Act II: Ill Fortunes

So, unless the group objects, you dispose of the bodies and then leave the village. Roll me a Perception check.

You leave Barovia and the mist seems to clear somewhat as you leave the village. You can still see it in the distance, clinging to tall evergreens as the road crosses a river and then runs along the forest. You travel for a good 20 minutes or so until you reach the spot described to you by the gypsy man.

An old wooden gallows creaks in a chill wind blowing down from the high ground to the west. A frayed length of rope dances from its beam. The well-worn road splits here, and a signpost opposite the gallows points off in three directions: "Barovia" to the east, "Tser Pool" to the north, and "Castle Ravenloft" to the west. Across from the gallows, a low wall, crumbling in places, partially enclosed a small plot of graves—presumably housing those who died at the end of that rope.

A yell grabs your attention as you approach the crossroads, and you see an armoured man charging toward the graveyard, drawing a gleaming silver sword as he runs. A jet-black raven flies at his shoulder. The you see three dark smears of air encircling him, like shadows cast by clouds.
The man has long black hair and a neatly trimmed beard. He wears full plate armor and carries a shield and longsword. An amulet shaped like a raven’s head hangs around his neck.

Roll Initiative.

Ujjaya will be reminded of an old defunct order of knights called the Knights of the Raven which was an order of knights dedicated to fighting the undead. They apparently had the aid of a celestial raven animal companions and were devoted to the ideal of good symbolized by the raven and that good could flourish only in the face of great evil. Hmm, could it be that the order is not as defunct as people had originally thought?

You can go ahead and place your counters on the road, behind the dotted line.