Gino and Ludovico are being held prisoner within Prospero's castle, with the castle guards teaching them armed combat so that they can fight to the death against one another as entertainment for the nobility, which they refuse to do. Juliana expresses her wish to Prospero to be initiated into his Satanic cult, and that night Francesca is terrified to discover Juliana and Prospero lying in a hypnotic state in Prospero's Black Room. When Esmeralda accidentally knocks over a goblet of wine, one of Prospero's guests, Alfredo, strikes her. He abducts Gino and Ludovico, as well as Gino's lover and Ludovico's daughter Francesca, and then sends out invitations to his castle to the local nobility.Īt the castle, Francesca is finely dressed and tutored in etiquette by Prospero's jealous consort, Juliana, and the gathered nobility are entertained by a pair of dwarf dancers, Esmeralda and Hop-Toad. Upon discovering the old woman who encountered the red figure, infected with a deadly plague known as the Red Death, Prospero orders the village burned. Prince Prospero, a Satanist, visits the village over which he holds dominion, and is angrily confronted by two poor and starving villagers, Gino and Ludovico. The figure gives the woman a white rose, which then turns red and dappled with blood. On a mountain in medieval Italy, an old woman meets a red-cloaked figure shuffling Tarot cards.
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