So how exactly did this guy make the leap from being a national hero who removed kebab and defended Christendom to being the prince of darkness? I really doubt Bram Stoker alone is responsible and I even more doubt that all those vicious legends about him were regarded as anything more than propaganda and don't have a single fact to back them up.
He liked to impale people and he was obscure enough (because he got BTFO in the end) that you could use it for spooky stories.
The end.
It happened around the same time when popular opinions went from "impaling Turks is AWESOME" to "impaling anyone is barbaric and deplorable."
And yes, Bram Stoker did create the prince of darkness legend. He was also inspired by the Elizabeth Bathory trial and pretty much combined the two people.
>>1116012
Nah, Bram Stoker isn't responsible.
It's kinda hard when Vlad III Dracula was so well-known for being cruel.
>mfw my retarded chancellor has the turks impaled the wrong way through their torsos
dude
the pole is supposed to go up the ass
that was like a hundred turks you wasted, you moron
take them down and do it right this time
>>1116012
He wasn't all that respected in ye olde times either. Theres an old political cartoon showing him as Pontius Pilate.
>>1116215
pretty much this
he was known to be a dick to everyone, half of the tales might have been "retouched" by the t*rks but even if a third of them are slightly true he was an absolute sadic madman.
>link related: http://dracula.cc/vlad_iii_dracula/tales/
>>1116012
>So how exactly did this guy make the leap from being a national hero who removed kebab and defended Christendom
How did he make that leap first?
>>1116493
I thought all the stories are German. What did the Turks ever write about Vlad?
