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After a brief rest to wake yourself up, you resume your travel, taking the western branch.
It's not long before you come upon the barrier that separates the domain of Castle Ravenloft from the greater valley of Barovia. Another set of gates, nearly identical to the ones you saw when you entered Barovia for the first time just a few days ago.
The grand scale of these gates is not lost on you the second time. It conjures an image of power and reverence, but its grace has been lost entirely, its likeness crumbled and decrepit. Why have the heads been decapitated? Is it part of Strahd's curse? Did Strahd himself do this? You consider asking, but you doubt Ireena has the answer, and you must focus on walking if you hope to make it to Vallaki by the end of this day.
You continue west down the road, through the gates.
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