Vallaki: Blue Water Inn
Strahd looked around the room at the shabby beds and chairs and decided he will not sit.
He does grin though, those pointy pointy things.
"That's actually quite funny, Lando, you don't mind if I call you your first names? I Haven't caught any others, in return you may call me Strahd. The bell is a very old magic, from before my time, possibly before Baba Lysaga. It synchonizes the frequency of the magical weave that we all tap into, whether druid magic, divine magic, or wizard and sorcery spells. Then it makes them all the same. Baba's strongest spell will only be as strong as the ones you know. Binding her power. Although I prefer to say it how Skuldja said, it will give her the binders."
He paces around the room, enjoying the conversation. Enjoying the fear he can sense in you, but he is not here to hurt you. He holds up 3 fingers, "This doesn't count toward any of the means by which I can send you home. They are again: for me to be happily married to Ireena Kolyana, the woman you moved here.
Or for you to find me an heir, someone to replace me on my throne as ruler of this dark land, I believe then I will cease to exist, or perhaps be reborn-much like Lando experienced-and I can have a new start at life.
Third, there is a Vampire Hunter somewhere in Barovia named Rudolph Van Richten. My spies have come up empty handed, which means Van Richten is pretty good. I would very much like you to find him and trick him into coming to Castle Ravenloft so I can lock him in the dungeon. Sounds easy enough right? You've already been hunting monsters, perhaps when word of you killing Baba Lysaga gets out Van Richten will come to you."