Vanitas no Carte Part 2

Dante und Johann führen Vanitas und Noé nach Suagues, um im Silberwald das Biest von Gévaudan zu jagen.

Dante and Johann take Vanitas and Noé to the distant village of Suagues in pursuit of the Beast of Gévaudan. They venture into the Silver Forest, but Noé becomes separated from the others. It starts snowing and Vanitas, Dante, and Johann come across a squad of dragoons, indicating that they may have traveled back in time. Suddenly, they are confronted by the Beast. However, Jeanne appears and stops it. Meanwhile, Noé encounters Astolfo Granatum, a young Chasseur who has identified him as a vampire. Astolfo slaughters the surviving dragoons, then injects himself with a serum to enhance his abilities. They are suddenly interrupted by the arrival of Jeanne fighting the Beast along with Vanitas. Vanitas intercedes and goads Astolfo by purposely insulting him, which causes the appearance of Charalatan's envoy Naenia and the parade of demons. Astolfo loses his mind and Vanitas opens The Book of Vanitas to restore the Beast, but it is struck from his hands by a knife and all goes black. Later, Noé lies unconscious and Chloé has returned to her human form. Jean-Jacques appears and picks up the grimoire, inviting her to return to the Gévaudan castle with him. (Source: Wikipedia)

Jeanne entdeckt das verwundete Vanitas im Schnee, während Jean-Jacques und Chloé Noé und das Grimoire gefangen nehmen.

Jeanne finds Vanitas in the snow, wounded by the poisoned knife of Astolfo. She takes him to an abandoned building where she tries to restore his health, but he realizes that while she is there to slay the Beast, he is trying to save it. The next morning, Vanitas has recovered, but Jeanne is dismayed and embarrassed when she realizes she lay next to his naked body all night to keep him warm. Johann and Dante locate them and reveal that Jean-Jacques and Chloé have taken Noé and the grimoire. However, Vanitas is suspicious of their motives and demands to know why he, the vampires, and the Church are after the Beast, and Dante agrees to tell him. Meanwhile, Marco finds Alfonso sheltering in a cave still intent on killing the Beast. At Castle Gévaudan, Chloé sucks blood from the unconscious Noé until the jealous Jean-Jacques intervenes and stops her. Later, Noé comes down for dinner and finds Chloé in the company of Charalatan's envoy Naenia. (Source: Wikipedia)

Chloé offenbart ihren freiwilligen Status als Fluchträgerin, während Dante über die Forschungen der d'Apchiers zur Alternativen Maschine spricht.

Chloé tells Noé that she became a curse-bearer voluntarily when Naenia granted her wish. Noé attacks Naenia in revenge for Louis's demise, but Chloé intercedes and knocks him unconscious. Meanwhile, Dante tells Veritas that the d'Apchiers were wiped out by the Beast. They were conducting research on the World Formula against the Church's wishes seeking to produce an Alternate Engine for altering the formula which gave rise to the Beast of Gévaudan. He reveals that he is working for Sir Francis Varney, the Clockwork Fiend Marquis Machina, who seeks the Alternate Engine. Back in the castle, Chloé recalls the history of her family and their effort to create an Alternate Engine and her continued research. Years later, after the war between humans and vampires, August Ruthven demanded the results of her research but she refused to give it to him. Chloé now decides it is time to activate the Alternate Engine. (Source: Wikipedia)

Jeanne und Vanitas reisen zum Schloss Gévaudan, um sich dem Biest zu stellen, während Noé Erinnerungen gewinnt.

Jeanne heads off to Gévaudan castle to kill the Beast with Vanitas in tow. Meanwhile, inside the castle, Jean-Jacques shares his blood with Noé so the vampire will share his memories. Noé then sees how Jean-Jacques made a pact with Charlatan to gain the power to protect Chloé. He is in fact the Beast, not Chloé, although she is a vampire who willingly became a curse-bearer. Vanitas reunites with Noé, who has recovered, and they share the information they have gleaned to date. They suspect that the Beast was sanctioned by the Church as a way of keeping the population fearful of vampires and the unknown. They soon encounter Astolfo, and Noé offers to take care of him while Vanitas seeks out Chloé and the grimoire. Vanitas finds Chloé as she begins activating the Alternate Engine, which surprisingly forces Naenia to take a bodily form, enabling Chloé to dispose of her and the evil she represents. (Source: Wikipedia)

Chloé greift Naenia an, während Roland zur Intervention in der einstürzenden Burg eintrifft.

Chloé begins to choke Naenia in an attempt to kill her in revenge for turning Jean-Jacques into the Beast, but Vanitas warns her that Naenia will recall who she is, the malnomen of Queen Faustina, the first vampire of the Crimson Moon. Naenia resists Chloé and the Beast attacks her, but the queen easily throws it aside and Chloé collapses in pain. The castle is then enveloped in blackness and torn asunder, and its pieces begin to float apart in a closed world that Chloé created. The populace is attacked by wolves but the paladin Roland and his Chasseurs, Olivier, Georges, and Maria arrive and slay the wolves. Roland reunites Vanitas and Noé and explains that he wants to speak with Chloé before he kills the Beast. Meanwhile, Jeanne has a flashback to when Ruthven turned her into a bureau so she could become a weapon for his purposes. (Source: Wikipedia)

Jeanne ringt mit ihrer Pflicht, während Vanitas versucht, Chloé und Jean-Jacques vor dem Selbstmord zu bewahren.

