I have a dear friend who is descended from Vlad Dracula on his father's side (he can prove it). He stands about 6'4" with blonde straight hair, blue eyes, and a nose very similar to that shown in your re-creation. He fortunately has no trouble traveling by daylight, and has not impaled anyone that I know of.
Could you explain how he can prove it? I don't disbelieve you or anything, I'm just curious. Having done research into my own family history has shown me that I am descended from a long line of average Joes. So it's cool to hear about stuff like that.
@@93Crash101 Apparently I cannot. I've posted twice on the subject, but it has disappeared down an apparent black hole of some sort. I wonder what I said that was so incendiary?
I'm romanian and I have to tell you that you did an amazing job. I have to mention, though, that back then there were different times and you have no idea how cruel the ottomans were against christians and what they did in the balkans. So he had to do something on a higher level of cruelty in order to scare them away. And also, every tough leader controlled the noble class by fear or else, they would've betrayed the leader for their own sake. The nobles were pretty cruel to the peasants and slavery was in its prime time. It was a mess, there were very tough times, but it's our history and we were surrounded only by enemies everywhere.
They are actually christians too, islam and chsitianty one and the same universalist abrahamic one god a anti western anti nature and anti human creation of the parasites in essence.. Also Christians are agaisn't the ethnic pagans too.. The christian and islamic war is all about a abrahamic war raged against the noble aryans... it was created for protect the chrstiains and in excuse for killing the native aryan bloodlines the none jewish roots.. the europe people are xtianized but their root is older then chritianty and its pagan.. that is why the abrahamic moslems and the xtians working together and they are wanted to wiping out our native bloodline with excusing attacking the xtians, it is a replacement project The same organization are still continue to this day
I am from the balkan and this is absolutely not true. i will prove it to you by one simple evidence. the existence of christian, pagan and jewish population till this day. unlike the romans who were cruel to pagans, jews and muslims, the ottomans never converted a population by force or tortured them. if it was so how you and your people like to believe because your churches like to demonstrate the ottomans as evil as themseles were, there wouldnt be a single christian left. even in turkiye before the forced resettlement 1921(!!!!) turkiyes population was about 40% christian, amongs them were about a million(some sources said more) turkish (!) christians themselves lol. name a christian country that had that much muslim or jewish population? also slavery was always existend, even in the roman empire and in the ones before, a whole ethnicity was named after slavery- the slavs. and last time i checked it wasnt the ottomans doing that. your people love to twist things just to potray the other side as evil. also how on earth can a folk that is accusingly tortured and enslaved had a healthy cultural sharing on food national clothing and embroidery and music? the slavery amongst christians were more brutal. whereas slavery was promoted in the bible, the quran recognizes slavery as a source of injustice, as it places the freeing of slaves on the same level as feeding a poor person. On the other hand, the abolition of slavery with a unilateral decision may result in detriment to Islamic societies. Because while non-muslim societies are constantly enslaving muslim captives after the war, not giving this opportunity to islamic societies and freeing the captives will result in its weakening. nontheless freeing the enslaved army of the enemies was a practise and people had the freedom to speak their own language practise their own religions. which the romans never ever enabled the regions they colonized.
I understand and agree with your comments. Vlad protected his people and the Orthodox Christian faith of his homeland. He also had to guard his country against the Catholic Hungarians to the north. The Ottomans committed atrocities against the Orthodox for centuries. I don't like the huge amount of bloodshed committed by both sides, but that is the way things were.
@@lindat4294 I second this. Some people truly have no concept of the cruelty of those days, I don't think anyone can really fully imagine the horrors of those days. Christians were being wiped out. And he had to put a stop to it. Some people these days believe that Christian men are supposed to be soft, limp wristed doormats- but they're not. All thru the Bible they're valiant warriors & protectors of their people. They have good morals & love God, but that doesn't mean they were weak & just waiting to be slaughtered.
My husband is Romanian and he was taught in school that Vlad was a hero, who protected his people and i can see from other comments here from Romanians that the message is true. It really solidified for me that evil can very much depend on who's side you're on.
If Vlad's appearance was used in anyway for Dracula's, I can see why. Alluring and somewhat terrifying at the same time. I find myself feeling intimidated by his face but for the life of me can't look away. Your reconstruction gave him a certain, presence, well done!
@@willmfrank Yes! He looks quite wimpy looking here. I think the thick stronger neck & wider shlders wld have been very good!!! Change it & show us! 😬 plse 😉
@@willmfrank theres are other contempory portraits of him where he was redish hair and he looks pretty different in each one of them ,he is described around 186 cm -6 1 in tall and tall for its period and yes with thick neck,he was good at duels defeating his relatives to the throane then forcing them to dig their own grave then beheading them...he was no wimpy , his brother Radu had fair hair and his cousin Stephan of Moldova was light blonde
@@scorpiosoul2499 I am Romanian, he does look Romanian. Romanian usually have a high bridged prominent nose, most Romanians have brown hair and eyebrows and medium light skin. Most Romanians have brown or hazel eyes, but light eyes are also quite common.
I can imagine him being a businessman or an actor. He has that charismatic air about him and his looks carry it very well. And, with his accent that he would most certainly have, I can imagine quite a few ladies would fall for his charms. I could even imagine him being a modern member of European royalty/aristocracy. He just fits that bill.
I am an American who lived in Romania for 7 years. There, I learned how they revere him, and accept that he did what was necessary in those times to stop the Ottomans from overrunning his people, and coincidentally, Western Europe. Western European civilization owes a debt of gratitude to the unknown Romanian and Hungarian military heroes and kings who repeatedly beat the Ottomans back, at great price.
Thank you for telling others the truth you learned about those times and Vlad, the Romanian ruler :) Much appreciated, usually people see just the bad sides...
Yes, I'm American, and we lived in Bucharest off and on over a 9 year period.....Visited the Brasov area and his castle. You made some good points about how many Romanians accept what he did!
@Catholic-fascista simple, brutal and environment-friendly way to dispatch murderers, serial killers, conmen, thiefs & robbers, rapists and child molesters. I wonder where lurks the real evil…
@@ttx3 It's not simple and brutal, its spectacularly excessive and drawn out, and worse than any crime its punishing which didn't itself involve impaling.
He's neither, just a ruthless operator in a particularly gnarly time and place. Petty rulers around the fringes of great empires tend to be desperate and lacking in scruple, then as now.
Vlad was very much loved by the peasants-the poor class and hated by the noble class. He found a way to clean his Valahia of thieves and criminals. He managed to keep the nobles at a distance not letting them oppress the poor. Vlad was a righteous man not a tyrant as the modern world depict him. He brought justice to his people and made his kingdom safe. It is said that if one would leave a bag with gold money in the middle of the road nobody would pick it up. The Ottomans posed a constant threat to his kingdom so Vlad had to do something, and chose cruel methods to threaten them too to stop their invasion. Knowing how cruel the Ottomans were, Vlad had to find equally cruel methods, if not even worse. So he sent his "message" to them. Those were times of war of hundreds of years. Thank you for your video. I enjoyed it. I like how modern Vlad looks, a vey handsome man.
To many, Vlad was a great hero. The nobility did whatever they wanted to the poor...until Vlad the second came to the throne. The nobility was also responsible for the short reigns and early deaths of many of their rulers...so getting them under control was doubtless a matter of personal safety as well. And then there were his stunning victories against the Ottoman empire. Quite a guy.
Fun Fact: His brother Radu remained with the Ottomans, becoming fluent in Turkish, Arabic and Persian, converting to Islam, and becoming a high ranking soldier and diplomat for the Sultan. So basically, Dracula's brother was a Muslim, LOL!
@@juniorjames7076 Pretty much. They were both essentially hostages in the Ottoman empire for a very long time...some of those years, they were treated well but there were also times of mistreatment, imprisonment, privation and abuse...especially for Vlad. Radu seems to have learned how to get along with his captors, even essentially becoming one of them, which paid off for him in time.
