Recaps

Georgiana navigated Napoleon’s tightening rule, France’s political and economic crises, and her increasingly tangled relationship with him while seeking ways to protect her own interests. The arc ended with the Mamluks gathering around a magic altar and Sadi asking Georgiana for power to protect her.

• Georgiana rejected Merlin de Douai’s attempt to bind her to Toussaint Louverture with a Nexum oath and left after challenging his motives.
• Georgiana confronted the dangers of Saint-Domingue, then seized a chained Welsh Green Dragon and claimed it before French wizards and Toussaint Louverture.
• As protests and political plots grew, Georgiana advised Goebel to keep Louverture alive, while Napoleon staged an amnesty and consolidated his power.
• Georgiana planned economic reforms for Saint-Domingue and investigated Paris’s adulterated bread and rising flour demand after Napoleon confessed that he had lied about the Saint-Nicaise bombing and acted from love.
• Georgiana struggled with her feelings for Napoleon and her longing for Severus as she investigated food shortages, organized street lighting, and learned that Moreau would govern Piedmont.
• Georgiana accompanied Napoleon to the theater, soothed him when a play angered him, then had Dupaty arrested and resisted an aide-de-camp’s attempt to force her into a carriage.
• Georgiana copied an old report about child disappearances and unrest in Paris, then rebuked Napoleon for sleeping with Georgina and refused to trust his explanations.
• Georgiana ordered the Mamluks to seal off a magic altar after Sadi asked her to grant them power, warning him that its gift could become a curse.

Georgiana left Napoleon, but returned as political dangers and her unresolved attachment drew her back into his orbit. She helped repel Mountain Trolls in Liechtenstein and discovered that Napoleon’s Brotherhood had removed ancient books from Venice.

• Severus rejected using dark magic to destroy a soul and set out with Gong Saiyi and Felix to search for Marie Antoinette.
• Georgiana left Sèvres after reading Napoleon’s letter, then stayed at Miss Desert Luo’s villa and reconsidered her departure.
• Georgiana returned to Napoleon, confronted him over Valais and Josephine, and listened as he recounted the army’s crossing of the Great St Bernard Pass.
• Georgiana learned that Mountain Trolls were raiding Liechtenstein and agreed to prepare to go there.
• Napoleon argued with Georgiana about Valais, Josephine, and her moral judgments, then declared his love and sang to her.
• Georgiana refused Napoleoni’s request that she announce a divorce so they could marry, but kissed him as he fell asleep against her shoulder.
• Georgiana rode an Abraxan to fight the Mountain Trolls, burned back their attack, and warned Napoleon that a Dark wizard could burn Paris.
• Georgiana learned that Napoleon’s soldiers had taken five thousand ancient books from Venice, while a reporter investigated a secret Brotherhood castle protected by a deadly word-guessing mechanism.

Georgiana navigated Napoleon’s ambitions, French political unrest, and the conflicts over Saint-Domingue while trying to protect civilians and preserve her ties to Severus. Severus pursued his own theories about Napoleon and the past, while Georgiana began shaping a network of informers and ended the stretch considering her role as a spymaster.

• Napoleoni took Georgiana around Paris, asked whether she could love him again, and kissed her before a gunshot sounded outside their carriage.
• Georgiana learned that Hortense had given birth and that Britain was involved in Switzerland, then told Goebel to keep Toussaint alive and gave him six hundred thousand francs.
• Georgiana uncovered a British financial trap, warned Bonaparte against tavern spies, and consulted the Freemasons about her mysterious bracelet and an ancient chart.
• Georgiana gave Napoleon an engagement ring and urged him to protect civilians, while Brother Carloman appeared and told her about his inheritance dispute with Pepin the Short.
• Georgiana met James Monroe and Viktor Du Pont to discuss American trade, then encountered Joseph Turner at the Louvre and visited the ruins of Saint-Denis with Bonaparte.
• Severus discussed Napoleon’s ambitions and suspected the emperor had used a Pensieve in experiments to preserve memories and reincarnate, while Georgiana weighed political schemes and comforted Bonaparte.
• Georgiana warned Davout about Alexandre Dumas’s ties to Saint-Domingue and urged him to protect Louverture, then asked Goebel to deliver money to Dumas and build an intelligence network.

Severus pursued clues about Napoleon’s survival and a looming prophecy while drawing Gong Saiyi and Felix into his search. Georgiana traveled with Napoleon through France, facing danger on the road and navigating his ambitions as they arrived in Rouen.

• An Italian man asked Severus whether he believed in prophecies, while Georgiana fought off a Gypsy who attacked her carriage.
• Severus learned that Napoleon’s memories were preserved in a magical world, and Georgiana showed Bonaparte a memory of their visit to Rambouillet before discussing Portugal and his military plans.
• Georgiana weighed American fur-trade proposals and Portugal’s economic prospects, while Severus asked Gong Saiyi and Felix to help investigate Napoleon’s supposed survival.
• Severus and his companions examined a prophecy orb’s vision of Paris, while Georgiana traveled with Napoleon and prepared to protect herself from Werewolves.
• Georgiana encountered a Werewolf and vagrants at Ivry Battlefield, then followed Napoleon as he led his soldiers to hunt the creatures threatening nearby villagers.
• Georgiana and Napoleon investigated a treehouse and the death of Kanake Gray, and Georgiana argued that magical matters should be handled by the Ministry of Magic rather than through persecution.
• Severus copied an unpublished Declaration of Independence draft and other papers from Michelle Warkalson Stanwood, then departed with Felix and Gong Saiyi.
• Napoleon entered Rouen to cheers, and he asked Georgiana to give him a child before they fell together beneath her long cloak.