Vladislaus Straud

Vladislaus Straud, also known as Count Vladislaus Straud IV or Vlad, is one of the pre-made Sims shipped with The Sims 4: Vampires game pack. He is a vampire who lives in a secluded estate overlooking the town of Forgotten Hollow.

Vladislaus lives on his own in Straud Mansion and begins with §20,000. He has a painting called "Count Vladislaus Straud I", available in build mode for §2890.

Vladislaus turned Miss Hell into a vampire who then turned Caleb Vatore. Vlad also turned Caleb's sister, Lilith Vatore.

Life leading up to The Sims 4
Vlad has lived in Forgotten Hollow for 200 years. There is a statue of Vlad in the town center. The Sims in town think the statue is of his Great Grandfather, Vladislaus Straud the First, but the local vampires know the truth; Vlad founded Forgotten Hollow and he still runs it.

According to his painting, Vlad was the sole survivor of a settling party of 25 Sims that disappeared. He was impacted so deeply he never explained what happened to them, but founded the town on their last known location in their memory.

By sunset, Vlad starts his daily routine which includes playing some haunting melodies on the pipe organ and taking a walk through the cemetery of his estate. When the sun starts coming up, Vlad spends some time in dark meditation to re-energize himself and reading through the Encyclopedia Vampirica, most of which is about him, before he descends into his crypt.

Vlad dislikes his neighbors, the Vatore siblings, Caleb and Lilith, as they believe in alternatives options to the traditional drinking of Sims's plasma. They will also object to Vlad's wardrobe choices, personal hygiene, and showing his dark form in public. Vlad owns a hundred grey coats as he believes they go with everything and always stay in style. At high moon, Vlad and Caleb once had a duel which Vlad won; because of this, many Sims strongly dislike him and prefered hang out with Vatore siblings instead.

An official blog for The Sims 4: Seasons reveals that Vlad has a cousin named Arthur Climate. The Climates reluctantly invite Vlad over for a Harvestfest gathering, unaware that he is a vampire.

Appearance
As a vampire Vladislaus has a human appearance as well as a dark form. Apart from the size of the ears and eyes, his facial features are the same in both versions. However, Vlad looks drastically different in his vampiric form due to not having any hair including facial hair. His skin possesses visible facial lines as a vampire. Additionally, he has protruding fangs and radiating eyes.

Trivia

 * Vladislaus Straud's Sim design highly resembles Count Dracula played by John Carradine in the film House of Dracula (1945)
 * Vladislaus Straud's Dark Form design highly resembles Count Orlok from the film Nosferatu.
 * "Vladislaus" is Latin version of Slavic name (Polish "Władysław", Czech and Russian "Vladislav" etc.).
 * "Straud" may be a play on 'Strahd' von Zarovich, the vampiric antagonist of Dungeon and Dragon's Ravenloft setting.