As the party enquires at the Orphanage for Milivos, Claudia Blasko opens the door and informs them that he has suddenly fallen very sick, but lets the party in to attempt to help him. As Thaddeus investigates the boy, he realizes that the medicine known to him (i.e., glue, nails and boards) will be of no help to Milivos. He then sends Claudia Blasko to get Father Petrovich, hoping he may be able to help. When after some time Claudia still has not returned, the party gets nervous and sends Ireena to get Father Petrovich. Ireena agrees, but lets them know that she inteds to visit the Baron next to plead for the refugees from the village of Barovia.

While looking around the orphanage, the party saw that most children seemed healthy, with some having small bruises. Ilizeiros and Yaroslav searched the building and talked to the different children. They eventually decide to hunt down something hidden under the floorboards in the girls dormitory. They find a girl’s notebook hidden in a bedroom, hoping it would contain valuable information1.

At the same time, Reese found a strange boy in the attic, who other children said was trouble. As he approaches the boy named Felix, a smokey entity with long clawy limbs reveals itself possessing the boy and attacks. The fight spans across several floors of the building. The party fights wildly against the creature and finally destroys it. After that, Felix appared to come to his senses. Reese notices that the Milivos was no longer in the grasp of necromantic magic after the creature was slain. The party hopes that he will recover soon, to learn more about the Bones of St. Andral.

  1. It did not. ↩︎