[IC] Into Barovia

[GM Marvel]

Sumayl struggles not to throw up from the smell, his face going ashen. 

"Why have you not buried that body?"

In the brighter light of the multiple candles you see that even though the young woman is still striking, she's also pale and has a sickly pallor.  Everyone also notices she's wearing a white bandage around her neck.

Just imagine her paler and more sickly looking, with a white bandage around her neck.

  

"Because no one from the village has been brave enough to help Ismark take my father, Kolyan Indirovich, to the cemetery for proper burial," she replies.  "I would but I do not have the endurance I once had to help my brother transport my father's body across town."  

Once everyone is inside, she locks the door and Ismark assists her with lifting the thick wooden planks to secure the door even further.   

Ismark says, "Ireena, you should let me..."

"Ismark," she interrupts quietly.  "Thank you for your concern but I'm not an invalid."  She then turns and smiles at the group.  With a soft voice she asks, "Do any of you want some tea, to help stave off the chill?  You can put your cloaks by the fire to dry and warm them up."