Admittedly, I need some insight into this for an Assassin's Creed fanfiction. It's set during Vlad the Impaler's reign in Wallachia, and it follows mostly Turkish contract killers. (Shout out to any other AC fans in this sub!)
Anyway, did the rest of Romania happen to distance themselves politically from Vlad in any way? I'm aware that his MO was impaling his enemies and torturing Sikhs, the latter I do believe were part of the OE if I'm not mistaken.
I just need some background to make the plot stable.
To answer the question in your title, because the Romanian Principalities were vassal states to the Ottoman Empire and had to pay tribute.
Secondly, Vlad had 3 reigns so not sure which one you're referring to. He was friends with both John Hunyadi and Stephen the Great (Moldova's ruler). They also shared the same aversion towards the Ottomans since they were in similar positions.
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