The Golden One - November 27, 2019


Vlad Dracula Part 3 - The Breath of the Dragon. Age of Empires 2 Definitive Edition

Topics
Age of Empires 2 and historical brutality
Hosted by
Marcus Follin
Mentioned
Vlad Dracula Novozelo Genghis Khan Laddingtons Valachia Giorgio Rahova Slavs A. I. Don A. Heartbreaking George Martin Slav Strunk I. Played A. Grin I. Have A. Nod Moderate Kumans Orsova Jengis
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Length

16 minutes

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102.93

Word count

1,718

Sentence count

329

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Toxicity

2

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11

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Summary

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Dr. Vlad Dracula was a ruler of Valachia in the late 16th century, and he was a man of many talents. He was a scholar, a philosopher, a poet, a writer, a scholar of history, a historian, and a general, but above all else, he was... a good man.

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00:00:00.000 Greetings my esteemed Laddingtons. Welcome back to Valachia and our ongoing campaign with the heroic and glorious Vlad Dracula.
00:00:13.000 So without further ado, we will get into episode number 3, The Breath of the Dragon.
00:00:21.000 The punishment for all offenses was death, for Dracula needed to make an example of criminals.
00:00:32.000 Under 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.
00:00:47.000 Dove 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.
00:01:09.000 Dracula 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.
00:01:24.000 Furious, Dracula arrested them all and marched them here to perform a ruin of culinary castle.
00:01:33.000 For months, they labored to rebuild the castle, toiling even after their clothes fell off. Those who survived them were slain.
00:01:43.000 Finally, Dracula had eradicated the fickle, godnaivic boyars. He replaced them with loyal followers, be the knights or common peasants.
00:01:57.000 Strong again, the dragon was ready to breathe a flame that would engulf his enemies, the Turks. 0.99
00:02:04.000 Alright, so another highly motivating and epic introduction. That is what I like. A strong ruler who sees criminality sharply reduced and trade blossoming.
00:02:25.000 So, yeah, a good man Dracula. Some say he might have been a bit brutal, but you know, those were brutal times.
00:02:34.000 So, perhaps if some modern man sees him and says, oh, he was so brutal and mean to everyone.
00:02:41.000 Well, he needed to be mean and brutal because he wanted his people to prosper.
00:02:47.000 So, yes, a true hero, Vlad Dracula. Anyway, our main objectives. As usual, Vlad Dracula must survive.
00:02:57.000 And we must conquer Giorgio by destroying its castle and all towers. Then I will read the hints here.
00:03:04.000 Dracula now rules Wallachia. And we're playing as the Slavs. Very good indeed. Slav Strunk. 0.96
00:03:18.000 My lord, I have scouted the fortress of Giorgio, but it is well defended. We will need siege weapons to take it.
00:03:27.000 Alright, and I am still, even though we're on our third episode, I'm still amazed at the graphics.
00:03:35.000 Especially since I grew up playing this game and just seeing this, yeah, makes my...
00:03:42.000 It warms the heart. Look at this, also. He has impaled someone there.
00:03:49.000 Perhaps a sort of criminal. Perhaps someone who wasn't loyal to his reign.
00:03:56.000 So, yes, as I said, we are playing as the Slavs this time.
00:04:06.000 I have an analysis. I think somewhere in Eastern Europe they have commenced a ritual.
00:04:16.000 So they stole a lot of testosterone from Western European men. 0.85
00:04:23.000 I can't back this up, of course, but...
00:04:26.000 It 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.
