11 REAL people that should be fantasy but are 100% real

[@serviceisstrength3696]

Another absolutely wild real person from history: Jan Žižka, a Bohemian general who never lost a battle... despite the fact that, like King John of Bohemia, he was blind.

[@TheFantasyForge]

Daaang he’s got John the Blind beat then haha

[@Merlinstergandaldore]

I believe that in our wildest nightmares we could never conjure up fictitious characters more frightening than the worst of humanity in real life. But there are some interesting heroes in history too... in short, Truth is Stranger than fiction.

[@TheFantasyForge]

Definitely agree! There’s some wild a(and terrifying) stuff out there

[@brennonlewis]

I'm a huge history nerd and love mythology and folklore so I know a few of these, Rasputin was a wild one and could definitely be used as inspiration for a character

[@Mr0tin]

Two very real people that have just amazing stories about them: Dutch Astronomer/Duelist Tycho Brahe and French Opera Singer/Duelist Julie D'Aubigny.

[@TheFantasyForge]

I’m gonna have to Google them cuz now I’m curious 👀

[@mathmusicandlooks]

Plus Tycho Brahe is just one of the coolest sounding names ever.

[@TheFantasyForge]

@@mathmusicandlooks Literally sounds like an old age hero

[@mitchellmoody9309]

Admiral Yi Sun Sin is another amazing one, dying in battle, never defeated, winning 10 to 1 odds, amazing

[@TheFantasyForge]

Ooo I’ll have to look this up

[@hfar_in_the_sky]

Honestly If you wrote out Admiral Yi's life story as a "fiction" novel and changed the name of the main character, people would probably accuse you of writing a Gary Stu. But nope. Bro really did just go that hard

[@brunodaugrois3200]

Didn't get how "100% real people" ended up including someone who bargained with a god of death XD But cool inspirations for rpg!

[@TheFantasyForge]

LOL I thought about that too after I recorded it but this one took me forever to record so I said eff it haha. It definitely turned into 11 cool people instead towards the end haha

[@MarkoSeldo]

Blackbeard was okay, but the ultimate pirate's pirate was Henry Morgan. His story is too long to repeat, but wow. If you like pirates, do yourself a favour and read "Empire of the Blue Water".

[@kyhumphrey5247]

• Princess Alfhild/Awilda: Ran away from an arranged marriage with a Danish prince to engage in piracy with an all-female crew made up of friends(?); had her identity revealed when her suitor knocked her helmet off and… then she just called off the fight and married him? (Kind of a disappointing ending, to be honest) • Julie d’Aubigny: Fencer & opera singer, had a number of relationships with both men and women, once fought and defeated three noblemen simultaneously in a duel, drifted from town to town due to getting in trouble a lot, once committed body snatching and arson just to run away with a woman from a convent and was also charged with kidnapping as a man in a trial in absentia • Christopher Lee: Oh boy, where do I start? Prolific actor, fencer, opera singer, and heavy metal musician; Hunted nazis in WWII before the age of 25, once met the assassins of Rasputin as a child, witnessed the final execution via guillotine when he was 17, spoke 6 languages, was once engaged to the daughter of a count and got the blessing from the flipping King of Sweden, and was also a descendant of Charlemagne. • Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia: The rumors of her survival (which inspired the movie Anastasia) are unfortunately false, but it didn’t help that numerous imposters claimed to be her • The Count of St. Germain: Yes, that guy from Castlevania was real, down to the triangle-shaped notebook; he was an adventurer whose real name and origins are unknown, though it’s said he had interests and accomplishments in science, alchemy, philosophy, and the arts • Zheng Yi Sao/Ching Shih: Former prostitute who led a confederation of 1,800 ships and 60,000-80,000 pirates; held all her pirates under a code of honor where breaching it was a death penalty, with some of the big no-nos including raiding protected villages, refusing to share the plunder, disobeying orders, and … um, let me just say “getting too close for comfort” with the female captives; was so powerful that she was able to negotiate a pardon for herself and everyone under her command with the Chinese government • H.H. Holmes: Notorious serial killer who disguised his death trap building as a hotel and posed as an insurance salesman; he confessed to killing 27 people and was hanged, and his “castle” was burned down afterward • The Man in the Iron Mask: A mysterious prisoner in a black velvet mask (the “iron mask” was a legend spread about after his death) who was locked up in various French prisons; different theories of his identity include Italian diplomat Ercole Antonio Mattioli, the twin brother of Louis XIV (the reigning king at the time), a failed assassin, a disgraced nobleman, and a lowly valet who got caught up in a political scandal • Khutulun: Great granddaughter of Genghis Khan who fought and led armies, described by Marco Polo as a “superb warrior” who could ride into enemy ranks and snatch a captive like a hawk; was also known as the “wrestling princess” and had a proposal contest where any man who wished to marry her had to bet his horse and defeat her in a wrestling match, and she won a lot of horses • Nancy Wake AKA “The White Mouse”: The Allies’ most decorated servicewoman in WWII & the Gestapo’s most wanted person; had a bounty the size of Texas on her; a saboteur, organizer, and resistance fighter who led 7,000 soldiers in guerilla warfare against the Nazis, and earned the nickname “The White Mouse” for her tendency to avoid capture; she was married to a Frenchman in a life of luxury when the war broke out • Artemisia I of Caria: One of Xerxes’ most decorated tacticians; the one time he didn’t listen to her, he lost badly, and listened to her from then on; unfortunately, I think 300: Rise of an Empire did her dirty • Joan of Arc: Mentioned earlier in this video; was said to have heard a call from God while praying in a church and donned a set of armor to led the French against the English; was captured by the enemy, tried in a kangaroo court, and burned at the stake for her troubles; is a recognized saint in the Catholic Church • John Brown: A radical abolitionist who planned an attack on slaveholders and a US military armory at Harpers Ferry with Harriet Tubman (whom he referred to as a general) using freed slaves armed to the teeth; unfortunately, the raid ended in failure, and he was hanged, but his death spurred those opposed to slavery to more aggressive action, leading to the American Civil War

