• Fyodor and Myrtle rescued from hag windmill crate; Ireena reuniting with parents (Session 21 @ 00:20:49)
• Investigation complete: Court of Wolves (false vampire cult led by Volenta) and Baron Vargas Vallakovich's enforcer Izek identified as kidnapping culprits—Izek killed (Session 15 @ 04:34:38); Court hideout raided and routed, Father Lucian Petrovich rescued (Session 18 @ 01:46:41); Baron deposed (Session 20 @ 00:11:47); missing refugee children linked to hag coven—Morgantha defeated and children rescued (Session 20 @ 04:04:42; Session 21 @ 00:20:49)

Next steps

• Resolved — kidnappers identified and dealt with: Court of Wolves routed, Izek killed, Baron deposed (Session 21 @ 00:20:49)