@@juniorjames7076 Radu has done all that just to get Wallachia's throne! And he did got it. While Vlad was the rebellious type of person, who hated being bossed by anyone, no matter who they were.
I have to agree with one of the commenters below that putting historic people into our modern context doesn't serve the history. He may seem very sadistic by standards of modern times, but like you said as well that in Romania, he is seen as a hero because he was only doing what he had to do. Many other people that we consider modern heroes have blood trailing behind their shadow. Even modern people that we consider brave or heroic have blood on their hands or, at the very least, evil in their hearts. On the note of your recreation though: STUNNING doesn't even seem to capture it properly. Those incredible eyes and the smirk... breathtaking. It makes me wish that I had been blessed with a talent for art as opposed to a talent with words. Such a beautiful piece and well done, as usual! Brava!
in Spain Chris Colombus is celebrated as a hero so much that their national day is about Colombus and Cortez,. You know like 4th of july which celebrates Americas Indep from GB, we'll in spain they celebrate these two like heroes that propelled them into a world stage, however in reading the journals, these two guys were not good people at all and displayed strong symptons of Psycopathy , blood on their hands as well. The US used to celebrate Colombus day on October 11th, hoever today that holiday has been removed, its still carried on by the boomer generation, but I think this year it was officially removed and is now Native American day. Some can argue that they too had blood on their hands, but we'll there are only like less than a million of them now so. Yeah, i didn't like that the image of him was him dressed up in fashion of the UK. I think Romanians dress and have different hairstyles.
Andrew Jackson is another example of a folk hero who left a trail of bloodshed and suffering in his wake. As president, he was responsible for the "Trail of Tears" in the 1830s, or so history tells us.
@@user-ru1ki He didn't say Spanish people were proud of him. He said they celebrated him as a hero. Being in awe of and being proud of someone are two very different things. Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
@@chibiromano5631 What were Colombus' "symptoms" of psychopathy? glib and superficial charm grandiose (exaggeratedly high) estimation of self need for stimulation pathological lying cunning and manipulativeness lack of remorse or guilt shallow glib (superficial emotional responsiveness) callousness and lack of empathy parasitic lifestyle poor behavioral controls sexual promiscuity early behavior problems lack of realistic long-term goals impulsivity irresponsibility failure to accept responsibility for own actions many short-term marital relationships juvenile delinquency revocation of conditional release criminal versatility
We have a saying in Romania "Fear guards the melons" as in: you don't need a guard if everyone is afraid to steal your melons. He pretty much used that to keep good people safe, and bad people afraid. And if you know the saying "stuck between a rock and a hard place", this was Romania throughout the history, being invaded and enslaved over and over and over by different powers. This is why Vlad Dracul or Vlad Tepes (there's no Vlad Dracula, Dracula is the name of the book. "Drac" meant dragon, the "ul" at the end means "the" , Dracul= The Dragon. But nowadays "drac" is used for "devil"), is considered a hero by Romanians.
Elizabeth Kostova wrote "The Historian"....a really good book....Right up there with Stoker...my imagination and her descriptions of Vlad are spot on with your recreations....I do see him as a hero of his people....I also see Vlad as a hero against Invasion and Colonialism.
As a kid and even now on Oct. 28, 2023 I'm currently reading Dracula. In the book Dracula has a mustache, so I always pictured Dracula looking like Vlad. With your recreation I totally now have a new look for Dracula in my reading. I love your recreations and all of your videos. Thank you for all you do. Thumbs up for a great video.
Vlad Dracula - aka: Son of The Dragon; not smart to mess with a guy with that name. With his Dad and bro murdered by them, I don't blame him to do this. He was human.
As a romanian I am happy that people are trying to know the other side of the history(not only the legend /holywood side) but at the minute 2:50 in the right side of the screen you have a photo of Stefan cel Mare the ruler of Moldavia, not Vlad's brother Radu.Anyway I was happy to see this video
Ah! Thank you! I’ll try to do better at things like that! I only saw one or two images of what I thought was “Radu the Handsome” and I picked the more handsome of the two!
@@RoyaltyNowStudios "Stefan cel Mare" was a ladies man(so I presume he was really handsome), while about Radu the cronics are sugesting that he was "kind of gay" and been one of sultan Mehmet II favorits.From there the rivality between Vlad and his broter.🙂.But to be honest with you the Vlad that u made I fiind him quite attractive with a shorter haircut.
I m from Romania just so happy to see this video! Thanks for your work! And yes is he was a cold guy but he had to be, and his face is a bit scary, you can see he was a cold man!
Considering how much cruelty he experienced as a child, it's amazing that he didn't turn out WORSE. Most other people who suffered what he did would have cracked completely and not discriminated in their cruelty. The fact that he didn't shows that he still had some humanity left in him, that the Turks didn't drive it out of him completely.
@@caseykendall5506 Yes I agree is true! Is even a legend which is going around for years in our country, that he really loved a women and he will kill anyone who tries to get close to her, they had kids together, but they couldn't be public together, but she was the only one who was his true love, near her they said that he was a kind person. Everyone has a good part in him!
@@EllaCooking, another one is the legend of the golden cup on the edge of the crossroads well, which no one took. In fact, this is the most well-known. And it seems to have been more than just a legend.
In the mid-1970s there was a book titled: "Dracula: A Biography of Vlad the Impaler." I was lucky to have been given a pre-publication copy of it. One of the authors was actually a descendent of Vlad III. It was very detailed about the history. Strangely, I remember a lot about that book. When you discussed how Vlad and his brother were given to the Sultan this book went into more detail. It said that Vlad's brother was quite handsome and became the courtesan of the Sultan. This went on for a number of years while Vlad was trained mainly in military affairs. This, obviously was a major mistake because Vlad used it against the Ottomans later. There is a story that when Vlad controlled his homeland the Ottomans camped nearby. While they were sleeping Vlad took 100 of his best men into the encampment and slit the throats of 10,000 of the enemy. The book also discussed how he ruled his homeland. He was judge, jury and executioner.
I recommend you "Corpus draculianum" on youtube. The dramatic life of Vlad Tepes exposed in the chronicles of the time, his correspondence, the administrative documents from his period. All presented by professional historians, who, like Sherlock Holmes, try to bring Vlad to light, beyond legends and vicious propaganda. 💪
As romanian I find the look of this Vlad the Impaler very... how can I say.... yes, very romanian. And just a fact that not so many people knows. Bucharest was founded like capital of Wallachia (now Romania) by Vlad the Impaler. So for us, sure, Vlad III Basarab, a.k.a Vlad Țepeș (Vlad the Impaler) or Dracula, is a hero and we pay him respect.
In Romania he is seen as a "national hero" and to be honest, not being a nationalist at all, I can really see why. Reading about his deeds as a ruler, I can only say that it was the only way he could actually rule this "god forsaken, cursed" land (no Dracula pun intended). Anyway, great job on the recreation, keep up the good work.
Incredible, near perfection, BUT his eyebrows are a little too groomed & thin. I believe just a slight thickening & bushing would give your version that touch of realism. I'm sure you tire of endless little criticisms about tweaks to features that really could go either way. You're not only a master of your art, you invented it! 🔥❤🔥
@@RoyaltyNowStudios, an extraordinary and equally beautiful work. I appreciate it. The historical facts was presented correctly and impartially, this being a bonus. Although, I think it should have been pointed out that such practices were widespread at the time and were not as shocking as they seem today. I'm Romanian and yes. Vlad Tepes is one of my favorite historical characters. That's because he was a fair and direct man, without compromise. The legend of the golden cup on the edge of the crossroads well, which no one took, seems to have a kernel of truth (in romanian, the expression is: seed of truth = "sâmbure de adevăr", mot à mot translation, in case if you are wondering).
This is a stunning rendering! You have made him look uncannily like the current Ukrainian ballet dancer Sergei Polunin. (There are dozens of wonderful youtube videos of his dancing...you will see what I mean when you have created such a similar likeness!).
