Panel 1

CAPTION: 1471.

CAPTION: THE CARPATHIAN MOUNTAINS.

Panel 2

BASARAB: THIS IS A DANGEROUS GAMBIT, PRINCE.

Panel 3

CAPTION: THE SCHOLOMANCE. LEGENDARY COLLEGE OF DARK SORCERY.

CAPTION: THEY SAY THE DEVIL HIMSELF PRESIDES OVER THE SCHOOL–AND CLAIMS ONE OF EVERY TEN SCHOLARS FOR HIS APPRENTICE.

BASARAB: YOU HAVE BEEN CONSECRATED BY THE POPE HIMSELF. YET YOU INVOKE THE ADVERSARY.

BASARAB: A MAN CANNOT SERVE TWO MASTERS.

Panel 4

VLAD: I WILL SERVE NO MASTER.

Panel 5

VLAD: NOT EVEN DEATH.