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THE BARON OF TERROR

The Grand Inquisitor
against the heretic Capravedapia,

apostasy in Mexico City
and all the kingdoms,

states and seigniories
of the provinces of the New Spain

and its viceroyalty and government
and district of the royal audiences

in all cities and states reside.

And we, the second inquisitors,
gathered in an audience

in this chamber of the secret of the Holy
Tribunal of the Inquisition of Mexico,

do justice in the trial
against said Baron,

Vitelius Destera, whose origin is unknown
and has never been confessed.

Attentive to the decrees
and merits of this trial

and evidence and suspicions
that result from it.

Account of the sentence
and audience of torture

that this Tribunal of the Inquisition

has followed against
said Baron Vitelius Destera

for being a heretic
and coauthor of heretics,

a dogmatizer,
for having used witchcraft,

superstitions and spells
for clumsy and dishonest purposes,

for dedicating himself to necromancy
invoking the dead

and for trying to foretell the future
through corpses,

as well as for seducing
married women and maidens.

Attentive to the decrees of this trial,

we sentence Vitelius Destera
to be tortured

for everything justified,

and having been admonished
as a warning and oath

that if in said torture
he would die or be crippled,

suffer effusi�n of blood

or mutilation of body parts,

that it will be his fault and charge
for impenitent relapse.

Having been notified of this sentence,

the accused said to go ahead

and that this holy tribunal
could torture him all it wanted.

Therefore, he was taken
to the torture chamber,

his arms were tied and the rope
was turned thirty times in a row,

and the accused laughed, making
a mockery of these acts of justice,

so he was then sent to lie on the rack

and lying there, admonished,
he mocked our holy authority.

The gentlemen inquisitors,
having seen this,

ordered the torture to be stopped,

not considering
having tortured him enough,

and promised they would continue it
whenever it was deemed necessary.

He was notified of this
and he said to go ahead and continue.

With this, he was untied

and taken to a jail
close to the torture chamber,

from where he was brought
to this chamber

for the resolution of the trial
and sentencing.

And now, to further mock our justice,

a witness appeared at this court
to defend the accused.

This audacity, gentlemen inquisitors...

Are we going to have to put up with it?

Bring the witness
to this chamber of the secret.

This Holy Tribunal understands
that you have come

to present arguments
in favor of the accused.

Indeed, gentlemen inquisitors.

Do you know that
he who appears before this

Tribunal of the Inquisition of Mexico

is obliged by oath to always tell the truth?

Yes, I do.

Tell us, then, who are you?

My name is Marcos Miranda,

from the village known as
Villa de Covillana, in Portugal.

What do you have to say
for the accused?

I wish to declare that I know Baron
Vitelius Destera to be an honest man,

of high virtues,
respectable because of his wisdom,

that he dedicates
as a true apostle of science

to the wellbeing of the poor
and the indians.

I have never heard such audacity,
Lord Inquisitor!

Marcos Miranda, your insolence sentences
you to two hundred lashes

that will be administered to you
immediately at the torture chamber.

Having seen the cause of this trial,

and having the gentlemen inquisitors been
consulted,

this Tribunal of the Inquisition in Mexico

sentences the impenitent relapse
Vitelius Destera

to auto, shield and habit with fire insignia,

relaxation in person
with confiscation of property

and to be burnt in an open field.

That seems fine to me,
but without chains.

At last he will pay for the offense
he committed against you, that bastard.

The vicereine must be very sad because
they are killing her chick, isn't she?

Quiet, Do�a Marqueta,

the Inquisition people
have ears everywhere.

Baltasar de Meneses.

�Ivaro Contreras.

Sebasti�n de Pantoja.

Herlindo del Vivar.

I will return to your worid in 300 years,

when this comet passes
through our latitude again.

Then I will carry out my revenge.

I will eliminate all of your descendants,

exterminate your damned lineage!

My goodness, it's quarter of two,
we barely have time to get there.

- What happened?
- Please forgive us.

We must meet the professor
at the observatory.

Work is imperative.

Work at this late hour?

When do you want an astronomer
to work, at noon?

Remember that what I am after
is a true star.

- So long.
- So long.

Excuse our lateness.
We were invited to go dancing.

Don't worry, Reinaldo.
I was sure you would be here on time.

Let's see, Victoria.

Out of our known periodic comets,

name two of the most important ones
due to their periodicity.

The one known as Albers,
which appears every 72 years,

and Halley, every 76.

Very good. And you, Reinaldo, tell me,

how far from the sun does the comet Halley
travel in its aphelion?

3,258 millon miles, professor.

