Fall Feast and Masque

 Vlad became known for his brutal punishment techniques; he often
 ordered people boiled, decapitated, blinded, strangled, hanged,
 burned, roasted, hacked, nailed, buried alive, stabbed, etc. He also
 liked to cut off noses, ears, and other apendages. But his favorite
 method was impalement, hence the surname "Tepes" which means "The
 Impaler".

 Dispite the horrors, that he inflicted, Vlad is still considered one
 of the greatest Romanians who ever lived.  His brutal tactics, many
 say, saved his country and his people, from losing their culture,
 their Catholic faith and their lives to the Turkish invaders, who had
 already conquered so much.