Vlad the Impaler - Blood Oaths - European History - Extra History - Part 2

After the death of his father at the hands of the Hunyadi, Vlad swore vengeance. But his bloody reign would be oft delayed. A number of circumstances both political and otherwise kept Vlad III from his throne. In fact, his first attempt net him a glorious reign of... 2 months before he had to flee into exile. But as he continued evading capture and staying alive despite all odds, he found an unlikely ally. Hunyadi himself.
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[@subtlewhatssubtle]

Whoever made the artistic decision to draw Vlad III with the crazy eyes and huge eyebrows, you deserve a raise.

[@thefirstkingdogo1126]

Yes he does

[@alirthome6713]

@@thefirstkingdogo1126 awwwww thanks!

[@prestonjones1653]

@@alirthome6713 An awesome artist and a fantastic playlist for studying Japanese? Definately subbed, even if you never post anything to your own channel.😅

[@doggygamer2296]

All of their videos are 💯, I can even show these videos to my parents and these videos are also hilarious

[@finn7955]

Yes he looks adorable

[@sophie9419]

I love how vlad looks like he could be his father's father, at 17..

[@thesnortfort]

Vlad tepesh the only man ever to have cut his fathers ambilical chord

[@questboi2397]

On

[@redemptionjack4657]

@@thesnortfort lol.

[@qjames0077]

Me at seventeen: Well, idk which major to choose Vlad at seventeen: Well, I guess I have vengeance to enact for the rest of my life

[@jeremyrossi2716]

If your parents were slaughtered, you’d probably choose vengeance too.

[@KingPongC327]

@@Bookwormiest r/cursedcomments

[@justinbuergi9867]

It would’ve been nice to have some focus during that part of my life

[@trevordelepine7708]

And also it’s 4 o’clock better get some impaling in before supper

[@LofiBIitz]

@@Bookwormiest He wants to major in assassination

[@ajvanmarle]

You've got to admire a man who truly understands what's at stake.

[@anilpratap6952]

He understands them because he put them there

[@pete2389]

Badum tsss

[@ecurewitz]

I se what you did there

[@Epic0201]

Bruh

[@boyscouts83712]

He understands what's at stake, because he's stakeing a claim to the ottomans

[@mortified776]

As someone with great difficulties sticking to his priorities, I have a strange but intense feeling of admiration for Vlad not allowing his thirst for vengeance to get in the way of attaining his real goal.

[@jensfingerhat5078]

He indeed sticked Whith his priorities pun intended

[@2013faiasl]

Oh and he never stopped sticking stuff

[@chuckysmaria6466]

Of course! That is the bare minimum. After all the stakes were high.

[@JoeOfGoa]

No NO his got a point.

[@FizzyPopVevo]

@@JoeOfGoa a sharp point on each end.

[@someguy-bv3il]

Vlad: who are you? Dracula: I'm you but fanfic

[@emilyangelicabridge3509]

Yeah.. basically!

[@j.chiari]

Lol

[@Dollfaceyourfear]

I've waited years for you to do a series on Vlad III and have to say, it's everything I ever hoped for. Amazing job, can't wait for the next episode.

[@finnmchugh99]

Same

[@espio87]

The intensity with which they portray Vlad's expressions is what really sells me. They manage to keep the simplicity of EH art style and be truthful to the portraits of him. Truly amazing.

[@Tea.G25]

Same as i

[@wolfwoodphreak]

I totally agree. well worth the wait it's every bit what I hoped for

[@GcubePlayer8]

Vlad the inhaler

[@BlueflameKing1]

Any time the term Blood Oaths are mentioned, you know this is going to be good.

[@GeneralLuigiTBC]

Comet Sighted The end is nigh... but not for me! +2.0 to Army Morale for the next year

[@edoardoprevelato6577]

Did someone say Paradox Entertainment!?

[@timushpetru1112]

Eu4 reference pog!

[@judicatorhurayth1927]

@@timushpetru1112 Pog!

[@supermichelangelo5763]

The economy, fools! (-2 stability)

[@timalechkevitch4566]

EU4 POGGERS!