And in its closest?

- 54 million miles.
- Exactly.

Well, this evening's sessi�n
is especially important.

Look. These books were written
300 years ago.

They mention that a comet will appear

on October of 1661.

The first thing that can happen
to the investigator

is to think that it is
the great comet from 1661,

the one who served Newton to prove

that comets,
like the planets in our solar system,

are governed by solar attraction.

Nevertheless, we know that
the great comet of 1680

moved within a parabolic orbit,
having the sun as a central focus.

Nevertheless, per the pedictions
these books tell us about,

we can assure that the comet in 1661

moves within an elliptical orbit,

that is, it is a periodic comet.

This is the most interesting thing
about what I am telling you.

According to my calculations,

the comet of 1661
should appear over our sky

precisely at 2,620,700 sidereal hours.

Specifically, that comet of 1661

should appear in the field of visi�n
of our telescope

at 2:37 this morning,

moving on its perihelion
within the Earth's orbit

at an approximate distance
of 53 million miles.

But, professor, it is almost time.

I am seeing Andromeda,
professor, but no comet.

No, no, no.
It is totally backwards.

At latitud 40 degrees north.

Move south.

More south, on Orion's belt.

Focus on the nebular,
we should find it near there.

Nothing, professor.

That is not possible.
Something must be wrong.

Professor! Professor!
Look! Look at this.

Yes, there it is! There it is!

Reinaldo, I wasn't wrong.

Look at this extraordinary sight.

It can move the most insensitive man.
Look at this.

Please allow me.

Come, let's go see it outside.

Here it is.

Look.

How beautiful!

This is weird. A strange light
emanated from the comet.

Come, let's investigate.

Sir, have you seen an aerolite fall?

- An aerolite?
- Yes.

No. You must think it is strange
to see me around here.

I usually take my night stroll at this time.

I should expalin too.

We are astronomers.
We were observing a meteor.

Reinaldo, the gentleman
mustn't understand what you say.

I understand much more
than you imagine, miss.

For me, astronomy
is one of the most important sciences.

I have even dedicated
a large part of my life to it.

- Really?
- Yes.

In that case,
allow me to offer you my card.

When you want to visit us,

I will show you the works of my professor,
Mr. Saturnino Mill�n.

I will be happy to.

- Good evening, sir.
- Good evening.

Who are you?

I didn't see you arrive.

I'm sorry, but there is no service
at this late hour.

Oh, he's an old friend.
Serve him a drink, please.

The same.

OK, but only one.

Give him a brandy.

You may leave, you don't need to wait.

You know?

I feel as if you and I had met before,

but I can't remember where.

Please don't think I want to
go away from you now,

but Roberto doesn't like
to see me with others.

He thinks I shouldn't have friends...
like you.

Cheers.

You haven't said a word to me
since you got here,

but you say so many things
when you look at me.

I feel scared
when you look at me like that.

I don't like it.

I want you to keep looking at me.

It's useless.

In all the years I have worked in this place

I had never encountered
something like this.

These two victims' skulls were perforated

by a drill, maybe an electrical one.

I say it because of the skill,

the mastery with which
the orifices were made.

And the most incredible thing, gentlemen,

is that the encephalic masses
were completely extracted.

Observe it for yourselves:

The same orifices, exactly
in the same place as in the other skull.

Yes.

The characteristics are identical.

There is no doubt
it is the same criminal.

He also has a great deal of knowledge
about anatomy.

Is that what he uses his knowledge
about anatomy for?

To become a dangerous maniac?

What a strange coincidence.

Last night someone robbed
the International Bank.

He took jewels and money from
the safety boxes, without leaving a trace.

But, what does that have to do
with these deaths, chief?

The bank is on the same street as the bar
where they reported the death of the girl.

You just hit it right on the nail, chief.

Let's suppose that she witnessed the
robbery and the criminal, for shutting her...

Very well, but what about the other one?

Did you forget he was found

on the side of the road,
far away from the city?

Yes, it's true.

Having investigated the case,
there is no use in continuing...

Don't pay attention to me, chief.

Thank you doctor, sorry to bother you.

Not at all.

Let's go.

Excuse us, doc.

Coffee, Reinaldo?

- Victoria, look at this.
- What?

"Two corpses were found this morning.

One by the side of a road,

the other one a few meters away,
inside of a ladies' bar.

The first one is a man who hasn't been
identified. The second, a woman.

The strange thing

is that both had the same
perforations in the skull and,

according to the autopsy,
without a gram of encephalic mass".

That's horrible.
What do you read me that for?

I thought for a moment
of the guy we saw last night.