Ya, Vlad learned his skills in terror and torture from the Ottomans. Modern people have trouble understanding the ancient practice of "hostages" which was part of diplomatic practices much further into modern times than anyone would like to think. Often a leader's children (mostly sons) were part of a bargain between peoples who didn't really trust each other kind of as a bargaining chip. This doesn't mean "prisoners" as the word "hostage" means today. As long as their father was doing what was agreed to, they were often raised with the elite of the people they were "hostage" to and taught all of the skills any other elite child was taught. They were "hostages" in the sense that they couldn't leave to do whatever they wanted. The Ottomans may have looked at these boys as puppets they could put on the throne of their area once their father was killed who would look favorably on the Ottomans and do what they said. But they miscalculated with Vlad III. Vlad took what they had taught him and turned it on them.
@@zagortenay33 I don't know that Vlad ever made excuses or even thought he needed to. What I'm pointing out is that the Ottomans were at least as bad if not worse. I am also kind of blowing up the excuse used today that he was badly treated. There is no evidence that he was more poorly treated than say Mehmed the Conqueror when he was growing up. They may have even known each other in the Ottoman court.
Not true. Vlad's enemies from a rival family and nobility, along with Saxon merchants in Transylvania, were the first who started to impale Vlad's men. Vlad was very angry and organised a penalty expedition. He turned their own weapons against the enemies. At that time, no one abroad had criticized it yet, it was a standard solution. Only later he used it as a psychological weapon against the Ottomans.
Politicians and MSM and Hollyweird today would be easily and quickly impaled if they lived back then. The badass guy treated his people great. It ain't a coincidence that they call him a hero.
Vlad II Dracul, the father of Vlad III Dracula (Țepeș) was the founder of the Drăculeşti dynasty, which lasted until the 17th century. The surname "Țepeș" is actually a nickname (given by the Turks) given to Vlad III Dracul(a) as a result of the method of stabbing used by him. This nickname “Țepeș”, it is associated with Vlad after his death, has remained in use to this day.
I like your recreation. He has strong features and looks like a person whose character would also be strong and unbending. Very Southern European face. Considering the story of his life, countless betrayals, being a hostage in a foreign land and endless wars, he evolved into what we would call today "a survivor". Vlad was a man of his time - all of the atrocities that he committed (which historians greatly exaggerated over the centuries), were, unfortunately, normal practices for punishments in the region that hasn't known peace for centuries. Surrounded by enemies, every noble had a private army to defend his lands and his people. As for Vlad's psychological warfare (impaling great numbers of captives), although not unusual of the time and place, it appears to be a desperate move to keep the Turks out. It also has to be said, that some of the torture methods he borrowed from the Turks (and the East) and then used against them.
Exactly. Vlad didn't invent these torture methods, he probably witnessed them as a child in his captivity with the Sultan. Ottomans were perversely cruel and all he knew about torturing people he probably learned from them. He impaled people likely running them through and killing them instantly then leaving them out to scare the enemy away. Ottomans had expert impalers on their pay. They knew how to impale people without killing them outright, not damaging anything too vital so that they would live as long as possible, being impaled and in torturous agony. Christ was crucified but this was worse. My thinking is that Vlad was vilified but was no worse than any leader at the time and better than his enemies. He was torn in their side so they left horrible testimonies about him... but he just gave them tit for tat
The ethnicity of Eastern Europe is perfectly captured and the modern Vlad is facially reminiscent of the Ambras portrait. However, Vlad was a baddass, powerfully built and mean as hell, the modern one looks like a male model who wouldn't last 10 seconds with the real man.
Vlad was a ferocious crime fighter. It was said that, during his reign, a naked virgin could walk from one end of his land to the other, carrying a bag of gold, and no one would dare to touch it OR her In Targoviste, Vlad's capital, there was a public fountain in the main square. On the edge of that fountain was a cup made of gold, for people to drink from. The cup was not secured in any way. The only thing that kept the cup where it was was people's knowledge of what would happen to anyone who tried to make off with it
... and that people knew that something has happened to Vlad, that he died, when the cup disappeared one day. I recall this story from my childhood too.
Your Vlad's face is a combination of Adrien Brody, Sergei Polunin and Pierre Niney. I love the three of them. I say yes to Vlad. BTW, I'm from Vlad's country. Yep, you were accurate in all details.
Well, Vlad was indeed a very handsome man! 😎 And I think he was clever too. He took good care of his own people in order to get the support of commoners, as he could not trust local nobility. Now, imagine a King who has to defend his small kingdom against the claims of superior powers and whose family members were brutally murdered by the surrounding nobility of the region. How would he enforce his claims? Vlad did neither dispose of a powerful army, nor was he wealthy. The answer is with utmost brutality! This was at least a way to earn a reputation, perhaps not the best one, but he got what he wanted, at least for some time. He was feared by his enemies. Do superpowers of nowadays act differently? The answer is no! And they already got everything! I think a lot of politicians, royals, CEOs and big owners and investors should be impaled too nowadays. That would be a sight, wouldn't it? But isn't there somebody around, nowadays, whose name starts with Vlad? 🤣🤣
Felicitari pentru reusita ta. noi, romanii, apreciem foarte mult acest erou al nostru si ce trebuie sa intelegeti voi americanii, este ca Vlad reprezinta un ideal, acela al omului incoruptibil si pedeapsa ce revine fiecaruia cand legea este incalcata... Dracula este doar fantezia creata de un scriitor....
translation from Romanian: Congratulations to your work. We, romanians, really appreciate this hero (is a hero for us, anyway) and what you, the foreigners have to understand is that: Vlad represents an ideal, that of the incorruptible man and the punishment for those who break the law ... Dracula is just a fantasy created by a mediocre writer ....
The "boyar" or "boyarin"- is singular in most Slavic languages, "boyare", "boyarini" - for plural or the anglicized "boyars" can also be used as plural. Your computer drawing and animation skills are great!
This is a very interesting idea as to how Vlad would look if he were alive today. I do wonder though how he might have looked with a more modern shorter hairstyle as I would think a banker on Wall Street might be wearing. He would look really unusual as a banker. Also, I think the smirk would show up just prior to him placing someone up high on one of his famous stakes. 😀
Vlad seems to have applied the rules listed from 'The Prince' by Machiavelli, thus making him as revered by its people and as feared by its enemies. Dracula, the dragon slayer (aka Ottoman slayer).
i love the combination of technological artistry you demonstrate while enlisting historical analysis and authenticity. these figures truly come to life at your hand ❤️ he looks pretty handsome!
Excellent rendition of Vlad. He was one dude you didn't want to mess with. Btw, your portrait of him looks a little like the well known hockey player Wayne Gretzky (when Mr. Gretzky was younger).
His cruel streak may have been a manifestation of arrested development. His captivity deprived him of a more normal path through late childhood. Preteen boys can go through a phase of cruelty to other creatures, but this is something they outgrow. Rather than outgrowing this phase Vlad cultivated it into a political tactic and a means of catharsis for the mental suffering of his captivity.
Awesome! You always do such an amazing job! ❤️ he’s better looking than Gary Oldman (sorry, no offense to a great actor) but not as good looking as Luke Evans. Now I have to search and see who could play Vlad if they ever make another movie about him. Fascinating guy (I was born in Romania BTW and you are totally right - to us, he was a great king, not a monster).
This is AMAZING! Oh my goodness! If there is a biopic Adam Driver should play him! Edit to add: new subscriber! Loveeee that this was recommended to me by TH-cam haha
Wow, that's amazing, as is the story of his life. I think he was a good man in a bad time, forced to do horrific things to stay alive and defend his people. His actions were not out of place in his time, and were pretty much expected of him as an aristocrat. He took up his father's work, despite not being a member of the Order himself.
We can't judge the actions of person who lived more than 500 years ago. And if Vlad hated the Ottomans so much, his childhood imprisonment could not have been so pleasant.
