Vallaki

Located close to the shores of Lake Zarovich, the town of Vallaki (pronounced vah-lah-key) seems like a safe haven against the evils of the Svalich Woods, if not Strahd himself. The town lies beyond the sight of Castle Ravenloft and doesn’t, at first blush, seem as depressed (or oppressed) as the village of Barovia farther east.

History

Vallaki was founded not long after Strahd’s armies conquered the valley by an ancestor of the town’s current burgomaster, Baron Vargas Vallakovich. The Vallakoviches have royal blood in their veins and have long believed themselves superior to the Zarovich line. Baron Vallakovich has deluded himself into believing that hope and happiness are the keys to Vallaki’s salvation. If he can make everyone in Vallaki happy, the burgomaster thinks that the town will somehow escape Strahd’s grasp and return to the forgotten world whence it came. He stages one festival after another to bolster the spirits of the townsfolk, but most Vallakians consider these festivals to be pointless, meaningless affairs more likely to incur Strahd’s wrath than to provide any hope for the future.

Maps

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  Vallaki

Type

Town

Inhabitant Demonym

Vallakian

Location under

Barovia

Characters in Location

• Arrigal
• Baron Vargas Vallakovich
• Baroness Lydia Petrovna
• Danika Dorakova
• Ernst Larnak
• Father Lucian
• Gadof Blinsky
• Gunther Arasek
• Henrik van der Voort
• Izek Strazni
• Karl Wachter
• Kasimir Velikov
• Lady Fiona Wachter
• Luvash
• Milivoj
• Nikolai Wachter
• Stella Wachter
• Urwin Martikov
• Yelena Arasek