Kaiser Vlad

Kaiser Vlad
Species	Human(?)
Affiliation	Xylvania
Hair color	White
Eye color	Red
Base	The Vladstag
Voiced by	Wolf Kahler
Debut	Batallion Wars

Kaiser Vlad is the iron-fisted Emperor of Xylvania, with his eyes set on re-establishing the worldwide Xylvanian Empire of long ago. To this end, he is supreme commander of the Xylvanian armed forces.

Background

When the Frontier and Tundra were locked in stalemate, Vlad tempted Czar Gorgi into partnership with the prospect of giving Tundra the edge needed to finally overcome their enemies. Gorgi accepted and permitted Xylvania to move into many of their strategic locations, like the Dune Sea.

Shortly thereafter, however, once Xylvania was firmly entrenched inside Tundra's territories, Vlad double-crossed Tundra and led a surprise assault on both superpowers. Vlad's forces devastated Tundra from within and seized control of their assets, redirecting them to increasing Xylvania's war machine exponentially. Soon, Vlad's armies became the dominant force in the world.

Rather than focusing his power on simply defeating the Western Frontier, however, Vlad, mad with power and obsessed with settling historical rivalries, Vlad opened up a third theater of war against the Solar Empire, choosing to take on three world powers at once (Frontier, Solar Empire, and the nearly-defeated and now Frontier-allied Tundra). This critical mistake gave the allies the opportunity to defeat the new mega-power.

The Xylvanian forces proved unable to hold up the fight on three fronts and were pushed back to their own borders. This caused panic among his top lieutenants, Ubel and Ingrid, who resorted to stealing Vlad's sword and using it to resurrect the old Iron Legion, the over-powered super-army from Xylvania's past. This new force, however, proved impossible to control, and led to the demolition of Vlad's defense forces. Later, when the Iron Legion was broken, there was nothing to stop the allies from pushing into Vlad's headquarters. There at the Battle of the Vladstag, Vlad's final fortress fell. When Marshal Nova attempted to revenge himself upon Ubel, Vlad intervened and saved his lieutenant. He then escaped in a helicopter before he could be captured by Frontier forces.

Early Concept

Vlad's early concept was changed a bit in early production. His early plan for world conquest involved using genetic engineering to create super soldiers who breathed chemical gas who would sweep the world. This was later taken out of the story.