St. Andral's church

St. Andral's Church was a temple in the village of Vallaki dedicated to the Morninglord, a deity that was merely an alias of the Faerûnian solar god Lathander and whose faith was started by the Lathanderite Martyn Pelkar.

Description
This temple was slouching in appearance, with a bulging steeple in the back and walls lined with cracked stained glass windows that depicted saints. Outside of the temple proper was a garden of gravestones, enclosed within a wrought iron fence. By the 15 century DR, the building appeared to be centuries old.

Beneath the main altar of the temple was a crypt, holding the bones of its namesake St. Andral, a fact that was known only by the head priest. This crypt measured in space, with walls that were  high. So long as St. Andral's bones were at rest in this crypt, the temple was hallowed ground and protected from Strahd von Zarovich.

Activities
Services were held in the temple at dawn and dusk, wherein the attending priest offered the congregation prayers and reassurance that they were protected by St. Andral.

For a small donation of at least 10 gold pieces and the cost of the necessary material component, the high priest would create holy water or cast the spells gentle repose, iron vigil, or purify water.

Inhabitants
In the 15 century DR this temple was operated by the elderly Father Lucian Petrovich and a couple of young novices, including an orphaned altar boy named Yeska.

History
At some point in the 15 century DR, a vampire spawn living in Vallaki named Henrik van der Voort learned of the location of St. Andral's bones. Unable to enter the temple himself, he ordered a desperate young Vallakian named Milivoj to break into it at night. There boy pried open its floor boards with a shovel in order to access its crypt and stole the bones of St. Andral for him in return for food money. Father Lucian was quick to suspect Milivoj of the crime, but was reluctant to confront him due to the boy's temper.

With the bones in his possession, Henrik planned to rally his fellow vampire spawn to launch an assault upon the temple, though at some point adventurers interfered in his plans.

Appearances

 * Adventures
 * Curse of Strahd