I thought he had been the victim.

But no, they are completely different. Look.

I don't want to. It upsets me.

Talking about that guy...

I have a feeling I've seen him somewhere,

but I don't know where.

It must have been another incarnation.

"In front of this place

was the burning site of the Inquisition

from 1596 to 1771.

Administration of colonial monuments
and those of the Republic".

Did you come to see the files?

I'm sorry, but it is time to close.

Trials of the Inquisition.

Year: 1661.

Don Baltasar de Meneses.

Don �Ivaro Contreras.

Don Sebasti�n de Pantoja.

Don Herlindo del Vivar.

Will you light my cigarette, handsome?

What do the doctors say, chief?

It is the same as the two previuos crimes:

Skull perforated with
a sharp object or a drill.

Total absence of encephalic mass.

Come on, chief,
I was really enjoying my pastry.

It is undoubtedly a case of schizophrenia.

We'll need to establish surveillance
all over the city.

Here are the brain tacos.

This can't be possible.

The comet should be within the
field of visi�n and I can't see anything.

A comet doesn't disappear,
fall or go out of orbit for no reason.

It is truly absurd.

You have to rest now, professor.

We have been working
day and night for two weeks.

What if it was all a hallucination?

Hallucination? No, Reinaldo, no.

The comet exists. We have seen it.

- Professor.
- Thank you.

L�pez... nothing.

Cuc...

nothing.

Monte Palomar... nada.

Nothing. No one knows anything
or has heard about the comet.

"Baron Vitelius Destera

has the honor of inviting you
to the reception

he will host at his residence
in Loma del Halc�n,

on Tuesday, the twelfth of this month,
at 21:00 hours.

Baron Vitelius Destera?

Do you know him?

The truth? No.

But that's unimportant.

What matters is that

we'll forget about the comet for one night.

At last I found you, chief.

We already are important people.
We were invited to a very fancy party.

Well, you are invited.

Baron Vitelius Destera.

This is not an invitation, man.

It's an order for us
to watch over the party.

There will be lots of jewels,
and that tempts thiefs.

Well, if we can go to the party
for free, let's do it.

Service, please!

Mr. And Mrs. Luis Meneses

Mrs. Meneses, Mr. Meneses,
would you please come in?

It is an honor for us, Baron.

Thank you.

Miss Ana Luisa del Vivar
and Mr. Francisco Coria.

- Sir.
- Baron.

- Welcome.
- Thank you.

Professor Don Indalecio Pantoja.

Professor, it is an honor to have
such a notable historian at my home.

You are very kind, Baron.

The honor is for he who is invited
by such an illustrious gentleman.

Please come in.

Miss Victoria Contreras,

professor Reinaldo Miranda
and professor Don Saturnino Mill�n.

Miss Contreras, Reinaldo,
it is a pleasure to see you again.

Congratulations, professor Mill�n.

You have two students
who truly admire you.

I am proud of it.

They are indeed
my most distinguished collaborators.

Please come in.

- May I?
- Thank you.

Professor.

Thank you, Baron.

And you?

I never drink.

Due to an old ailment,
I can not drink any liquor.

I am sorry, Baron.

Do you feel ill now?

Slightly indisposed.

Make yourselves at home.
Please excuse me.

You need to be very alert.

These high society parties
are very attractive

to experienced thiefs.

There are many suspects here,
right, chief?

Thank you.

Stay near the entrance. I am going
to walk around in the main hall.

My admiration for the prehispanic culture

has made me stay longer
in this beautiful country.

I have valuable documents

that I will gladly
make available to you, Baron.

I appreciate it.

Remember you primissed
to attend our wedding, Baron.

It will be a privilege for me, Miss.

We've been deligjted.

Thank you very much, Sir.

I reiterate my offer, Baron.
It will be an honor to have you as a guest.

I thank you again.

It was my pleasure.

Thank you very much.

The observatory is at your disposal.

Don't forget, Baron.

One of these days
I will pay you a visit, professor.

Good night, Baron.

Good night, Miss Contreras.

Good night.

See you soon, Baron.

Good evening.

We're leaving, right?

Probably the thiefs knew we were coming

and nothing happened.

You're right. Let's go.

All these minutes
belonged to the Inquisition.

They are from the second half
of the 17th century.

Look at this.

"Don Sebasti�n de Pantoja".

Well, today it is a bit hard

to talk about the Inquisition
and its justice methods.

The black legend...

Good evening, sir.

My daughter, Mar�a de Pantoja,
Baron Vitelius.

Pleased to meet you.

My daughter is my greatest pride, Baron.