[@Duke_of_Lorraine]

Hardest part of Vlad Dracula's reign : always switching between the Turks, Magyars and Slavs instead of sticking to the same civilization for the entire campaign

[@diegokaqui60]

age of empires 2 definitive edition

[@espio87]

Well, he does seem to like adding variety on whom he's sticking...

[@or_gluzman561Peace_IL_PS]

so amplitude studio humankind than

[@Duke_of_Lorraine]

@@diegokaqui60 it is also in the HD edition with the Forgotten expansion, though it indeed has been improved for the DE

[@cgt3704]

Thats our history, sir

[@amwoodco3049]

Man, the eyes. You guys really emphasize the intensity of this character by breaking your usual molds. The eyes, and the moving animations of him cleaning his sword. Wonderful use of your medium.

[@dokjastopsimp2370]

Fun fact: Despite Vlad the Impaler being the best known Romanian ruler among the rest of the world, the cousin which was mentioned in this video is probably the most successful ruler and most loved by Romanians.

[@kushagrakhandelwal6303]

You mean Vladislav?

[@razvanandreiantonescurogoz4236]

@@kushagrakhandelwal6303 Stephen the Great and Holy (Stephen III of Moldavia)

[@alexandrub8786]

@@kushagrakhandelwal6303 no the one that appears at 3:00

[@johnmanole4779]

@@kushagrakhandelwal6303 vladislav 2nd didnt do much during his rule

[@burpbot7555]

Yep, Stefan was the absolute success story of a romanian voivode, even tho he apparently had a few screws loose himself.

[@asbestosfish_]

Vlad III’s reign could be summarised with one slow, apoplectic head turn after another, as civil strife popped up like whack-a-moles.

[@paulchapman8023]

When Otto von Bismarck predicted a “great European war” over “some damned foolish thing in the Balkans,” he probably knew how bloody the history of the Balkans was, and how many damned foolish things had already happened there.

[@vaiyt]

Wallachia is not usually considered part of the Balkans, but sure

[@sikertsok225]

@@vaiyt Balkans for Germans was the same backwater thing as eastern/middle Europe sooooooo

[@uyuman1]

@@sikertsok225 So anything east of german lands?

[@cgt3704]

@@sikertsok225 well thats arrogance. Plain and simple

[@thornangel16]

Not an uncommon thing back in those days.

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

Other countries on the comet: Stability -1 Vlad III on the comet: Discipline +10.0

[@PatTriesAgain]

I've been suggesting this for so long . As a Romanian only living 3 hours away from the castle this man lived in , it's incredible to ser our rich history being talked about . Thank you Extra Credits , eveyone on thr team , amd everyone who suggested this topic . Mulțumesc

[@thespecial3877]

very happy to see that a major youtube channel is doing content about Romanian history. i myself am from Romania, and as important if not more is Stefan the Great ' story

[@jonasdrejerjensen]

ok i know it's a common name but I can't really get over the idea of the sentence. "I am Vlad "Dracula" Tepes and this is my cousin Steven"

[@leonzoful]

Well, his cousing name actually goes like, Stephen the Great and Holy. So yeah it would go more like, "I'm Vlad III Dracula the Impaler and this is my cousin Stephen the Great and Holy."

[@Trexmaster12]

*Stephen

[@paulcojocaru6982]

It's actually an anglicized version of the name Ștefan.

[@kevinboros7427]

Stephen is actually more renowned in Romania than Vlad. He is the most popular Romanian ruler, by far.

[@Kaiserboo1871]

@@kevinboros7427Is this Stephen the very same Stephen III

[@jasonblalock4429]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="395">6:35</a> This is why I love history. Even GRRM wouldn't go "but then plague broke out and killed everyone" to end a subplot.

[@kingoliever1]

Worst plot twist always, even ended the reconquest of Rome always a bummer. Same whit the Mongols, story´s ends often whit succession crisis.

[@pandabear4565]

I love how vlad has actual eyes. It makes him look way more menacing

[@Joe-vu5kr]

This guy's backstory really is heart wrenching. What a chaotic place and time to exist as the prince of..

