Overview
The ground floor of the dragon's house: the great hall where Vladimir Horngaard keeps court over a table of dead knights, the chapel with its dragon window, the armory, a ruined gallery and the servants' hall.
A burned entry hall with a broken statue at its heart; through tall doors north, a great hall where armoured figures sit along a long table; a chapel to the west under a window of coloured glass; an armory, a gallery of fallen banners, and the cold servants' hall.
Resting: Risky: a rest here can be interrupted.
Getting here
Ways in
- From Argynvostholt: The mansion's front doors
- From The Undercroft: The stair up to the servants' hall
- From Argynvostholt, Upper Floor: Down to the great hall
Ways out
| # | Exit | Leads to | Only when |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Out to the courtyard |  Argynvostholt | |
| 2 | Out to the courtyard | Argynvostholt | |
| 3 | Up the great stair |  Argynvostholt, Upper Floor | |
| 4 | A stair down to the undercroft |  The Undercroft | tithe told |
Map
Key: gold, people; red, containers; purple, hidden finds; teal, skill checks; white, exits; orange, traps. The numbers match the lists on this page.
Close up
Weapon rack
Pantry cupboard
the chapel altar, a reliquary behind the chapel altar
People
Who turns up at points in the story (3)
- Argynvost, The chapel (#5): when not argynvost beacon lit
- Vladimir Horngaard, The great hall (#6): when vladimir duel won and not vladimir yielded; or when order fate isn't “rest” and not beacon stand begun
- Dead Knight, The great hall (#7, #8, #9, #10, #11): when order fate isn't “rest” and not beacon stand begun
What to find
| # | Where | What | How |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | Weapon rack | Longsword, Shield, Lance | open it |
| 13 | Iron-bound chest | Holy Water ×2, 60 gp | lock DC 15 |
| 14 | Pantry cupboard | Candle ×6, Oil ×2, Lamp | open it |
| 17 | a loose hearthstone (hidden) | Potion of Healing | Search: Perception DC 14 |
| 18 | a sword behind the armour stands (hidden) | Flame Tongue Longsword | Search: Perception DC 15 |
| 19 | a reliquary behind the chapel altar (hidden) | Amulet of the Devout, +2 | Search: Investigation DC 15 |
Tarokka treasure spots. If the reading hid one of the treasures here, it's in: Argynvostholt Vladimir ()
The containers here also get random magic items and potions, rolled for a party of level 8 the first time you come (Random Treasure). Hidden finds need a Search (F) nearby; the party's best roll counts.
Skill checks
| # | Where | Check | Try | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | the chapel altar | Religion 15 | Pray at the dragon's altar | finds Amulet of the Devout, +2 |
| 16 | Armour stands | Athletics 14 | Shift the armour stands | finds Flame Tongue Longsword |
Fights
- Vladimir rises from the winged chair for the first time, and all down the table dead heads turn to watch. He…, in Argynvostholt, Ground Floor: Vladimir Horngaard, Revenant. Scales with your level.
By party level (the first line your party fits is the fight you get)
- Argynvostholt, Ground Floor, when level ≥ 8: Vladimir Horngaard, Vladimir's second (Revenant) (4700 XP)
- Argynvostholt, Ground Floor, when level ≥ 7: Vladimir Horngaard (2900 XP)
- Argynvostholt, Ground Floor: Vladimir Horngaard (2900 XP)
Quests and lore
- A Knight, More or Less: Sir Godrick Pendlebrook was knighted on a deathbed with a soup ladle. He carries his old master's sword into the mists to have it done…
- The Dragon's Beacon: Argynvost lit a beacon at the top of his tower every night so the valley would know someone was keeping watch. It has been dark since he…
- The Order of the Silver Dragon: The dead knights of Argynvostholt still keep their watch for a dragon four hundred years gone. Their commander hates Strahd too much to let…
- The Silver Hoard: Argynvost gave his hoard away: every Midwinter the Order left a silver coin on every doorstep in the valley. The last winter's tithe never…
The oath stone
Letters cut deep into a slab of grey stone, their edges worn smooth by hands. THE OATH OF THE ORDER OF THE SILVER DRAGON. I will keep the watch while others sleep. I will shield the sleeper and the stranger alike. I will lift up the fallen and ask no price. I will take nothing that is not given. And when the light goes out, I will be the light.
The roll of honour
A great book chained to a lectern, its pages swollen with damp. Names in a hundred hands, each with the year that knight took the oath. The last forty names share one date, written in a single hand that pressed so hard it tore the page.