I god damn loved how much he despised his legend of Dracula, and the fact that the legend was so prevalent that when summoned it actually affects him. Fate/stay has some amazing ideas, man.
Ironic that he would hate it since alot of what drove his cruel, sadistic and monstrous actions was so that his enemies, allies and the people he ruled over would fear him and fear what he would do if they ever went against him. It's funny that he hates the vampire part of his legacy when a blood thirsty monster is exactly what he wanted everyone to see him as. He can hate it all he wants but the vampire is honestly the best metaphoric representation of his legacy and the way he lived out his life in order to build said legacy.
He actually doesnt need the command seal to use Legend of Dracula, The command seal was only used as he (Vlad) refuses to use that particular noble phantasm as he views that phantasm as a blight in his legend and a disgrace therefore Darnic used his command seals in order for Vlad to use it
@@ShinKyuubi Funny thing is he should be after Francis Copola since dracul was not unusual among knights, the fact that Vlad the impaler is so connected to Dracula is mostly because of that movie. So Lancer of the Black should have taken a trip, impale the guy who ruined his name and then fight in the war, lol.
Fun fact, Vlad III shares the same voice actor as Alucard from the Japanese version of Castlevania: symphony of the night. And also, their design looks similar to each other.
Vlad III: "Can you guess who is on my top three things I like to kill? First is the Turks, second are the Nazis, and the third?" Master: "Your father?" Vlad III: "Nailed it!"
@@ilostthreeaccountstoyoutub1434 No I don't think so, the Nazis allowed their allies of Bulgaria and Hungary to take South Dobruja and North Transylvania respectively and through the Molotov Rippentrop pact gave away Bessarabia to the Soviets, and since Vlad's aim is to defend his country, he would certainly be against the Nazis
You said he is comparable to Arthur in Britain and Hercules in Greece. I added it is his fame boost that's comparable. He's not actually as strong as either of them in their home country.
@@pranavmoorthi8532 How does that work? I understand fame giving a boost, but he was overpowering a demigod and without is he was no match so Hercules a demi god would be damn right invincible in Greece.
Vlad is my favorite servant in Apocrypha (which is saying something since this is my favorite roster in any Fate series). He may have no character arc and has very conditional powers, but he makes up for it with his personality and leadership role on team black. His mere presence commands respect and authority from the other servants and masters. I also like his motivation for finding the grail. He just wants to be remembered as the harsh but just defender of his homeland he was rather than as the prototypical vampire fiction painted him as. It's a shame he was done in by the betrayal of his own master.
It reflects his role in history, he is hailed a hero, but only in romänie, henge his noble phantasm. Everyone else knows the demonized stories by the church, or bram stokers story.
Another Random Cuber that dialogue in Zero was correct. When Iskandar, Gil and Saber talked. “Just so we’re heroes because we are tyrants.” After Artoria said, “Those are the words of a tyrants!” In their homeland most considered them heroes or gods among men. In other accounts they were the scourge of the land or what not.
I am really sad about the way Vlad ended. He was for me one of the most interesting servants, and I would have much more liked if he had been linked to sieg instead of Astolfo. For sieg's quest of identity, someone as charismatic and strong willed like Vlad could have been an interesting model.
Jonathan Gordon And your point? Some of these heroes aren't really heroes. Some of these 'monsters' and villains aren't really bad. It all depends on who's telling the story. And in these cases the victors of the story or someone who likes the 'heroes'.
Masa Moon nahh he and his master were the perfect villains, even more than Shiro that is not a villain per se, but more of an anti-hero. Legend of Dracula is inherently an evil Noble Phantasm.
Yeah, he only defended his homeland against the vile ottomans that raped, murdered and pillaged all the countries around him. Totally unjustified and monstrous =)
Jonathan Gordon He his an undisputed monster of course. But the fate universe can have servants deviating from their true legends, and the fact that he was a monster during his life doesn't change the fact that he was an interesting character. I thought it didn't need to be precised, but that's why I call him an interesting model and NOT a good one. While Sieg can learn from Vlad's determination, he can with his "naivety" point out in front of Vlad all the flaws of his actions.
kenim Evil noble phantasm, not person. If not for Darnic he would have never used it. In the show he was also showed as anti-hero, noble goals but ready to go through evil acts to get them. I mean if I remember correctly, his wish for the graal is to keep protecting his homeland. I think he would rather have made a perfect leader for the "anti-shirou faction", with an epic final showdown with karna alongside sieg.
imagine him in the afterlife realising that instead of being remembered for defending his country, people will know of the legend of a bloodsucking vampire when mentioning his name
As a romenian I can say you did a great work here. I would add some more information. Vlad's father was part of the "ordo draconis" but his surname does not come only from here. At that time the dragon was a symbol for the devil. In fact "dracul" means "the devil" in our language. It seems he was a horrible person so he was called like this not only because of the order he was part of, but also because of his personality. In fact he sent his sons Vlad and Radu to the sultan. In that period Vlad III had a hard time. It is said he fell in love with one of the sultan's concubines. When the sultan knew it he first raped Vlad's lover in front of him then killed her. Vlad begun to hate more and more the ottomans. The cruelty he reserved them in war was the same cruelty he learned when he was at the sultan's court. When he invited the bioeri (noblemen were called like this) he killed them because as nobles they did not do the best for the country and it's people but they did everything for themself. They would follow only the one who would give them gold and power an not the ideals of an united country. So that would be all. Sorry for my long post and bad eng.
The facts are like this his son and his wife killed by the noblemens about hisbhate for otoman empire its simple he was rapper by the sultan his brother radu from afumati he even beimg the lover of sultan mehmed 3
As a fellow Romanian i can say this true. The thing i can add to this is that Vlad during his rulership, he was a leader 1 or half a year in total, since he was a ruler multiple times. Also, one of his main tactics was that he attacked his enemy's and ran away, while he was running away, he burned up the ground behind him, this tactic was called "The Scorched Ground"
Jotaro Kujo There are actually two different versions of Vlad in Fate series. One from Apocrypha and one from Extra. If anyone is interested, here is a link to a video which gives more information about Extra Vlad.
