The Complete History of Poenari Castle ( Before and after Vlad)

Previously

…The castle, under the shroud of night, felt different. The wind no longer whispered warnings; it sighed with a profound sadness. The stones, I now understood, weren't just mute witnesses to Vlad's brutality. They were also repositories of a deeper, more intimate heartbreak, a testament to a loyalty shattered, a life extinguished, and a brother’s ambition that had stained the very foundations of Poenari with a blood far more personal than any spilled in battle. The mystery of the castle was no longer just about outward threats; it was about the treacherous currents that ran beneath the surface of human connection, and the devastating price of a heart that chose to betray.