Overview
Resting: no Bildrath charges for floor space by the hour, and he is watching the clock.
Getting here
Ways in
- From Village of Barovia: Bildrath's Mercantile
Ways out
| # | Exit | Leads to | Only when |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Out to the road |  Village of Barovia |
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
Bildrath Cantemir
Strongbox
People
- Bildrath Cantemir, Proprietor, Bildrath's Mercantile: Shop floor (#2)
- Goodwife Viorica, A customer at Bildrath's: Shop floor, 09:00–16:00 (#4)
Who turns up at points in the story (1)
- Parriwimple, Shop floor (#3): when not (burial procession and parriwimple pallbearer and not burgomaster buried)
What to find
| # | Where | What | How |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Strongbox | 30 gp | lock DC 15 |
The containers here also get random magic items and potions, rolled for a party of level 3 the first time you come (Random Treasure). Hidden finds need a Search (F) nearby; the party's best roll counts.
Locked and secret doors
- Storeroom door: lock DC 13
Quests and lore
- Cut After Noon: The woodcutters of Barovia cut what they need by noon and go home. Grigore's son stayed late, and brought something back.
- Mary's Daughter: Mad Mary's daughter Gertruda, sixteen and never once allowed outside, slipped out of the house a few nights ago and hasn't come back.
- The Burgomaster's Hound: The dead burgomaster's wolfhound howls every night at the mansion's study wall, not at the wolves.
- The Oat Thief: Somebody is stealing four sacks of oats a week from Bildrath's back room, and the lock is never touched.
Ledger
Bildrath's ledger, ruled in red ink. Sales this month: rope, one length (the burgomaster, for the coffin, unpaid). Candles, none. Lamp oil: one flask, every evening, to the shop's own account. Under 'Debts owed': Ismark Kolyanovich, a long column. Under 'Debts forgiven': nothing, underlined twice.