00:04:40.000 Well, usually I like to say that that is how Western European men, or perhaps Swedish men, used to be back in the day.
00:04:53.000 So, a few generations back, Swedes, of course, used to be very manly, and took great pride in masculine endeavors. 0.65
00:05:09.000 Especially military endeavors. Sweden had a strong army and military for a long time, and all men had to do the mandatory service.
00:05:19.000 I am very fortunate in the fact that I got to do my mandatory 11 months.
00:05:27.000 But, anyway, that is why I am making videos. I am trying to reintroduce some thumos and some testosterone to the West.
00:05:37.000 Everyone is here to liberate us from the Turks! 1.00
00:05:40.000 Yes, we are indeed. We must liberate this fine townsfolk of Wallachia.
00:05:48.000 So there we have a castle from the Ottoman army.
00:05:55.000 And I suppose maybe they will ride out with something. We are just going to stay behind here and protect it at all costs.
00:06:07.000 So, anyway, I thought to mention something.
00:06:10.000 That, if you are interested in history, you are a lucky man.
00:06:16.000 Because there are so many cool and epic stories.
00:06:19.000 So many fascinating adventures that you can read up on.
00:06:25.000 So I played a bit also on the Kumans campaign here in Age of Empires 2.
00:06:31.000 And I was somewhat familiar with the Kumans because I watched Kings and Generals channel here on YouTube.
00:06:40.000 And just being able to play a game such as Age of Empires here and get that story, it's a luxury.
00:06:50.000 And 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.
00:07:04.000 So much to read up on. And as they say, sometimes reality or history is stranger than fiction.
00:07:16.000 That's also something I think George Martin said when people complained that Game of Thrones was too brutal.
00:07:24.000 He said, if you want some brutality, just read history.
00:07:30.000 And yeah, he had a point.
00:07:32.000 There's a lot of brutal happenings in world history too.
00:07:36.000 Especially if we are talking about the Kumans who got in the way of Genghis Khan and the Mongols. 0.98
00:07:42.000 They were excruciatingly brutal.
00:07:46.000 And I'm using excruciating here in its correct sense for once.
00:07:51.000 Usually I misuse the word excruciating.
00:07:57.000 I say something is excruciatingly epic, for example.
00:08:00.000 It's not really how you're supposed to use the term.
00:08:03.000 You're supposed to use it as in something is excruciatingly painful.
00:08:08.000 And I suppose it could work if I say Genghis Khan was excruciatingly brutal.
00:08:14.000 But yeah, he was good at conquering.
00:08:18.000 And for that he has our respect.
00:08:20.000 Even though we, as Europeans, were on the receiving end of his brutality.
00:08:34.000 Alright, we have liberated this fine place.
00:08:37.000 So there we have... Aha! Right!
00:08:41.000 Still have some Turkish soldiers here that we need to kill off. 1.00
00:08:49.000 And the cannons can stop shooting. 0.99
00:08:53.000 Ottoman arm is defeated.
00:08:55.000 Now what I like to do is just get the heavy plow upgrade and then toggle automatic farming.
00:09:05.000 Then you can build the castle and then I will upgrade handcart.
00:09:11.000 So they work a bit better.
00:09:15.000 They're 10% faster and carry 50% more.
00:09:17.000 So that is a good investment.
00:09:21.000 And...
00:09:23.000 Let's see. Yes, I have some idle villagers.
00:09:25.000 And what do we do now?
00:09:27.000 Simply build up my base here.
00:09:29.000 So I will just utilize a little edit and then...
00:09:33.000 Yeah, I will get back to...
00:09:35.000 Alright, so I did something un-gamer like.
00:09:41.000 I restarted on standard difficulty instead of moderate because I continued playing as I left off.
00:09:51.000 But I quickly noticed it was going to be a grind of the ages.
00:09:55.000 It was probably going to take quite some time to play it through on moderate.