Nikola Dedić 3 different versions. There's also a berserker. Vlad has 3 representations. Vlad the Hero (How the people of romania saw him) apocrypha Vlad the Zealot (How the rest of the world saw him) extra Vlad the Vampire (Him being modified by the dracula legend) grand order
knowing shirou works for the church and the other masters who are some of them are members of the church and clock tower they might break the rules of the grail war to stop vlad, we might see some burial agents on the scene. that would be epic and if darnic's plan was successful the counter force will be activated sending some heroic spirit level to kill darnic. but i think the church would handle darnic pretty well seeing they have an ultimate weapon in possession. burial agen number 1 and 2. long story short , darnic and vlad will be fucked up no matter the out come of the grail war.
Preaplanes not really. They only need the spells and items. Being a vampire is a double edge sword. You gain powers but also suffer from weakness it brings. And his transformation isn't like the true ancestors which vampires who are known to be powerful vampires. Like real powerful. Even Gilgamesh isn't that special once you know there are more powerful mages and executioners who can kill him. I like to think that it's the reason why he didn't took over the world in the 10 year gap of the story between zero and stay night. He probably learned there are people alive who knows his presence and tolerated his existence because he isn't a real threat yet.
+Mao Sama And I like to think it's what we were actually told and that he had deemed humanity unworthy of being ruled by him and thus wanted to cull the herd first. And I doubt the church has a lot of options to counter Sha Nagba Imuru in tandem with his other countless noble phantasms. Hell, any weapon they come up with is by default in his arsenal.
When you become so powerful, so dangerous, so terrifying, and so badass that everyone from your faction and your enemy faction have to team up just to defeat you... Yeah Vlad was just my overall favorite candidate to win the Holy-Grail war.
Umm nah karna even with the advantage of his home terrain was about to kill him and Gilgamesh can one shot him. Achilles, karna, Solomon and other servants can easily defeat him.
@@harshittikka5705 I'd say Vlad is on par with Karna or Gil as long as he is within the borders of Romania. He can blitz Gil before he uses EA for example.
people only see him as the impaler. He was extremely well educated. He spoke several languages, he was a diplomat, master swordsmen, and tactical genius. He is a very underrated figure in history.
To be fair, everyone, from his enemies, to his allies, to the Wallachian nobilty was either harbouring great hatred or fear for or of him. So other aspects definitely fell into obscurity.
LightningFlare damn man. All my fav characters in Apocrypha had miserable endings: Mordred, Vlad and Karna. Vlad at least was a glorified Villian that shined in his 1v6 battle.
As a Turk watching him was very interesting. I remember seeing him in the old turkish movies when i was a kid and how cruel he was portrayed. Funfact; 4:30 reason for not removing turban is turban is constant reminder of how they are mortal and will get judged for their sins in the afterlife (when someone die the turban they wore used as their grave clothes) Also his np "Kazıklı Bey" is literally means "sir with the stake" and what the ottomans used to call him
This explanation was actually very cleverly implemented into how he works as a servant in FGO. He's considered to be a lackluster SSR berserker...unless he's in his element (an arts team, even more so if Tamamo no Mae is in the mix), then he becomes top-tier. Honestly, watching this makes me like him even more than I already did. I love this series and how you cover it so I hope you'll consider doing servants from other fate series even if you feel like other youtubers may have done it already. You do an amazing job.
I'm from Romania and when I saw Vlad in an anime I thought IT WAS AWESOME. Oh, and you said that Vlad got his nickname Dracula because of his father who's name is Dracul, Dracul in romanian means the devil not dragon (sorry if my english is bad)
yeah , but dragons were considered evil in our mythology at that time , so it's easy to see how the word "draco" which is latin for dragon (which actually comes from drakon - a greek word , which means serpent - another simbol of the devil and evil) would change in time to mean devil.
I always see people disputing this. Semantically, the Christian notion of a dragon was a monstrous being whose very existence was a blasphemy before God. One could say this is no different than a devil. Now in modern times a dragon is seen as something different, but in Vlad's time I imagine they would be the same as a devil.
The Two Lancers were easily the two most powerful servants. Of course neither of them won, classic Fate. You can always count on the most powerful bad asses losing. Lame.........
Not 12 hours fighting. He's implied to run away in that time frame, so it's likely he was hunted down within 12 hours. A servant can't have enough magical energy to fight for 12 hours straight.
He fought Ottomans st the time they were a threat to Europe, thanks to Brahm Stoker he has a bad reputation. Kinda like how thanks to Netflix USA thinks you are catholics th-cam.com/video/mTaEYV9Npm4/w-d-xo.html Do they look like orthodox to you?
I'm a huge history lover and your back stories are so amazing and as historically accurate as possible, which I appreciate, you've got my sub friend and I will be showing some friends
My favourite Servants in the entire Fate series are EMIYA because of how interesting his backstory was, Gilgamesh because seriously who wouldn't, Nero because she's Nero, duh~ and finally Vlad III because he's my first SSR Servant in FGO.
Great fucking video. I am Romanian and in our country Vlad Tepes is really known, we learn about him in history so it's very important. I was very proud when I saw that the author actually cared and even Romania was depicted quite good Also as a bonus, in Tepes we pronounce it "Țepeș", in which ț is like "zz" from pizza.
Vlad would be an above average servant but not the tier he is here. Half his strength comes from being in the country of his legend. He wouldn't be hercules tier without that. But he would hold his own as good as any other servanr
@@curseofgladstone4981 Outside of romania , he would summon the other lancer vlad...the one with innocent monster on it , because his true story is not that well known outside of Romania
@@curseofgladstone4981 to be fair that's because herc's fuck you immortality god hand fucks over anyone who doesn't have multiple A+ nps or atleast an A++ np
Vlad is absolutely my favorite servent in Fate. He is such a deep and interesting character, and the fact he basically is two Servant classes (Lancer base, then effectively Berserker under his vampire noble phantasm) plus the attention to historical detail makes him absolutely a treat every time he's on screen.
4:11 is more impressive when you realise that he was an orthodox not a catholic, and something from real world,he put his cousin as leader in tge other romanian princedom(Moldova) and both of them were named athlets of christ by the pope.
While kind of old, iirc. he was offered to become Catholic for his freedom but refused and was let out only for the wars as he remained true to his Orthodoxy.
