Recaps

Favia and Baobhan Sith sailed from Rome to Montecristo Island after his Pendant pointed toward the Mediterranean, where a fragment of the Silver Key fused with it in a cavern. A purple mist then engulfed the island, leaving its inhabitants unconscious and triggering a strange transformation of the plants as Baobhan Sith asked Favia what to do.

• Favia and Baobhan Sith left Rome by boat and followed the Pendant's signal to Montecristo Island.
• Favia recalled the island's connection to Edmond Dantès and the secret treasure before taking Baobhan Sith to the Holy Bishop's Cave.
• A silver object embedded in the cavern's first opening flew into Favia's chest carving and fused with it, revealing the carving as the Silver Key.
• Purple mist spread across Montecristo Island, and the islanders fell unconscious with red eyes while the plants withered and rapidly regrew in purple.
• Baobhan Sith asked Favia what they should do as they emerged from the cavern and saw the island transformed.

Favia approached the Monastery on Monte Cristo Island and encountered Abigail Williams, who called him her brother before a golden radiance disrupted their mysterious passage. They fell into the Mediterranean, and Favia washed ashore near Château d’If Prison, where guards mistook him for a dead Italian priest named Faria.

• Favia went to the Monastery to investigate the islanders’ ritual and met Abigail Williams, who identified him as her brother.
• Abigail’s Violet Eye overwhelmed Favia, but he approached her with the remaining Silver Key before a golden radiance tore through the door that took them away.
• Favia and the unconscious Abigail fell from the sky over the Mediterranean, and Favia held her above him as they struck the sea.
• Favia drifted ashore and prison guards carried him into Château d’If, deciding to pass him off as an Italian priest who had died in custody.
• Favia woke in the prison and gave the guards the name “Faria.”

Favia was imprisoned in Château d'If in 1811, where he met Abigail Williams, who apologized for losing control and bringing them there. As Abigail settled in, Favia learned that others saw him as an old man, while she could see him normally and nobody else could see her.

• Favia recognized Château d'If and realized he had taken the place of Father Faria, who had died decades earlier than expected.
• Abigail sensed someone arriving on Monte Cristo Island, followed mysterious voices to a cavern, and saw a vision of Favia and a red-haired girl.
• Abigail transformed the island with purple mist, called Favia her brother, and brought them both to Château d'If.
• Abigail apologized to Favia, explaining that she had inserted the key fragment he wore and had seen him with the red-haired girl.
• Favia and Abigail questioned each other; Favia learned that Abigail could see him as young, while everyone else saw him as old and no one could see her.
• Favia discovered that his Magic Circuits had disappeared and told the tired Abigail to rest on the cell's straw mats.

Favia and Abigail endured the misery of Château d’If while Favia sought a way to get the girl out. In 1814, a silver-haired prison inspector arrived and, after meeting Favia, felt that he should never have been imprisoned there.

• Favia and Abigail thanked each other for saving one another after washing ashore and resolved to return home.
• Abigail secretly left the cell to gather food, then returned to share it with Favia and cheer him up.
• Favia endured years in the dungeon and resolved to free Abigail if an opportunity arose.
• After Napoleon’s defeat in 1814, a silver-haired inspector visited Château d’If and asked to meet the remaining prisoner.
• The inspector entered Favia’s cell and thought that God would hate humanity for imprisoning him there.

James Moriarty inspected Faria in the Château d'If and debated whether punishment, talent, and usefulness determined a person's worth. Faria challenged Moriarty's calculations and urged him to become an evil that punished those who stole others' hope, leaving Moriarty unsettled by his confidence.

• James Moriarty visited Faria as a prison inspector, and Faria introduced himself as Faria Williams.
• Faria questioned Moriarty's disappointment at prisoners seeking freedom and challenged the fairness of punishment through an example of a starving thief.
• Moriarty offered to recommend Faria's release because of his talents, but Faria asked whether people without talent deserved to have their lives dismissed.
• Moriarty admitted that he did not know how to judge those born into misfortune, then disputed Faria's defense of people who persevered despite hardship.
• Faria acknowledged the bloodshed behind historical victories and defended necessary evil over goodness that achieved nothing.
• Faria urged James Moriarty to turn evil against those who stole hope and claimed that his own calculations proved Moriarty capable of doing so.

