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"It is I who repudiate you, and in the name of Satan I place a curse upon you. Go ahead, tie me down to the stake, but you will never escape my hunger, nor that of Satan!"

- Asa Vajda

17th century
The second born son of Prince Vajda of Moldavia, grand inquisitor of the Holy Inquisition sentences his own sister, Asa Vajda and her accomplice Igor Javutich on crimes of witchcraft and vampirism. Asa is branded with the mark of the devil, but before being executed, she repudiates her brother's treachery and places a curse upon his direct family line, citing that she will live on through their family bloodline to carry out her vengeance. The inquisitors nail the metal Mask of Satan to her face then begin burning both Javutich and she at the stake. Suddenly, a terrible rainstorm erupts, extinguishing the flames. The Inquisitors, fearing that the elemental fury is a testament to Asa's power, flee. When the storm subsides, they bury Javutich's body in unconsecrated earth reserved for murderers. The body of Asa is placed in the tomb of her ancestors. A large crucifix is placed upon the top of her coffin as a warning to others. A window is installed at the top of the coffin so that all who look upon it know that the Princess was buried bearing the Mask of Satan.

Two centuries later
Scientists Doctor Thomas Kruvajan and his young colleague Andre Gorobec travel by coach through Moldavia on their way to a conference in Mirgorod. The coachman is nervous about traveling through this region, but Kruvajan provides him added incentive by tossing him a few coins. As they continue, the wheel of the coach slips from its socket and they are forced to stop. The coachman promises that he will repair the wheel as quickly as possible. While the man works with the wheel, Kruvajan and Gorobec explore the ruins of a nearby abbey. They eventually come upon the crypt containing the remains of Princess Asa Vajda. Gorobec goes back outside to help the coachman, leaving Kruvajan to his own devices. A large bat swoops down upon him and Kruvajan swats at it with his cane. In attempting to destroy the bat, he unwittingly strikes the cross affixed to Princess Asa's coffin, as well as shattering the small glass window at the head of the casket. He then decides to shoot the bat with his pistol. Gorobec runs inside the tomb after hearing the gunshot. Thomas explains what happened then reaches through the casket window and removes the Mask of Satan from Asa's head. Despite the vermin crawling across her body and the puncture wounds from the mask's nails, her face is perfectly preserved. Gorobec notices that Kruvajan has cut his hand. The older doctor believes he must have scratched it on a splinter of glass. After they leave, blood from the glass shard begins dripping down on Princess Asa's face.

As they walk out of the courtyard, they encounter a young woman dressed in black with two dogs. Saying how she heard a gunshot, she asks them what they are doing here. They explain how curiosity drew them to the chapel as they were waiting for their coach to be repaired. They part company and the woman, Katia Vajda returns to her family estate. In the coach, Thomas takes note of Andre's fixation with the young woman. Back in the crypt, the blood from Kruvajan's cut revitalizes Princess Asa and she returns to life.

Castle Vajda
"Its as if the witch tormented her victims with her own beauty before killing them."

- Prince Vajda

At Castle Vajda, Katia plays the piano while her brother Constantine cleans a hunting rifle. Their father, the prince, sits before a massive stone fireplace. The old man's eyes fall upon one of the paintings next to the mantle and he grows strickened as he notices that a portion of the painting has changed. Katia and Constantine come over to see what is alarming their father so much. Constantine sees nothing, but Katia notes the difference in the painting. Complaining of his "tired spirit", the prince ushers his children off to bed, saying that he wishes to spend some time alone. After they leave, the family butler, Ivan, enters the room. The prince decides that on this night, the night of the Feast of St. George, he will tell him of the curse that has been placed upon his family. He tells him of the execution of Princess Asa and Igor Javutich more than two centuries ago. Exactly one-hundred years later, on St. George's Day, an earthquake destroyed the chapel where Asa was buried. Asa's tomb had been found split open. That same evening, her descendent Princess Marsha mysteriously died. Marsha was the spitting image of Princess Asa - a fact that reminds the prince how much his own daughter bears the likeness of Asa herself.

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