![[Pasted image 20250420064800.png]] *From the foothills of [[Mount Ghakis]], through the [[Tser Pool]], and out to the mists at the edge of the [[Svalich Woods]] to the east winds River Ivlis.* *The Vistani hold its early stretches in great reverence, the glacial meltwater being a symbol of renewal and new beginnings.* *Barovians treat it with disdain and superstition. Under its deceptively slow surface rage strong currents that have claimed plenty of thirsty souls.* *And yet the river sustains the [[Village of Barovia]] along its northern banks, and the meager croplands the villagers manage to keep in this doomed valley.* *At its [[River Ivlis Crossroads|crossroads]], where all its manifestations meet and intercept, stand rotten gallows and crumbling graves. Dense fog hugs the ground while [[Castle Ravenloft]] looms overhead in the distance – a solemn reminder that all paths in Barovia lead to death.*