Favia’s words about an ideal world drove James Moriarty to pursue the impossible, while Abigail chose to remain with her brother in the Château d’If. Years later, Moriarty’s friendship with Charles Babbage brought Favia’s hopes back to mind as Babbage proposed building a calculating machine.

• Favia urged Moriarty to remember Charles Babbage and visit Geneva in 1818, then spoke of hoping for a better world.
• Moriarty left the Château d’If determined to challenge Favia’s convictions and pursue the ideas that had stirred him.
• Favia told Abigail he had hoped Moriarty’s outstretched hand would give her a chance to leave, but Abigail explained that she had chosen to stay with her brother.
• Years later, Moriarty wrote a boastful letter while his friend Charles Babbage quietly wondered who had inspired it.
• Babbage described his dream of building the Difference Engine, and Moriarty doubted it would succeed before recognizing Favia’s influence in Babbage’s response.

In Geneva in 1818, Moriarty and Babbage encountered Victor Frankenstein’s newly created homunculus and took her in as Moriarty’s first subordinate. A year later, Moriarty inspected the Château d’If and questioned a gray-haired prisoner who demanded a trial and release.

• Moriarty recalled Faria’s cryptic advice to visit Geneva, while he and Babbage discussed Moriarty’s ambition to build a world without conflict and progress without end.
• During a storm, Moriarty and Babbage followed a magical roar to Victor Frankenstein and his homunculus, Frankenstein, whom Victor had rejected and feared.
• Victor begged Moriarty and Babbage for help, and Moriarty agreed to protect him in exchange for leaving Frankenstein behind.
• Moriarty declared Frankenstein his subordinate, and she called him “Daddy” before accompanying him and Babbage.
• A year later, Moriarty visited the Château d’If, where a gray-haired prisoner demanded to know his crime and asked for a public trial or freedom.

Moriarty investigated Edmond Dantès’s imprisonment and marked Villefort’s accusation as unsubstantiated, giving Edmond hope that he might be freed. After years of isolation and despair, Edmond nearly starved himself to death before hearing someone digging through the wall of his cell.

• Moriarty listened to Edmond’s plea, promised to examine his case, and learned that Villefort had ordered his arrest.
• Moriarty found Villefort’s added accusation in Edmond’s file and wrote that it was unsubstantiated.
• Edmond marked July 30, 1819, on his cell wall and waited months for Moriarty to secure his release.
• After years of worsening isolation, Edmond resolved to die by refusing food and grew too weak to continue throwing his meals away.
• Edmond heard a prisoner digging through the wall, concealed the sound from the jailer, and began to hope that someone was trying to escape.

Edmond discovered that another prisoner was digging through the wall and began helping with a piece of iron, but he fainted when Favia spoke from underground. Favia and Abigail cared for him, and after he awoke, Edmond heard Abigail’s voice and began to realize she was there.

• Edmond knocked on the wall, heard an answering signal, and decided to dig alongside the prisoner he believed was nearby.
• Edmond used a sharp piece of iron to dig, but found a beam blocking the tunnel and fainted when Favia angrily spoke from below.
• Favia carried Edmond to his cell, where he and Abigail discussed their decade in prison and Favia explained why he wanted to help Edmond.
• Edmond awoke and asked Favia whether he was digging the tunnel, then apologized for fainting and mistaking Abigail’s voice for a hallucination.
• At Favia’s prompting, Abigail greeted Edmond, who recognized that the voice had come from her.

Favia helped Edmond understand how Danglars, Fernand, and Caderousse had framed him and began investigating why Villefort had imprisoned him without a trial. The chapter ended as Favia connected Villefort to Noirtier de Villefort, prompting Edmond to suspect a link between them.

• Edmond met Favia, the dark embodiment of Faria's evil side, and introduced himself as prisoner number thirty-four.
• Edmond told Favia about his arrest, and Favia deduced that Danglars had forged the accusation after overhearing the old captain entrust Edmond with a letter.
• Edmond recalled seeing Danglars and Fernand with Caderousse before his betrothal and realized they may have planned his framing together.
• Edmond asked why Villefort had questioned and imprisoned him without a trial, and Favia revealed that Noirtier de Villefort had been a figure during the Revolution.

Favia explained to Edmond that his enemies had acted from selfishness and malice, then promised to help him escape and teach him. As Favia and Edmond continued their lessons and tunnel work, Frankenstein arrived at Château d'If looking for the old man Moriarty had mentioned.

