In 1431, in the heart of the Carpathian Mountains, a boy was born who was destined to go down in history under the name of Dracula. The Prince of Wallachia, nicknamed by his descendants "Tepes" - "Impaler", was a ruthless and fearless warrior who defended his country from enemies with an iron fist and cruelly punished his subjects for the slightest infraction. But was he really a vampire, as legends claim? The truth was known only to those who were close to young Vlad when he lived as a hostage at the court of the Ottoman Sultan: his friend - Prince Mehmed, his beloved - Tangul and the Franciscan monk Fra Bernardo, sent by the Pope himself to save the world from the awakened ancient evil.< /p>