The monks living at the old monastery often help travelers in need. Its great bell is chimed a half hour before sundown each night to warn all that hear it of the time-after sundown, the Prince of Vampires hunts for food. The monks of the Blessed Wilbury protect visitors to western Kolyma often offering them a place to rest to keep them safe from the Vampires and other undead that often roam around countryside at night. As a wedding gift, the monks repaired the frayed bridge crossing in order that Graham and Valanice could return to the Crystal Tower and free the golden lion.