
Barovians congregate in the Valley's three main settlements – the villages of Barovia and Krezk and the town of Vallaki – for fear of falling prey to wolves and other beasts that prowl the woods.Īfter his armies occupied the valley and slew its inhabitants, Strahd repopulated the area with human subjects drawn from his other conquered lands.

Native Barovians have been terrorized for centuries by the one they call "the devil Strahd". No creature can leave, and those that try become lost in The Mists. It now exists within a demiplane surrounded by a deadly fog. The land now called Borovia is no longer part of the same world that Strahd once tried to conquer. He made the scenic valley his home and named it for his late father, King Barov. The serenity of the place was forever shattered when Strahd led a bloody crusade against the enemies of his family that ended here with the slaughter of hundreds.

This idyllic valley nestled in the Balinok mountains was a slice of heaven to those who knew of its existence before Strahd's arrival. The progenitor Domain of the demiplane of Ravenloft is Barovia, ruled by Count Strahd Von Zarovich.