[@v.emiltheii-nd.8094]

Yep. We were Poland but worse during that period.

[@timushpetru1112]

Maybe a series on Stephan the Great and the holy? (Vlad's cousin) He is the most popular figurehead in both Romania and Moldova

[@claudiu-mihaipuiu1221]

Rightfully so, considering he won a very large number of battles against mostly numerically superior foes. He lost only 2 battles if memory serves right and even those weren't that bad considering the enemy was never really able to take advantage of these victories.

[@davidl2684]

The most popular historical figure in Romania is probably either Vlad Dracula or Michael the Brave (Mihai Viteazul). The latter united the 3 Romanian principalities into a personal union in the year 1600.

[@timushpetru1112]

@@davidl2684 as a romanian, i stand by my point

[@yj9032]

He was an evil person. He caused the fall of paganism and spread the primitive ideology called Christianity.

[@claudiu-mihaipuiu1221]

@@yj9032 The fall of what now? There was no paganism left in either of the Romanian principalities by that point and all three of them had been thoroughly Christian for a while now. You sure you're not confusing the date here, mate?

[@Tytotius]

I just can't express enough how much I enjoyed the delivery of the last line. So sinister and foreboding. Great job, Matthew! Edit: Not to discredit all of the amazing work that has went into this series so far! All of you guys have put in some of the most informed and entertaining content on the internet and I enjoy watching every Extra History series and also a lot of the work output in other series!

[@SneakyDeaky2]

I love how intense he is all the time. Captures him perfectly!

[@letsmessup648]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="95">1:35</a> I love this channel's comedy

[@colonalleedle1361]

Man , just wait until Vlad finds out how to make s’mores.

[@DragoniteSpam]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="279">4:39</a> Why let a little [familial extermination] get in the way of a good crusade?

[@edoardoprevelato6577]

DEUS VULT

[@matthewdoherty803]

Why should you

[@williamtheconqueror7807]

A loyal boyar? That just sounds like an oxymoron.

[@JustAGuyWhoLikesStuff.]

Peter the Great agrees.

[@williamtheconqueror7807]

@@JustAGuyWhoLikesStuff. Ivan the Terrible would as well.

[@impervas5801]

@@williamtheconqueror7807 He even created a special organization to solve this problem - the oprichnina.

[@typacsk]

Either that, or the sequel to "The Rural Juror."

[@KasumiRINA]

@@impervas5801 they literally still work, renamed to KGB and then to FSB

[@akabhirav]

Thanks

[@extrahistory]

😍😍😍

[@adhyatmikkhanna]

Thanks!

[@extrahistory]

Thank you for helping support our channel and the amazing people that work here!

[@crashstudi0s]

"raising the stakes" What a gruesome yet funny pun you got there

[@Valavaern]

That's a heck of a mustache for a 17 year old~

[@frankreberto9637]

They were built different back then

[@spinner771]

Certain Europeans are similar to middle easterners (hairy)

[@mabeSc]

@@spinner771 Not really, they represented him like this as this is the only painting showing him available as far as I know. Am sure he had much less of a beard but who knows, maybe he had the beard genetics going for him. Also in regards to hairy Europeans, not really. You just notice the hair more on Romanians and Latin people in general because they tend to have black eyes, black hair and so on. People in Western (minus Spain, for the most part) to Central Europe (and Scandinavia) seem to be less hair because many are blonde thus it's much less noticeable, given that darker colors absorb light much better.

[@Mr_M_History]

The real thing is actually so much more interesting than what Hollywood makes it out to be. Thanks so much for making this content!

[@jaeden1132]

Usually I really dislike watching these videos as they come out. I always partially forget what happened in the previous episode, and it's nice learning the whole story at once as it helps me remember more details. But this one is very good, excited for the next one.

[@Paveway-chan]

"The dark fire will not avail you, flame of Udun!" - Vlad, probably

[@weldonwin]

"Do you not know who I am?" - Vlad, before impaling someone

[@taraduplessis5163]

Absolutely love every episode! Been here since 2018. Sending love from South Africa!

