Overview
Haralamb the painter's house on Vallaki's east row: a front room of pots and rags, and up the back a long studio full of portraits of one woman, and the great canvas the count gave him to copy from (The Count's Portraitist, docs/story/side_quests.md).
A painter's house that smells of linseed and something under it, like old flowers. Every canvas in it is turned to the wall, except the ones that aren't, and those all have the same face.
Resting: Risky: a rest here can be interrupted.
Getting here
Ways in
- From Vallaki: Haralamb's door
Ways out
| # | Exit | Leads to | Only when |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Out to the east row |
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

a great canvas in a gilt frame
What to find
The containers here also get random magic items and potions, rolled for a party of level 5 the first time you come (Random Treasure). Hidden finds need a Search (F) nearby; the party's best roll counts.
Fights
- The great canvas leans out of its frame on its own, and the portraits round the walls come with it, frames…, in Haralamb's Studio: The Count's Likeness, Guardian Portrait. Part of The Count's Portraitist.
Quests and lore
- The Count's Portraitist: Haralamb, who paints the Baron's wicker sun, was fetched to the castle and kept eleven nights painting a woman from the count's memory. He…
