Curse of Strahd

Skorn will ask Ireena: Which way to the town? I do not wish to veer from the safety of the road.

Ireena says we should stay North. I have never seen that path before.

You guys continue and as it gets to be about 4pm the clouds start to boil like a thunderstorm is about begin overhead. Parked at the fork in the road, pointed east, is a large black carriage drawn by two black horses. The horses snort puffs of steamy breath into the chill mountain air. The side door of the carriage swings open silently.

Ireena...does the path that carriage is on go where I think it goes?

Manneo - Seeing the carriage door open tells Ireena, "You don't move from my or Torvins side...do you understand? If something happens one of us will get you out of here."

Ireena starts to shake and a cold sweeps over you all, however all you can see is the driver and an open door. Ireena says " It would seem your dinner invitation is here"

Manneo - Looking at the carriage and hearing what Ireena said he says, "I have no intentions of getting into that carriage if it is from Strahd. That isn't the plan and it should not be altered."

Skorn shakes his head. I agree. Getting in that carriage is a death sentence. We must move on. Quickly.

Manneo - Says, "I think we should take the footpath and I get the "safety" of the paved path before us, but I fear it is just false security. As long as we stay in formation and at the ready we should be fine and well away from that thing." (he will point towards the carriage)

Is the carriage blocking the road? " I have no intention of getting into there either"

perception: 18 

The carriage is not quite blocking the road, if you take the road left it is away from where the carriage is headed. 

Is the footpath leading in the same direction we need to go? 

(I think the road forks, one fork is where the carriage is the other is the way we were going. Am I right Nessaja?)

Yes the road forks, the footpath was about 110 ft back. You passed it. 

OOC: Oh I thought the footpath was part of the fork like the paved main road where the carriage is and then this footpath

Mr. Greenleaf - Is there a driver or anyone in the carriage?

Trying to hug up as close as he can to Ireena "What's our best plan of action, Ireena?"

Ireena says : We should head to the left slowly. She starts making her way around the carriage to the left. 

OOC: The foot path was more or less a rolled path I just made. It was nothing. 

Torvin will mutter a prayer to Moradin as he slowly begins to move with Ireena

Mr. Greenleaf will follow as well, short bow drawn

You guys continue down the path and see ahead, jutting from the impenetrable woods on both sides of the road, are high stone buttresses looming gray in the fog. Huge iron gates hang on the stonework. Dew clings with cold tenacity to the rusted bars. Two headless statues of armed guardians flank the gate, their heads now lying among the weeds at their feet. They greet you only with silence.