![]() ![]() The general himself, a hardened soldier, retreated horrified and nauseated. One account from an Ottoman general described approaching Vlad’s encampment only to find a sea of over 20,000 impaled bodies, screams, and blood. ![]() Posthumously dubbed “The Impaler,” Vlad III was notorious for impaling thousands of prisoners after a victory, as both a deterrent and a warning. To his ancient enemies, however, like the Ottoman Turks, Vlad was vilified for his brutal military tactics, and use of psychological warfare. ![]() For modern day Romanians, Vlad is a modern day folk hero, and an emblem of defiance in the face of oppression. Stoker was inspired after reading a history of Wallachia’s crown prince, Vlad III. Bram Stoker is largely credited with spreading, and popularizing, our modern conception of the vampire through his infernal creation, Count Dracula. ![]()
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