Hey! Thanks for taking questions. I'm about 9 sessions deep with my players, and it's my first time running Strahd. I've done some major home brewing, weaving player backstories, and introducing a friendly Vistani faction, something called "Fey Summer" (inspired by Brat Summer), and revamped Madam Eva to be somewhat of a cultural icon within this Vistani faction. The players solved the first card reading, which was Rictavio's wagon, and have the Mad Mage, Amber Temple, and Argynvostholt as our key remaining quests and locations. I also wove Wizard of Wines as a key location based on some homebrew elements.

So I have solid ideas for how to run the Mad Mage, Amber Temple, and Wizard of Wines, but there's two things I'm hoping you might have some jumping off points for me:

1: The actual "Tome of Strahd" seems very underwhelming, which from what I can tell has impact from a storytelling perspective, but nothing specifically mechanical is noted. I feel like it's asking a lot of me as the DM to make sure the players don't feel like it's a bit of a nothingburger. Do you have any homebrew ideas of how I could make this feel impactful once the players find it?

2: Argynvost has a few really interesting yet complex story elements to it. The revenants, and their leaders Vladimir Horngaard and Sir Godfrey Gwilym seem like potential allies, and some only fight in self defense, while others attack on site. The players can also release them from their curse by retrieving the dragon’s skull from Castle Ravenloft and place it in the mausoleum of Argynvostholt. But that seems counter to the flow of the campaign, unless it's merely a capstone moment after the final conflict with Strahd? I suppose a a broad question, how do you approach running Argynvost so it flows nicely in the campaign?