Lancer of Black: VLAD The Impaler Explained - Fate Apocrypha | Past & Noble Phantasms 

I god damn loved how much he despised his legend of Dracula, and the fact that the legend was so prevalent that when summoned it actually affects him. Fate/stay has some amazing ideas, man.

Fun fact, Vlad III shares the same voice actor as Alucard from the Japanese version of Castlevania: symphony of the night. And also, their design looks similar to each other.

He actually doesnt need the command seal to use Legend of Dracula, The command seal was only used as he (Vlad) refuses to use that particular noble phantasm as he views that phantasm as a blight in his legend and a disgrace therefore Darnic used his command seals in order for Vlad to use it

Vlad III: "Can you guess who is on my top three things I like to kill? First is the Turks, second are the Nazis, and the third?" Master: "Your father?" Vlad III: "Nailed it!"

Vlad is my favorite servant in Apocrypha (which is saying something since this is my favorite roster in any Fate series). He may have no character arc and has very conditional powers, but he makes up for it with his personality and leadership role on team black. His mere presence commands respect and authority from the other servants and masters. I also like his motivation for finding the grail. He just wants to be remembered as the harsh but just defender of his homeland he was rather than as the prototypical vampire fiction painted him as. It's a shame he was done in by the betrayal of his own master.

Vlad in Romania is comparable to Heracles in Greece and Arturia in England.

I am really sad about the way Vlad ended. He was for me one of the most interesting servants, and I would have much more liked if he had been linked to sieg instead of Astolfo. For sieg's quest of identity, someone as charismatic and strong willed like Vlad could have been an interesting model.

When you become so powerful, so dangerous, so terrifying, and so badass that everyone from your faction and your enemy faction have to team up just to defeat you... Yeah Vlad was just my overall favorite candidate to win the Holy-Grail war.

people only see him as the impaler. He was extremely well educated. He spoke several languages, he was a diplomat, master swordsmen, and tactical genius. He is a very underrated figure in history.

Vlad deserved better.

As a romenian I can say you did a great work here. I would add some more information. Vlad's father was part of the "ordo draconis" but his surname does not come only from here. At that time the dragon was a symbol for the devil. In fact "dracul" means "the devil" in our language. It seems he was a horrible person so he was called like this not only because of the order he was part of, but also because of his personality. In fact he sent his sons Vlad and Radu to the sultan. In that period Vlad III had a hard time. It is said he fell in love with one of the sultan's concubines. When the sultan knew it he first raped Vlad's lover in front of him then killed her. Vlad begun to hate more and more the ottomans. The cruelty he reserved them in war was the same cruelty he learned when he was at the sultan's court. When he invited the bioeri (noblemen were called like this) he killed them because as nobles they did not do the best for the country and it's people but they did everything for themself. They would follow only the one who would give them gold and power an not the ideals of an united country. So that would be all. Sorry for my long post and bad eng.

Fate: We need a new OP character Casting: Throw Dracula in there.

They should have keep him for the end. He would have been a worthy final boss.

Vlad is a better waifu than everyone in apocrypha

Lancers are always the coolest Servants.

Hes honestly one of my favorite servants i dont understand why hes so underated sure i prefer mordred tho

Thank you. It's strange that it needed to be an anime, and a random guy on the internet to speak the truth of one of my countries biggest heroes.

He’s basically a cool history teacher

As a Turk watching him was very interesting. I remember seeing him in the old turkish movies when i was a kid and how cruel he was portrayed. Funfact; 4:30 reason for not removing turban is turban is constant reminder of how they are mortal and will get judged for their sins in the afterlife (when someone die the turban they wore used as their grave clothes) Also his np "Kazıklı Bey" is literally means "sir with the stake" and what the ottomans used to call him

FINALLY BEEN VOTING FOR HIM FOREVER

I'm from Romania and when I saw Vlad in an anime I thought IT WAS AWESOME. Oh, and you said that Vlad got his nickname Dracula because of his father who's name is Dracul, Dracul in romanian means the devil not dragon (sorry if my english is bad)

The Two Lancers were easily the two most powerful servants. Of course neither of them won, classic Fate. You can always count on the most powerful bad asses losing. Lame.........

This explanation was actually very cleverly implemented into how he works as a servant in FGO. He's considered to be a lackluster SSR berserker...unless he's in his element (an arts team, even more so if Tamamo no Mae is in the mix), then he becomes top-tier. Honestly, watching this makes me like him even more than I already did. I love this series and how you cover it so I hope you'll consider doing servants from other fate series even if you feel like other youtubers may have done it already. You do an amazing job.

