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* [[Allohistorical Allusion]]: Nobody in-story seems to think of Vlad's grandfather as a vampire, but Vlad unknowingly plays out a [[Dracula]] image when an assassination attempt fails. Somebody shoots at him and misses (though sincerely believing he hit Vlad square), and Vlad says lead bullets aren't enough to kill him. The fellow reports that as a statement that only silver could do the job. Then Vlad comes walking out of a burning building; he's dressed all in black and his skin is very pale because he's been held in a dungeon for several years ... and he's carrying the corpse of a voluptuous woman, her throat ripped open (the missed shot hit ''her'', apparently by ricochet).
** {{spoiler|Svanhild}} is murdered in the same way as the character of the same name from [[The Saga of the Volsungs]].
* [[Amazingly Embarrassing Parents|Amazingly Embarrassing Grandparent]]: Kat Montescue is appalled and outraged when she learns her grandfather Lodovico has been "seeing" -- and getting useful advice from -- ''[[Hypocritical Humor|Kat's friend]]'' Francesca the courtesan.
{{quote|"My own ''grandfather''!" Kat wailed. "I can't believe it!"}}
* [[Anti-Villain]]: Count Mindaug. Smart, learned. "He needed power—preferably great power—simply because he could ill afford to let anyone else have it."
* [[Armor Is Useless]]: Subverted. The Knights of the Holy Trinity wear archaic heavy armour, which everyone admits is not too useful with plenty of firearms around. However, it is still a very useful defence against magical forces, which they regularly fight against.
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