Made it through the #Ravenloft bind I was in, rather than intermittent combat for an entire in game night, the party unraveled the participants wants and figured out a mutual exchange where they all help eachother and there's no need to compete for Madame Eris' favour.
She's bumused that they thought this was the intended solution, and will continually insert doubt into their ranks with rumours.
Meanwhile they're off to the ruins of Castle Avernus with Skeever and Professor Pacali in tow



