Human · Myth · Wallachia
Vlad the Impaler
1431 – 1476 · Prince of Wallachia
We killed 23,884 Turks without counting those whom we burned in homes or the Turks whose heads were cut by our soldiers…
Who he was
Vlad III ruled Wallachia, in today’s Romania, three times between 1448 and 1476. A hostage of the Ottomans in his youth, he later fought them, and in 1462 he met Sultan Mehmed II’s invasion with a night attack on the sultan’s camp.
His habit of impaling enemies and criminals earned him the name Țepeș, the Impaler. His other name, Dracula, son of the Dragon (after his father, Vlad Dracul), later gave Bram Stoker the name of his vampire.
Sources: Radu Florescu and Raymond T. McNally, Dracula: Prince of Many Faces (1989) · Encyclopaedia Britannica, “Vlad the Impaler”
In Godsdusk
Passive · The ImpalerHis attacks make the target bleed 3% of its max HP each round for the rest of the battle (bleeds do not stack).
Active · Blood Feast · cooldown 4 roundsDrains 8% of max HP from every bleeding enemy and heals himself for the total, up to 40% of his max HP.
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