vlad the impaler
he stood up to islamic oppression, and with roughly 30,000 wallachians, fought back an army of an estimated 1000-150,000 turks via absolute savagery, and outright impaled 23,000 of them.
he faced a shitload of adversity to even get to that point, being kidnapped in his youth, was exiled and then had to retake his own country back
vlad the impaler
he stood up to islamic oppression, and with roughly 30,000 wallachians, fought back an army of an estimated 1000-150,000 turks via absolute savagery, and outright impaled 23,000 of them. he didnt hide behind his soldiers either, he himself would wear disguises to go into the enemy camp and spy on them
he faced a shitload of adversity to even get to that point, being kidnapped in his youth, was exiled and then had to retake his own country back. despite all of that, once he had control, he demonstrated his control by intentionally leave gold goblets in town squares, to prove that nobody would dare defy him. not once were they stolen
Michael Jordan unfortunately is a known asshole, but he's still one of, if not my favorite, athlete of all time.
Dude is a boss.
he ate breakfast in his forest of impaled enemies, he also would torture and dismember his enemies or people he suspected of being traitors. specifics are hard to nail, as there has been a lot of stories made up about him, but its believed he would often keep the dismembered body parts and use them as decorations and shit
when he took power after exile, he apparently executed thousands of people who were friendly with those who took his fathers kingdom from him, with no trial or mercy
his effect on europe is mostly positive though. he was the lesser of two evils. kind of emobodies the quote "People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf"
