Vanitas and Noe languish in jail following the incident aboard the airship until they are summoned by Count Parks Orlok. He plans to execute Amelia, but Noe offers to capture a curse-bearer vampire currently terrorizing Paris and use the grimoire to save them. Dante sells Vanitas information to location of the vampire, but Johann warns him that Lord Ruthven's bourreau is in Paris. Vanitas and Noe find Thomas Breneux, the vampire from beyond the barrier who is attacking Parisiennes. Noe immobilizes him while Vanitas uses the grimoire to temporarily calm him down...