>>8493141Its one of the most popular settings for a reason.
The books stress maintaining the gothic horror elements despite the tendency to powergame and use meta knowledge. It even features a tarot future reading system in some modules to change elements of the story so players can’t predict shit like character location and motivations.
Strahd Von Zarovich AKA D&D Dracula would be the first figure. Then probably Tatiana, who doubles as both Mina Harker, John QuincyMorris, and Van Helsing depending on the tarot and player choices.