The Good
“Vlad Dracula was known throughout his land for his fierce insistence on honesty and order. Thieves seldom dared practice their trade within his domain, for they knew that the stake awaited any who were caught. Vlad was so confident in the effectiveness of his law that he laced a golden cup on display in the central square of Tirgoviste. The cup was never stolen and remained entirely unmolested throughout Vlad Dracula’s reign.” Thus, society became relatively obedient, however, if not your were immediately sent forth to death.
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The Bad
Vlad the Impaler actions became louder as one of his infamous stories spread throughout Europe. Originally told as Italian men but in other versions recalled as Turkish ambassadors, it was said that, "When they came to him they bowed and removed their hats and they kept on the berets beneath them. Vlad asked them why they did not take their caps off, too. They said it was their custom, and they did not even remove them for the Emperor. Dracula said, ' I wish to reinforce this for you'. He had their caps nailed firmly on their heads so that their caps would not fall and their custom would remain, thus he reinforced it."
Other tales are read as follows:
"He had some of his people buried naked up to the navel and had them shot at. He also had some roasted and flayed.
"He captured the young Dan [of the rival Danesti clan] and had a grave dug for him and had a funeral service held according to Christian custom and beheaded him beside the grave.
"He had a large pot made and boards with holes fastened over it and had people's heads shoved through there and imprisoned them in this. And he had the pot filled with water and a big fire made under the pot and thus let the people cry out pitiably until they were boiled quite to death.
"He had all kinds of people impaled sideways: Christians, Jews, heathens, so that they moved and twitched and whimpered in confusion a long time like frogs.
Other tales are read as follows:
"He had some of his people buried naked up to the navel and had them shot at. He also had some roasted and flayed.
"He captured the young Dan [of the rival Danesti clan] and had a grave dug for him and had a funeral service held according to Christian custom and beheaded him beside the grave.
"He had a large pot made and boards with holes fastened over it and had people's heads shoved through there and imprisoned them in this. And he had the pot filled with water and a big fire made under the pot and thus let the people cry out pitiably until they were boiled quite to death.
"He had all kinds of people impaled sideways: Christians, Jews, heathens, so that they moved and twitched and whimpered in confusion a long time like frogs.
The Ugly
Lastly, the Ugly, the most infamous act of murder know by Dracula, Impalement. When the Sultan Army marched across a field with stakes (three kilometers long and one kilometer wide) they witnessed twenty thousand impaled bodies. Men, women and children from the Turks were put to death. This sight frightened the Sultan, especially the view of babies heads forced inside the breasts of their mother.