[@alexmazurek18]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="284">4:44</a> Extra History is as good as ever.

[@SvenElven]

@One beat brony That’s nostalgia talking. Matt is an ace narrator, better than 99.9% of KZbin. But yeah, the sped-up voice was pretty cute.

[@BlueGrimgrin]

Reading about Vlad Tepes makes just about every other version of Dracula seem tame by comparison. Dracula's a problem if you like ignoring warnings from superstitious peasants and hanging with pale people after sunset, otherwise you're probably fine. If you are less honest than Ned Flanders you are at risk of impalement from 'ol Vlad. Or if you're a boyar, or a beggar, or cripple, or if he thinks you're lazy, or a thief, or not showing the proper respect, or a Turk, you risk a very short life filled with mostly very bad things.

[@giacomoromano8842]

Yet, Transylvanian thinks of him super highly and i spoke personally with many of them. So i still believe that most of the massacre and slaughter are just overly exaggerated... except the accounts on the turks. Those are most probably reals.

[@AnatolianHittite]

@@giacomoromano8842 Turks killed the Vlad.None of them is a Timurlane.You could not resist the sword of the Turks.

[@Inscrypter]

Ooorr only who adore Vlad had a chance to survive on that environment. Therefore anyone coming from there held him in great regards.

[@SvenElven]

@@giacomoromano8842 What about the incident where he trapped all the beggars of a town in a big hall luring them with the promise of a banquet, and then locking the doors and setting the building on fire?

[@mabeSc]

@@SvenElven That was definitely not his highest point, ops. But I do have no idea why, instead of putting the beggars to work for a decent wage (or in the military), he decided to kill them. Laying some bricks for some castle or fortification does not require much education or skills, you see it done once or twice and you can do it, too. I guess he did not experience poverty given that, well, he was the son of a voivode. No idea, really, has someone got sources on this? Has he ever tried to make them work instead of slaughtering them? Are there even any sources on this?

[@euansmith3699]

"Raising the Stakes" 😂😂😂

[@shawnheatherly]

Considering the cruel executions he is famous for, I'm kind of amazed to learn Vlad was also willing to work with people who had killed his family because that's just politics.

[@Artur_M.]

Vlad had a nice moustache for a seventeen-year-old. :) Seriously though, I had no idea that Dracula himself fought against Polish forces (the intervention in Moldavia of 1450 is a rather obscure topic, even within the reign of Casimir IV Jagiellon, let alone in the Polish history as a whole). Thanks for teaching me that! BTW Vlad's cousin Stephen, future Stephen III the Great of Moldavia, could get his own series. On the HistoryMarche channel, you can find a preaty sweet video about the Battle of Vaslui, 1475, where he defeated the Ottomans (this time with Poes as his allies).

[@thesymbiotenation.4552]

We love how Vlad looks so insane in this series...

[@ShinigamiSparda]

Wow. Actually turned down a chance for revenge and sided with the man who killed his father and brother. You don’t often hear about that kind of restraint.

[@mcallisterwill]

You'd almost think he wanted to be king or something ;)

[@m_b_lmackenzie4510]

My mind when I see Vlad Tepes in this video: His pin is not saying 8, his pin is not saying 8, his pin is not saying 8.

[@sinthoras1917]

Yes, that would be an 8

[@m_b_lmackenzie4510]

@@sinthoras1917 Neither 8.

[@eugenbaicea2810]

Vlad was one of the greatest Romanian heroes of old. You will find everyone in Romania thinks of him as an example of ruthless honesty, and a hero of our people. He did what was necessary in those times to preserve our people.

[@defender9200]

Zoe meowing at the end is the best part of the whole video

[@vasile-simionsularea1978]

Vlad's favorite food: stake, so rare that you can hear the screaming. AAA, and also skewers

[@vazul666]

First: I'm pleasantly surprised by the pronunciation of Hunyadi. Close second: damn that guy had a lot on his plate! Respect!

[@CactusJackIV]

Keep up all the awesome work! Love the channel!

[@AlexEvanScott]

Thanks for making this, Extra Credits!!