00:10:01.000 So I simply...
00:10:03.000 Yeah, I started anew on standard to speed things up a bit.
00:10:11.000 So now I have reduced the green enemy here to... 1.00
00:10:17.000 Yeah, defeated them.
00:10:19.000 And now I will invade these guys down here.
00:10:23.000 The Magyars. 0.52
00:10:25.000 So that is what is up.
00:10:27.000 And I will also go down here across the bridge to drive off the Turks from this fine land. 1.00
00:10:34.000 So I will update again after I have done so.
00:10:40.000 Considering it's quite a bit of things to show otherwise.
00:10:45.000 And it might be an excessively long episode.
00:10:49.000 So yeah.
00:10:51.000 Okay, so what has happened?
00:10:54.000 Yes, the Ottomans got destroyed here.
00:10:57.000 Most satisfactory.
00:10:59.000 Then we also destroyed Orsova here.
00:11:02.000 So now we have two little cities left.
00:11:05.000 Which is this place.
00:11:08.000 Bulgarians, Rahova.
00:11:11.000 And then we also have Novozelo.
00:11:15.000 Which is located somewhere else.
00:11:19.000 I don't know quite where.
00:11:21.000 But I suppose we will find out in just a bit.
00:11:26.000 I'm transporting our soldiers from across the river here.
00:11:30.000 And these Laddingtons, I suppose they will try to explore and find where Novozelo might be.
00:11:41.000 So yes.
00:11:42.000 I can understand if this mission was quite hopeless playing on Hard or Moderate.
00:11:53.000 Usually I play the historical battles on Hard.
00:11:57.000 And I've played the previous episodes in this on Moderate.
00:12:01.000 But yeah.
00:12:02.000 It was quite the challenge to be sure.
00:12:11.000 So yeah.
00:12:12.000 That being said.
00:12:13.000 I just wanted to get to the end sequence.
00:12:17.000 To the epic end of mission story time.
00:12:26.000 I suppose.
00:12:27.000 Not quite sure what to call it.
00:12:28.000 But something like that.
00:12:31.000 I like that.
00:12:32.000 If you spare us, we will give you all that we have.
00:12:35.000 Alright.
00:12:36.000 I will spare you, Rahova. 0.95
00:12:40.000 Now we just need to find where Novozelo is.
00:12:45.000 It might be here.
00:12:46.000 Probably is.
00:12:47.000 Because we have the docks.
00:12:49.000 Created some fire ships here to take the river.
00:12:52.000 So anyway.
00:12:57.000 Generally speaking.
00:12:58.000 Of learning history.
00:13:03.000 I've said it before.
00:13:04.000 I'll say it again.
00:13:05.000 I will not overstate the point.
00:13:08.000 But it is a good point.
00:13:09.000 So I think it bears repeating.
00:13:12.000 Gaming.
00:13:13.000 Like this.
00:13:14.000 Such an excellent starting point.
00:13:17.000 To just become familiar with some sort of country.
00:13:23.000 Civilization.
00:13:24.000 People.
00:13:25.000 Then you.
00:13:26.000 Just read up.
00:13:28.000 Further.
00:13:29.000 On them.
00:13:30.000 So I mentioned previously.
00:13:32.000 About.
00:13:33.000 The Cumans.
00:13:34.000 And.
00:13:35.000 Yeah.
00:13:36.000 They're a.
00:13:39.000 Tragic story.
00:13:41.000 Basically.
00:13:42.000 Getting.
00:13:43.000 Driven off.
00:13:44.000 Their land.
00:13:45.000 By.
00:13:46.000 Jengis.
00:13:47.000 And.
00:13:48.000 Trying to find out.
00:13:52.000 A new land.
00:13:53.000 To settle.
00:13:54.000 And.
00:13:55.000 Of course.
00:13:56.000 It's.
00:13:57.000 Easier.
00:13:58.000 For them.
00:13:59.000 Since.
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00:14:58.000 So.
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00:16:02.000 Peace.
00:16:03.000 Now.
00:16:04.000 I.
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00:16:08.000 Things.
00:16:09.000 They.
00:16:10.000 Sold.
00:16:11.000 right so thank you for watching in next episode we'll go to the moon
00:16:25.440 rises and i suppose we'll continue on with the resistance to the ottomans exo exo boo
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