The Impaler's Tomb

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{{Memory Infobox

|description = ''In 1485, Count Vlad III Tepes of Wallachia was slain in a battle against the Ottomans. Wanting proof, Bayezid II ordered that Vlad's head be brought to the city and locked away. Explore the Sultan's dungeons and locate the final resting place of Vlad "The Impaler"''
|appearance = ''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''
|ancestor = [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]]
|location = [[Constantinople]]|image = The-impalers-tomb-memory.png}}

'''The Impaler's Tomb''' is a memory in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]].''

==Description==

After reading a book about [[Vlad Tepes]] and [[Vlad the Impaler's Prison|his prison]] from [[Sofia Sartor]]'s book shop, [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze| Ezio Auditore]] set out to find the prison within [[Constantinople]]'s [[Constantine District]].

==Outcome==

Ezio collected [[Vlad Tepes's Sword]].

==Trivia==

*To achieve full [[synchronization]], Ezio must finish the memory within 7 minutes.
*In the description it is said that Vlad was slain in 1485, the correct date is actually 1476, fallen by the blade of Turkish Assassin and Ottoman General, ''Ishak Pasha''.
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Vlad Tepes

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{{Character Infobox
|image = The count.png
|imgdesc =
|name = Vlad Tepes
|birth = November or December 1431<br>[[wikipedia:Sighişoara|Sighişoara]], [[wikipedia:Transylvania|Transylvania]], [[wikipedia:Kingdom of Hungary|Kingdom of Hungary]]
|death = December 1476 (aged 45)<br>[[wikipedia:Bucharest|Bucharest]], [[wikipedia:Wallachia|Wallachia]]
|period = [[Renaissance]]
|faction = [[Templars]]
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''
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'''Vlad III''' (birth name: '''Vlad Tepes'''), also known by the title of '''Vlad the Impaler''' and the patronymic name '''Dracula''', was a ''[[wikipedia:Prince of Wallachia|Voievod]]'' (Prince) of Wallachia that ruled the region intermittently from 1448 to 1476. Secretly a member of the [[Templars|Templar Order]], Vlad Tepes played a significant role in the Templars' fight against the [[Ottoman Empire]].

He was eventually found and killed by the [[Turkish Assassins|Ottoman Assassin]] [[Ishak Pasha]] in 1476.

==Biography==
Following an Ottoman invasion of Hungary in 1462, Vlad Tepes successfully rebuked the Ottoman advance near the city of [[wikipedia:Bucharest|Bucharest]]; however, Vlad found himself betrayed and imprisoned by the [[wikipedia:Kingdom of Hungary|Hungarian]] king [[wikipedia:Matthias Corvinus|Matthias Corvinus]]. This caused outrage among many influential Hungarian figures and Western admirers of Vlad's success in the battle against the Ottoman Empire, including high-ranking members of [[Vaticano District|the Vatican]] and the remnants of the [[Byzantines|Byzantine]] nobility. Because of this, Matthias granted him the status of distinguished prisoner.

Eventually, in 1475, Vlad Tepes was freed and was sent with an army of Hungarian and [[wikipedia:Serbia|Serbian]] soldiers to recover [[wikipedia:Bosnia|Bosnia]] from the Ottomans, where he defeated the Ottoman forces and gained his first victory against the Ottoman Empire. Upon this victory, the Ottoman forces invaded Wallachia to put down the rebellion. They entered Bucharest in 1476 under the command of Mehmed II. The [[Assassin]] [[Ishak Pasha]] killed Vlad and his head and ceremonial sword were sent to a prison in Constantinople to discourage any other rebellions.

==Legacy==
In 1511, the [[Assassins|Assassin]] [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]] went on a quest to find [[Vlad Tepes's Sword|Vlad the Impaler's blade]] hidden in his [[Vlad the Impaler's Prison|prison]], which was rumored to be a weapon that could defeat any foe.

Vlad was the idol of a Wallachian Assassin, [[Vali cel Tradat]]. His death at the hands of Ottomans (as he thought), coupled with the fact that the Assassins had brokered a truce with them led to his eventual betrayal.

In 2012, his genetic memories were used by the Templar-owned company [[Abstergo Industries]], for the training of their [[Animus]] [[Abstergo recruits|recruits]], under the title of the [[Count]].

==Trivia==
* In ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'', Vlad the Impaler Coins are used as [[Trade Objects|trade items]].
* According to legend, some people believed that Vlad was a vampire because of his white skin and the fact that he went outside only occasionally. This folklore, combined with his ruthless acts during his reign, became the inspiration for the famous vampiric character "Dracula".
* He was given the nickname "The Impaler" because of the way he would torture his victims. He would put lard or some type of lubricant on a large wooden spike and place them at the top of it, with it between their legs, and eventually they would be impaled. Afterwards, the spikes would be formed in a large circle as a barricade around his fortresses, also used to threaten any who opposed him.
* When you take his sword from his tomb, you can briefly see that his skull had long canine fangs, further referring to the belief that he was a vampire.
* In ''Assassins Creed: Revelations, ''once in Sofia's Bookshop, the book where you got the map to The Impaler's Tomb. Unlike his picture in Multiplayer, the famous portriat of Vlad's face will be on the cover.

== Gallery==
<gallery spacing="small" widths="160" captionalign="left">
vlad-tepes-skull.png|Vlad Tepes' skull inside his coffin.
</gallery>

==Source==
* ''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''

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