Dracula, Son of the dragon
Last week we left off with Vlad slowly building up his power for his eventual reconquest of Walachia. Meanwhile, the Ottoman Empire was on the warpath. Mehmed the second had just finished conquering Constantinople, ending the long decaying Byzantine Empire. John Hunyadi (remember him from the last episode), sensing that Mehmed wasn't the type of person to be satisfied with conquering one city, readied Belgrade's defences. And just as he expected, the Sultan was quick to march on the frontiers gate between the two mighty nations. On the other hand, Vlad was tasked to guard the frontier with Walachia, which he was pretty successful at. As the siege of Belgrade turned sour for both sides, with the Ottoman being repealed with massive causalities and Hunyadi and most of his forces dying of the plague short after, the exiled prince decided that now was the time. Taking back the throne Vlad's forces marched through Walachia and met the usurper's Vladislav forces not far from...