I prefer extra vlad, where he embodies his years as crusader rather than king.

Vlad is best uncle.

Vlad is absolutely my favorite servent in Fate. He is such a deep and interesting character, and the fact he basically is two Servant classes (Lancer base, then effectively Berserker under his vampire noble phantasm) plus the attention to historical detail makes him absolutely a treat every time he's on screen.

Can you imagine if shirou accidentally summoned Vlad in fifth holy grail war😂😂😂😂!!!

I'm a huge history lover and your back stories are so amazing and as historically accurate as possible, which I appreciate, you've got my sub friend and I will be showing some friends

Great fucking video. I am Romanian and in our country Vlad Tepes is really known, we learn about him in history so it's very important. I was very proud when I saw that the author actually cared and even Romania was depicted quite good Also as a bonus, in Tepes we pronounce it "Țepeș", in which ț is like "zz" from pizza.

"Tame form of captivity." You kinda forgot to mention the rape and torture part of that tame captivity.

Mehmet the 2nd pretty much “I fear no man, but that thing... it scares me.”

Me then because I play FGO: "Wow, an Arts Berserker." Me now since I watched Fate/Apocrypha: "Wait, he's supposed to be a Lancer?"

My favourite Servants in the entire Fate series are EMIYA because of how interesting his backstory was, Gilgamesh because seriously who wouldn't, Nero because she's Nero, duh~ and finally Vlad III because he's my first SSR Servant in FGO.

Now we need a Van Hellsing servant. That would be fucking badass to see the two meet. A lot of history between the two was implied in Bram Stoker's original work and of course it's Van Hellsing that orchestrates Dracula's final death.

4:11 is more impressive when you realise that he was an orthodox not a catholic, and something from real world,he put his cousin as leader in tge other romanian princedom(Moldova) and both of them were named athlets of christ by the pope.

Love that Romania got a representation through Vlad in Fate. I may the only one, but I so want to see Ștefan cel Mare (Stefan the Great) and Mircea cel Bătrân (Mircea the Old) being depicted as well. They are national heroes on par with Vlad. Stefan is even known for being one of the most longevive rulers of Moldavia, around 47 years and to have only lost 2 or 3 battles amongst hundreds of encounters with the ottomans during his reign. I dare say he is a better known hero even than Vlad in our country.

One of my favorite historical figures.

his stakes remind me of byakuya's bankai

Truth be told - Lancer Karna being son of Sun GOD was actually end of VLAD III that too in an instant !

when taking a hostage, its important that you teach them to fight and ride horses, that way escaping from you will be much easier

easily one of my favorite servants from the franchise and he got an end that sadly sticks to the running gag of lancers which he did not deserve .....he was made to die as the thing he despised most and most likely once he turned into that he probably wanted to die that NP is like Jekyll and Hydes NP it switches his class from lancer to Beserker......lots of health and power but than becomes very squishy

His spear is more accurate to the gae bolg in the story of cu chulain than the gae bolg that lancer (cu chulain) wields.

How he pronounced Vlad Tepes KILLS ME Tsepesh is how its pronluncwd

This guy is a MONSTER and I love it.

Boy, i can tell you had a lot of fun making this video

About Vlad’s noble phantasm, i take that it’s the monster vampire, the one we see in most Dracula movies and dress up as on Halloween, he would never allow to run rampant and cause bloody chaos.

I'm pretty sure Karna could have killed Vlad if he hadn't been weakened from Shirou taking the command seals at that moment. Though I suppose Shirou wanted the pleasure of doing it himself... either way, great review as always.

Historian here. FINALLY SOMEONE SAID IT! AND LINKED DRACUL WITH DRACU WITH LATIN FORM DRAKON! JESUS I WATED FOR SOME WESTERN GUY TO SAY IT FOR AGES. Sorry, the vampire thingy outrages me and you have won my respect.

"Kazikli Bey" actually means "Impaler Prince." The subtitles are bad.

I have been waiting for This video for so long

Vlad is my second favorite character, and all because of being related to him and his sheer epicness both in and out of the anime. (Astolfo is best boi, obviously.)

Love the video but something to note ... In vlad's fight "vampire"against karna you would think karna should win because of his connection to the sun why was karna unable to defeat vlad?

AKA The only one I like.

