Well, I'm not associating myself with Dracul, I'm associating myself with Vladislaus Dracula, the one of legend, myth, and folklore based loosely on the history of the man (who of course went by a multitude of names). Its from that that I make a parallel, not the literal, complete history of a madman.
I can't really say I care for his reality. He disgusts me, though I do appriciate that there is a history behind it all. And again, that makes having this SN a huge contradiction of my character, which is part of the point in having it.