The next arc of my campaign is going to be the Carnival (+ Barovia 2 Electric Boogaloo). Since my players are level 20 and will otherwise completely rip ass, I’ve decided instead that for the introduction... they’ll be playing as their kids. They’ll get to wander around with Kjosev at a spooky carnival and absolutely nothing will go wrong and nobody will be kidnapped and CERTAINLY nobody will be taken as leverage by a vampire lord named Strahd.
Pictured above: a concept of Isolde/Nepenthe and portraits of Vamira, Vasrai, Striga. And then a Kasimir, because he’s involved too.