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Re:Royal palace discovered in area believed to be birthplace... by smnscu on Thursday August 04, 2016 @03:22AM (#12223970)
I'm Romanian and incidentally I vacationed several times in the close vicinity of the Bran castle. Vlad the Impaler (Vlad Tepes or Vlad Draculea) was very much a real person (and the Bran area is pretty nice, I definitely recommend visiting). While the vampire connotations are indeed mostly fabricated, he was known for more mundane gruesome acts, like affectionately poking people with a stick (see pic).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlad_the_Impaler

http://www.livescience.com/images/i/000/071/430/i02/Impaled....

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Re:Royal palace discovered in area believed to be birthplace... by ergothus on Thursday August 04, 2016 @11:47AM (#12226315)
> While the vampire connotations are indeed mostly fabricated,

I was specifically talking about the connection to Bram Stoker's Dracula - Vlad was a real person, (with a bloody history) just as whoever built this English wall they found was/were (presumably minus a few gory tales), but that doesn't mean Stoker knew anything about him.

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Re:Royal palace discovered in area believed to be birthplace... by duaneb on Thursday August 04, 2016 @12:48PM (#12226816)
Vlad is definitely real. There's a legend that Count Dracula (you know, the vampire) was based on Vlad, but there's not much evidence Stoker took anything but the "Dracole" name (though I think that's the German spelling).
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Re:Royal palace discovered in area believed to be birthplace... by Yuioup on Thursday August 04, 2016 @05:14AM (#12224350)
Vlad, the Poker.
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Re:Royal palace discovered in area believed to be birthplace... by golergka on Thursday August 04, 2016 @07:00AM (#12224699)
Vlad, the pentester.
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Re:Royal palace discovered in area believed to be birthplace... by thret on Thursday August 04, 2016 @05:39AM (#12224421)
Next time I play the WSOP main and lose a dress-up bet, I know what I'm going as.
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