Your artistic work and the way you also share a bit about what made these people who they are is really amazing. I totally agree with and love the idea of being reminded that these were just people too. Thank you for your hard work on these!!
I was not expecting him to look so……. Attractive. He’s what I would envision in a dark romance novel or a modern day fairytale retelling. He looks unconventional and yet he looks charmingly hypnotizing; especially with those eyes. He does things to me 😳
What an utterly spectacular recreation is this Impaler! The ladies (+ others) are becoming très très enchanté and most ordinately, so I notice and do myself declare. This supreme accomplishment deserves 🌟🌟🌟!!
Just discovered your channel and the look of Vlad you created reminds me of a gaunt version of actor Stuart Townsend as Dorian Grey in "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen".
2:52 that is not Vlad’s brother Radu. That is Stephen the Great which was in fact Vlad’s cousin and the person who helped him get the throne. Stephen the Great ruled around 40 years and had at least 35 victories against the Ottomans.
Sorry about that! I was researching pictures of Radu and there wasn’t much there. It was between that picture and one other. Since he was Radu the Handsome I picked the more handsome of the two! I’ll get better at things like this!
@@RoyaltyNowStudios Your modern look of Vlad looks almost like a picture of one of a great romanian actor, his name being Adrian Pintea. Sadly Mr. Pintea passed away. But you did a great wonderful work researching for history and working to make such a great modern look of Vlad the Impeller ! Anyway, as so many people wrote about the fact that the picture of Radu Handsome is ,actually, the image of another great king (made holly by orthodox romanian church), why don't you make a modern look of Stephan the Great , king of Moldavia? He was a ruler like his cousin, Vlad the Impeller, but he didn't use the impale method, he has other ones...like cutting heads of the boyars whom he invited to lunch, but they made the mistake to respond to the king affirmation not with respect. Thank you for such great work!
I really enjoyed this entire process, and was always interested of our favourite 'vampire' XD. although I do have to say; he looks an awful lot like Adam Driver
Really amazing. He’s actually handsome in a Johnny Depp sort of way. I love looking at you recreations. Sometimes looking at historical pics, it’s hard to see any other way, so looking at you pics makes these historical people “come alive”. Thanks, April.
WOW! This was great! Loved the picture with a little longer hair & with the smirk. It was the eyes that got me. Loved the history too. Thank you for doing a great job.
That was really great! He wasn't too bad looking and I guess, he suffered a great deal when his father and brother were brutally murdered. We often forget that these historical figures were people just like us, who experienced loss, love, hatred, fear, etc. Your modern-day depictions of these people help us see them in a different way. Knowing a little about their lives helps us to understand that they were not just mono-dimensional but complex individuals subject, as we are, to the vagaries of life and circumstance. If possible, I would really love to see your modern-day depictions of characters from the Civil War era or the Wild West era. Thank you for your work.
I very much liked what you proposed. I find the picture compelling. I don' t know how you would make his eyes sadistic, for I feel his eyes are too kind. I do so appreciate your work and look forward to more, thank you
I would hint at the Shroud of Turin, but this may be too much to ask. If so, perhaps John the Apostle, believed to be the last surviving of the Apostles. There may perhaps exist sufficient portraits and sculptures from the Catholic Church to arrive at some hypothetical conclusion. Would this not make an Excellent Christmas Surprise?
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I also like to call this video "Vlad the Impaler Upper Lip Reveal"
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I personally don't blame him for the way he acted he did what had to be done
I left a recommendation as a separate comment.
Maybe the controversial and oft depicted as sinister Cardinal Richelieu?
the last romanovs! i think itd be a beautiful tribute to the family
Princess Sissi of Austria,that would be amazing, greetings from Austria
I have a dear friend who is descended from Vlad Dracula on his father's side (he can prove it). He stands about 6'4" with blonde straight hair, blue eyes, and a nose very similar to that shown in your re-creation. He fortunately has no trouble traveling by daylight, and has not impaled anyone that I know of.
That you know of?
@@cristhianramirez6939 Well, I don't spend all my time with him... (Perhaps my odd sense of humor has played amiss with you?)
Could you explain how he can prove it? I don't disbelieve you or anything, I'm just curious. Having done research into my own family history has shown me that I am descended from a long line of average Joes. So it's cool to hear about stuff like that.
@@93Crash101 Apparently I cannot. I've posted twice on the subject, but it has disappeared down an apparent black hole of some sort. I wonder what I said that was so incendiary?
Not even Mrs Friend?
I believe he was an attractive man for his time. Your recreation of him is stunning and beautiful. Made my heart skip a beat.
hey hey wait wait arent you a man
@@soumyajitsingha9614 actually, I am not.
hes AF would bang.
With that look, he would still be "Vlad the impaler". ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
I thought the same too 😊
He was attractive for the times.
I'm romanian and I have to tell you that you did an amazing job. I have to mention, though, that back then there were different times and you have no idea how cruel the ottomans were against christians and what they did in the balkans. So he had to do something on a higher level of cruelty in order to scare them away. And also, every tough leader controlled the noble class by fear or else, they would've betrayed the leader for their own sake. The nobles were pretty cruel to the peasants and slavery was in its prime time. It was a mess, there were very tough times, but it's our history and we were surrounded only by enemies everywhere.
They are actually christians too, islam and chsitianty one and the same universalist abrahamic one god a anti western anti nature and anti human creation of the parasites in essence..
Also Christians are agaisn't the ethnic pagans too.. The christian and islamic war is all about a abrahamic war raged against the noble aryans... it was created for protect the chrstiains and in excuse for killing the native aryan bloodlines the none jewish roots.. the europe people are xtianized but their root is older then chritianty and its pagan.. that is why the abrahamic moslems and the xtians working together and they are wanted to wiping out our native bloodline with excusing attacking the xtians, it is a replacement project
The same organization are still continue to this day
I am from the balkan and this is absolutely not true. i will prove it to you by one simple evidence. the existence of christian, pagan and jewish population till this day. unlike the romans who were cruel to pagans, jews and muslims, the ottomans never converted a population by force or tortured them. if it was so how you and your people like to believe because your churches like to demonstrate the ottomans as evil as themseles were, there wouldnt be a single christian left. even in turkiye before the forced resettlement 1921(!!!!) turkiyes population was about 40% christian, amongs them were about a million(some sources said more) turkish (!) christians themselves lol. name a christian country that had that much muslim or jewish population? also slavery was always existend, even in the roman empire and in the ones before, a whole ethnicity was named after slavery- the slavs. and last time i checked it wasnt the ottomans doing that. your people love to twist things just to potray the other side as evil. also how on earth can a folk that is accusingly tortured and enslaved had a healthy cultural sharing on food national clothing and embroidery and music? the slavery amongst christians were more brutal. whereas slavery was promoted in the bible, the quran recognizes slavery as a source of injustice, as it places the freeing of slaves on the same level as feeding a poor person. On the other hand, the abolition of slavery with a unilateral decision may result in detriment to Islamic societies. Because while non-muslim societies are constantly enslaving muslim captives after the war, not giving this opportunity to islamic societies and freeing the captives will result in its weakening. nontheless freeing the enslaved army of the enemies was a practise and people had the freedom to speak their own language practise their own religions. which the romans never ever enabled the regions they colonized.
He was a good Christian boy
I understand and agree with your comments. Vlad protected his people and the Orthodox Christian faith of his homeland. He also had to guard his country against the Catholic Hungarians to the north. The Ottomans committed atrocities against the Orthodox for centuries. I don't like the huge amount of bloodshed committed by both sides, but that is the way things were.
@@lindat4294 I second this. Some people truly have no concept of the cruelty of those days, I don't think anyone can really fully imagine the horrors of those days. Christians were being wiped out. And he had to put a stop to it. Some people these days believe that Christian men are supposed to be soft, limp wristed doormats- but they're not. All thru the Bible they're valiant warriors & protectors of their people. They have good morals & love God, but that doesn't mean they were weak & just waiting to be slaughtered.
