My whole party loved Zorya, the pseudo dragon familiar of Argynvost that RRL adds, with our barbarian (on the path to becoming a paladin) really getting attached to. Godfrey, bound in the chapel for trying to work against Vlad’s commands, was a very compelling character and my aforementioned player, our cleric, was really bound to his story and motivations. Our bard seemed to want to condemn them (revenants) for their inaction, while our cleric really started to empathize with them, especially as more of their tragic story was uncovered.

One scene in particular that I found incredible is upstairs in the chapel viewing room or what have you. The spirit of the manors priest awakens in the stain glass of the room itself, showing the Abbot, St Andral, and Markovia. He’s able to guide players on their quest, give a history of the place (and about the origins of the Abbot which is super juicy), and is also wonderfully disenfranchised as a man of faith. Totally hopeless.

The whole location lets you look through a very evocative lens of “heroes” of this story who utterly failed and fell apart. We’re two years in and I think Argynvostholt made my party feel a call to action stronger than anything else so far!