In 1903 PD, the People's Republic of Haven's diplomatic officials on Grayson were trying to portray Captain Honor Harrington of the Royal Manticoran Navy as a new Vlad the Impaler in an attempt to gain Grayson as an ally. (HH2) Another reference to Vlad III was the naming of the People's Navy Warlord-class battlecruiser PNS Tepes. (HH7)