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Heraldry of House von Drak[4a]

Otto von Drak was the count of Sylvania and the father of Isabella von Drak, who was succeeded by the Vampire Lord Vlad von Carstein, who his daughter Isabella subsequently married to legitimate his new position.

Otto von Drak was the last male descendant of the infamous Imperial von Drak family, mainly known for being inbred, corrupt and half-hearted in their feudal duties. It is said that they were the only noble house of the Empire to not send support to the Crusades against Araby. Grand Theogonist Jurgen VI eventually called for a crusade to cleanse Sylvania and the von Draks, but was ignored by the three reigning emperors of the time.[1a]

Otto was also prone to insanity, putting the heads of peasants on spikes for slight provocations and proclaiming himself Sigmar Incarnate while drunk. Accordingly, the rest of the province's nobility despised him and refused to follow any of his commands, and Sylvania was full of civil strife, which continued up to the time of von Drak's death.[1a]

When Otto lay dying in his residence at Castle Drakenhof in 1797 IC, he had no heir.[3a] On his deathbed, he swore that he would rather marry his daughter Isabella to a Daemon of Chaos than let his hated brother, Leopold von Drak, inherit Sylvania. He had also refused to marry her to any other Sylvanian noble house and no Imperial noble from outside Sylvania would marry into its infamous nobility.[1a]

Lying unrepentant and cursing the gods, von Drak was visited by a mysterious stranger, calling himself Vlad von Carstein. Von Carstein presented himself and asked for Isabella's hand in marriage. While von Drak may have repented his rash oath, he could not deny the stranger, and Vlad and Isabella were married before the dying count's bed. Otto von Drak died before the last word of the ceremony was spoken.[2a]

Trivia[]

The family name von Drak basically means "of the Dragon" and is a homage to Vlad III, commonly known as Vlad the Impaler (Romanian: Vlad Țepeș) or Vlad Dracula, who was the Voivode of Wallachia three times between 1448 and his death in 1476/77. He is often considered one of the most important rulers in Wallachian history and a national hero of Romania.

Sources[]

  • 1: Liber Necris (Background Book)
    • 1a: pg. 87
  • 2: Armybook: Vampire Counts (8th Edition)
    • 2a: pg. 10
  • 3: Armybook: Vampire Counts (6th Edition)
  • 4: White Dwarf 291 (UK)
    • 4a: pg. 86
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