Love that Romania got a representation through Vlad in Fate. I may the only one, but I so want to see Ștefan cel Mare (Stefan the Great) and Mircea cel Bătrân (Mircea the Old) being depicted as well. They are national heroes on par with Vlad. Stefan is even known for being one of the most longevive rulers of Moldavia, around 47 years and to have only lost 2 or 3 battles amongst hundreds of encounters with the ottomans during his reign. I dare say he is a better known hero even than Vlad in our country.
I'm pretty sure Karna could have killed Vlad if he hadn't been weakened from Shirou taking the command seals at that moment. Though I suppose Shirou wanted the pleasure of doing it himself... either way, great review as always.
He could have, but there are only two weapons in his arsenal that could work: one definitely, one possibly. Namely he'd have a shot with Brahmastra Kundala and he'd definitely do it if he connected with Vasavi Shakti. That said, if Karna uses VS and Vlad runs away by turning into bats and mist again... well, Karna's pretty SOL. In his Berserker form, with Legacy of Dracula constantly active, I'm fairly certain Vlad is THE most powerful Berserker. I'd actually put him in the top 5 most powerful servants of all.
not really in that form he gains tremendous physical strength but in exchange he's more weaker in defense especially against holy properties. shirou didn't even used any NP just casual black keys and casual chants that any member of the church could use , and shirou isn't even a member of a burial agent , so i'm sure any member of the burial agent could take him on. and they are known vampire hunters , they're experienced veterans who killed wannabe dead apostles and dead apostles which is way more powerful than any servants.
+Mao Sama That was Darnic, actually. Vlad was actively trying to destroy himself, and had used Kazikli Bey to impale himself and prevent Darnic from using him further. He was fortunate that Shirou was there. And while he DOES have a decided, severe weakness to holy rites, without that? You're going to need something on the level of oneshotting through God Hand to get past his ludicrous regeneration. And I don't know, we've got Servants who create and erase worlds, arguably dimensions, and kill gods. I'm a bit skeptical that every Dead Apostle is more powerful than the likes of Goldy.
no it is vlad, darnic only possessed him, the body is still vlad. by activating his np is like jeckel hyde's np . gaining strength and power but gaining new weaknesses as well. i always viewed vampires as flawed and weak creatures both it's pop culture version and the folklore version. the latter has more weakness.
I wouldn't say having a list of weaknesses makes one a weak character. By that logic Superman is pitifully weak, being affected by a mere rock's presence. Gilgamesh, too, is a weak character because he's the only servant remotely near the top of the servant charts that is weak against Unlimited Blade Works. Having weaknesses doesn't mean a character isn't ludicrously powerful as all hell.
Historian here. FINALLY SOMEONE SAID IT! AND LINKED DRACUL WITH DRACU WITH LATIN FORM DRAKON! JESUS I WATED FOR SOME WESTERN GUY TO SAY IT FOR AGES. Sorry, the vampire thingy outrages me and you have won my respect.
Now we need a Van Hellsing servant. That would be fucking badass to see the two meet. A lot of history between the two was implied in Bram Stoker's original work and of course it's Van Hellsing that orchestrates Dracula's final death.
Van Hellsing is fictional while Vlad is historical. Vlad would just not like to be in the same area as Van Hellsing because it would constantly remind him of the legend of himself that he hates. Van Hellsing has no reason to have any resentment to Vlad since again they have no history between them.
Love the video but something to note ... In vlad's fight "vampire"against karna you would think karna should win because of his connection to the sun why was karna unable to defeat vlad?
I dunno. Maybe ehhh. I mean considering he has mana burst flame it could substitute for sun light but my words are just speculation. But he can obviously kill him with vasavi shakti.
My understanding is that karna's only 'sun related' abilities are kavachi and kundala OR vasavi shakti. his mana burst flames are not related to the sun. BTW he probably couldnt use it as he doesnt have shirou as a master yet. Or he didnt want to use it as it would permanently make him dispell kavachi and kundala Or It would go against rulers command seals as it would kill everyone around him including achillies.
easily one of my favorite servants from the franchise and he got an end that sadly sticks to the running gag of lancers which he did not deserve .....he was made to die as the thing he despised most and most likely once he turned into that he probably wanted to die that NP is like Jekyll and Hydes NP it switches his class from lancer to Beserker......lots of health and power but than becomes very squishy
About Vlad’s noble phantasm, i take that it’s the monster vampire, the one we see in most Dracula movies and dress up as on Halloween, he would never allow to run rampant and cause bloody chaos.
Vlad is my second favorite character, and all because of being related to him and his sheer epicness both in and out of the anime. (Astolfo is best boi, obviously.)
I personally found the fights in Fate/Apocrypha to be lack luster at best. The only fight I think is actually decent throughout is the Archer of black vs the Rider of red. The flow, choreography and sometimes animation of all the fights just looked lazy and unengaging, leaving none of them memorable. And before I get called a Ufotable fanboy, I can confidently say that pretty much ALL the other Fate animes had great fight scenes (except the original back in 2006). I was more impressed with the two short fight scenes we've gotten in Fate/Extra Last Encore so far compared to anything Fate/Apocrypha gave out.
Lincoln Beckett-Scott the way they set up the “foreplay” before the fights are probably the main culprits, as they feel rather random brawls. For me the biggest ofender is Sieg vs Karna, while it had great animation, it was the most random brawl ever. It felt so empy after it ended and makes Karna feel totally wasted in the series.
Actually, the subtitles are not their real translation. For example Excalibur: Sword of Promised Victory Luminosite Eternelle: God is With Me Balmung: Phantasmal Greatsword, Felling of the Sky Demon And many more, this is more like a flavor text.
The idea of Vlad's most powerful ace in the hole being the "Dracula" myth - something that he acknowledges wasn't true in his lifetime and actively despises - was always fascinating to me. I always took this to mean a Servant's power is tied to public perception - like the reason Excalibur is as powerful as it is for example is *because* everyone recognizes it as Arthur's/Artoria's sword, even if it wasn't their strongest weapon nor the weapon they carried into battle.
