How Did This Happen?
One ordinary day in Wallachia, Bob was minding his own business when Vlad’s men decided he looked like a good example. Stake went in. Bob… stayed conscious. And annoyed.
Instead of dying like a normal person, Bob just sighed, had the stake cut down to knee level, and politely asked for the point to be removed. Vlad, equal parts impressed and deeply unsettled, decided the only logical solution was to keep him around.
Thus began the world’s most awkward partnership: history’s most feared warlord… and the guy who treats impalement like a minor inconvenience.