At over 41k words, I had done the tale... tough to read the person behind the fame and given the materials available I was to dig dig.....
Background.
The
name Dracula, which is now primarily known as the name of a fictional vampire, was for
centuries known as the sobriquet of
Vlad III. Diplomatic reports and popular stories referred to him
as Dracula, Dracuglia, or Drakula already in the
15th century. He himself signed his two letters as
"Dragulya" or "Drakulya" in the late 1470s. His name
had its origin in the sobriquet of his father, Vlad Dracul ("Vlad
the Dragon" in medieval Romanian), who received it
after he became a member of the Order of the Dragon.Dracula is
the Slavonic genitive form of Dracul,
meaning "[the son] of Dracul (or the Dragon)". In modern
Romanian, dracul means "the devil", which contributed to
Vlad's reputation.
Vlad
III is known as Vlad Țepeș (or Vlad the Impaler) in Romanian
historiography. This sobriquet is connected to the impalement that was his
favorite method of execution. The Ottoman writer Tursun Beg referred to
him as Kazıklı Voyvoda (Impaler
Lord) around 1500. Mircea the Shepherd, Voivode of
Wallachia, used this sobriquet when referring to Vlad III in a letter of grant
on 1 April 1551.
Notes to the tale.
When
I researched this character, I found little or few references to Vlad III
except for his fame as the blood-drinking Lord, and some extract of his life
when he was in the Ottoman’s care. There was little to read on but I managed to
get more insight as I dug in deeper.
Lord
Vlad III was not whom he was described. He was a patriot of the nation he
belonged to. He was not given many choices. When he needed assistance, he was
denied and when he fought, he did it with valor. He was always at a
disadvantage so he created a persona that will strike fear in the enemies.
In
the previous ages, there were such leaders; Attila the Hun, Genghis Khan, and
even Tamerlane. Even in ancient times, the Spartans were as vicious and there
were the Romans. It was just Dracula was an exception by the hand-down rumors
that he was a blood drinker. The prevalent rumors were by the Saxons he
persisted to battle then. (https://historycollection.com/12-unexpected-facts-about-vlad-the-impaler-the-real-dracula/6/)
I
created Janus, the companion of Vlad III to give him depth. I did give the
impression that Vlad was moved to the bloody act by the fictional character
then.
That
was not the reference I had to use. They are listed below:
https://www.livescience.com/40843-real-dracula-vlad-the-impaler.html
https://historycollection.com/12-unexpected-facts-about-vlad-the-impaler-the-real-dracula/6/
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János Hunyadi |
Hungarian general and governor | Britannica
(PDF) A candidate
to the Walachian throne. Vlad Ţepeş and his exile in Moldavia (1449-1452)
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Saxons - Wikipedia
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Mihailović - Wikipedia
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