D&D 5E Vecna: Eve of Ruin Group 1 Session 14

Having successfully recovered 3 sections of the Rod of Seven Parts, the party now looks to enter Barovia to retrieve the 4th section of the rod. By what manner is the rod held and will the group be able to get the rod back to Sigil?
Current Level: 14
Game will take place in Roll20 VTT and Discord Voice Channel.
Character creation:
Character Sheet: Only use the Roll20 Character sheet not DnD Beyond. -Please use the charactermancer in Roll20 to level up your character.
Stats: Roll 4d6, drop lowest die, treat all 1s as 6s, roll one set.
Races: All with exceptions. Once you have selected your race, if it's exotic, please let me know in advance.
Classes/Subclasses/Backgrounds: All
Starting wealth/magic items: Starting Gold: 25,000.
Starting magic items: 2 very rare, 2 Rares, 4 uncommons
More information will be found in the discord channel.