[@TheFantasyForge]

I love that you added Christopher Lee to this and I can’t believe I didn’t think about him 😫😫😫

[@AmericanAurochs]

@@kyhumphrey5247 My best friend and I made Sir Lee a vampire lord in our home brewed world. He founded an empire almost a thousand years ago and currently hunts down other powerful undead, mostly for the lols.

[@KoljaWolfi]

4:07 maybe he was a time traveller. a peasant from the future, knowing what was possible but without the ability to properly recreate it. so he made it his lifes work to understand those things.

[@TheFantasyForge]

Honestly wouldn't be surprised with them LOL

[@Foxtayls]

Two more i would add is king Baldwin the leper king of Jerusalem, who led during some of the crusades and wore an iron mask, and the violinist Vivaldi who supposedly was so good that people thought he sold his soul to the devil.

[@JackDaw-cr8dv]

There is also Mithradates. This guy could easily be an NPC or a player. Definitely worth looking into.

[@WorldArchivist]

Daniel Morgan: commander of the American Riflemen during the Revolution, who happened to survive being whipped 499 consecutive times. Laurie Allen Törni: real life Doomguy who spent his life fighting Communists to the point of fighting in three separate armies (Finnish, German, and American) Simo Hayha (probably misspelled the name): Finnish Sniper known as the White Death, holds the record for most confirmed kills at 500 Adrian Carton de Wiart: The Unkillable soldier. Milunka Savic, Francis Pegamagabo Edit: can't believe I forgot about Albert Severin Roche

[@GregMcNeish]

Tobias must be found! I will erect a small wooden lattice near the base of the thorns, and then a much larger one beside it. I will then - all while narrating via speak with plants - use druidcraft to have a single rose grow up, around, and through the small lattice, then encourage the vines to do the same with the large lattice, thus clearing the path. Unfortunately, I only rolled a 7 on what I'm guessing would be a persuasion check.

[@72Forests]

I, a sorcerer, try that persuasion check again. 16!

[@assassincharizard]

I rolled a 19. I'm going to get my level 20 moon druid Lo-Rax Treespeaker to cast tree stride to enter a tree on this side of the thorn wall and exit another one 500 feet on the other side.

[@teknoclan]

Great Vid as always! Quick question though where did you create your avatar and animate it?

[@TheFantasyForge]

I came up with the idea, and hired a very talented artist :)

[@teknoclan]

@@TheFantasyForge Could you give a link to the artist?

[@crazysasha1374]

Really fun video!

[@TheFantasyForge]

Thanks for the love! ❤️

[@crispyjokingtuna1495]

12:41 may I have advantage as my job is caring for trees and shrubs?

[@JoshuaAndres]

There’s a strange lack of Götz of the Iron Hand

[@BRZ3RK3R]

If you read the story of Jeanne d'Arc carefully, Gilles de Rais' character arc does not look extreme at all. 😅

[@Gutek8134]

I grab a shovel and dig under the wall of thorns

[@bretto7]

good video

[@TheFantasyForge]

Thanks for the love! 🥰

[@blackveilbridesninja]

Another great figure is Julie D'Aubigny

[@affarinoxa]

Out of curiosity I rolled a d20 and I got a one. I don't think I'm finding Tobias sorry guys.

[@MarkoSeldo]

Look, I tried "Speak with plants" on that wall of thorns, but it was... let's just say it was quite offensively rude. Frankly, anyone out there who can swing a sword or an axe should feel free to get stuck in.

[@zeehero7280]

Anyone who learned history at all knows most of these people were real.

[@TheFantasyForge]

That’s why the video says 100% real 😂

[@zeehero7280]

@@TheFantasyForge as opposed to 75% real

[@ClaysCrossing]

such nice videos, it's a shame to use AI images...

[@TheFantasyForge]

Thanks for the love! It’s a tool 🤷🏽‍♂️ I don’t really have an issue with it until it starts replacing artists. For my shitty little channel I don’t care haha