My husband is Romanian and he was taught in school that Vlad was a hero, who protected his people and i can see from other comments here from Romanians that the message is true. It really solidified for me that evil can very much depend on who's side you're on.
What a beautiful man!! Just gorgeous intensity. Adam Driver can play him in a biography.
Oh yes, Adam Driver would be perfect as Vlad Tepes.
@@platosfriend gary oldman wasn't bad
If Vlad's appearance was used in anyway for Dracula's, I can see why. Alluring and somewhat terrifying at the same time. I find myself feeling intimidated by his face but for the life of me can't look away. Your reconstruction gave him a certain, presence, well done!
He’s a babe
@@champagnecoloredeyes .....
Agree
@@VixxyMcN ....
Certainly mysteriously attractive to say the least
Those eyes and the hair, he's a stunner.
100% agree
Perfect! He actually even look Romanian. Only wish you would give him strong neck. Fighters from the time had usually bull necks.
Modrussa's description, quoted in the video, even mentions the strong neck.
@@willmfrank Yes! He looks quite wimpy looking here. I think the thick stronger neck & wider shlders wld have been very good!!! Change it & show us! 😬 plse 😉
@@willmfrank theres are other contempory portraits of him where he was redish hair and he looks pretty different in each one of them ,he is described around 186 cm -6 1 in tall and tall for its period and yes with thick neck,he was good at duels defeating his relatives to the throane then forcing them to dig their own grave then beheading them...he was no wimpy , his brother Radu had fair hair and his cousin Stephan of Moldova was light blonde
What does a romanian look like?? Are you romanian?
@@scorpiosoul2499 I am Romanian, he does look Romanian. Romanian usually have a high bridged prominent nose, most Romanians have brown hair and eyebrows and medium light skin. Most Romanians have brown or hazel eyes, but light eyes are also quite common.
I can imagine him being a businessman or an actor. He has that charismatic air about him and his looks carry it very well. And, with his accent that he would most certainly have, I can imagine quite a few ladies would fall for his charms. I could even imagine him being a modern member of European royalty/aristocracy. He just fits that bill.
A saw a channel named "Corpus Draculianum" , is a project about Vlad made by profesional historias, experts in Romanian Middle Edge . Love it! 🙂
I am an American who lived in Romania for 7 years. There, I learned how they revere him, and accept that he did what was necessary in those times to stop the Ottomans from overrunning his people, and coincidentally, Western Europe. Western European civilization owes a debt of gratitude to the unknown Romanian and Hungarian military heroes and kings who repeatedly beat the Ottomans back, at great price.
and the funny thing is he was killed yet again by the Ottomans.
Not the boyars tho
Thank you for telling others the truth you learned about those times and Vlad, the Romanian ruler :) Much appreciated, usually people see just the bad sides...
I guess you would say the same about Hitler as well? I mean, there are also many germans who say it was necessary what he did.. oh well oh well
Yes, I'm American, and we lived in Bucharest off and on over a 9 year period.....Visited the Brasov area and his castle. You made some good points about how many Romanians accept what he did!
Why do I find the modern Vlad magnetically attractive? The green eyes and long dark hair help . Eerily fascinating man.
I agree
Assolutamente, anche per me. Un fascino magnetico, potente.
Story made him evil, but history made him a hero.
So true!
He was pretty evil in real life and a sadistic paranoid psychopath according to the historical records.
@Catholic-fascista simple, brutal and environment-friendly way to dispatch murderers, serial killers, conmen, thiefs & robbers, rapists and child molesters. I wonder where lurks the real evil…
@@ttx3 It's not simple and brutal, its spectacularly excessive and drawn out, and worse than any crime its punishing which didn't itself involve impaling.
He's neither, just a ruthless operator in a particularly gnarly time and place. Petty rulers around the fringes of great empires tend to be desperate and lacking in scruple, then as now.
Not gonna lie, but that reconstruction of Vlad could get it. He looks very attractive. Kudos to your skills!
Vlad was very much loved by the peasants-the poor class and hated by the noble class. He found a way to clean his Valahia of thieves and criminals. He managed to keep the nobles at a distance not letting them oppress the poor. Vlad was a righteous man not a tyrant as the modern world depict him. He brought justice to his people and made his kingdom safe. It is said that if one would leave a bag with gold money in the middle of the road nobody would pick it up. The Ottomans posed a constant threat to his kingdom so Vlad had to do something, and chose cruel methods to threaten them too to stop their invasion. Knowing how cruel the Ottomans were, Vlad had to find equally cruel methods, if not even worse. So he sent his "message" to them. Those were times of war of hundreds of years. Thank you for your video. I enjoyed it. I like how modern Vlad looks, a vey handsome man.
To many, Vlad was a great hero. The nobility did whatever they wanted to the poor...until Vlad the second came to the throne. The nobility was also responsible for the short reigns and early deaths of many of their rulers...so getting them under control was doubtless a matter of personal safety as well. And then there were his stunning victories against the Ottoman empire. Quite a guy.
Well said, Bravo :)
Fun Fact: His brother Radu remained with the Ottomans, becoming fluent in Turkish, Arabic and Persian, converting to Islam, and becoming a high ranking soldier and diplomat for the Sultan. So basically, Dracula's brother was a Muslim, LOL!
@@juniorjames7076 Pretty much. They were both essentially hostages in the Ottoman empire for a very long time...some of those years, they were treated well but there were also times of mistreatment, imprisonment, privation and abuse...especially for Vlad. Radu seems to have learned how to get along with his captors, even essentially becoming one of them, which paid off for him in time.
To be honest, he was a genius in psychological warfare.
@@juniorjames7076 Radu has done all that just to get Wallachia's throne! And he did got it. While Vlad was the rebellious type of person, who hated being bossed by anyone, no matter who they were.
I have to agree with one of the commenters below that putting historic people into our modern context doesn't serve the history. He may seem very sadistic by standards of modern times, but like you said as well that in Romania, he is seen as a hero because he was only doing what he had to do. Many other people that we consider modern heroes have blood trailing behind their shadow. Even modern people that we consider brave or heroic have blood on their hands or, at the very least, evil in their hearts.
On the note of your recreation though: STUNNING doesn't even seem to capture it properly. Those incredible eyes and the smirk... breathtaking. It makes me wish that I had been blessed with a talent for art as opposed to a talent with words. Such a beautiful piece and well done, as usual! Brava!
in Spain Chris Colombus is celebrated as a hero so much that their national day is about Colombus and Cortez,. You know like 4th of july which celebrates Americas Indep from GB, we'll in spain they celebrate these two like heroes that propelled them into a world stage, however in reading the journals, these two guys were not good people at all and displayed strong symptons of Psycopathy , blood on their hands as well.
The US used to celebrate Colombus day on October 11th, hoever today that holiday has been removed, its still carried on by the boomer generation, but I think this year it was officially removed and is now Native American day. Some can argue that they too had blood on their hands, but we'll there are only like less than a million of them now so.
Yeah, i didn't like that the image of him was him dressed up in fashion of the UK. I think Romanians dress and have different hairstyles.
Andrew Jackson is another example of a folk hero who left a trail of bloodshed and suffering in his wake. As president, he was responsible for the "Trail of Tears" in the 1830s, or so history tells us.
@@chibiromano5631 Columbus's day? Ha. Very weird. So apparently Spanish people are proud of that Jewish man. Interesting...
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He didn't say Spanish people were proud of him. He said they celebrated him as a hero.
Being in awe of and being proud of someone are two very different things.