AniNews after this series are you going to do the same to this season's fate series

As a Servant I, Voivoda Vlad Dracula, can finally be together forever with Artoria waifu #ahoge4life

When he mentioned the titles he forgot "the crimson fucker"

There are two different versions of Vlad the Impaler in Fate series. One from Apocrypha and one from Extra. If anyone is interested, here is link to a video which details more of Extra Vlad.

vladd the bloody is one of my favourite behind my waifu and trap

Holly shit...for me hard... Finally someone who search all about the Vlad tepes, my king

SASAGEYOU SONO CHI SONO INOCHI WO

Lol i never thought he was made that strong , i think i need to watch this anime. Good job one of my country's king good job !

uncle vlad is good in making Halloween customs

Vlad don't spook me

My favorite servant.

Siegfried can talk to birds, can Vlad do that? No, therefore Siegfried to strong.

My nickname in my 20's was "Vlad the Impale-her" AKA Count Dickula! 🤣😂🤣

And also a piece of a legend from my country Moldova ( mOldovA) ,, And Mircea said to Otoman Imperator ,, All of this mounties, rivers and earth are my friends, but for you they're enemies" ( about space between ,, Carpato-Danubius-Pontic")

So in other words he has a offbrand unlimited blade works in his domain

What is a man? A miserable little pile of secrets. But enough talk... Have at you!

Shirou: And now I'm gonna gassify ya Vlad(Dracula): *Turns into moonlight* Shirou: Shit I should've read bram stoker

Why am I imagining Van Helsing meeting Vlad 3 and Vlad asking him to rid him of the Vampiric Dracula he hates so much? I pretty much imagine the vampire being like it was born from the blood of the people he impaled while saving Wallachia, inside and out.

Wow Dracula in fate apocrypha

Vlad was actually born in and rule WALACHIA. the Transilvania thing is a misunderstanding caused by the story of Dracula. Fun Fact:Vlad had un older brother who was the true hair but was buried alive by the Buyars and when he was dethroned by Radu he seeked help from one of his old allies and the ruler of Transilvania but was imprisoned and fake letters were send that made his reputation worst but he was saved after 5 years by the ruler of Moldova Stefan how was his cousin and sworn brother

I personally found the fights in Fate/Apocrypha to be lack luster at best. The only fight I think is actually decent throughout is the Archer of black vs the Rider of red. The flow, choreography and sometimes animation of all the fights just looked lazy and unengaging, leaving none of them memorable. And before I get called a Ufotable fanboy, I can confidently say that pretty much ALL the other Fate animes had great fight scenes (except the original back in 2006). I was more impressed with the two short fight scenes we've gotten in Fate/Extra Last Encore so far compared to anything Fate/Apocrypha gave out.

All I know is that he looks really tired

I remember the first time i saw the trailer... and i said.... LUL VLAD THE IMPALER :0

Vlad should have been one of the first. He always had such a good history.

I'm shock when I watching fate apocrypha suddenly Ottoman appear in that series

Yay maybe caster of black

but vampires do exist in the type moon universe *looks at tsuki-hime

The idea of Vlad's most powerful ace in the hole being the "Dracula" myth - something that he acknowledges wasn't true in his lifetime and actively despises - was always fascinating to me. I always took this to mean a Servant's power is tied to public perception - like the reason Excalibur is as powerful as it is for example is *because* everyone recognizes it as Arthur's/Artoria's sword, even if it wasn't their strongest weapon nor the weapon they carried into battle.

You didn’t just nailed his history You impaled it.... Okay I will leave😂

Waiting on the 8th waifu of summer 2017, Spartacus. Ignoring him any longer is *OPRESSION*

Uncle Vlad is the best....

FYI, boyars are not a family but a name for the ruling class (similar to lords in England, for instance)

Why Lancer Vlad looks more like a Berserker than that of the Actual Berserker Vlad😅

first time seeing a romanian in a anime, i am romanian too, this was a good video

I dint expected that

I like learning about the history :)

Vlad is one of the best characters in the series

So many Vlads xD I bet foreigners would get confused

Wow I didn't know that stuff about Hungary even though I am hungarian

fun fact: vlad's lancer version in apocrypha is berserker in fgo, and his lancer ver in fgo is much more berserk, both in appearance and mind. Berserker vlad may be the most noble and dignified servant in that game.

Ah Black Keys one of the unholy yet at the same time holy item

VLAD BEING THE NOBLE MAN HE IS !

You thought I was vlad the empailer but it was me DIO all along

I always wondered where you research these videos

I still wished for him to come home to my Chaldea...

Kazikli bey literally translates to man(mister) with the stake

4:40 so you choose death...