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A lot of the vast audience attracted to the main topic of Dracula know him only in his imaginary, one-dimensional form: vampire. Yet the real truth behind the historical figure - voevode, warlord - of 15th C. Romania reaches least as evenly interesting as any contrived bank account of his supernatural persona. Vlad Dracula faithfully employs his life account as hostage, fugitive, prince, and prisoner, as well as his story. His principality of Wallachia was captured between two voracious predators: the kingdom of Hungary and the Ottoman Empire. They tried out to break Dracula with mind-boggling power and terror. But Dracula converted their own strategies against them, and against scammers and factions in his own land, generating the name Tepes - The Impaler - in the process. He was a odd mix of partner, daddy, soldier, statesman, and berserker. He annihilated 50,000 people - one-tenth of his own society. Cursed by his native Orthodox Christian church, he indeed changed into a story. But right now he is Romania's Robin Hood.