Vlad was actually born in and rule WALACHIA. the Transilvania thing is a misunderstanding caused by the story of Dracula. Fun Fact:Vlad had un older brother who was the true hair but was buried alive by the Buyars and when he was dethroned by Radu he seeked help from one of his old allies and the ruler of Transilvania but was imprisoned and fake letters were send that made his reputation worst but he was saved after 5 years by the ruler of Moldova Stefan how was his cousin and sworn brother
And also a piece of a legend from my country Moldova ( mOldovA) ,, And Mircea said to Otoman Imperator ,, All of this mounties, rivers and earth are my friends, but for you they're enemies" ( about space between ,, Carpato-Danubius-Pontic")
fun fact: vlad's lancer version in apocrypha is berserker in fgo, and his lancer ver in fgo is much more berserk, both in appearance and mind. Berserker vlad may be the most noble and dignified servant in that game.
Interesting fact. Dracul actually translates to devil. So Dracula actually translates to son of the devil. Which I guess helps to further explain why people thought he was a blood sucking monster. Wouldn't you agree?
it translate to both christian culture associated pagan imagery to the devil, dragons being very prominent figures in pagan cultures/religions made so dracul was also a synonym with "devil" it's both dragon and devil
Why am I imagining Van Helsing meeting Vlad 3 and Vlad asking him to rid him of the Vampiric Dracula he hates so much? I pretty much imagine the vampire being like it was born from the blood of the people he impaled while saving Wallachia, inside and out.
There are two different versions of Vlad the Impaler in Fate series. One from Apocrypha and one from Extra. If anyone is interested, here is link to a video which details more of Extra Vlad.
Vlad had to be forced by command seals to use his Nobel Phantasm since he HATES the fact his legend is so twisted that much of the world sees him as a vampire and thus the Grail gives him that power...he won't use his Nobel Phantasm willingly. It's also rather fitting that it is that way as in his home country they still see him as a great man and not a monster..yeah they'll make bank off people coming for the whole vampire myth but on a personal level a great many people there still respect him from what I understand. One person even said the way it is for them to see Vlad portrayed as a vampire so often...they feel the same way people in the US would feel if Abe Lincoln was portrayed as a vampire and thought of that way by the rest of the world.
actually AniNews Siegfriend is quite the interesting story the wandering knight of the Netherlands did everything for his king even raping a viking woman and he got his seemingly immortal body by actually killing the legendary dragon Fafnir and bath in its blood
Vlad is one of my favorite Fate characters of all time, I tried so hard to get him in Fate Grand Order, but NO I got nothing! Those summoning rates are such bullshit! Karna is another one of my favorite Fate characters, but at least I can play as him in Fate Extella, the only place I can get Vlad is Grand Order.
I god damn loved how much he despised his legend of Dracula, and the fact that the legend was so prevalent that when summoned it actually affects him. Fate/stay has some amazing ideas, man.
it specially affects him in Berzerk form , as it forces him to have Legend of Dracula as been automatically activated.
Ironic that he would hate it since alot of what drove his cruel, sadistic and monstrous actions was so that his enemies, allies and the people he ruled over would fear him and fear what he would do if they ever went against him. It's funny that he hates the vampire part of his legacy when a blood thirsty monster is exactly what he wanted everyone to see him as. He can hate it all he wants but the vampire is honestly the best metaphoric representation of his legacy and the way he lived out his life in order to build said legacy.
He actually doesnt need the command seal to use Legend of Dracula, The command seal was only used as he (Vlad) refuses to use that particular noble phantasm as he views that phantasm as a blight in his legend and a disgrace therefore Darnic used his command seals in order for Vlad to use it
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@@Raximus3000 Sounds about right to me lol.
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Funny thing is he should be after Francis Copola since dracul was not unusual among knights, the fact that Vlad the impaler is so connected to Dracula is mostly because of that movie. So Lancer of the Black should have taken a trip, impale the guy who ruined his name and then fight in the war, lol.
@@Raximus3000 bram stoker ?
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The guy who wrote "Dracula." Wouldn't you be mad with him if you were in Vlad's place, even though it is misguided.
Fun fact, Vlad III shares the same voice actor as Alucard from the Japanese version of Castlevania: symphony of the night. And also, their design looks similar to each other.
Spell Alucard backwards and ur see why
the only real alucard is from hellsing fcking ultimate
@@JoeMama-ik7qf abridged*
@@kehkehd646 exactly. it takes Dracula's opposite who hates Dracula to play Dracula's inspiration... WHO HATES DRACULA!!
They all share a hate of Dracul’s son,
*IT’S TIME FOR A DEATH BATTLE!!*
Vlad III: "Can you guess who is on my top three things I like to kill? First is the Turks, second are the Nazis, and the third?"
Master: "Your father?"
Vlad III: "Nailed it!"
GENeral god damn it alucard
vlad would have joined the nazis dumbass
YES
@@ilostthreeaccountstoyoutub1434 not really.
@@ilostthreeaccountstoyoutub1434 No I don't think so, the Nazis allowed their allies of Bulgaria and Hungary to take South Dobruja and North Transylvania respectively and through the Molotov Rippentrop pact gave away Bessarabia to the Soviets, and since Vlad's aim is to defend his country, he would certainly be against the Nazis
Vlad in Romania is comparable to Heracles in Greece and Arturia in England.
pranav moorthi It's his fame boost that is comparable to what Hercules gets in Greece and King Arthur gets in Britain.
Thats what I said
You said he is comparable to Arthur in Britain and Hercules in Greece.
I added it is his fame boost that's comparable. He's not actually as strong as either of them in their home country.
This is taken from the wiki, " he can be considered a match for Heracles in Greece or King Arthur in Britain. When summoned in Romania."
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How does that work? I understand fame giving a boost, but he was overpowering a demigod and without is he was no match so Hercules a demi god would be damn right invincible in Greece.
Vlad is my favorite servant in Apocrypha (which is saying something since this is my favorite roster in any Fate series). He may have no character arc and has very conditional powers, but he makes up for it with his personality and leadership role on team black. His mere presence commands respect and authority from the other servants and masters. I also like his motivation for finding the grail. He just wants to be remembered as the harsh but just defender of his homeland he was rather than as the prototypical vampire fiction painted him as. It's a shame he was done in by the betrayal of his own master.
Andulin Ardenson you are now friend
It reflects his role in history, he is hailed a hero, but only in romänie, henge his noble phantasm. Everyone else knows the demonized stories by the church, or bram stokers story.
Another Random Cuber that dialogue in Zero was correct. When Iskandar, Gil and Saber talked. “Just so we’re heroes because we are tyrants.”
