The Aristocrat's Desperate Ransom

Placed upon the high balcony of a manor overlooking the fog-shrouded streets, this heavy iron-bound chest was left by a terrified noble as a blood-tithe. Lord Vallaki, hoping to spare his household from the vampire lord's nightly visit, offered up his family's most precious heirlooms and defensive artifacts. The air around the chest is cold and smells faintly of expensive lavender oil and old parchment. It represents the last of a dying lineage's power, offered as a bribe to the darkness that stalks the city.