 Nevertheless, with the help of the circus strongman, Emil and Anna succeed in having Dora and her guardian, Hauser's wife Gerta, kidnapped and taken to the crypt at Castle Mitterhaus, where they intend to use their blood—just like the blood from their previous child victims—as part of a ritual to restore the Count back to life.Meanwhile, Dr. Kersch returns from the capital with an imperial escort and medicines for the plague.He also brings news of vampire killings in other villages, all of them toured by the Circus of Night.