00:00:00.000Greetings my esteemed Laddingtons. Welcome back to Valachia and our ongoing campaign with the heroic and glorious Vlad Dracula.
00:00:13.000So without further ado, we will get into episode number 3, The Breath of the Dragon.
00:00:21.000The punishment for all offenses was death, for Dracula needed to make an example of criminals.
00:00:32.000Under his strong rule, trade was reopened and the economy blossomed. Proud of his achievement, Dracula placed a golden cup in the central square of Terminista.
00:00:47.000Dove was never once touched throughout. I was shocked. The share of the stake was surely enough to prevent crime, but to rule Valachia while simultaneously evading the plots of the boyars was no small feat.
00:01:09.000Dracula invited all of the boyars to a feast and asked them how many rulers they had seen perish due to treachery. None had seen fewer than seven reigns while some had even seen thirty.
00:01:24.000Furious, Dracula arrested them all and marched them here to perform a ruin of culinary castle.
00:01:33.000For months, they labored to rebuild the castle, toiling even after their clothes fell off. Those who survived them were slain.
00:01:43.000Finally, Dracula had eradicated the fickle, godnaivic boyars. He replaced them with loyal followers, be the knights or common peasants.
00:01:57.000Strong again, the dragon was ready to breathe a flame that would engulf his enemies, the Turks.
00:02:04.000Alright, so another highly motivating and epic introduction. That is what I like. A strong ruler who sees criminality sharply reduced and trade blossoming.
00:02:25.000So, yeah, a good man Dracula. Some say he might have been a bit brutal, but you know, those were brutal times.
00:02:34.000So, perhaps if some modern man sees him and says, oh, he was so brutal and mean to everyone.
00:02:41.000Well, he needed to be mean and brutal because he wanted his people to prosper.
00:02:47.000So, yes, a true hero, Vlad Dracula. Anyway, our main objectives. As usual, Vlad Dracula must survive.
00:02:57.000And we must conquer Giorgio by destroying its castle and all towers. Then I will read the hints here.
00:03:04.000Dracula now rules Wallachia. And we're playing as the Slavs. Very good indeed. Slav Strunk.
00:03:18.000My lord, I have scouted the fortress of Giorgio, but it is well defended. We will need siege weapons to take it.
00:03:27.000Alright, and I am still, even though we're on our third episode, I'm still amazed at the graphics.
00:03:35.000Especially since I grew up playing this game and just seeing this, yeah, makes my...
00:03:42.000It warms the heart. Look at this, also. He has impaled someone there.
00:03:49.000Perhaps a sort of criminal. Perhaps someone who wasn't loyal to his reign.
00:03:56.000So, yes, as I said, we are playing as the Slavs this time.
00:04:06.000I have an analysis. I think somewhere in Eastern Europe they have commenced a ritual.
00:04:16.000So they stole a lot of testosterone from Western European men.
00:04:23.000I can't back this up, of course, but...
00:04:26.000It wouldn't surprise me if there was some sort of magic that allowed Slavic men, Eastern European men, to be a bit more masculine, on average, this day and age.
00:04:40.000Well, usually I like to say that that is how Western European men, or perhaps Swedish men, used to be back in the day.
00:04:53.000So, a few generations back, Swedes, of course, used to be very manly, and took great pride in masculine endeavors.
00:05:09.000Especially military endeavors. Sweden had a strong army and military for a long time, and all men had to do the mandatory service.
00:05:19.000I am very fortunate in the fact that I got to do my mandatory 11 months.
00:05:27.000But, anyway, that is why I am making videos. I am trying to reintroduce some thumos and some testosterone to the West.
00:05:37.000Everyone is here to liberate us from the Turks!
00:05:40.000Yes, we are indeed. We must liberate this fine townsfolk of Wallachia.
00:05:48.000So there we have a castle from the Ottoman army.
00:05:55.000And I suppose maybe they will ride out with something. We are just going to stay behind here and protect it at all costs.
00:06:07.000So, anyway, I thought to mention something.
00:06:10.000That, if you are interested in history, you are a lucky man.
00:06:16.000Because there are so many cool and epic stories.
00:06:19.000So many fascinating adventures that you can read up on.
00:06:25.000So I played a bit also on the Kumans campaign here in Age of Empires 2.
00:06:31.000And I was somewhat familiar with the Kumans because I watched Kings and Generals channel here on YouTube.
00:06:40.000And just being able to play a game such as Age of Empires here and get that story, it's a luxury.
00:06:50.000And of course, since we have the internet and books for that matter, you can just go to a library and borrow some books if you are interested in history.
00:07:04.000So much to read up on. And as they say, sometimes reality or history is stranger than fiction.
00:07:16.000That's also something I think George Martin said when people complained that Game of Thrones was too brutal.
00:07:24.000He said, if you want some brutality, just read history.