I want some answers Bouchard
Why did you want me dead in Paris?
You were just a side issue. A loose end that needed tidying up.
Who ordered it?
A madman called Eckhardt. He was putting pressure on all my operations,
threatened my family, killing my men.
You saw one of them at the church.
So, you sold out.
I did what I had to.
Especially when I realized Eckhardt was the Monstrum.
What! You were prepared to deal with the Monstrum?!
I had to take delivery of a Painting that was in the Louvre
and bring it to the Strahov here in Prague.
My painting! That wasn't easy to get that out of the Louvre Bouchard.
Seems everyone's a loser.
So why Prague?
Eckhardt is protected by a group based in Prague called the Cabal.
They're almost as dangerous as Eckhardt and at least as insane.
The Cabal? Not the Mafia?
No. They're far more sinister than the Mafia.
No one even knows how old they really are, but I've seen records
suggesting they were active during the Second World War.
Interesting.
Anyone too inquisitive about Cabal business simply disappears.
Like my friend Von Croy. What was his involvement in all this?
He was hired to locate one of the five Obscura Paintings that was in the Louvre.
But he found out too much.
He contacted Vasiley here in Prague and they exchanged information.
So, they were working together.
Trading information, nothing more.
Vasiley worked alone. He also kept the fifth Engraving back.
Why are the engravings important?
Each Engraving contains an encoded map of a particular Painting's location.
So one of those Engravings told Von Croy where the Louvre Painting was.
Yes but your friend got careless. The faxes were intercepted by the Cabal.
And then Eckhardt didn't need Von Croy. He was another loose end, to be tidied up like Vasiley.
Killed, not tidied up! Why does Eckhardt desecrate the bodies like that Bouchard?
It's to disguise something he does to them. He takes 'things' from the bodies.
Things he needs to revive the Cubiculum Nephili.
The Cubiculum Nephili - The Sleeper, last of the extinct Nephilim race.
You've heard of the Sleeper! Eckhardt is insane.
He thinks he can use the Sleeper to breed the extinct Nephilim back into existence.
There's no faulting his ambition, is there.
So this 5th Engraving that Vasiley kept back is the key to the last Obscura Painting.
I'm going to take a look round.
It'll be well hidden. Vasiley was very cautious.
Not cautious enough.
The map in the last Engraving shows a location called the Vault of Trophies.
The Vault was one of the last Lux Veritatis secret strongholds
and Eckhardt's been desperate to get into it.
How do you know all this stuff Bouchard?
Information is survival. I survive.
So do you know where the Vault is located?
Only that it's beneath the Strahov somewhere.
And the Painting is definitely there?
Eckhardt thinks so. It's one of the reasons the Cabal built their stronghold there.
I'm going to take a look around.
Are you going leave me like this?
Yes. Take a break. You've been running round a lot.
I'll be back with the fifth Engraving.