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His name was Vlad the Impaler. He once ordered a whole town of people (the numbers were in the thousands) impaled because a rival to his throne was sheltering there. The only impact Vlad really had on the story was in contributing to the name: Dracula. Vlad was also known as Vlad Dracula becuase of his his fathers name.
