Pizazz's Ravenloft and Beyond

Ulthan will grab his stuff, and head for the "back" of this globe putting those two and for that matter all of the party in front of him. He will however not step out of the globe until at least some are engaged either way. "Equal share." he mutters but otherwise waits for others to do things. Init. 12

"He no friend?" Meepo asks with a frown. The 2 and 1/2 foot tall kobold glances to his undead wondering if he should have them get ready to fight.

((Slight correction: the idea of summoning the Hut was not only to get warm for a while and remove the Exhaustion level, but to make a some kind of wrap-about winter clothes from bedrolls. Even if temperature in the Temple is the same, there should be no wind, which cut cold factor in half at least. I hoped that make-shift winter clothes could be enough to not to die.))

Apparently, dusk elves were not as united as one would think. And Kasimir even more "forgetful" than expected - a clear enemy follows the party and not a pip from their guide. Lionel adjusted his sword and stepped out of the warmth of the hut to the biting wind. "You have travellers minding their own business. Do recommend you to do the same. Or am I mistaken and we are your business?"

The elf seems to guard himself, his face blank, "I have no interest in you lot."  He leads his dark steed in a wide circle around the hut area.  He seems willing to say nothing else as he tries to move towards the entrance of the temple. 

Everyone except Lionel (Lionel, do not read.) 

"We fight or no fight?" Meepo asks, more than a bit confused.  "We let man go first, he may set trap for us."  he nods to where the other dusk elf is heading towards the entrance.

(Did not read, I swear!)

"Who was it, Kasimir, and what did he want with you? Or with the Temple?" Lionel was calm but did want to get the answers. The question about other surprises Kasimir forgot to mention he left for later.

Lionel watches the man make his way around the circle, and returns to the hut where Kasimir is.  Lionel asks his question, Kasimir with pure hate and venom in his voice says, "He is a traitor to his people, and a loyal servant to Strahd. He is the most despicable creature I am aware of, short of Strahd himself." 

Meepo repeats his question now that Lionel can hear him. 

Rahadin gets to the main entrance and looks back at the invisible hut area.  His horse vanishes like a black mist dissolving, as he steps forward into the temple. 

(Roll init if you want to interrupt him.  Half the group is still exhausted and your long rest will be interrupted. Or let him go and continue your rest.)

Meepo was right but Lionel would like to hear some answers first: "Kasimir, is there a reason you did not kill traitor to your people before and did not attack him now? And you did not answer, what can he do here, in Temple."

Kasimir frowns, a mixture of self pity, self loathing, fear, and anger somehow ripple across his face all at once.  Seeing the elf vanish into through the doorway of the temple, he turns, mostly fear remaining.  "He alone is responsible for more deaths than you can imagine. He has been Strahd's servant for all of Strahd's life. He helped Strahd's forces defeat the dusk elves. He is responsible for the elimination of the remaining female elves....crushing his own race into a doomed bleak future of oblivion. He has cut down and ended lives across nations before this curse existed, and is Strahd's foremost servant in all things. Though he did not kill my sister, her fate was closely linked to his involvement."  Kasimir takes a moment and unwraps the scarf wrap that he wears over his head, and has done since you first saw him.  When the last few wraps come undone you see that he has no ears, only the scars of a mutilation. "He is responsible for taking my ears as punishment for our race raising our hand against Strahd. He is the closest thing to the devil next to Strahd himself. There can be nothing good for him coming here, but I can not imagine there is more harm he could possibly do than is already done. Were he here for me, I feel he would have confronted us. He cares nothing for me. To him, I am defeated. If he is here now, he must come here frequently." 

He sits down, his spirit crushed, as he begins to re-wrap the scarf about his head with deft hand trained by decades of experience.

"So you're saying we can't defeat him? Did he defeat armies by himself or he had army?" Ulthan asks thoughtfully...

"We sent vampire himself running." Meepo says with a shrug.  He sits down, willing to wait until he is feeling less cold to see what this other elf has done.

"Don't be so hasty in judgment," Lionel looked at Ulthan, "if Strahd shared his power with that man, he could indeed wreak havoc in the country, not only among small number of people. Yet again, as friend Meepo said - if we are going against the master, the servant should not stop us. I am not asking why that traitor hated his own people so much as to destroy the very race he belongs to. But if we meet him in the Temple, rest assured, we will deal with him."

"Let's just finish our rest and get going."

Kasimir looks about the group, "He is a fearsome foe, but...we are many and he is alone.  He does not have a host of warriors around him. We may have the upper hand. I will mourn those of us that die if we attempt to kill him, but he can die, unlike the devil." 

It's perhaps an hour later, you're still resting, when Rahadin emerges like a silent ghost from the temple. He seems a bit paler and drawn, but his eyes are still fierce. He looks at the place where the invisible hut is, his eyes shrouded, and begins walking around it, giving it a wide berth as he makes his way to the far side.  He's 40 feet from the hut at all times as he rounds it's outside.

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"Once again, things that could have been brought to my attention yesterday!" speaks Ulthan then sighs... "He get army soon then, tough to kill." Ulthan ready!"... that said, he still puts his backpack down and starts resting since no one seems to want to go after the servant right now or do they... "Now's our best chance, he's demoralized, attack now or wait until he gets more power!" Ulthan's got his bow, and arrows ready for the group to attack their nemesis.

Everyone sits stone still....unsure of what to do, as Rahadim slowly makes his way around to the far side of the hut.  Ulthan is the only one to have moved, his bow out....as he waits for the still shivering party to react.

"You can attack him from in here..." Meepo speaks up after a bit.  "Your weapons here when cast spell, so can pass through..."  He shrugs.  "Elf out there no can attack back...  Also no can see, so attack with being unseen..."

(I think we were waiting for Mordekai mostly - to react in some way to the new party member or anything at all)

(Can I assume that after an hour of quiet waiting and doing nothing more complicated than destroying bedrolls for the purpose of creating make-shift clothes, we got "short rest"? And stopped shivering as well, by the way?)

"Yesterday your wisdom was not with us," calmly answered Lionel to Ulthan, "and though that man over there is a pure menace, do you always attack random strangers just because you think them be evil?" He sighed, "but a promise is a promise."

Lionel stepped out of the hut yet again. "Rahadin," called Lionel, "you are known as Strahd's right hand and destroyer of your people. I came here to rid this land of your master and his evil. That includes you. I am challenging you to the fight, here and now."

Exhaustion levels require a long rest to be removed, so you're still suffering from exhaustion.  But you have received a short rest for sure. 

People can move through freely.  Spells and magical effects can not extend or be cast through the tiny hut.  FYI.  So, only arrows or other physical attacks would work from within. 

He glances back at you with a raised eyebrow, "Sorry, Strahd has forbidden me to kill you. Sadly."  He vanishes.  (Meepo can't counterspell as you're in the hut).  

A quick glance down, and there are no new footprints forming than the ones in the snow currently.

If you want to react / do stuff, roll init.

"Cowardice excuse," stated Lionel, activating the sword.

Initiative: 3 

Seeing some action Ulthan also acts at Initiative (at most 5) 19. At that time he lets loose with arrows from within the bubble to hit Attack: 9 Damage: 7 and second attack 13 Damage: 6... Ulthan looks at the sky... I miss my mountain he thinks...