Those Who Fight

Those Who Fight are an adventuring party based in Faerun, currently ranked 46th on the Waterdeep Adventurer's Guild leaderboard.

Founding
Those Who Fight were founded in the Village of Barovia by Scorn Maledict, Verneiye Shika, Razyra Ilazune, Destara Mystelai, Daedove Soroisse, Enaira Soroisse, Ismark Kolyanovich, and Ireena Kolyana, with the aid of the Goddess Shar. Prior to their meeting in Indirovich Manor, only Ismark and Ireena knew each other extensively, being siblings.

The group decided it was in their best interest to unite together to defeat Strahd von Zarovich, in order to exit Barovia.

Early Adventures
Those Who Fight had many short adventures before reaching any major settlements. The first of which was fighting Strahd himself in the streets of Barovia, an encounter the party managed to survive by escaping into a church.

Shortly after, the group spoke to the Vistani Seer, Madame Eva. She read them a cryptic fortune on defeating Strahd, before inviting the group to sleep in their camp. In the night, Destara was awoken by the sound of muffled screams, finding a drunkard attempting to drown a little girl, Arrabelle. Those who Fight were quickly able to defeat the man, before Madame Eva joined them. Over the course of their interaction, Madame Eva was able to reveal Destara's Vistani heritage, shortly before Shar arrived and polymorphed her to her true Vistani form.

Madame Eva continued to hint at the past of the party, loosely, before another cloaked figure, later revealed to be The Traveller, arrived and showed Ireena and Verneiye a vision of the wedding of Sergei von Zarovich and Tatyana Federovna, showing the two their past lives and revealing the reason for Strahd's fixation on Ireena.

While traveling The Old Svalich Road, they came across a windmill, Old Bonegrinder. The party decided to search the windmill, and among the many magic items (Including the Cauldron of Chicken Permission), they found Evelyn Marthain, and convinced her to join their group.

Vallaki
Immediately upon reaching Vallaki, the party was greeted, and then imprisoned, by Izek Strasni. Strasni revealed he was Daedove's half-brother, who had gone mad with his obsession for finding his sister. When Daedove brought up the idea of the party leaving, he was enraged and ordered the party to be placed under arrest. While most were captured, Ireena, Verneiye, and Scorn managed to escape, before once again being set upon by Strahd. Ireena was able to slip away to a cathedral, before Verneiye and Scorn slipped into a property owned by Shar, which the Vampire Lord was barred from entering.

The group heard an announcement that, for defying Izek, Enaira would be executed the following morning. While planning to save her, Shar clued them into the fact that a person named Rudolph van Richten was in the town and could lend them help, perhaps by starting at the Inn.

Through a series of events in which the party decided to attend a Carnival, they met Mollymauk, Yasha, and Rictavio (a disguised van Richten), who agreed to help them free their friends for a "future favor". While the group was preparing, they heard the execution of Enaira was being moved up to that evening, making them need to move up immediately. Scorn was able to catch Enaira at the moment the gallows released, timing their rescue with the explosion of van Richten's firebombs.

Destara recognized van Richten from her dream of her past, and threatened them on sight, before reaching an agreement to consider her friends "even". The rescued party went with van Richten, Mollymauk, Yasha, and Verneiye, escaping back to the Old Svalich Road. Scorn and Eniara met Ireena outside of town, before getting caught in a space loop by Strahd.

Separation
While cut off from each other, the party went on two separate adventures, before meeting up in Kresk again. In order to break the loop, Scorn lead their section of the party to Castle Ravenloft. Through exploration, they discovered The Tome of Strahd, and Ezmerelda d'Avenir, an enemy of Strahd, who informed them he was making them attend a dinner.

While at the dinner, Strahd taunted Ireena and told her that she would be his. In an attempt to seal the castle, all the doors started to close. Ezmerelda was able to rescue the party by throwing her sword in the door, and leading them over the drawbridge, just barely. She agreed to accompany the party, suggesting they go through the mountains to get to Kresk.

The larger party made their way through the Old Svalich Road, before hitting The Wizard of Wines Winery, where its owners begged them for help with their winery, that was overrun by druids. While the party was successful in defeating the druids, when they went back outside, they found the entire family, save for a baby, apparently slaughtered by Werewolves. A man, calling himself Kasimir, who was allegedly chosen to help them, was there, standing over the wolves and corpses. "Kasimir" handed them the child, who was taken by Shar, before Yasha raised suspicion with his story. After questioning, Evelyn was satisfied and attempted to feed on him. When this happened, "Kasimir's" disguise broke, revealing Strahd's chamberlain, Rahadin, who retreated to his master.

While the large party bonded and watched as Ismark and Daedove entered a romantic relationship. The rest of the group approached the Amber Temple, finding an illusion of their friends corpses outside. In her grief, Ireena nearly killed herself, but was talked down by Scorn. While exploring the temple, they found the body of the real Kasimir, and his ghost, who told them that secrets to resurrection were deep in this temple. After much exploring and debate, Scorn took three gifts: The ability to revive the dead three times, the ability to reincarnate three times upon death, and the ability to cast Finger of Death three times. They used the first of the resurrections on Kasimir, who instantly agreed to help them beat Strahd.