• Favia told Edmond that Danglars and Fernand had betrayed him out of jealousy and resentment, sometimes without any special reason.
• Favia urged Edmond to hold his head high, promised to free him, and told him that his life and chance for revenge were not over.
• Edmond asked Favia to teach him, and Favia agreed to begin at once.
• Favia taught Edmond while they dug their escape tunnel, and Edmond tried to learn from Favia's silent, watchful younger sister Abigail.
• Frankenstein arrived at Château d'If and asked Favia whether he was the old geezer Moriarty had written about, making Edmond struggle not to laugh.

Baobhan Sith worked alone at the London shipyard while missing Favia, who had disappeared after they parted on the island. She reflected on their time together and tried to keep going, still waiting for him to return.

• Baobhan Sith struggled to follow Favia’s detailed shipyard plans while the workers teased her as his wife.
• She wondered when Favia would come back and recalled leaving the island alone after the purple mist vanished.
• Baobhan Sith remembered how Favia had cared for her and felt comforted by imagining his concern for her.
• She tried to smile as Favia had wanted, despite how difficult it was to make herself do so.
• The shipyard workers realized Favia had disappeared and said they would have to close the place for a while.

In Château d’If, Fran’s mention of her grandpa unsettled Abigail, while Favia reassured her and listened as Edmond recalled Faria’s lessons about magecraft and cursecraft. Fran offered to rescue Favia from the dungeon, leaving the group to consider her unusual claim and offer.

• Fran called Favia her grandpa, alarming Abigail and making her wonder who Fran’s grandmother might be.
• Fran asked whether spirits haunted the dungeon and offered to use magecraft to deal with them.
• Edmond recalled Faria’s explanations of magecraft, secrecy, equivalent exchange, and cursecraft while listening to Favia and Fran.
• Favia reassured Abigail when she reached toward him, taking her hand and placing it against his cheek.
• Fran said the dungeon was dangerous for her parts and offered to get Favia out.

Favia questioned Fran about her injury, learned that Alessandro Cagliostro had nearly killed her, and refused her offer to free him from Château d'If. He then let Edmond out of his cell, but as Favia emerged from the dungeon, Edmond saw him turn deathly pale and appear terrified.

• Favia pressed Fran about her injury, and she admitted that Cagliostro had nearly killed her and threatened to have the Church dismantle her.
• Fran offered to free Favia, but he refused because he still had unfinished business and warned her to follow Moriarty if he went out alone.
• Favia asked Fran to remember him and left her to return upstairs, intending to tell Edmond about the Monte Cristo Treasure.
• Favia opened Edmond's cell and invited him to walk with him, while the warden told Edmond to return with the priest.
• As Favia stepped out of the dungeon, Edmond saw a dark shadow stir beside him and watched Favia turn pale and visibly terrified beneath the moonlight.

Favia revealed that his catalepsy kept him trapped in the dungeon and entrusted Edmond with the location of the Fourteenth Stone, warning him about the Dead Apostle Taratallon. He asked Edmond to protect Fran from Alessandro Cagliostro, and as Favia’s paralysis worsened, he urged Edmond to keep living and promised to remain his teacher even after death; their routine continued at Château d’If, where Edmond memorized the treasure’s location.

• Edmond carried Favia back to the dungeon after he collapsed, and Abigail explained that leaving the dungeon triggered his illness.
• Favia told Edmond that his catalepsy prevented him from leaving, and Edmond swore to stay by his side.
• Favia entrusted Edmond with the location of the Fourteenth Stone and warned him to beware of Taratallon, a Dead Apostle who had framed him.
• Favia asked Edmond to protect Fran from Alessandro Cagliostro and to get to know her father, James Moriarty.
• Favia urged Edmond to keep smiling and promised to remain his teacher even after death, while Edmond vowed to find a cure for him.
• Afterward, Favia’s limbs grew increasingly paralyzed as he continued teaching Edmond and making him memorize the treasure’s location.

Favia’s condition worsened, and he died in the dungeon after blessing Edmond and asking him to deliver a letter to Baobhan Sith. Abigail stopped Edmond from giving up and urged him to escape Château d'If, prompting him to consider a plan.