After Artoria said, “Those are the words of a tyrants!”
In their homeland most considered them heroes or gods among men. In other accounts they were the scourge of the land or what not.
@@jonsnor4313 yeah but bram stoker's version doesn't even have vlad iirc Dracula there is a separate character
I agree, he just wanted his rightful pride back.
I am really sad about the way Vlad ended. He was for me one of the most interesting servants, and I would have much more liked if he had been linked to sieg instead of Astolfo. For sieg's quest of identity, someone as charismatic and strong willed like Vlad could have been an interesting model.
Jonathan Gordon And your point? Some of these heroes aren't really heroes. Some of these 'monsters' and villains aren't really bad. It all depends on who's telling the story. And in these cases the victors of the story or someone who likes the 'heroes'.
Masa Moon nahh he and his master were the perfect villains, even more than Shiro that is not a villain per se, but more of an anti-hero. Legend of Dracula is inherently an evil Noble Phantasm.
Yeah, he only defended his homeland against the vile ottomans that raped, murdered and pillaged all the countries around him. Totally unjustified and monstrous =)
Jonathan Gordon He his an undisputed monster of course. But the fate universe can have servants deviating from their true legends, and the fact that he was a monster during his life doesn't change the fact that he was an interesting character. I thought it didn't need to be precised, but that's why I call him an interesting model and NOT a good one. While Sieg can learn from Vlad's determination, he can with his "naivety" point out in front of Vlad all the flaws of his actions.
kenim Evil noble phantasm, not person. If not for Darnic he would have never used it. In the show he was also showed as anti-hero, noble goals but ready to go through evil acts to get them. I mean if I remember correctly, his wish for the graal is to keep protecting his homeland.
I think he would rather have made a perfect leader for the "anti-shirou faction", with an epic final showdown with karna alongside sieg.
Vlad deserved better.
imagine him in the afterlife realising that instead of being remembered for defending his country, people will know of the legend of a bloodsucking vampire when mentioning his name
Lancers in general deserved better
He did
The historical figure is amazing. I love learning about him.
@@mori5481 yea that sucks knowing you're nothing but a low life vampire instead a ruler
As a romenian I can say you did a great work here. I would add some more information.
Vlad's father was part of the "ordo draconis" but his surname does not come only from here. At that time the dragon was a symbol for the devil. In fact "dracul" means "the devil" in our language. It seems he was a horrible person so he was called like this not only because of the order he was part of, but also because of his personality. In fact he sent his sons Vlad and Radu to the sultan. In that period Vlad III had a hard time. It is said he fell in love with one of the sultan's concubines. When the sultan knew it he first raped Vlad's lover in front of him then killed her. Vlad begun to hate more and more the ottomans. The cruelty he reserved them in war was the same cruelty he learned when he was at the sultan's court.
When he invited the bioeri (noblemen were called like this) he killed them because as nobles they did not do the best for the country and it's people but they did everything for themself. They would follow only the one who would give them gold and power an not the ideals of an united country.
So that would be all. Sorry for my long post and bad eng.
I didnt know that thank you for the information u the best
Tha k you for sharing your knsowöedge with us :)
Wow thank you for the additional info
The facts are like this his son and his wife killed by the noblemens about hisbhate for otoman empire its simple he was rapper by the sultan his brother radu from afumati he even beimg the lover of sultan mehmed 3
As a fellow Romanian i can say this true. The thing i can add to this is that Vlad during his rulership, he was a leader 1 or half a year in total, since he was a ruler multiple times. Also, one of his main tactics was that he attacked his enemy's and ran away, while he was running away, he burned up the ground behind him, this tactic was called "The Scorched Ground"
Vlad is a better waifu than everyone in apocrypha
Jotaro Kujo Have you seen Spartacus’ majestic smile?
Jotaro Kujo
-Implying spartacus isn't best girl
*STOP*
Jotaro Kujo There are actually two different versions of Vlad in Fate series. One from Apocrypha and one from Extra. If anyone is interested, here is a link to a video which gives more information about Extra Vlad.
Nikola Dedić 3 different versions. There's also a berserker. Vlad has 3 representations.
Vlad the Hero (How the people of romania saw him) apocrypha
Vlad the Zealot (How the rest of the world saw him) extra
Vlad the Vampire (Him being modified by the dracula legend) grand order
No Vladfu no laifu
They should have keep him for the end.
He would have been a worthy final boss.
knowing shirou works for the church and the other masters who are some of them are members of the church and clock tower they might break the rules of the grail war to stop vlad, we might see some burial agents on the scene.
that would be epic and if darnic's plan was successful the counter force will be activated sending some heroic spirit level to kill darnic. but i think the church would handle darnic pretty well seeing they have an ultimate weapon in possession. burial agen number 1 and 2.
long story short , darnic and vlad will be fucked up no matter the out come of the grail war.
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+Mao Sama Yeah but if they're only on Shirou's level I don't think they could do anything about it.
Preaplanes not really. They only need the spells and items. Being a vampire is a double edge sword. You gain powers but also suffer from weakness it brings. And his transformation isn't like the true ancestors which vampires who are known to be powerful vampires. Like real powerful.
Even Gilgamesh isn't that special once you know there are more powerful mages and executioners who can kill him.
I like to think that it's the reason why he didn't took over the world in the 10 year gap of the story between zero and stay night.
He probably learned there are people alive who knows his presence and tolerated his existence because he isn't a real threat yet.
+Mao Sama And I like to think it's what we were actually told and that he had deemed humanity unworthy of being ruled by him and thus wanted to cull the herd first. And I doubt the church has a lot of options to counter Sha Nagba Imuru in tandem with his other countless noble phantasms. Hell, any weapon they come up with is by default in his arsenal.
When you become so powerful, so dangerous, so terrifying, and so badass that everyone from your faction and your enemy faction have to team up just to defeat you... Yeah Vlad was just my overall favorite candidate to win the Holy-Grail war.
Umm nah karna even with the advantage of his home terrain was about to kill him and Gilgamesh can one shot him. Achilles, karna, Solomon and other servants can easily defeat him.
@@harshittikka5705 I'd say Vlad is on par with Karna or Gil as long as he is within the borders of Romania. He can blitz Gil before he uses EA for example.
