Session 4 · Runtime 49:18 · Subscribe to the podcast
Through a crumbling gate stamped with the sigil of the Strahd empire — the same sigil on Osric’s family banner — the party walks down into a village where curtains twitch and strangers mean trouble. An old woman sells pies that are far too good and answers no questions about them; a new-made burgomaster explains, patiently, that the vampire is real and there is no leaving; and his sister Ireena needs an escort west, because the devil has been courting her and it killed their father. Then a funeral, a weeping priest, a chained trapdoor — and down in the crypt, a frightened voice: “I’m sorry. I’m so hungry.”
Chapters
| 00:00 | Cold Open |
| 00:47 | The Crown Jewel |
| 04:33 | Granny’s Pies |
| 10:42 | Blood on the Vine |
| 17:42 | The Burgomaster’s Daughter |
| 23:24 | A Mother’s Plea |
| 29:54 | Something at the Church |
| 38:08 | Doru |
| 48:37 | Next Time |
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