Dracula

Vlad III, commonly called Vlad the Impaler and sometimes Vlad Tepes, was from Wallachia, a region which is now part of Romania. But when Vlad Tepes lived, it was an independent country.

He was born in 1431, died in 1476.

Count Dracula, a fictional character in the Dracula novel, was inspired by one of the best-known figures of Romanian history, Vlad Dracula, nicknamed Vlad Tepes(Vlad the Impaler), who was the ruler of Walachia at various times from 1456-1462. Born in 1431 in Sighisoara, he resided all his adult life in Walachia, except for periods of imprisonment at Pest and Visegrad (in Hungary).

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The word Dracula derives (historicaly) from a fraternal order of Knights called 'The Order of the Dragon' founded prior to 1431 by Sigismind of Luxembourg to defend Europe against the Turks. It's more popular usage was by Bram Stoker, the Irish novelist. Count Dracula was published in 1897

His enemies are Arthur Holmwood (later Lord Godalming), Wilhelmina ´Mina´ Murray (later Harker), Jonathan Harker, Dr. Seward, Quincey P. Morris and Professor Abraham van Helsing.

The Dracula character was loosely based on the real-life Romanian prince, Vlad Tepes (aka Vlad the III, aka Vlad the Impaler, aka Vlad Dracula), who lived in the mid-15th century.

Vlad the Impaler is known for his butchery and bloodthirst, and got the name "the Impaler" because he enjoyed impaling his victims on long, sharp sticks on the castle grounds, and watching them die slowly and painfully. Sometimes he even had picnics among the dead and dying victims. Unlike the fictional Dracula, however, Vlad was not known to drink blood.

Despite his legendary cruelty, he is regarded as a hero in Romania, even today, for defending his country against the Turks, and for keeping the crime level in his country at virtually zero. There is a legend that in the town where Vlad lived, there was a well that all the townspeople drank from, and beside the well was a gold goblet, a gift from Vlad to the townspeople. According to legend, the gold goblet was never, ever stolen, despite the fact that it was always left unguarded next to the well, because people were so terrified of Vlad that they dared not steal it.

He is also regarded as something of a Robin Hood type, who despised the rich and defended the poor, although this is really more legend than fact.

Besides all this, Vlad's modern-day supporters argue that Vlad's cruelty and butchery was completely normal for the times. This is not untrue; for example, Vlad's brother was buried alive by his enemies, after having his eyes gouged out.

There is an excellent, excellent book about Vlad, and about all the legends surrounding him, called In Search of Dracula: The History of Dracula and Vampires, by Raymond T. McNally and Radu Florescu.

The two authors have also written a number of related books: Dracula: A Biography of Vlad the Impaler, 1431 - 1476, The Essential Dracula: A Completely Illustrated and Annotated Edition of Bram Stoker's Classic Novel, and Dracula, Prince of Many Faces: His Life and Times.

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Dracula was born in 1402b.c, his first child was his son Angser Dracula who was born November 15, 1298 A.D, then came his daughter Jacqueline Dracula who was born September 9, 1301 A.D. Since Dracula is consider the king of all vampires his son is the prince and his daughter in the princess or vampress. This is very secret information so don't tell anyone, his daughter walks among us but only drinks animal blood, his son will usually stay at his fathers castle and at sometimes will visit his sister who right now is in the form of a 12-13 year old girl, but does age. I've seen them many times and can confirm this information. This is not known by many because anyone who tried to involve Jackie or Angser in a story was killed by the Count him self in an act of protection for his children. Oh, and i forgot to mention that they can travel back and forth to their fathers castle freely and completely fit in in general public.

Dracula wears a cape because:

1.) It's badass

2.) His cape are his wings when he transforms into a bat

3.) Cause he's a man with style

ones a wolf, the other appears human-like.

one eats things in the woods, the other needs humans to survive.

one can change form, the other cant.

one's a wolf only at night, vampires are vampires 24/7 but only can go out at night

the list goes on forever, it's simple logic.

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1. werewolves aren't always wolves, they can use their werewolf senses during the day, so if you see someone who has a baody part on their face that looks extremely weird, you should stay away, because werewolves can still turn you into a werewolf, even if its daytime.

2. Vampires dirnk things in the wood's blood too, it isn't just humans. Plus werewolves could only sustain themselves by eating humans, but they choose not to, because they are more humane than vampires.

3. vampires can change form just as easily as werewolves can. The list for vampires transformatoins includes, a bat, a black dog, a rat, and a cloud of black smoke. There are moretransformations,but that is some of them.

4. werewolves aren't just werewolves at night, they can still eat people and animals during the day, and they can still use werewolf senses and strength. Plus they can still turn you into a werewoolf by biting you, in the day.

These are actors who actually played the character Dracula, not just vampires. The list is by no means complete. Bela Lugosi "Dracula" (1931) John Carradine "Billy the Kid Versus Dracula" (1966) Jack Palance "Dracula" (1973) George Hamilton "Love at First Bite" (1979) Frank Langella "Dracula" (1979) Gary Oldman "Dracula" (1992) Jeff Goldblum "Goosebumps: Escape From Horrorland" (1996)

Bram Stoker wrote novel Dracula. But, history recognizes Vlad Tepes, Romanian ruler from 16th century. His nickname was Vlad The Impaler, also Dracula. His role was to release Romania (during that period Hungary) from Otoman Empire. Word Dracula comes from the word dracul which means dragon. Vlad was born in Sigishoara (today Romanian teritory), and after he was killed he has been buried in monastery on lake Snagov. Although history recognizes him as brutal ruler, he is national hero in Romania.

Vlad III Dracula of Wallachia (also known as Vlad the Impaler and Vlad Țepeș) was the namesake basis of the character Dracula in Bram Stoker's Dracula.

In Mary Shelley's 1818 text of Frankenstein there are 191 pages of the actual novel split into 3 volumes and then 60 pages split into Appendix's A, B and C.

He gets a stake in the heart and dies for the last time and is never seen again.

This is the most popular method: First you have to drive a stake through his heart. Then he has to be beheaded. After all, his mouth has to be filled with garlic.

Sunlight is not useful in this case: Count Dracula can go through the streets of London by day (he does so in the book).

In Van Helsing, Count Dracula was played by Richard Roxburgh.

It is a timeless romantic classic about the struggle of good and evil, and in the end, love conquers all. Think Romeo and Juliette with fangs ( and without Leonardo DiCaprio). The novel is a literary masterpiece so brilliantly written that generation after generation have fallen in love with its dark and seductive appeal. Countless theater and film adaptions have immortalized its characters, as well as set them as the archetypes for the horror genera.

In the novel, Dracula was killed when he was tracked by Van Helsing and his troupe and stabbed in the heart with Arthur Holmwood's bowie knife in his final box of earth. His head was then chopped off cleanly with a knife, ridding Dracula's soul of the earth forevermore.

Karloff appeared in a number of Dracula and vampire themed movies, but never in the roll of Van Helsing.

Why would an actor of Boris' talent play a minor character??????