Personal life. In this cold let us flee to his quarter, For none his like was ever born of mother. Radu stood beside Mehmed at the fall of the last Eastern bastion of Christianity: Constantinople. Radu was allowed to live in the newly built Topkapı Palace in Istanbul. In this cold and rain the beloved is sweeter, The beauty in the bosom, and love in the brain. Yes. Mehmed II was born on 30 March 1432, in Edirne, then the capital city of the Ottoman state.His father was Sultan Murad II (1404–1451) and his mother Hüma Hatun, a slave of uncertain origin.. But Mehmed is heir to the very empire that Lada has sworn to fight against—and that Radu now considers home. The Byzantine chronicler Laonicus Chalcondyles, confirms this story: Mehmed II is said to have taken Radu, answering for his father, Vlad II Dracul's good behavior. Radu was a 23-year-old commander within the Islamic Janissary cavalry when Mehmed’s vast army moved against his brother Dracula. And when they meet Mehmed, the defiant and lonely son of the sultan, Radu feels that he’s made a true friend—and Lada wonders if she’s finally found someone worthy of her passion. So the young Emperor is 19-20 and little Prince Radu is 15-16. But Mehmed is heir to the very empire that Lada has sworn to fight against—and that Radu now considers home. When Mehmed II was eleven years old he was sent to Amasya with his two lalas (advisors) to govern and thus gain experience, per the custom of Ottoman rulers before his time. Radu tripped forward, feet dragging, until he stood outside the room. He wanted Mehmed to look at him the way he had looked at Lada. Mehmed II & Radu III (Radu cel Frumos)(Radu was the younger brother of Vlad III the Impaler (Dracula) and voivode of Wallachia) The story occurs in the 1451 after the Mehmed’s coronation. Mehmed II and Radu Dracula. The beauty in the bosom, and what a beauty! Vlad Dracula responded. He wanted Mehmed to kiss him the way he had kissed Lada. Radu cel Frumos was a well educated ruler who sought to advance the position of his countrymen within the Ottoman Empire. According to the Byzantines, Radu was one of the sultan’s male concubines. Graceful and fair and supple and fresh and shining-new. Radu longs only for a place where he feels safe. He wanted to be the only real thing to Mehmed, just as Mehmed was the only real thing to him. Radu later participated alongside Mehmet II, now Sultan, in the Ottoman siege which eventually led to the Fall of Constantinople in 1453. Sultan Mehmed Fatih (Mehmed the Conqueror) and his beloved favorite Radu the Handsome, the son of the prince of Wallachia, Vlad Dragul (Vlad Dracula II). I tried to depict the beautiful Romanian man in the embrace of the Turkish ruler, and making everything according to historical examples. Before the final siege of Constantinople Mehmed ordered Ottoman troops to attack the Morea. Radu ruled from 1462 until 1473, with little to show for his reign. He wanted— No, please, no. Recorded into the Throne of Heroes, Rider wishes for several things; a reunion with Vlad Tepes, to see Radu again, to continue his conquests. In 'As I Darken', Lada, her slightly younger brother Radu, and Mehmed, son of the sultan, become friends as children. Mehmed would go down as one of the greatest Ottoman Emperors second only perhaps to Suleiman the Magnificent (his great grandson). And when they meet Mehmed, the defiant and lonely son of the sultan, Radu feels that he’s made a true friend—and Lada wonders if she’s finally found someone worthy of her passion. Historically, Radu was known to be an intimate friend of Mehmed II. And, for me, Radu only goes to Wallachia because he was the next in line of succession. I colored one of my last year’s sketch. Radu longs only for a place where he feels safe. He wanted to be inside it.