@@tartaglia420 maybe yeah but only in his home terrain. If he is out of Romania. Servants like Gilgamesh or karna can defeat him with ease.
@@harshittikka5705 indeed
people only see him as the impaler. He was extremely well educated. He spoke several languages, he was a diplomat, master swordsmen, and tactical genius. He is a very underrated figure in history.
To be fair, everyone, from his enemies, to his allies, to the Wallachian nobilty was either harbouring great hatred or fear for or of him. So other aspects definitely fell into obscurity.
Fate: We need a new OP character
Casting: Throw Dracula in there.
Sounds bout right.
Hes honestly one of my favorite servants i dont understand why hes so underated sure i prefer mordred tho
LightningFlare damn man. All my fav characters in Apocrypha had miserable endings: Mordred, Vlad and Karna. Vlad at least was a glorified Villian that shined in his 1v6 battle.
imo alot of people already know the name vlad the impaler
Vlad and mordred where the best of aphocrypa
As a Turk watching him was very interesting. I remember seeing him in the old turkish movies when i was a kid and how cruel he was portrayed.
Funfact; 4:30 reason for not removing turban is turban is constant reminder of how they are mortal and will get judged for their sins in the afterlife (when someone die the turban they wore used as their grave clothes)
Also his np "Kazıklı Bey" is literally means "sir with the stake" and what the ottomans used to call him
FINALLY BEEN VOTING FOR HIM FOREVER
This explanation was actually very cleverly implemented into how he works as a servant in FGO. He's considered to be a lackluster SSR berserker...unless he's in his element (an arts team, even more so if Tamamo no Mae is in the mix), then he becomes top-tier. Honestly, watching this makes me like him even more than I already did.
I love this series and how you cover it so I hope you'll consider doing servants from other fate series even if you feel like other youtubers may have done it already. You do an amazing job.
heck I think his lancer version which looks more like a beserker than his beserker version is actually considered better all around.
Shame he doesn't have a class changing NP in FGO like Jekyll and Hyde do, but that's still very much in line with his character.
I'm from Romania and when I saw Vlad in an anime I thought IT WAS AWESOME. Oh, and you said that Vlad got his nickname Dracula because of his father who's name is Dracul, Dracul in romanian means the devil not dragon (sorry if my english is bad)
yeah , but dragons were considered evil in our mythology at that time , so it's easy to see how the word "draco" which is latin for dragon (which actually comes from drakon - a greek word , which means serpent - another simbol of the devil and evil) would change in time to mean devil.
I always see people disputing this. Semantically, the Christian notion of a dragon was a monstrous being whose very existence was a blasphemy before God. One could say this is no different than a devil. Now in modern times a dragon is seen as something different, but in Vlad's time I imagine they would be the same as a devil.
Da ai dreptate.
Yes youre right
So what do you think about this
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Dracul meant dragon in the old days. After Dracula, the word changed to devil.
Lancers are always the coolest Servants.
And dead...
I mean, Jaguarman survived right?
Indeed
The Two Lancers were easily the two most powerful servants.
Of course neither of them won, classic Fate.
You can always count on the most powerful bad asses losing.
Lame.........
Ever heard of compatibility? I think you have not.
Cu Chalainn is insanely powerful in his myth too.
Cu did fough Gilgamesh for 12 hours straight, or so I heard, so I think hes already bad ass enough.
Not 12 hours fighting. He's implied to run away in that time frame, so it's likely he was hunted down within 12 hours. A servant can't have enough magical energy to fight for 12 hours straight.
But that is still an insane amount of time to stall against Gilgamesh of all people.
Thank you. It's strange that it needed to be an anime, and a random guy on the internet to speak the truth of one of my countries biggest heroes.
He fought Ottomans st the time they were a threat to Europe, thanks to Brahm Stoker he has a bad reputation. Kinda like how thanks to Netflix USA thinks you are catholics
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Do they look like orthodox to you?
He’s basically a cool history teacher
I'm a huge history lover and your back stories are so amazing and as historically accurate as possible, which I appreciate, you've got my sub friend and I will be showing some friends
I prefer extra vlad, where he embodies his years as crusader rather than king.
My favourite Servants in the entire Fate series are EMIYA because of how interesting his backstory was, Gilgamesh because seriously who wouldn't, Nero because she's Nero, duh~ and finally Vlad III because he's my first SSR Servant in FGO.
hey!! same here, got him before the apocrypha event
Great fucking video. I am Romanian and in our country Vlad Tepes is really known, we learn about him in history so it's very important. I was very proud when I saw that the author actually cared and even Romania was depicted quite good
Also as a bonus, in Tepes we pronounce it "Țepeș", in which ț is like "zz" from pizza.
Can you imagine if shirou accidentally summoned Vlad in fifth holy grail war😂😂😂😂!!!
It's quite simple : they steal the grail to Romania and then they patiently wait.
Vlad would be an above average servant but not the tier he is here. Half his strength comes from being in the country of his legend. He wouldn't be hercules tier without that. But he would hold his own as good as any other servanr
@@curseofgladstone4981 Outside of romania , he would summon the other lancer vlad...the one with innocent monster on it , because his true story is not that well known outside of Romania
@@curseofgladstone4981 to be fair that's because herc's fuck you immortality god hand fucks over anyone who doesn't have multiple A+ nps or atleast an A++ np
@@mihai000000 or berserker vlad who would insta kill his master
Vlad is absolutely my favorite servent in Fate. He is such a deep and interesting character, and the fact he basically is two Servant classes (Lancer base, then effectively Berserker under his vampire noble phantasm) plus the attention to historical detail makes him absolutely a treat every time he's on screen.
Mehmet the 2nd pretty much “I fear no man, but that thing... it scares me.”
4:11 is more impressive when you realise that he was an orthodox not a catholic, and something from real world,he put his cousin as leader in tge other romanian princedom(Moldova) and both of them were named athlets of christ by the pope.
While kind of old, iirc. he was offered to become Catholic for his freedom but refused and was let out only for the wars as he remained true to his Orthodoxy.
Vlad is best uncle.
Love that Romania got a representation through Vlad in Fate. I may the only one, but I so want to see Ștefan cel Mare (Stefan the Great) and Mircea cel Bătrân (Mircea the Old) being depicted as well. They are national heroes on par with Vlad. Stefan is even known for being one of the most longevive rulers of Moldavia, around 47 years and to have only lost 2 or 3 battles amongst hundreds of encounters with the ottomans during his reign. I dare say he is a better known hero even than Vlad in our country.
