| Dracula was a captive of the Turkish until 1448 | | | | get himself to trust again any man or Turk. He |
| while Radu stayed with Murad II as the sultan's | | | | also developed a strong yearning and thirst for |
| ally. Radu easily submitted to his jailers | | | | revenge. He would never forgive and forget |
| indoctrination techniques. Dracula showed clues to | | | | anybody who crossed him, which became |
| his perverse personality and shifty nature during | | | | Dracula's family trait. John Hunyadi ordered |
| his imprisonment. His experience made him regard | | | | Dracul's death in 1447 angered by his pro-Turkish |
| life as cheap that also made him hold a very low | | | | policies. The design of the pro-Turkish policies was |
| esteem about human nature. He did not see the | | | | to save his sons from possible reprisal or death |
| value of morality as important when running | | | | under their Turkish jailors. |
| matters of the state. | | | | The political enemies of Dracul's son in Tirgoviste |
| Dracula spoke the Turkish language like a native. | | | | killed Mircea, the eldest son of Dracul. The |
| The Turkish also exposed him to the harem way | | | | enemies blinded him first with hot iron stakes and |
| of obtaining pleasure. He completed his studies and | | | | then buried him alive to die. The brutal deaths |
| training with the Turkish in pure Byzantine | | | | gave Dracula a profound impression. Nonetheless, |
| cynicism. He learned and gained the reputation for | | | | the Hunyadis bore the Draculas deep hatred, |
| insubordination, brutality, trickery, and cunning | | | | which the assassination of Mircea and Dracul |
| thoughts. He also frightened his own guards. | | | | completely satisfied. After his capture with the |
| Dracula deliberately developed his untrusting | | | | Turks, Dracula went to his cousin in Moldavia then |
| nature and trait from captivity. He could never | | | | back to Hunyadi's power in Transylvania. |