The deva capitulated in sympathy for the pitiful lot, the Abbot capitulated. However, they saw not the human form as perfect but rather wished altered physiology, human mixed with the gifts of various animals. Physically sick, the Abbot tened to their needs, determined to rid them of any imperfections. The Belview Family delivered his first step to corruption. However, the Dark Powers set out to corrupt him. Posing as a pious cleric and healer, helping those with afflictions both mental and physical in nature. (which, given that the "current year" of CoS is 735 BC, would make the Abbot's arrival prior 635 BC].) Actually a deva, the Abbot was driven to the long abandoned and defiled Abbey of Saint Markovia to restore it to its former glory. Over a hundred years ago, a mysterious figure known as the Abbot came to Krezk to restore the Abbey. By the time they emptied their supplies, the faithful had decimated themselves, all either dead or mad. In the years that followed, they fell to Strahd's manipulations and their own petty sins and vices. After Strahd put down the rebellion of Saint Markovia, her followers cut themselves off from the outside world. The Abbey once served convent and hospital.
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