transform into a vampire, from his name’s association with Bram Stoker’s Dracula, which he despises. The video game Age of Empires II: The Forgotten (2013) contains a five-chapter campaign depicting Dracula, starting with his conflict with Vladislav II, and concluding with a battle against Basarab Laiotă and other Ottoman forces. Vlad Tepes (played by Paul Rhys) appears in TV series Da Vinci's Demons (2013–2015), a historical fantasy drama series that presents a fictional account of Leonardo da Vinci's early life. (2017-ongoing), Japanese manga series written and drawn by . See also Curtea Veche Dracula (Castlevania) Citations General and cited sources Primary sources Thomas M. Bohn, Adrian Gheorghe, Albert Weber (Hrsg.): Corpus Draculianum. Dokumente und Chroniken zum walachischen Fürsten Vlad dem Pfähler 1448–1650. Band 3: Die Überlieferung aus dem Osmanischen Reich. Postbyzantinische und osmanische Autoren. Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 2013, . Laonikos Chalkokondyles: The Histories, Volume II, Books 6–10'' (Translated by Anthony Kaldellis) (2014). Harvard University Press. . Secondary sources Further reading External links Count Dracula's War on Islam, a geopolitical context to the military campaigns of Vlad the Impaler The Tale of DraculaRussian manuscript c. 1490, with English translation Original coins issued by Vlad III the Impaler 1420s births 1470s deaths 15th-century Romanian people Converts to Roman Catholicism from Eastern Orthodoxy Dracula Former Romanian Orthodox Christians Heads of government who were later imprisoned House of Drăculești Monarchs killed in action Roman Catholic monarchs Romanian expatriates in Hungary Romanian Roman Catholics Rulers of Wallachia