[[1491-01-16|<< 16 Hammer 1491]] ## 17 Hammer 1491 Mordenkainen was gone when we woke up this morning - probably went to go travel the planes or some shit. I wasn’t too beat up about not getting to say goodbye to him, but it was still kind of a dick move on his part. The long journey to and from the Amber Temple was not so long when nothing was there to attack us. I almost expected another goat to burst from the mountainside and ram me off the cliff, but the path was clear - no goats, no zombies, no wolves, no roc. We were not there to destroy the sarcophagi as I had suggested, so Exethanter was happy to see us. Nia and Skoll are becoming real regulars there. We were there for Nia again - she wanted to learn one last spell for the road. She didn’t tell me what the spell was, but to be fair, I didn’t ask. Exethanter didn’t seem bothered that Strahd was dead, which tells me that the dark powers don’t really give a shit either. I’m not going to lie - I’d feel better if they did care. I can’t see them letting go of their grip on Barovia so easily. We leave tomorrow - me, Ezmerelda, Nia, Skoll, Rictavio, Ireena, and our entire goddamn zoo. I think Rictavio is leaving the tiger behind, at least. I can hardly believe it. I’m half expecting there to be an invisible barrier in the way when we get to the border of this godforsaken country. I think I will retire this journal. It’s getting full - plus, it only feels right to leave it as a monument to Barovia, because I sure as hell am never coming back here. It feels like I should make some sort of statement to close out, but I’m not sure what to say. I suppose I will just sign off with the fact that I am happy - happy for myself, for my friends, and for this shitty, shitty country. For one final time, I give cheers to Barovia. --- ## Page Tags/Properties **Tags:** #Journal **Category:** [[Journals and Writings.base|Journals and Writings]] **Character:** [[Krue d'Avenir|Krue]] **Campaign:** [[Curse of Strahd]] **Date ([[Calendar of Harptos|Harptos]]):** 01/17/1491