Orașnou

Orașnou is a village located in Barovia, sitting in the foothills at the base of the Balinok Mountains with the Svalich Woods to the south. The farmers managed to produce a significant amount of crops despite the infertile soil and bleak landscape. A series of events has led to the wiping out or disappearance of most of Orașnou's food stockpiles while the village undergoes a particularly cruel winter.

The situation in Orașnou has been complicated by the activities and deaths of the village's burgomaster and ruling council members Eugen Adi and Glovia Falinescu. Until recently, Orașnou suffered under the heal of Burgomaster Ivan Randovich, tyrant whose rule inspired dread and despair in the villagers of Orașnou. He unjustly confiscated personal goods from villagers and skimmed the taxes he collected- all the while protected by Strahd's favor. Eugen Adi, one of Ivan's tax collectors, ravaged Orașnou's livestock before his unnatural hunger led him on a murder spree gobbling up people. Glovia Falinescu, village healer and provider of food to the needy, had more limited schemes, but the undead she created to achieve her ends caused sorrow and death. All of the above persons were eliminated by adventurers while in the pursuit of evil schemes, leaving Scartia Krutz to handle the tasks of running the town and ensuring Strahd's taxes are paid. These are tasks Krutz, normally a mere tax collector and investigator, struggles to fulfill. Moreover, the death of Burgomaster Ivan- although a dreaded tyrant- leaves the villagers with a new source of dread- the uncertainty of what will happen next without his guiding hand.