Curse of Strahd: Through the Domains of Dread

Curse of Strahd began by piggybacking on the heals of House of Lament (from Van Richton's Guide to Ravenloft), where the original party was first introduced to one of the many Domains of Dread. The party has recently arrived in the village of Barovia where they were introduced to the unusual ways of the peoples of this valley and their prince, the one the people call The Devil Strahd. There they met the son of the village's late burgomaster, Ismark Kolyanovich, who gave the team their first quest: escort his sister Ireena to the village of Vallaki in the heart of the Valley of Barovia. Ireena had been already bitten twice by the Devil Strahd and Ismark needs her brought somewhere she can be safe from the vampire's power. She wouldn't leave, however, until their father's remains were brought to the local church and interred on the hollowed grounds. At the church they met Father Donovich praying by the alter in the church's ransacked chapel as a voice from below called out "Father, I'm starving!" F. Donovich explained that his son, who had accompanied a wizard and many other townsfolk and stormed the gates of Ravenloft a year ago had in fact returned, albeit as a vampire spawn. F. Donovich pleaded with the party to not kill his son, but to find a way to cure him. The group acquiesced, and F. Donovich agreed to preside over the burial of Burgomaster Kolyan Indirovich in the early hours of that morning. Along the way they encountered some eerie sights, like an old woman named Morgantha taking a child as payment for her pastries, the visage of Sabrina hanging from a crossroads gallows, and the decrepit windmill known to the locals as 'Old Bonegrinder'. The also encountered a Vistani camp at the Tser Pool, where, in the mid morning hours, were regaled with wine and a story of a wizard that battled Strahd before perishing by the vampire's hand. They also met Madam Eva, the camp's maddened elder Vistana. She read the group's fortune as relating to Strahd, giving them cryptic clues as to how to rid Barovia of the vampire and end his curse on the land. After Arriving in the walled village of Vallaki, the group sought out the village burgomaster, Baron Vargas Vallakovich. At his mansion they entreated him to give aid and shelter to Ireena to which he agreed before giving the party a quest of his own: investigate the disappearances of two staff members, the butler, and the Baroness' lady-in-waiting. With that, our heroes spent their first night in Barovia in the safety of the burgomaster's mansion. New heroes will start off at level 3, using point buy for ability scores, standard starting equipment or gold, and 1 common magic item. Current party members include: PCs: Vaelok Skyroot, a male goliath wildfire druid; Virtuoso, a male human devotion paladin; Aurelia, a female elf dead three rogue PC sidekicks: Dr Greymourn, a female human/reborn college of spirits bard; Sabrina Hafthor, a female dwarf path of the zealot barbarian; Lune, a female tiefling aberrant mind sorcerer