Mr. Tepes, or V. Impaler
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The young Mr. Tepes was the son of the Voivode, or governor, of Wallachia, a Vlad Dracul (he was granted the Order of the Dragon, or "Dracul"), but was sent off by his father at the age of 6 to become a hostage in Turkey for the Sultan. It is said that it was from the Turks that young Mr. Tepes learned his preferred method of execution, i.e. impalement. Impalement meant a stake would be driven through the torso, some say via the rectum, but avoiding major organs so that the victim would be stuck on a post, feet dangling above the ground, helplessly, for two days until death came from slow hemorrhage. Legends say that he impaled the work avoidant as well as the elderly and disabled. He impaled thieves and robbers. It is said that when Sultan Mehmet II and the Ottoman army entered Wallachia, central Romania, to invade, they came across a "forest" of 20,000 impaled Turkish and Bulgarians. They retreated in disorder.
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