Jeanne is conflicted over her concern for the vampires Chloé and Jean-Jacques and her duty as a bourreau to kill them, but Vanitas pleads with her to help him save them. As Astolfo recovers consciousness, he recalls how he and his sister befriended a vampire boy who then killed his entire family and household in revenge for his own family being killed by the Chasseurs' paladins. Vanitas asks Dante to search for the grimoire while he tries to reactivate the Alternate Engine which is powered by a special form of astermite called blue tearstone. In a wild rampage, Astolfo attacks and slashes Jean-Jacques and then viciously attacks Noé. Both Vanitas and the wounded Jean-Jacques realize that Chloé meant to destroy herself and Gévaudan castle. Jean-Jacques reaches out to Chloé, declaring his desire for the two of them to be together forever and causing her to resume her human form. Meanwhile, Vanitas recovers the grimoire and opens it in an attempt to neutralize Chloé's self-destructive spell enveloping the castle. (Source: Wikipedia)

Vanitas befreit Chloé und Jean-Jacques vom Fluch des Bestien, um Gévaudans Leid zu beenden

Vanitas discovers that the grimoire is powerless against the malnomen unless a curse-bearer renounces the nether world of ice and snow which they inhabit, and he pleads with Chloé to reject it. Meanwhile, Noé defeats Astolfo but loses his left hand in the process. Vanitas successfully convinces Chloé to return to humanity, revealing her true name, Canorus, "she who makes music with snow flowers". Her spell is broken and the land becomes covered in white petals. With Chloé now human, Jean-Jacques asks Vanitas to do the same for him so they can be together, and he does, revealing his name to be Aprix, "he who nestles up to the last snow". Thus finally, Gévaudan is free of the Beast's curse. Jeanne is so overjoyed that Chloé is human again and she no longer has to kill her childhood friend, that she is overcome with emotion and jumps on Vanitas and drinks his blood. (Source: Wikipedia)

Vanitas kehrt nach Paris zurück und leidet unter einem unerklärlichen Zustand nach Jeannes Biss

Noé returns to Paris with Vanitas, who seems to be suffering from a debilitating ailment since Jeanne bit him, and he cannot get her out of his mind. Later, Vanitas encounters Roland and Olivier in the street and after he describes his condition, they proclaim that he is in love, much to his astonishment and horror. Meanwhile, Jeanne confides in Luca how she feels about Vanitas and he explains to her surprise that she has fallen for him. (Source: Wikipedia)

Mikhail nimmt Dominique als Geisel und zwingt Noé, sein Blut zu trinken, um Erinnerungen preiszugeben.

Dominique is taken hostage by Vanitas' adoptive brother, Mikhail, who sends a letter to Noé with a lock of her hair. Noé meets Mikhail in an amusement park and after threatening to harm Domi, he forces Noé to drink his blood to reveal his memories. Noé then sees how he was taken in by the Chasseurs after his prostitute mother was killed by a vampire, but he was then taken by Doctor Moreau as a test subject which is where he first met Vanitas. (Source: Wikipedia)

Vanitas rettet Moreaus kindliche Opfer und offenbart Mikhail seine tragische Vergangenheit.

The two children are victims of Dr. Moreau's works until they are saved by the true Vanitas. He takes the two children and starts taking care of them. The fake Vanitas confesses through his nightmare his mother's death through his birth and how his father died after a vampire attack. Vanitas later makes Mikhail a vampire due to his desire to live longer as Moreau's work weakened his body but the other Vanitas refuses and remains as a human. The flashback ends and Mikhail meets his adoptive brother again. (Source: Wikipedia)

Vanitas zwingt Mikhail, sich an den Mord an Luna zu erinnern, während Noé eingreift, um Dominique vor Vanitas’ gewaltsamer Verteidigung seiner Vergangenheit zu schützen.

Vanitas challenges Mikhail to recall the events when Vanitas killed Luna, the Vampire of the Blue Moon. Mikhail confesses that he remembers little of that time, except that when he was saved from death, his savior said there was a way to bring Father back to life. Vanitas tries to shoot Mikhail with Dante's gun but Noé intercedes, fearing for Dominique's life and demanding to know about Vanitas' past. Vanitas refuses and they engage in a titanic battle with Vanitas using the green serum to enhance his abilities and all the power of the grimoire against Noé in a struggle to protect his memories. They fight to a standstill, both badly wounded, so Dominique steps off the top of the Ferris wheel so that Noé no longer has to worry about her, however, she is saved by Jeanne. Noé realizes that Vanitas refuses to allow himself to become attached to anyone, although Noé still sees him as a friend, and he leaves himself defenseless as Vanitas comes at him with a knife. (Source: Wikipedia, edited)

Vanitas verschont Noé, während Mikhail die Kontrolle über sein Grimoire verliert und mit dem Grafen von Saint-Germain abreist.

Vanitas has the defenseless Noé at his mercy, but he cannot bring himself to plunge the knife. Mikhail angrily unleashes the full power of his grimoire and calls on vampires to destroy everyone, but he cannot control its power. Dominique protects everyone with her control over ice, but when Mikhail lashes out at Vanitas, Noé severely wounds his face. The teacher then appears in the form of a young man, admitting that he was the one who saved Mikhail. He now goes by the name of Count of St Germain and leaves with Mikhail. The next day, Mikhail returns to find Vanitas and Noé on the rooftop. Vanitas explains that he killed Luna because the Blue Moon Vampire had been cursed by an unknown person. Searching for the culprit is the reason Vanitas treats cursed vampires and he refuses to join Mikhail. Once Mikhail leaves, Vanitas reflects on his past actions, and although he vows to continue his quest, he apologizes to Noé, whom he now regards as a friend. (Source: Wikipedia, edited)

Eine unerwartete Begegnung

Die Hexe und der Jüngling

Der Vampir der d'Apchiers

Die Bestie selbst

Hände auf einem Albtraum

Nur wir beide

Eine Blume aus Schnee

Eine unheilbare Krankheit

Zurückgebliebene Narben

Eine Nacht in Blau

Tränen, die wie Regen fallen

Was er sich wünschte