She has been by my side
since her moher died.

She will get a doctorate
in History this year.

Congratulations, miss.
It is a fascinating specialty.

And she is an authority
in the history of religions.

Oh, Dad, please.

These are interesting minutes.

From the way they are written,

we can clearly see
the religious obscurantism of that era.

Look at this.

How strange.

Here they mention the trial of a defendant
whose name was the same as yours.

"Account of the audiences
of torture and sentence

in the trial the Holy Inquisition
followed in Mexico City

in the year 1661

against Vitelius Destera,

whose origin is unknown
and was never confessed,

for being a heretic
and coauthor of heretics,

a dogmatizer,
for having used witchcraft,

superstitions and spells
for clumsy and dishonest purposes,

for dedicting himself to necromancy
invoking the dead

and for trying to foretell the future
through corpses,

as well as for seducing married women

and maidens".

It will be interesting to know
what his punishment was.

"After having been tortured
for everything justified,

this Tribunal of the Holy Inquisition

sentenced him to auto, shield

and habit with fire insignia,

relaxation in person

with confiscation of property

and, being impenitent, was burnt".

Was Vitelius Destera
an ancester of yours?

No.

I have never had descendants.

I was burnt alive by the Inquisition,

by your ancester
Don Sebasti�n de Pantoja.

I am Vitelius Destera.

Forgive me, Baron,
but that is a pretty bad joke.

That's impossible.

The same system
to assassinate his victims.

That mad man is more dangerous
than we thought.

Now he burns them
in order to delete his prints.

Take them to the lab.
They must be carefully examined.

Go. Let me know
when everything is ready.

OK, chief.

You heard him.

Take this junk to the lab
at the headquarters.

I need to examine them and find out
what funny guy poked them.

Maybe some maniac
who loves piggy banks.

Please number the bones.

If you lose one, I lose my honor.

Look how sad, Reinaldo.

What is it?

"The notable historian
Don Andalesio Pantoja and his daughter

die victims of maniac assassin".

Impossible!

Unfortunately it is true, professor.

Poor man, what a horrible death.

And they were both so full of life
at the party at the Baron's house.

More reports, professor.

Thank you, child.

Nothing.

Nothing here either.

San Francisco.

No.

Paris.

Nothing.

Nothing, nobody has seen anything.

No one knows anything about the comet.

This is exasperating.

But it exists, I saw it myself
and you saw it too, didn't you?

Of course, professor.

All three of us
couldn't have made a mistake.

It says it here.

Let's see.

Here it is.

Here.

No, here.

Look, here.

Damned comet...

it bewitches.

I sincerely congratulate you.

The melting is truly wonderful.

Now I see why it is considered
one of the most important in the country.

Thank you, Baron,

but it is only the result
of my husband's effort and sacrifices.

I wouldn't be anybody without my wife.

Let's go to the lab.

I especially want you to see the oven

where I do my alloy experiments.

Follow me, please.

I am certain I can prove my theory.

With this alloy

I will make an extremely resistant metal,
able to withstand very high temperatures.

Do you think this oven
would work for your experiment?

Yes, sir.

This oven will give us temperatures
of up to 8,000 degrees.

Give me the metals
and chemical compounds I listed

and I will do it.

It would be wonderful.
We would be immensely rich.

Sure. Forgive me, Baron.

I know the financial aspect
is of very little interest to you.

Of course not.

Luis Meneses, descendant of the damned
inquisitor Baltasar de Meneses,

who ordered to have me burnt alive.

You will pay with your life the life he took
away from me three centuries ago.

"It seems that both
the engineer and his wife

perished during the fire
caused by the explosi�n".

I try not to, but I can't stop thinking

that Baron Vitelius brings bad luck.

Pantoja and Meneses
were at his party, remember?

And look.

Stop that nonsense and hurry up,
we have to go back to the observatory.

Baron Vitelius Destera.

I will call the Baron.

How can I help you, gentlemen?

Good evening, Baron.

Forgive us for intruding,
but I need some information.

I am at your service.

Are you aware of the crimes
committed by the maniac assassin?

Yes, I read about it in the newspapers.

By the way, do you know who he is?

That is precisely
what we are investigating.

And do you now that a few days ago
Pantoja, the historian, died murdered?

I read that too.

And that last night, in a fire,

Mr. Meneses and his wife died
under very similar circumstances?

You don't say, inspector.
That is a true shame.

They were here a few days ago.

That is why I came to visit you, Baron.

Because being their friend, maybe
you could give me some information.

I understand, inspector, but unfortunately

I was not close with the victims.

