Fiona Wachter

In Curse Of Strahd, Fiona invited the Pack to dine with her at the Wachterhaus, where she informed them of what happened to Stella and attempted to tease apart their relation to Strahd. She asked Ghalwin of the Grove to find further dirt on Baron Vargas, and hinted that she intended to start a revolution in Vallaki. In later meetings, she developed a kinship with the cleric Atlas Atruvian, and revealed the truth about her admiration of Strahd.

The Pack had met the Burgomaster and determined him unfit to rule Vallaki; after the attack from the Vampire Spawn hidden in the Coffin Maker's Shop, Vargas had grown increasingly insular. He had redistributed half the town's guard for personal protection, allowing crime, fear, and anti-Vallakovich sentiment to fester. Atlas eventually found Viktor Vallakovich's Journal and shared it with Fiona.

Enraged, she showed them her basement and cult, and informed them of her plan to overthrow the Burgomaster during the next festival. The cleric agreed to looking into curing Stella's madness once the revolution took place two days later. Readying for the Riots Of The Blazing Sun, Fiona planted two of her cultists in the crowd and had them murder a guard and innocent bystander, inciting confusion and starting the riots that caused much of southern Vallaki to burn.

Eventually, the Baron and Baronet were ousted and brutally immolated on the wicker sun, and Fiona shouted encouragement to the bloodthirsty mob atop the roof of a shop. She revealed to Atlas her vision from the Vistani; the destruction of her town and the death of innocents were necessary for her revolution. The mob eventually burned down the Vallaki Burgomaster's Mansion, and over the coming days, Fiona inserted herself as the new burgomaster of Vallaki.

Now with free reign over the town, Fiona lifted many of the draconian punishments that Vargas had imposed on his citizens. She had the statue of Vyacheslav Vallakovich torn down from the Vallaki Town Square's fountain, and reinstated it with a stone sculpture of Strahd. She also opened the gates to the Vistani and began fostering a relationship with the nearby Vistani Camp. Over time, she began to bear the Mark of Strahd herself, and assembled a large militia of black-cloaked guards loyal to a cult devoted to her. Her past visions lead her to institute a hunt The Pack; when the heroes could not be found, she began giving bounties for the head of any adventurers in Barovia.

In addition to fostering pro-Strahd sentiment, she began implementing rumors that Ravens were creatures of bad luck, and ordered any ravens to be killed and have their bodies put on to display. This, along with belief that Strahd was the "Devil" who could not be spoken about, ran extremely contrary to the town's culture. However, in tandem with Strahd breaching the city's walls, the riots and revolution, and an absence of Dream Pastry causing many in the town to undergo severe withdrawal systems, the belief became generally accepted. 

Her relationship with her prophecy changed slightly, however, after the Lighting Of The Silver Beacon. Argynvostholt's silvered light stretched all the way to Vallaki, and while not truly sunlight, its beacon gave hope to the residents of the people. Vallaki quickly fractured into factions that had different interpretations of the light, and for the better part of a week, Fiona had to crack down to get her town in line. The silver beacon was not the sunlight she envisioned, but she was determined to explore its meaning.

She gathered a group of 40 hunters and woodcutters and marched them to the mansion, but on the way, was stopped by Ezmerelda D'Avenir. The Vistana pleaded with the group to turn back, even threatening to curse them for leaving town, but Fiona ordered her group to drive Ezmerelda away. However, a half-day down the Old Svalich Road, another sight caused her mob to flee; an Undead Mormeros Fayan shadowed in the body of Ten-Zras chased Strahd von Zarovich through the sky, flying down from Arynvostholt's mountain. Fearing for their lives, Fiona turned her people back to Vallaki.

Not long after this, a group of adventurers snuck into town and performed a stealth coup. Using spells to make them invisible, they infiltrated the Wachterhaus and kidnapped Fiona; among this group was Ghalwin of the Grove, who she attempted to smite with a pen knife, but the paladin had grown far more capable in the ensuing months. They kidnapped her family, gathered evidence of her wrongdoings, and held a trial the next day: the results of this trial led to the Silver Dawn Of Vallaki and their dubbing as the Heralds of Dawn.

As a result of a speech of unity, the Wachters were banished but not executed, and the Heralds took them to their base at Argynostholt alongside ten militiamen and wolf-hunters. There, Fiona was forced to live and work alongside Lydia Petrovna, but stunned at the change in her vision, she did not attempt a revolution within the fort. She and her family remained there until the Slaying Of Strahd.