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
@@chibiromano5631
What were Colombus' "symptoms" of psychopathy?
glib and superficial charm
grandiose (exaggeratedly high) estimation of self
need for stimulation
pathological lying
cunning and manipulativeness
lack of remorse or guilt
shallow glib (superficial emotional responsiveness)
callousness and lack of empathy
parasitic lifestyle
poor behavioral controls
sexual promiscuity
early behavior problems
lack of realistic long-term goals
impulsivity
irresponsibility
failure to accept responsibility for own actions
many short-term marital relationships
juvenile delinquency
revocation of conditional release
criminal versatility
Infamous? He was great!
Very Eastern European. My Mother's paternal side comes from that region. Beautiful people.
We have a saying in Romania "Fear guards the melons" as in: you don't need a guard if everyone is afraid to steal your melons. He pretty much used that to keep good people safe, and bad people afraid. And if you know the saying "stuck between a rock and a hard place", this was Romania throughout the history, being invaded and enslaved over and over and over by different powers. This is why Vlad Dracul or Vlad Tepes (there's no Vlad Dracula, Dracula is the name of the book. "Drac" meant dragon, the "ul" at the end means "the" , Dracul= The Dragon. But nowadays "drac" is used for "devil"), is considered a hero by Romanians.
Elizabeth Kostova wrote "The Historian"....a really good book....Right up there with Stoker...my imagination and her descriptions of Vlad are spot on with your recreations....I do see him as a hero of his people....I also see Vlad as a hero against Invasion and Colonialism.
That's one of my favourite books. I read it at least once a year :)
I read that book, it was great!
Wow! He must really have been a handsome Devil.
A smirk from his face was probably the last thing a lot of people ever saw.
@@rcgunner7086, nice one! cheers!
Well , he must’ve been. Married twice.
Lol I never thought I would think of Vlad the Implaler as a hottie!" You have an incredible talent.
As a kid and even now on Oct. 28, 2023 I'm currently reading Dracula. In the book Dracula has a mustache, so I always pictured Dracula looking like Vlad. With your recreation I totally now have a new look for Dracula in my reading. I love your recreations and all of your videos. Thank you for all you do. Thumbs up for a great video.
Very handsome man! Never knew his history. Good work, thank you.
Thank you! I didn’t realize how how rich and twisting his story was until I started researching for this recreation. I found it very interesting.
Vlad Dracula - aka: Son of The Dragon; not smart to mess with a guy with that name. With his Dad and bro murdered by them, I don't blame him to do this. He was human.
Draculea. Vlad Dracul was his father.
Son of the dragon? :))))) The order of the dragon is a title own by his father , not his real name. Noob.
@@flower1990-B he was the son of his father LOL his father was a Dragon, a member of that Order, hence the Son of the Dragon lol
@@annagaldova2777 his family's name was Drăculești. Folklore called him as Drăculea.
As a romanian I am happy that people are trying to know the other side of the history(not only the legend /holywood side) but at the minute 2:50 in the right side of the screen you have a photo of Stefan cel Mare the ruler of Moldavia, not Vlad's brother Radu.Anyway I was happy to see this video
Ah! Thank you! I’ll try to do better at things like that! I only saw one or two images of what I thought was “Radu the Handsome” and I picked the more handsome of the two!
@@RoyaltyNowStudios "Stefan cel Mare" was a ladies man(so I presume he was really handsome), while about Radu the cronics are sugesting that he was "kind of gay" and been one of sultan Mehmet II favorits.From there the rivality between Vlad and his broter.🙂.But to be honest with you the Vlad that u made I fiind him quite attractive with a shorter haircut.
@@RoyaltyNowStudios What’s the song at 7:33?
@@Sapientiaa Prelude and fuge in E-flat major BWV 552 "St. Anne" By J. S. Bach.
@@albertcastellon574 It sounds different. Could you send me a link and give me a time stamp?
He does look intimidating but I think he's gorgeous 😍 I enjoy your recreations that bring these historical figures to life. Such fun!
I m from Romania just so happy to see this video! Thanks for your work! And yes is he was a cold guy but he had to be, and his face is a bit scary, you can see he was a cold man!
I agree! I think he was probably cruel, but ultimately did keep Romania safe
Considering how much cruelty he experienced as a child, it's amazing that he didn't turn out WORSE. Most other people who suffered what he did would have cracked completely and not discriminated in their cruelty. The fact that he didn't shows that he still had some humanity left in him, that the Turks didn't drive it out of him completely.
@@RoyaltyNowStudios For sure that were the times then, he needed to be like that, I just love history you always find something new!
@@caseykendall5506 Yes I agree is true! Is even a legend which is going around for years in our country, that he really loved a women and he will kill anyone who tries to get close to her, they had kids together, but they couldn't be public together, but she was the only one who was his true love, near her they said that he was a kind person. Everyone has a good part in him!
@@EllaCooking, another one is the legend of the golden cup on the edge of the crossroads well, which no one took. In fact, this is the most well-known. And it seems to have been more than just a legend.
In the mid-1970s there was a book titled: "Dracula: A Biography of Vlad the Impaler." I was lucky to have been given a pre-publication copy of it. One of the authors was actually a descendent of Vlad III. It was very detailed about the history. Strangely, I remember a lot about that book.
When you discussed how Vlad and his brother were given to the Sultan this book went into more detail. It said that Vlad's brother was quite handsome and became the courtesan of the Sultan. This went on for a number of years while Vlad was trained mainly in military affairs. This, obviously was a major mistake because Vlad used it against the Ottomans later. There is a story that when Vlad controlled his homeland the Ottomans camped nearby. While they were sleeping Vlad took 100 of his best men into the encampment and slit the throats of 10,000 of the enemy.
The book also discussed how he ruled his homeland. He was judge, jury and executioner.
Thanks for sharing!…..the book sounds fascinating…..found it on Amazon…
@@abowling5759 You could probably find it at your local library or if they don't have it they may be able to get a library loan.
@@Eyes-of-Horus Absolutely!…I’ll definitely try that….thanks again.
@@abowling5759 A more recent one by the same author: "Dracula: Prince of Many Faces".
The authors are Raymond T. McNally and Radu Florescu, who also wrote "In Search of Dracula" and edited "The Essential Dracula."
Love the longer hair version. You sure do fantastic work.
Thank you ❤️
Fantastic. He is my favorite historical character. A cold badass.
I recommend you "Corpus draculianum" on youtube. The dramatic life of Vlad Tepes exposed in the chronicles of the time, his correspondence, the administrative documents from his period. All presented by professional historians, who, like Sherlock Holmes, try to bring Vlad to light, beyond legends and vicious propaganda. 💪
As romanian I find the look of this Vlad the Impaler very... how can I say.... yes, very romanian. And just a fact that not so many people knows. Bucharest was founded like capital of Wallachia (now Romania) by Vlad the Impaler. So for us, sure, Vlad III Basarab, a.k.a Vlad Țepeș (Vlad the Impaler) or Dracula, is a hero and we pay him respect.
I have a very weird physical fascination with him. Can't explain it
In Romania he is seen as a "national hero" and to be honest, not being a nationalist at all, I can really see why. Reading about his deeds as a ruler, I can only say that it was the only way he could actually rule this "god forsaken, cursed" land (no Dracula pun intended). Anyway, great job on the recreation, keep up the good work.
Incredible, near perfection, BUT his eyebrows are a little too groomed & thin. I believe just a slight thickening & bushing would give your version that touch of realism. I'm sure you tire of endless little criticisms about tweaks to features that really could go either way. You're not only a master of your art, you invented it! 🔥❤🔥
Wow, Just amazing! Rather mesmerizing and I love the smirk! Thank you for the history lesson.
Thank you! I’m so glad, I love researching for these and learning the history as well.
@@RoyaltyNowStudios, an extraordinary and equally beautiful work. I appreciate it.
The historical facts was presented correctly and impartially, this being a bonus.
Although, I think it should have been pointed out that such practices were widespread at the time and were not as shocking as they seem today.
I'm Romanian and yes. Vlad Tepes is one of my favorite historical characters. That's because he was a fair and direct man, without compromise.
