Vladislaus Straud

Vladislaus Straud is a resident of the world shipped with The Sims 4 Vampires, Forgotten Hollow. He is a vampire who lives in a dark, secluded estate overlooking the town of Forgotten Hallow.

Biography
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 only the local vampires know the truth; Vlad founded Forgotten Hollow and he still runs it.

By sunset, Vlad starts his daily routine which includes playing some haunting melodies on the pipe organ and taking a walk through the cemetary 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 neighbours, 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.

Vlad has a painting called "Count Vladislaus Straud I", available in build mode for §2890.

Villanous Acts
Vlad is a great annoyance to most players. He occasionally breaks into the player's house, even if all their doors are locked, and puts them into a trance, before draining all their energy. The player automatically falls asleep on the floor for a few hours and wakes up feeling uncomfortable. This can be prevented if the player keeps garlic in their room. However, as Vlad is a very powerful vampire, the player will need more than just one or two pieces of garlic to keep him away.

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.