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Line 26: \|play = Playable \|neighbor = Forgotten Hollow }} }}{{DEFAULTSORT:Straud, Vladislaus}} '''Vladislaus Straud''', also known as '''Count Vladislaus Straud IV''' or '''Vlad''', is a pre-made [[vampire]] who resides in [[Forgotten Hollow]], the [[world]] introduced in ''[[The Sims 4: Vampires]]''. He lives on his own in the [[List of Forgotten Hollow lots#Straud Mansion\|Straud Mansion]] lot and begins with §20,000. ~~Vladislaus~~ Vlad is a [[young adult]], even though he both claims to be and has the appearance of an [[elder]]. This is most likely due to vampires not aging past the young adult life stage. He is unemployed and has eight [[skill]] points in [[charisma]] and ten points in both [[Instrument skill\|pipe organ]] and [[vampire lore]]. ~~Vladislaus~~ Vlad has lived in Forgotten Hollow for 200 years. There is a statue of him in the town center, though the town's Sims think the statue is of his Great Grandfather, Vladislaus Straud the First. However, the local vampires know the truth; Vlad founded Forgotten Hollow and he still runs it.<ref>[https://www.thesims.com/news/sims-4-vampires-deardiary Meet Vlad, The First Vampire of Forgotten Hollow]</ref> According to his painting that is found inside Straud Mansion, Vlad was the sole survivor of a settling party of 25 Sims that disappeared. He was impacted so deeply that he never explained what happened to them, but founded the town on their last known location in their memory. By sunset, ~~Vladislaus~~ 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, he 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 family\|Vatore]] siblings, [[Caleb Vatore\|Caleb]] and [[Lilith Vatore\|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. With the exception of Renegades club~~. Which~~- they attempted to recruit him ~~due~~thanks to him having ~~his~~the Evil trait., ~~Although~~although [[Morgan Fyres]] doesn't seem happy about this. An official blog for ''[[The Sims 4: Seasons]]'' reveals that Vlad has a cousin named [[Arthur Climate]]. The [[Climate family\|Climates]] reluctantly invite Vlad over for a [[holiday\|Harvestfest]] gathering, unaware that he is a vampire.<ref name="Climates blog part 1">[https://www.ea.com/games/the-sims/news/the-climates-part-1 Meet The Climates (Part 1)]</ref> As a vampire ~~Vladislaus~~ Vlad 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 vampire 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. According to a teaser for ''Vampires'', ~~Vladislaus~~ Vlad turned [[Miss Hell]] into a vampire, who then turned Caleb Vatore.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oe6z6ShQwE The Sims 4: Vampires Teaser Clip]</ref> Vlad also turned Caleb's sister, Lilith Vatore.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qx2qMYhgp8 The Sims 4 Vampires: Official Vampire Powers Gameplay Trailer]</ref> ==Skills== Line 52 ⟶ 53: ==Trivia== Vladislaus Straud's Sim design highly resembles Count Dracula played by John Carradine in the film ''House of Dracula'' (1945). He also could be a homage to the legendary and iconic classic Horror film actor Vincent Price as his Sim design also resembles him. Vladislaus Straud's Dark Form design highly resembles [[wikipedia:Count Orlok\|Count Orlok]] from the film ''[[wikipedia:Nosferatu\|Nosferatu]]''. "Vladislaus" is Latin version of Slavic name (Polish "Władysław", Czech, Slovak and Russian "Vladislav" etc.). "Vladislaus" could be a reference to Vlad the Impaler, who signed letters as "[[wikipedia:File:Wladislaus Dragwlya.JPG\|Vladislaus Dragulya]]". "Straud" may be a play on 'Strahd' von Zarovich, the vampiric antagonist of ~~Dungeon~~Dungeons and ~~Dragon~~Dragons's Ravenloft setting. The name Vladislaus may be a reference to the generations of Ladislaus' from the Báthory family (Ancestors of [[wikipedia:Elizabeth Báthory\|Elizabeth Báthory]]) who also had a branch named [[wikipedia:Báthory family#Báthory of Simolin\|Báthory of Simolin]]. One of the [[gig]]s in ''[[The Sims 4: Get Famous]]'' is for a company called Vladislaus Hardware. It claims to be founded by Vladislaus III, a master carpenter specializing in luxurious coffins. ==Gallery== <gallery widths="185"> TS4 vlad.jpg\|Vlad rising from a coffin TS4 Vampires img 3.jpg\|Vlad reacting to the sunlight Vlad playing organ.jpg\|Vlad playing with the organ Bg4mu2f (1).png\|Vlad using his Vampire mind control powers. Vladislaus Straud.png\|Vlad in promotional trailers VladislausRender.png\|Vladislaus as seen in a render Miss Hell human.png\|Vlad about to transform [[Miss Hell]] into one of his minions. Vlad biting Lillith.jpg\|Vlad about to transform Lilith into a vampire. Count Vlad Creepy Walk.png\|Vlad's creepy walk. Count Vlad Text 1.png\|Vlad's text to a Sim who has been bitten by a vampire and is transforming. Count Vlad Text 2.jpg\|Vlad's text to a Sim transformed into a Vampire. </gallery>