Me then because I play FGO: "Wow, an Arts Berserker."
Me now since I watched Fate/Apocrypha: "Wait, he's supposed to be a Lancer?"
I would LOVE to sic Vlad on Darnic
One of my favorite historical figures.
"Tame form of captivity."
You kinda forgot to mention the rape and torture part of that tame captivity.
And the imprisonment, don't forget the imprisonment
I'm pretty sure Karna could have killed Vlad if he hadn't been weakened from Shirou taking the command seals at that moment. Though I suppose Shirou wanted the pleasure of doing it himself... either way, great review as always.
He could have, but there are only two weapons in his arsenal that could work: one definitely, one possibly. Namely he'd have a shot with Brahmastra Kundala and he'd definitely do it if he connected with Vasavi Shakti. That said, if Karna uses VS and Vlad runs away by turning into bats and mist again... well, Karna's pretty SOL.
In his Berserker form, with Legacy of Dracula constantly active, I'm fairly certain Vlad is THE most powerful Berserker. I'd actually put him in the top 5 most powerful servants of all.
not really in that form he gains tremendous physical strength but in exchange he's more weaker in defense especially against holy properties. shirou didn't even used any NP just casual black keys and casual chants that any member of the church could use , and shirou isn't even a member of a burial agent , so i'm sure any member of the burial agent could take him on. and they are known vampire hunters , they're experienced veterans who killed wannabe dead apostles and dead apostles which is way more powerful than any servants.
+Mao Sama That was Darnic, actually. Vlad was actively trying to destroy himself, and had used Kazikli Bey to impale himself and prevent Darnic from using him further. He was fortunate that Shirou was there. And while he DOES have a decided, severe weakness to holy rites, without that? You're going to need something on the level of oneshotting through God Hand to get past his ludicrous regeneration.
And I don't know, we've got Servants who create and erase worlds, arguably dimensions, and kill gods. I'm a bit skeptical that every Dead Apostle is more powerful than the likes of Goldy.
no it is vlad, darnic only possessed him, the body is still vlad. by activating his np is like jeckel hyde's np . gaining strength and power but gaining new weaknesses as well.
i always viewed vampires as flawed and weak creatures both it's pop culture version and the folklore version. the latter has more weakness.
I wouldn't say having a list of weaknesses makes one a weak character. By that logic Superman is pitifully weak, being affected by a mere rock's presence. Gilgamesh, too, is a weak character because he's the only servant remotely near the top of the servant charts that is weak against Unlimited Blade Works.
Having weaknesses doesn't mean a character isn't ludicrously powerful as all hell.
Historian here. FINALLY SOMEONE SAID IT! AND LINKED DRACUL WITH DRACU WITH LATIN FORM DRAKON! JESUS I WATED FOR SOME WESTERN GUY TO SAY IT FOR AGES. Sorry, the vampire thingy outrages me and you have won my respect.
Boy, i can tell you had a lot of fun making this video
I have been waiting for This video for so long
This guy is a MONSTER and I love it.
Now we need a Van Hellsing servant. That would be fucking badass to see the two meet. A lot of history between the two was implied in Bram Stoker's original work and of course it's Van Hellsing that orchestrates Dracula's final death.
Van Hellsing is fictional while Vlad is historical.
Vlad would just not like to be in the same area as Van Hellsing because it would constantly remind him of the legend of himself that he hates.
Van Hellsing has no reason to have any resentment to Vlad since again they have no history between them.
Truth be told - Lancer Karna being son of Sun GOD was actually end of VLAD III that too in an instant !
Love the video but something to note ...
In vlad's fight "vampire"against karna you would think karna should win because of his connection to the sun why was karna unable to defeat vlad?
+ray de gudo You know I was thinking that too. Karna could just bring in some daylight but he didnt. Maybe Cake# knows the answerm
I dunno. Maybe ehhh. I mean considering he has mana burst flame it could substitute for sun light but my words are just speculation. But he can obviously kill him with vasavi shakti.
ray de gudo he’s was about to, but shirou interfered
Seriously nowhere else in anime will you see a true vampire fighting a sun demigod and they don't adress it
A shame really :(
My understanding is that karna's only 'sun related' abilities are kavachi and kundala OR vasavi shakti. his mana burst flames are not related to the sun. BTW he probably couldnt use it as he doesnt have shirou as a master yet. Or he didnt want to use it as it would permanently make him dispell kavachi and kundala Or It would go against rulers command seals as it would kill everyone around him including achillies.
easily one of my favorite servants from the franchise and he got an end that sadly sticks to the running gag of lancers which he did not deserve .....he was made to die as the thing he despised most and most likely once he turned into that he probably wanted to die that NP is like Jekyll and Hydes NP it switches his class from lancer to Beserker......lots of health and power but than becomes very squishy
About Vlad’s noble phantasm, i take that it’s the monster vampire, the one we see in most Dracula movies and dress up as on Halloween, he would never allow to run rampant and cause bloody chaos.
As a Servant I, Voivoda Vlad Dracula, can finally be together forever with Artoria waifu #ahoge4life
His spear is more accurate to the gae bolg in the story of cu chulain than the gae bolg that lancer (cu chulain) wields.
Vlad is my second favorite character, and all because of being related to him and his sheer epicness both in and out of the anime. (Astolfo is best boi, obviously.)
when taking a hostage, its important that you teach them to fight and ride horses, that way escaping from you will be much easier
How he pronounced Vlad Tepes KILLS ME
Tsepesh is how its pronluncwd
his stakes remind me of byakuya's bankai
I personally found the fights in Fate/Apocrypha to be lack luster at best. The only fight I think is actually decent throughout is the Archer of black vs the Rider of red. The flow, choreography and sometimes animation of all the fights just looked lazy and unengaging, leaving none of them memorable. And before I get called a Ufotable fanboy, I can confidently say that pretty much ALL the other Fate animes had great fight scenes (except the original back in 2006). I was more impressed with the two short fight scenes we've gotten in Fate/Extra Last Encore so far compared to anything Fate/Apocrypha gave out.
