vlad's a legend!
Impalement was Vlad's preferred method of torture and execution. His method of torture was a horse attached to each of the victim's legs as a sharpened stake was gradually forced into the body. Death by impalement was slow and agonizing. Victims sometimes endured for hours or even days. Vlad often had the stakes arranged in various geometric patterns. The most common pattern was a ring of concentric circles in the outskirts of a city that constituted his target. The height of the spear indicated the rank of the victim. The corpses were often left decaying for months.
One of the most famous woodcuts of the period shows Vlad feasting in a forest of stakes and their grisly burdens outside Brașov, while a nearby executioner cuts apart other victims. This place was famously known as the Forest of the Impaled. In this forest is a story of Vlad's "sense of humor": a servant was holding his nose and Vlad said to him while feasting, "Why do you do that?" The servant replied, "I cannot stand the stench." Vlad immediately ordered him impaled on the highest stake and said, "Then you shall live up there, where the stench cannot reach you."
Posted By: SCC 28 on December 10th 2010 at 16:30:45
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- It's all epic banter, until someone gets impaled. (n/m) (Other Football) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Dec 10, 16:36:43
- yeah i think they took banter a bit far in those days (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Dec 10, 16:38:27
- From paintings, Vlad looks like the Movember version of Grant Holt. (n/m) (Other Football) - usacanary, Dec 10, 16:42:20
- yeah i think they took banter a bit far in those days (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Dec 10, 16:38:27
- It's all epic banter, until someone gets impaled. (n/m) (Other Football) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Dec 10, 16:36:43
- vlad's a legend! (Other Football) - SCC 28, Dec 10, 16:30:45
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