The legend of the golden cup on the edge of the crossroads well, which no one took, seems to have a kernel of truth (in romanian, the expression is: seed of truth = "sâmbure de adevăr", mot à mot translation, in case if you are wondering).
This is a stunning rendering! You have made him look uncannily like the current Ukrainian ballet dancer Sergei Polunin. (There are dozens of wonderful youtube videos of his dancing...you will see what I mean when you have created such a similar likeness!).
@@champagnecoloredeyes Could be that he is one of Vlad's living descendants. There's a lot of them, like the English royal family.
Ya, Vlad learned his skills in terror and torture from the Ottomans. Modern people have trouble understanding the ancient practice of "hostages" which was part of diplomatic practices much further into modern times than anyone would like to think. Often a leader's children (mostly sons) were part of a bargain between peoples who didn't really trust each other kind of as a bargaining chip. This doesn't mean "prisoners" as the word "hostage" means today. As long as their father was doing what was agreed to, they were often raised with the elite of the people they were "hostage" to and taught all of the skills any other elite child was taught. They were "hostages" in the sense that they couldn't leave to do whatever they wanted. The Ottomans may have looked at these boys as puppets they could put on the throne of their area once their father was killed who would look favorably on the Ottomans and do what they said. But they miscalculated with Vlad III. Vlad took what they had taught him and turned it on them.
"Vlad learned his skills in terror and torture from the Ottomans." Every single piece of shit has his or her own excuses...
@@zagortenay33 I don't know that Vlad ever made excuses or even thought he needed to. What I'm pointing out is that the Ottomans were at least as bad if not worse. I am also kind of blowing up the excuse used today that he was badly treated. There is no evidence that he was more poorly treated than say Mehmed the Conqueror when he was growing up. They may have even known each other in the Ottoman court.
They grew up together, so yes they knew each other. Perhaps there was even a personal enmity between them?
Probably still happening today.
Not true. Vlad's enemies from a rival family and nobility, along with Saxon merchants in Transylvania, were the first who started to impale Vlad's men. Vlad was very angry and organised a penalty expedition. He turned their own weapons against the enemies. At that time, no one abroad had criticized it yet, it was a standard solution. Only later he used it as a psychological weapon against the Ottomans.
Politicians and MSM and Hollyweird today would be easily and quickly impaled if they lived back then. The badass guy treated his people great. It ain't a coincidence that they call him a hero.
Vlad II Dracul, the father of Vlad III Dracula (Țepeș) was the founder of the Drăculeşti dynasty, which lasted until the 17th century.
The surname "Țepeș" is actually a nickname (given by the Turks) given to Vlad III Dracul(a) as a result of the method of stabbing used by him.
This nickname “Țepeș”, it is associated with Vlad after his death, has remained in use to this day.
I knew a Cuban whose last name was Tepes and he looks like the picture. He was tall like 6’2 and I remember he had many passports.
I like your recreation. He has strong features and looks like a person whose character would also be strong and unbending. Very Southern European face. Considering the story of his life, countless betrayals, being a hostage in a foreign land and endless wars, he evolved into what we would call today "a survivor". Vlad was a man of his time - all of the atrocities that he committed (which historians greatly exaggerated over the centuries), were, unfortunately, normal practices for punishments in the region that hasn't known peace for centuries. Surrounded by enemies, every noble had a private army to defend his lands and his people. As for Vlad's psychological warfare (impaling great numbers of captives), although not unusual of the time and place, it appears to be a desperate move to keep the Turks out. It also has to be said, that some of the torture methods he borrowed from the Turks (and the East) and then used against them.
Exactly. Vlad didn't invent these torture methods, he probably witnessed them as a child in his captivity with the Sultan. Ottomans were perversely cruel and all he knew about torturing people he probably learned from them. He impaled people likely running them through and killing them instantly then leaving them out to scare the enemy away. Ottomans had expert impalers on their pay. They knew how to impale people without killing them outright, not damaging anything too vital so that they would live as long as possible, being impaled and in torturous agony. Christ was crucified but this was worse. My thinking is that Vlad was vilified but was no worse than any leader at the time and better than his enemies. He was torn in their side so they left horrible testimonies about him... but he just gave them tit for tat
wow. that was interesting, and the portrait was almost shocking, very handsome, and a little disturbing. I liked it.
The ethnicity of Eastern Europe is perfectly captured and the modern Vlad is facially reminiscent of the Ambras portrait. However, Vlad was a baddass, powerfully built and mean as hell, the modern one looks like a male model who wouldn't last 10 seconds with the real man.
Fascinating. His modern looks give him the appearance of someone you would not want to cross.
why would someone want to cross him
Vlad was a ferocious crime fighter.
It was said that, during his reign, a naked virgin could walk from one end of his land to the other, carrying a bag of gold, and no one would dare to touch it OR her
In Targoviste, Vlad's capital, there was a public fountain in the main square. On the edge of that fountain was a cup made of gold, for people to drink from. The cup was not secured in any way. The only thing that kept the cup where it was was people's knowledge of what would happen to anyone who tried to make off with it
Hey girl. How you doin? oh
Interesting
... and that people knew that something has happened to Vlad, that he died, when the cup disappeared one day.
I recall this story from my childhood too.
I have heard this too. Hope it is the truth. What a thrill for ordinary people to drink from it. Hope they did.
Interesting!
Your Vlad's face is a combination of Adrien Brody, Sergei Polunin and Pierre Niney. I love the three of them. I say yes to Vlad. BTW, I'm from Vlad's country. Yep, you were accurate in all details.
Well, Vlad was indeed a very handsome man! 😎 And I think he was clever too. He took good care of his own people in order to get the support of commoners, as he could not trust local nobility. Now, imagine a King who has to defend his small kingdom against the claims of superior powers and whose family members were brutally murdered by the surrounding nobility of the region. How would he enforce his claims? Vlad did neither dispose of a powerful army, nor was he wealthy. The answer is with utmost brutality! This was at least a way to earn a reputation, perhaps not the best one, but he got what he wanted, at least for some time. He was feared by his enemies. Do superpowers of nowadays act differently? The answer is no! And they already got everything!
I think a lot of politicians, royals, CEOs and big owners and investors should be impaled too nowadays. That would be a sight, wouldn't it? But isn't there somebody around, nowadays, whose name starts with Vlad?
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Very Handsome!!!! Very Romania 🇷🇴
A vicious, brutal tyrant? Yes.
But he had a glorious mustache.
No, not for his time. He was a Hero!
Now he would be doing evil things like hitting reply all, drinking milk out of the carton and leaving his used coffee cup in the sink, monster!
Well he was a good looking man! And he wasnt't a monster or a vampire. He fought against our enemies!
Superb work! I can see him as a young man in the court of the last Byzantine emperor, Constantine XI Dragases - again, absolutely superb!
Felicitari pentru reusita ta. noi, romanii, apreciem foarte mult acest erou al nostru si ce trebuie sa intelegeti voi americanii, este ca Vlad reprezinta un ideal, acela al omului incoruptibil si pedeapsa ce revine fiecaruia cand legea este incalcata... Dracula este doar fantezia creata de un scriitor....
translation from Romanian:
Congratulations to your work. We, romanians, really appreciate this hero (is a hero for us, anyway) and what you, the foreigners have to understand is that: Vlad represents an ideal, that of the incorruptible man and the punishment for those who break the law ... Dracula is just a fantasy created by a mediocre writer ....
@@UmbraFulgur Sneaky sneaky, you inserted "mediocre" in there, it wasn't in the Romanian comment.
The "boyar" or "boyarin"- is singular in most Slavic languages, "boyare", "boyarini" - for plural or the anglicized "boyars" can also be used as plural. Your computer drawing and animation skills are great!