[@WobblesandBean]

I love how Vlad has the same crazy eyes throughout the entire thing 😂

[@xPhenom41x]

I remember reading about Vlad a few years ago. In my readings, I found out how he found out the most optimal way of implaling someone. The logs used for impaling were blunt on the end. Pointy ends had a tendency of getting stuck. That was truly crazy stuff they did.

[@casianneagu5273]

I am so happy that you are doing a series about one of the heroes of our country!! Even though he was VERY cruel, he was a great millitary leader and a protecter of our lands

[@mrastronomic4604]

Man, as a Romanian, this video's pretty good ngl.

[@mrredeyes7021]

I love the way they draw his eyes

[@1821-y6n]

What a legend. May he live forever in heaven.

[@InquisitorThomas]

I hope we get a full series on Hunyadi one day, he's a remarkably interesting and important person, but isn't well known outside of the Balkans/East Europe.

[@SvenElven]

I’d like one about Mattias Corvinus!

[@davidlampreia]

Vlad the impaler had arrived. And his enemies would suffer. Such a perfect line.

[@garrettbyrd7426]

This foray into Vlad II is making me kinda want a series on the Hussite Wars or just on Jan Zizka, leader of the Taborites.

[@dakshsingh4780]

This is a very interesting topic waiting for the rest of his reign and his very under appretiated life (compared to the fiction of Hollywood)

[@fivefs]

So ready for this part 2

[@brendangormley3117]

Vlad III has to be one of the most distinctive animations EC has ever made. And it's entirely because of the eyes

[@merrylildeath3113]

that is the best thumbnail for vlad ive ever seen jesus

[@KnightsofGaming2016]

I don't know why I got nostalgia whenever I watch these videos. Maybe because I used to watch these history videos back during the previous narrator's (forgot his name) almost every single day.

[@SAMSAM-bc2eo]

The Extra history series is the beeeeeeest!!!

[@ryanmalone4464]

I love the character design for vlad the impalier.

[@everythingwithashton5876]

I love that his eyes are just constantly fuming angry

[@yaqbulyakkerbat4190]

I love how inhumanely angry you draw vlad

[@matthewdoherty803]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="90">1:30</a> that has to be one of the best scenes you guys have ever made

[@stephenflint3640]

I raise you the shift of 6:36 to 6:39

[@matthewdoherty803]

@@stephenflint3640 i raise you 3:22 to 3:24

[@stephenflint3640]

@@matthewdoherty803 ah yes, Eastern Europe's version of Tom and Jerry; John and Vladdy

[@matthewdoherty803]

@@stephenflint3640 id watch that

[@chrisbarber8485]

That timing with the music is always on point

[@qwerty83408]

This art/animation is SO BEAUTIFUL. You have come a long way from the cute/simplistic art of the Punic War.

[@laurenhawes7201]

"The 17 year old vlad" *Bursts our laughing at the crazy eyes and full mustache*

[@onehitkill5816]

This dude he is low key PERFECT as the fit for an evil Villain in a story.

[@JohnnyLodge2]

He is the victim and hero here. Mehmed II is the villain of all 15th century Balkans

[@toprak3479]

Anti-hero or sympathetic villain

[@azazel688]

@@therealchen He’s not wrong there, imagine saying to your kids after you’re dead, that whoever takes the throne should kill all his brothers, kinda messed up.

[@JohnnyLodge2]

@@therealchen there is no bigger villain in all of history than the Turks. Don't listen to this channel's "akshually your children being taken as slaves and brainwashed into military service to raid your village and take more children for the sultan" idiocy. Vlad impaling thousands of Turks on the road from Constantinople was unbelievably based.

[@enesbilgin937]

@@azazel688 To prevent civil wars. Have you ever read about Spanish and Austrian succession wars? Shits brutal man. Far more brutal than killing few brothers

[@mtorngren15]

The animations of Vlad have me in stitches 😂😂😂 well done

[@abcdef27669]

Dracula was loyal to his duty instead of looking for personal revenge, even if Hunyadi killed his own father. Can we all appreciate how a maniac armed with stakes was more mature than modern politicians?

