TheTimeRanger's Dracula

Eversince Constantinople's capture at the hands of their forces of Mehmet II,the Ottomans,filled with pride and certainty,continues their campaign to subjugate the smaller breakaway states of the Byzantiums,with now,their eyes are laid on Albania,Serbia,and those smaller Anatolian states.The Ottoman war machine,determined to establish their hegemony over the Balkan states,moved their army up north,triggering another bloody conflict beetween Hungary and the Ottomans.This,eventually led to those whose lands are taken by the Ottomans rebelled,including the Ottomans's vassals,hoping the entry of Hungary will help them regain their "Independence" back.This,also includes the Wallachians,led by none other than the devil himself,Vlad "Tepes" Dracul the third,known for his penchant for impalement,and other Macabre things.As Vlad III refused to pay the Jizya tax imposed by Mehmet II,as he deemed the tax will stain the honor of the Wallachian people-and to a extent,himself.As his murder of the Ottoman envoy are seen as a formal declaration of war by the Turks,the conflict eventually saw Mehmet II himself leading the Ottoman army.

Knowing well that the Ottoman army is three times more bigger tham his own army,Vlad resorted on dastardly cowardful-yet incredibly effective combination of psy-war,scorched earth-and guerilla tactics,inflicting huge losses to Mehmet II's forces.But in this particular battle,Vlad's confidence have told himself that this battle will be Mehmet II's last.With his fluent Turkish,disguised as a Turk,Vlad entered the Turkish camps,and managed to found Mehmet II's current location.Returning back to his own HQ,and readies his army,with few Boyars acting as his officers.Launching his attack at the night of June 17,1462,Vlad's army used the torches to burn the tents,making them as "Lanterns" and trapping the Ottoman forces on the fire.Casually using the panic to his advantage,Vlad Tepes maniacally slaughters the Turks with ease,with one of his fallen victims is none other than the fabled Ishak Pasha.Commanding his troops to spare Mehmet II,the battle effectively turned into a one-sided battle after a mere One-and a half hour.As the time eventually strikes the two-hour point,Mehmet II ordered a retreat,but those who retreated found themselves maimed,immobilized,and even killed by Vlad III's assortment of traps that he placed on the area.Finally,Mehmet II is captured.

Not wanting Mehmet II's death to be a quick one,following the victory,Vlad returns to Wallachia,with Mehmet II chained.The Ottoman forces itself retreated,and re-organizing themselves after the devastating defeat on the Wallachian campaign.Mehmet II himself saw incredble torment under Vlad's hands,as parades,and those-other hummiliating events and treatments-all,inflicted to him.With a day means losing a teeth-and in the end,fingers,Mehmet II's days are numbered.on 5th August 1762,Mehmet II is executed,on front of the Wallachian people.His head is preserved on Bran Castle,with his body adorned the impalement stocks,and his heart,and the Imperial Robe-sent back to Constantinople...

Vlad III,on front of the invited Serbian,and the other Hungarian forces delegates,delivered a speech,with Mehmet II's head on his right hand,and his fabled sword on his left hand.

"Greetings,brothers,sisters,sons,and friends from Hungary,and the Slavic Lands! Today,we have seen that even the strongest,and the mightiest forces threatening us,it STILL and CAN BE defeated!...........Now,this head *lifts Mehmet's head*,the very head of the so-called Mehmet-the second,the great,the conqueror of Constantinople,the victor against the Byzantines,and the Caliph of the Muslim heathens-IS THE PROOF OF MY PREVIOUS WORDS!.......
As the Holy Father,head of the Catholic-faith,lent their help in form of the Hungarian swords,we,WILL drove out the Turkish scourge,sending them back to those Arabic lands!,We,will take what is ours,and RETAKE CONSTATINOPLE! Here,I call you all,to UNITE,Slavs,Hungarians,Wallachians,Bulgarians-alike,Orthodoxy-or Christianity,ALL OF YOU,TO TAKE ARMS,AND DROVE THE TURKS!"

And thus,the Legacy of Dracula began.

TheTimeRanger's
Dracula
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Chapter One:Birth of a Legend
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Vlad Tepes's ferocity and apparent cruelty have ended up instilling bravery and hope to the Christians,and also-inevitably damaging his PR,and instilling fear upon everyone,that the mad Voivod will impale anyone he sees.But still,such accusation that Tepes is indeed a maniac only-can bee seen on the western part of Europe,as the Eastern part of Europe considers him as a hero.Mehmet II's death inevitably inflicts a very damaging morale attack on the Ottoman Army,whom previously saw themselves as the one who will replace the Byzantines.The fact that Mehmet II is killed by a lowly-voivod of a land-that is a Ottoman tributary made things more worser.Many stories defiling-or glorifying the man began to circulate,with the tale that Dracul himself is indeed a Dragonborn,a man,half dragon-half man,who is destinied to be a champion amongst men,as he will be a deciding factor on a conflict beetween two mighty empires.But still,it have to be proven,if the claims surrounding the Dragon itself are true,or not.

Within a span of one month,Dracula have firmly put himself besides the Hungarians,as his rule began to consolidate,with fear-and with prestige.Hated and loved,his only main goal now is to drive out the Ottomans,and to kill Radu,the traitor to the family.With Pogroms against the Muslims grew rampant,it was clearly obivious that Dracula's rule will be marked with blood,not with the glory he brings previously,as it was horribly overshadowed by his brutality and bloodlust.Early October 1762,Dracula,with a mixed response from everyone involved in the war,proclaimed himself as the King of Wallachia,greatly straining his relation with the Hungarians.This,proved as a blunder,as Vlad's movement,in the future,will be a hard work to do.Seeing the need to "torture" the Turks,Vlad directed everyone involved(who is on his side) on this war to pull a war of attrition,which the Hungarians shockingly follows.

The Hungarians,borrowing the support of the pope-and the Spaniards,pulled a mass blockade,which strains the relations of those who are blockading the Ottomans,with France and the Venetians-who "lost" their "friend" down east.The situation in the Ottoman lands,in the other hand,grew worse,as attrition and such began to take its toll.It was also coupled by Vlad's tactic,to buy off certain priests to deliver pro-Wallachian sermons,and village leaders,to become his sleeper agents. This,eventually awakened other commoners,to band against the weakening Ottoman Empire.Vlad,in the other hand,began to act incredibly erratic,as the crowning-of him as a king of Wallachia-ended up ruined,as a scream from a captive-that is going to be impaled this day.Vlad,angry,executed the captive on-site,on that day,as that blood will be remembered as the first blood that is spilled,after Vlad's coronation.
 
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