| Vladislaus Straud | |
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| Gender |  Male
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| Age |  Young Adult
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| Life state |  Vampire
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| Biography | |
| Count Vladislaus Straud IV is the latest descendant to occupy Straud Manor. His oddly similar looking line of ancestors has resided here since the founding of Forgotten Hollow. | |
| Education and employment | |
| Career |  Unemployed
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| Family | |
| Family/Families | Straud family |
| Marital status | Single |
| Personality | |
| Traits |  Loner
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 Music Lover
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 Evil
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 Quick Learner
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| Aspiration |  Master Vampire
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| Appearance | |
| Hair color |  Grey
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| Eye color |  Dark Blue
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| Skin color |  Grey
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| Body shape |  Thin
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| Other information | |
| Game | The Sims 4: Vampires
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| Playability | Playable |
| World | Forgotten Hollow |
Vladislaus Straud, also known as Count Vladislaus Straud IV, Count Vladislaus Straud the First, 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 Straud Mansion lot and begins with §20,000.
Vlad is a young adult, who has lived 43 days (though he is immortal in-game). 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 has the Master Vampire aspiration and is unemployed. He has eight skill points in charisma and ten points in both pipe organ and vampire lore.
As a vampire, Vlad has both a human form 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.
Backstory[]
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, Count Vladislaus Straud the First. However, the local vampires know the truth; Vlad founded Forgotten Hollow and he still runs it.[1] One of the gigs 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, since Vlad has been alive for centuries, it is correct to assume that Vladislaus III was his name, which he changes every so often to fit with the lie that he is the "latest descendant" of an "oddly similar looking line of ancestors".
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.
Per The Vampire Tombs: "Count Vladislaus Straud the First was the sole survivor of the original settlers who discovered forgotten hallow."
Relationships[]
Vlad, allegedly, dislikes his neighbors, the Vatore siblings, Caleb and Lilith, as they believe in alternatives options to the traditional drinking of Sims's plasma. Despite this alleged hatred, he doesn't actually know them in-game. The siblings will also object to Vlad's wardrobe choices, personal hygiene, and showing his dark form in public. At high moon, Vlad and Caleb once had a duel which Vlad won. Many Sims strongly dislike Vlad, with the exception of Renegades club- who attempted to recruit him thanks to him having the Evil trait, although Morgan Fyres doesn't seem happy about this.[1] Vlad also has an unknown rival in the hot-headed young werewolf Rory Oaklow, who wishes to fight him if she ever meets him.
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.[2]
According to a teaser for Vampires, Vlad turned Miss Hell into a vampire, who then turned Caleb Vatore.[3] Vlad also turned Caleb's sister, Lilith Vatore[4], and dialogue with Lilith's cousin Lily Zhu reveals that he appears to have been training Lilith as his potential successor[5] before the siblings cut ties with him. He also apparently tried to turn Lily Zhu into a vampire.
Day to Day Routine[]
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, 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.[1]
Skills[]
| Image | Skill | Level |
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Charisma | 
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Pipe Organ | 
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Vampire lore |
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Powers[]
- Charisma
- Master at Pipe Organ
- Cast Hallucination
- Turn Others to Vampires
- Sleep Inducement
- Mesmerization
- Night Empowerment
- Mist Transportation
Trivia[]
- Vlad owns a hundred grey coats as he believes they go with everything and always stay in style.
- 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 Count Orlok from the film Nosferatu (1922).
- "Vladislaus" is Latin version of Slavic name (Polish "Władysław", Czech, Slovak and Russian "Vladislav" etc.).
- The name "Vladislaus" could be a reference to Vlad the Impaler, who signed letters as "Vladislaus Dragulya".
- "Straud" may be a play on 'Strahd' von Zarovich, the vampiric antagonist of Dungeons and Dragons' Ravenloft setting.
- The name Vladislaus may be a reference to the generations of Ladislaus' from the Báthory family (Ancestors of Elizabeth Báthory) who also had a branch named Báthory of Simolin.
- Vlad's statue in Forgotton Hollow can be destroyed by a Spellcaster using the Inferniate fire spell.
- The "settling party of 25 Sims that disappeared" of which Vlad was a part of, might be a reference to the mystery of the Roanoke colony[6],
- In the Base game child sims can sometimes get nightmares of Vladislaus hiding in the shadows.
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