Gadof Blinsky

Vallaki's toymaker, Gadof Blinsky, calls himself a “wizard of tiny miracles,” but recently he has been consumed by despair because no one seems to need him or his toys. His admiration for scary toys has led to him being shunned by most of the locals. The burgomaster supports Blinsky's business, giving him some gold every month for preparing the decorations for the festival.

Blinsky looks like an overweight man in a moth-eaten jester's cap, which he wears while the store is open. He does this more out of habit than for the amusement of visitors. In the past six months, only one customer who came into his store bought anything. It was a traveler from distant lands named Rictavio (see area N2), who two weeks ago acquired a stuffed Vistani doll. Realizing that the toy maker was very lonely, Rictavio gave him his pet monkey, Piccolo. Delighted, Blinsky began training the monkey to retrieve toys from hard-to-reach shelves. The toymaker also dressed Piccolo in a specially tailored tutu. When he greets new visitors, Blinsky gives a well-rehearsed greeting: “Welcome, friends, to the Blinsky House, where happiness and smiles can be purchased at a reasonable price. Perhaps you know a child who needs some entertainment? A little toy for a boy or a girl?”.he is between 45-50 years old.Blinsky was a skilled toymaker, though his taste was rather creepy. He showed the party a headless doll that comes with a sack of attachable heads, including one with its eyes and mouth stitched shut, and a set of wooden nesting dolls; the smaller each one gets, the older it gets, until the innermost doll is a mummified corpse. Also a miniature gallows, complete with trapdoor and a weighted "hanged man", a mobile of hanging bats with flapping wings, and a Strahd puppet (that Batthwack ended up buying). Raphina asked for something relating to a wolves and Blinsky produced a wind-up musical merry-go-round with figures of snarling wolves chasing children in place of prancing horses.Isaac dreams of a beautiful young girl, and for many years he has been forcing a local toy maker named Gadof Blinsky to make dolls similar to her. This girl is Kolyana's ireena, although Isaac does not know her name.