Dracula, all villain, or some hero?
Vlad Tepes the infamous dragon impaler is arguably the most popular villain in history, but do you believe it is all villainy?. Looking at some texts reveals a potentially very different perspective. A story of a man who's small countdom was threatened, subjugated and expected to give up their young children for a life of harsh military service to an unsympathetic emperor.
He decided to fight back, but you can't fight the great Turkish bear when you are but a Romanian wolverine, not fairly anyway.
So you fight them with fear instead. You make them think you are so damn scary that they'll end up losing more by fighting you than they gain. You get the common soldier to shiver at the thought of ever meeting you, when they hear stories around the campfire. You get them to think that you really are some horrifying blood drinking demon waiting to get them all if they get too close. You do it so well that even hundreds of years later, people will know the tale.
Definitely not all hero, but i'd say doing everything you can to defend your homeland deserves some respect. Especially when you end up imprisoned and eventually dying in battle for it.
What do you think?:)
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He decided to fight back, but you can't fight the great Turkish bear when you are but a Romanian wolverine, not fairly anyway.
So you fight them with fear instead. You make them think you are so damn scary that they'll end up losing more by fighting you than they gain. You get the common soldier to shiver at the thought of ever meeting you, when they hear stories around the campfire. You get them to think that you really are some horrifying blood drinking demon waiting to get them all if they get too close. You do it so well that even hundreds of years later, people will know the tale.
Definitely not all hero, but i'd say doing everything you can to defend your homeland deserves some respect. Especially when you end up imprisoned and eventually dying in battle for it.
What do you think?:)
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