Lincoln Beckett-Scott the way they set up the “foreplay” before the fights are probably the main culprits, as they feel rather random brawls. For me the biggest ofender is Sieg vs Karna, while it had great animation, it was the most random brawl ever. It felt so empy after it ended and makes Karna feel totally wasted in the series.
"Kazikli Bey" actually means "Impaler Prince." The subtitles are bad.
Actually, the subtitles are not their real translation.
For example
Excalibur: Sword of Promised Victory
Luminosite Eternelle: God is With Me
Balmung: Phantasmal Greatsword, Felling of the Sky Demon
And many more, this is more like a flavor text.
Holly shit...for me hard... Finally someone who search all about the Vlad tepes, my king
The idea of Vlad's most powerful ace in the hole being the "Dracula" myth - something that he acknowledges wasn't true in his lifetime and actively despises - was always fascinating to me.
I always took this to mean a Servant's power is tied to public perception - like the reason Excalibur is as powerful as it is for example is *because* everyone recognizes it as Arthur's/Artoria's sword, even if it wasn't their strongest weapon nor the weapon they carried into battle.
AniNews after this series are you going to do the same to this season's fate series
+Sunnernite The Great yessir
Lol i never thought he was made that strong , i think i need to watch this anime. Good job one of my country's king good job !
AKA The only one I like.
cold coffee gag productions Vlad had a nice and modest wish.
Both vlads are the only ones I truly like. My absolute favorites.
Vlad was actually born in and rule WALACHIA. the Transilvania thing is a misunderstanding caused by the story of Dracula.
Fun Fact:Vlad had un older brother who was the true hair but was buried alive by the Buyars and when he was dethroned by Radu he seeked help from one of his old allies and the ruler of Transilvania but was imprisoned and fake letters were send that made his reputation worst but he was saved after 5 years by the ruler of Moldova Stefan how was his cousin and sworn brother
And also a piece of a legend from my country Moldova ( mOldovA)
,, And Mircea said to Otoman Imperator ,, All of this mounties, rivers and earth are my friends, but for you they're enemies" ( about space between ,, Carpato-Danubius-Pontic")
vladd the bloody is one of my favourite behind my waifu and trap
uncle vlad is good in making Halloween customs
fun fact: vlad's lancer version in apocrypha is berserker in fgo, and his lancer ver in fgo is much more berserk, both in appearance and mind. Berserker vlad may be the most noble and dignified servant in that game.
Interesting fact. Dracul actually translates to devil. So Dracula actually translates to son of the devil. Which I guess helps to further explain why people thought he was a blood sucking monster. Wouldn't you agree?
it translate to both
christian culture associated pagan imagery to the devil, dragons being very prominent figures in pagan cultures/religions made so dracul was also a synonym with "devil"
it's both dragon and devil
Shirou: And now I'm gonna gassify ya
Vlad(Dracula): *Turns into moonlight*
Shirou: Shit I should've read bram stoker
Wish that happened.
Why am I imagining Van Helsing meeting Vlad 3 and Vlad asking him to rid him of the Vampiric Dracula he hates so much? I pretty much imagine the vampire being like it was born from the blood of the people he impaled while saving Wallachia, inside and out.
Assasin van helping
but vampires do exist in the type moon universe
*looks at tsuki-hime
I wonder when tsukihime gets a new anime maybe another decade or two
first time seeing a romanian in a anime, i am romanian too, this was a good video
How about the Netflix series that said 15th century Wallchia was catholic?
And even the action is set in romania
Siegfried can talk to birds, can Vlad do that? No, therefore Siegfried to strong.
When he mentioned the titles he forgot "the crimson fucker"
Vlad don't spook me
So in other words he has a offbrand unlimited blade works in his domain
There are two different versions of Vlad the Impaler in Fate series. One from Apocrypha and one from Extra. If anyone is interested, here is link to a video which details more of Extra Vlad.
What is a man? A miserable little pile of secrets. But enough talk...
Have at you!
Yay maybe caster of black
Vlad should have been one of the first. He always had such a good history.
You didn’t just nailed his history
You impaled it....
Okay I will leave😂
SASAGEYOU SONO CHI
SONO INOCHI WO
Waiting on the 8th waifu of summer 2017, Spartacus.
Ignoring him any longer is
*OPRESSION*
My favorite servant.
I like learning about the history :)
All I know is that he looks really tired
I always wondered where you research these videos
Vlad is one of the best characters in the series
FYI, boyars are not a family but a name for the ruling class (similar to lords in England, for instance)
You thought I was vlad the empailer but it was me DIO all along
Have you considered doing some videos on the fate/stay night servants and fate/zero servants?
Wow Dracula in fate apocrypha
I dint expected that
Vlad had to be forced by command seals to use his Nobel Phantasm since he HATES the fact his legend is so twisted that much of the world sees him as a vampire and thus the Grail gives him that power...he won't use his Nobel Phantasm willingly. It's also rather fitting that it is that way as in his home country they still see him as a great man and not a monster..yeah they'll make bank off people coming for the whole vampire myth but on a personal level a great many people there still respect him from what I understand. One person even said the way it is for them to see Vlad portrayed as a vampire so often...they feel the same way people in the US would feel if Abe Lincoln was portrayed as a vampire and thought of that way by the rest of the world.
I remember the first time i saw the trailer... and i said.... LUL VLAD THE IMPALER :0
Ah Black Keys one of the unholy yet at the same time holy item
Yorokobe Shonen/Shoujo, may these holy items help you in your troubling path. (I had to insert the Yorokobe segment)
I'm shock when I watching fate apocrypha suddenly Ottoman appear in that series
I still wished for him to come home to my Chaldea...
VLAD BEING THE NOBLE MAN HE IS !
Uncle Vlad is the best....
actually AniNews Siegfriend is quite the interesting story the wandering knight of the Netherlands did everything for his king even raping a viking woman and he got his seemingly immortal body by actually killing the legendary dragon Fafnir and bath in its blood
Vlad is one of my favorite Fate characters of all time, I tried so hard to get him in Fate Grand Order, but NO I got nothing! Those summoning rates are such bullshit!
Karna is another one of my favorite Fate characters, but at least I can play as him in Fate Extella, the only place I can get Vlad is Grand Order.
Most people knows about vlad's legend thats why it took this long b4 him xD