This is a very interesting idea as to how Vlad would look if he were alive today. I do wonder though how he might have looked with a more modern shorter hairstyle as I would think a banker on Wall Street might be wearing. He would look really unusual as a banker. Also, I think the smirk would show up just prior to him placing someone up high on one of his famous stakes. 😀
Vlad seems to have applied the rules listed from 'The Prince' by Machiavelli, thus making him as revered by its people and as feared by its enemies. Dracula, the dragon slayer (aka Ottoman slayer).
i love the combination of technological artistry you demonstrate while enlisting historical analysis and authenticity. these figures truly come to life at your hand ❤️ he looks pretty handsome!
Thank you so much! I think the modern day aspect makes them so much more relatable and they are fun to do
If only he could talk! Vlad almost looks Indian and Romanian his eyes are like wow haunting.
@@Choices2aa indian? How so?
Well, he looks so handsome, he's got that naughty boy kinda look. He can impale me anytime 😂😂😂😂😂
Europe needs Vlad to make a comeback! Actually, the US needs him at the border to stop the invasion that ‘Poopy Pants’ started!
"Europe needs Vlad to make a comeback!" What kind of cannibals have people become?
I loved it..I do believe he looked like that..You did a magnificent Job!!!! very well done...
You transformed his cartoon to something of beauty.
The picture with Vad's brother is actually of Stefan the Great, king of Moldova for 47 years. Pope Sixtus IV called him "the champion of Christ"
Excellent rendition of Vlad. He was one dude you didn't want to mess with. Btw, your portrait of him looks a little like the well known hockey player Wayne Gretzky (when Mr. Gretzky was younger).
And they both did their best work with long wooden sticks.
@@willmfrank lmao
He was a very pretty man Your recreation is really nice. That's kind of how I always pictured him.
His cruel streak may have been a manifestation of arrested development. His captivity deprived him of a more normal path through late childhood. Preteen boys can go through a phase of cruelty to other creatures, but this is something they outgrow. Rather than outgrowing this phase Vlad cultivated it into a political tactic and a means of catharsis for the mental suffering of his captivity.
Well of course , he was kidnapped and held prisoner by enemies. No wonder he didn't take kindly to Ottomans.
He was given as a hostage, not take as a prisoner. His father had to give him and his younger bother, Radu, as hostages to Mahomed II court.
vlad drank blood,,,,but it wasnt his idea,,,,,,the ancient Romanians the Daci would drink blood before they fought the Romans
Awesome! You always do such an amazing job! ❤️ he’s better looking than Gary Oldman (sorry, no offense to a great actor) but not as good looking as Luke Evans. Now I have to search and see who could play Vlad if they ever make another movie about him. Fascinating guy (I was born in Romania BTW and you are totally right - to us, he was a great king, not a monster).
This is AMAZING! Oh my goodness! If there is a biopic Adam Driver should play him!
Edit to add: new subscriber! Loveeee that this was recommended to me by TH-cam haha
8:00 - he's so satisfied with job well done after impaling few bad guys...
Wow, that's amazing, as is the story of his life. I think he was a good man in a bad time, forced to do horrific things to stay alive and defend his people. His actions were not out of place in his time, and were pretty much expected of him as an aristocrat. He took up his father's work, despite not being a member of the Order himself.
2:49 that's not Vlad's brother (Radu the Handsome), but rather Vlad's cousin Stephen the Great... which was quite handsome too, but rather short
This was very very cool...Thank you for that.
Absolutely beautiful and stunning!!! You captured his likeness so well! Bravo! 🖤🖤🖤🖤
Thank you! I appreciate the kind words so much :)
We can't judge the actions of person who lived more than 500 years ago. And if Vlad hated the Ottomans so much, his childhood imprisonment could not have been so pleasant.
Your artistic work and the way you also share a bit about what made these people who they are is really amazing. I totally agree with and love the idea of being reminded that these were just people too. Thank you for your hard work on these!!
I was not expecting him to look so……. Attractive. He’s what I would envision in a dark romance novel or a modern day fairytale retelling. He looks unconventional and yet he looks charmingly hypnotizing; especially with those eyes. He does things to me 😳
Could be Adam Driver
His large, green eyes make him look attractive, tbh. Not on the portrait, but how you made him look. Not a monster but a sensitive human.
Finally that's a very good face recreation! There are many Vlad's facial recreations on the web, but yours is the most accurate! Congratulations!
What an utterly spectacular recreation is this Impaler!
The ladies (+ others) are becoming très très enchanté
and most ordinately, so I notice and do myself declare.
This supreme accomplishment deserves 🌟🌟🌟!!
This guy was a real piece of work 😂😂🤣😂
Don't know why that line was funny...
You made him look truly beautiful.
I think he looks very handsome and charismatic in your depiction, very well done!!!
Just discovered your channel and the look of Vlad you created reminds me of a gaunt version of actor Stuart Townsend as Dorian Grey in "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen".
2:52 that is not Vlad’s brother Radu. That is Stephen the Great which was in fact Vlad’s cousin and the person who helped him get the throne. Stephen the Great ruled around 40 years and had at least 35 victories against the Ottomans.
Sorry about that! I was researching pictures of Radu and there wasn’t much there. It was between that picture and one other. Since he was Radu the Handsome I picked the more handsome of the two! I’ll get better at things like this!
@@RoyaltyNowStudios Your modern look of Vlad looks almost like a picture of one of a great romanian actor, his name being Adrian Pintea. Sadly Mr. Pintea passed away.
But you did a great wonderful work researching for history and working to make such a great modern look of Vlad the Impeller !
Anyway, as so many people wrote about the fact that the picture of Radu Handsome is ,actually, the image of another great king (made holly by orthodox romanian church), why don't you make a modern look of Stephan the Great , king of Moldavia? He was a ruler like his cousin, Vlad the Impeller, but he didn't use the impale method, he has other ones...like cutting heads of the boyars whom he invited to lunch, but they made the mistake to respond to the king affirmation not with respect.
Thank you for such great work!
I really enjoyed this entire process, and was always interested of our favourite 'vampire' XD. although I do have to say; he looks an awful lot like Adam Driver
...So apparently, Castlevania was historically accurate. Always interesting learning weird things.
Castlevania? What's that? I agree, always interesting learning weird things and some are great at teaching that Lol
He sounds like a man just trying to protect his people. Idk why people say it's spooky.
Really amazing. He’s actually handsome in a Johnny Depp sort of way. I love looking at you recreations. Sometimes looking at historical pics, it’s hard to see any other way, so looking at you pics makes these historical people “come alive”. Thanks, April.
Highly interesting. He looks a great deal like Robert Downey Jr. In the marvel movies
I hate to say it but I find him VERY GOOD LOOKING !!!!!
Really nice interpretation. He was a cutie and I did like the smile on him.
WOW! This was great! Loved the picture with a little longer hair & with the smirk. It was the eyes that got me. Loved the history too. Thank you for doing a great job.
Ole Vlad, the inspiration for the story of Dracula himself
That was really great! He wasn't too bad looking and I guess, he suffered a great deal when his father and brother were brutally murdered. We often forget that these historical figures were people just like us, who experienced loss, love, hatred, fear, etc. Your modern-day depictions of these people help us see them in a different way. Knowing a little about their lives helps us to understand that they were not just mono-dimensional but complex individuals subject, as we are, to the vagaries of life and circumstance. If possible, I would really love to see your modern-day depictions of characters from the Civil War era or the Wild West era. Thank you for your work.
No matter what you do, he still ooozes evil. What about the great French actress Sarah Bernhardt. She'd be fun.
I very much liked what you proposed. I find the picture compelling. I don' t know how you would make his eyes sadistic, for I feel his eyes are too kind. I do so appreciate your work and look forward to more, thank you
Thank you!
Wow, well done. Mindblowing.
I would hint at the Shroud of Turin, but this may be too much to ask. If so, perhaps John the Apostle, believed to be the last surviving of the Apostles. There may perhaps exist sufficient portraits and sculptures from the Catholic Church to arrive at some hypothetical conclusion. Would this not make an Excellent Christmas Surprise?
I want a Dracula Untold sequel!! Love Luke Evans!