A common friend introduced us in Europe

and I invited them over,
along with other people. That is all.

Remember, I have only been
in the country a few weeks.

That is true,
you mentioned it the other night.

Well, too bad. Excuse me.

On the contrary,
I am always at your service.

Inspector, please extend
to the victims' families

my most sincere condolences.

That won't be possible, Baron.

None of the victims had family members.

Excuse me. Let's go.

Now that all the guests have left,

I want to take this opportunity to wish you
all the happiness in the worid.

Please forgive my delay in doing so,

but unfortunately I had something to do.

Your presence is enough.

Thank you for your gift, Baron.
It was the best one of all.

Please, madam, it was a pleasure.

We hope you can visit us soon, Baron.

I will be delighted.

Do not stop for me. Are you leaving now?

Not until next week, Baron.

I have pending matters.

We will contact you upon our return.

I wish you much happiness.

So long.

We thought you wouldn't
make it on time, Baron.

Yes, I have already apologized.

How do you do?

Tired. Lots of work.

We've worked too much.

The disappearing of the comet
made us crazy.

The professor doesn't go out of the
observatory. Therefore, we don't either.

So you are still thinking about that comet?

Yes, because we saw it. Right, Victoria?

It appeared the night we met.

How could I forget it?
It was the beginning of our friendship.

Thank you, Baron.

Did you hear of what happened
to the Pantojas and the Meneses?

I met them at your home.

Yes, I read it in the newspapers.
How terrible, isn't it?

A true coincidence.

Both had been at the same place
a few hours earlier.

At your home, Baron.

Mr. Miranda, don't tell me that a man
of science like you is superstitious.

It is not really superstition,
it is curiosity.

Baron!

You scared me.
I didn't hear you come in.

Can I help you?

Francisco is in the bathroom and...

Baron, please...
What's happening to you?

Francisco! Francisco!

Your ancester, the inquisitor
Don Herlindo del Vivar,

condemned me to be burnt alive.

You, Ana Luisa del Vivar, will pay for it!

No!

Thank you. Let's go.

Wouldn't it be good
to get out of this crowded place, chief?

Let's go.

The same holes in the skull
and no encephalic mass.

Baltasar de Meneses, �Ivaro Contreras,

Sebasti�n de Pantoja,

Herlindo del Vivar,

Luis Meneses,

Indalecio Pantoja,

Ana Luisa del Vivar,

Victoria Contreras.

When I complete the autopsies
I will give you the pertinent reports.

Very well, doctor.

How would I not know it, commandant?

They left about an hour ago.

Did something happen?

Professor, we must know where they are.

It's a matter of life and death.

You frighten me, commandant.

Reinaldo and Victoria were invited
to dinner at Baron Destera's home

at Loma del Halc�n.

Thank you, professor.
Let's see if we can make it on time.

So, to the Baron's house?

But first to headquerters.

Now you can go as fast as you please.

All right, chief.

Still suffering from your ailments, Baron?

Less, fortunately.

Do you take care of yourself?

What is necessary, Victoria.
Only what is necessary.

I want to know the data

you said you could give us
to locate the comet from 1661.

Don't be impatient, Mr. Miranda.

There are still 20 minutes left.

By the way, I have to take my medication.
Please excuse me.

Mr. Miranda, I was thinking that,

since you are going to get married,

I would like you to allow me
to give a jewel to Victoria as a gift.

It would be my wedding present.

It could never express the friendship
and affection I feel for you both.

Baron, you overwhelm us
with your kindness.

You shouldn't...

On the contrary, Mr. Miranda,
it is my pleasure.

May I?

Should we do it later?

There are still 20 minutes left
until we can locate the comet.

They are in my office.

I would like Victoria to choose a jewel
by herself, uninfluenced by others.

Do you doubt me?

Not at all, Baron.

You can fully trust
Vitelius Destera, Reinaldo.

They are beautiful, aren't they?

But none of them could compare to you.

You can not be mine
the way I want you to be.

I want to love you and adore you
above all else.

But I can't.
My hatred is stronger than my love.

It is above everything else!

Why did it have to be you,

precisely you, Victoria Contreras,

descendant of the damned inquisitor
�Ivaro Contreras,

who had me burnt alive 300 years ago?

Me, Vitelius Destera?

But I came back to get revenge
on my executioners

and you are the last descendant
of one of them.

Reinaldo! Reinaldo!

Get away. I need to fulfill my revenge.

Your ancestor defended me
300 years ago.

Don't make me forget it.

Get away. You will not be able to stop me.

Run away, Victoria! Run away!

Reinaldo! Reinaldo!

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