 From 1431 onward, Vlad II wore the emblem of the order and later, as ruler of Wallachia, his coinage bore the dragon symbol.Stoker came across the name Dracula in his reading on Romanian history, and chose this to replace the name ("Count Wampyr") that he had originally intended to use for his villain.However, some Dracula scholars, led by Elizabeth Miller, have questioned the depth of this connection as early as 1998.