In 1830, she successfully resurrected Dracula in her Austrian castle, although he hadn't regained his full power. To restore it, they planned to sacrifice the vampire hunter Morris Baldwin, father to Hugh Baldwin and mentor to Nathan Graves, during a lunar eclipse of the full moon. As Nathan began making headway in the effort to rescue his master, Carmilla brainwashed Hugh to do her bidding and challenged Nathan to a battle in the Underground Waterway. Although she died, Carmilla relished the fact that the rite to restore Dracula's power was nearly finished.