[@stephenflint3640]

Dracula likely thought that personal vengeance would come later, if not by his hands, then by Gods, which given the fact Hunyadi dies to a plague steamroller, looks like God got that one for him. I just like to think Dracula was busy one day, planning this thing or that, sharping a blade or a stake for battle or experiment, maybe performing some civil counciling with his people. A messenger arrives to whisper an urgent missive of the death of his Patron, Hunyadi, to an outbreak of plague. Eyes flash, moustache bristles, and a smile climbs its way up his lips and cheeks as righteous vindication and vengeance was wrought, not by his hands, but by the hand of the Divine.

[@stormsergeant6517]

The restraint is very much appreciated

[@krisztineni6272]

@@stephenflint3640 you fool to think this id where the hunyadi line end we will meet a nother hunyadi very soon

[@notyourdaddude1957]

@@krisztineni6272 Ah that's right, the one who betrayed Vlad and doomed the country, exactly like his father.

[@krisztineni6272]

@@notyourdaddude1957 did he? i mean the guy im talking about had peace with the turks cuz the turks were scared of him

[@eclipsedsun3707]

I love the way his eyes turn from normal to 👁 at the drop of a hat

[@michaelconnell1010]

So young Vlad would be a Saber class. Next week we see his Lancer qualifications 😈

[@v.emiltheii-nd.8094]

I see you're a person of Fate as well.

[@oleksandrshymanskyi1129]

Awesome series!

[@CesarIsaacPerez]

Dude this sounds like it would make a great HBO TV series!

[@EMAbreuLucas]

Can't wait to see when the Belmont house comes to take on Dracula with a big chain

[@katx9697]

You missed the part, of when he made the deal with Charles Dance and turned into Gary Oldman.

[@shwaig1]

Can't stop cracking up at those EYES.

[@jdrobertson42]

Would you ever consider doing a series on John Hunyadi. Vlad is certainly more famous in the west, but John Hunyadi was one of the most prominent figures of his time.

[@dt5994]

Incel princeling: loses to his enemies Chad prince: defeats his enemies Vlad, Prince of Wallachia: I M P A L E

[@tomaalimosh]

You know how all weapons of war tend to be fallic symbols/ Well, Vlad takes that shit to a whole new level!

[@m.taufikfatur603]

Comet : ayo bro im just passing Vlad : a blessing from the lord

[@Belalugosisdea]

"Were buried alive with Vlad's older brother" IS CRAZY 😭

[@timmyrap1o1]

Was camping when I watched this and when a cat meowed at the very end I thought there was a cat next to me

[@Т1000-м1и]

So good that I'm watching at 1 AM and (but) fell asleep after 5 minutes

[@elbaacosta2843]

Bro, you got me an A+ on my history test thanks bro you’re a real Homie

[@charliefarmer4365]

May I suggest doing a series on Elizabeth I of England?Her life is extremely interesting.

[@TheFiresloth]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="69">1:09</a> Vlad standing there, looking like an angry toad...

[@IchNzr]

Man I love both Mehmed and Vlad. Would like to see how their relationship grows.

[@progadkri5662]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="371">6:11</a> now that's metal!

[@Copy-x2k]

The Extra History it my Favorite in ur Channel because i Love History Since Historical Till The Alternate History [I sorry if i have some Wrong Gammar]

[@draconicpeasantsheep]

"politics isn't personal" now there's a statement rarely utilized in history XD

[@raphaelalexandreyensen6291]

"It was personal to me" says every avenger.

[@Red0Wn]

Make Mehmet II series please

[@mikecon3570]

Those ayes bring a new meaning to the death stare

[@Raziel312]

That is one epic mustache for a 17 year old.

[@ComradeNegrisor69]

Small correction, <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="500">08:20</a> the spikes were not sharpened, they would use a blunt tip(that's why the tip was greased) to prolong the pain and keep the subject alive longer.

[@garygwong88]

I believe the actual quote from Vlad the 2nd as he was about to be killed was "Vladislav...baby don't hurt me..."

[@fredesca8648]

Yet another good video. Keep it up.