• Favia wrote a letter to Baobhan Sith and reassured Abigail that she was his sister and that he had never forgotten her.
• Favia told Edmond that he was dying, blessed him, and asked him to escape and deliver his letter to Baobhan Sith.
• Edmond stayed beside Favia until his heart stopped, then hid in the tunnel as the jailers and governor removed the body.
• The governor recalled helping Favia escape years earlier, but Favia had refused to leave the dungeon and had asked him to treat innocent prisoners better.
• Edmond returned to Favia’s cell and considered provoking the jailers into executing him so he could die and join his teacher.
• Abigail rebuked Edmond and ordered him to live and escape Château d'If, and he began to consider playing dead.

Edmond escaped the Château d'If by taking Father Faria's place as the corpse, while Abigail used the Silver Key to send Favia through the Door. Favia washed ashore near Rome, where Da Vinci found him, and later awoke in Da Vinci's room able to use magecraft again.

• Edmond put Faria's body in his dungeon, hid in the sack, and escaped from the Château d'If by swimming to an island.
• Grieving for Faria, Edmond vowed to carry out vengeance for himself and his father figure.
• Abigail kissed Favia and used the Silver Key to open the Door, which enveloped Favia and vanished in golden light.
• Da Vinci found Favia washed ashore near Rome, nearly three years after he had gone missing.
• Favia awoke in Da Vinci's room, discovered that his magical energy had returned, and accepted a cup of coffee from Da Vinci.

Favia learned that Paracelsus had been arrested by the Clock Tower for publishing magecraft secrets in his writings. The chapter recounted Paracelsus’s calm surrender and left Favia considering the news without revealing whether he would intervene.

• Favia learned that three years had passed, that Da Vinci had found him alone, and that the incomplete Silver Key now guided him toward a voyage overseas.
• Da Vinci told Favia that Baobhan Sith had finished building his ship and that it was waiting in Spain.
• Da Vinci revealed that Paracelsus had been arrested by the Clock Tower a month earlier.
• At a Grand Assembly, Lord El-Melloi agreed to Paracelsus’s arrest and ordered that he be investigated and interrogated.
• Paracelsus peacefully surrendered to the Clock Tower’s arresting magi, saying he would not harm them and urging them to cherish children.
• Favia accepted Da Vinci’s account without anger and acknowledged that Paracelsus would not have abandoned his cause to avoid arrest.

Favia left Da Vinci’s home for London after refusing Julius’s offer to join the Church and reaffirming his promise to help Paracelsus. In London, Makiri prepared to leave while Baobhan Sith and Scottish hunters gathered to attempt a rescue, and the chapter ended with Makiri acknowledging that he planned to leave the city.

• Favia told Da Vinci that he would return to the Clock Tower to fulfill his promise to Paracelsus, and the two discussed Da Vinci’s unfinished Mona Lisa.
• Favia caught Pope Julius eavesdropping, and Julius asked him to join the Church.
• Favia criticized the Church’s past actions, refused Julius’s offer of help, and said he was going to London before leaving the continent.
• Scottish hunters arrived in London hoping to help rescue Paracelsus, but Makiri told them they lacked the skills to challenge the Clock Tower.
• Makiri admitted that he planned to leave London, despite Baobhan Sith asking him to help rescue Paracelsus.

The old hunter, Makiri, and the hunters joined Baobhan Sith to rescue Paracelsus from the Clock Tower, but Barthomeloi arrived and overwhelmed their defenses. After Paracelsus held him back for two seconds with the Philosopher's Stone, Barthomeloi turned his attention to Baobhan Sith.

• The old hunter chose to save Paracelsus, and the hunters followed him; the Nameless King restored its power and concealed them.
• Makiri joined the hunters, and they met Baobhan Sith, whose mage accomplice helped them plan and carry out the rescue.
• The rescuers reached Paracelsus in the Spirit Tomb, but Barthomeloi appeared and shattered Baobhan Sith's fairy power.
• Paracelsus used the Philosopher's Stone to resist Barthomeloi and protect the others, holding him off for two seconds before being overwhelmed.
• Barthomeloi declared that the Clock Tower members would be dealt with under its rules, then turned his whip toward Baobhan Sith.

Favia returned to the Spirit Tomb, rescued Baobhan Sith and Paracelsus, and killed Barthomeloi with the power surging through the tomb. The Clock Tower convened an emergency Grand Council meeting, where its Lords disputed who was responsible and what to do next.

• As Barthomeloi advanced on Baobhan Sith, she remembered Favia and called his name.
• Favia appeared in the Spirit Tomb, embraced Baobhan Sith, and confronted Barthomeloi.
• Favia drew on the Spirit Tomb's immense Od and killed Barthomeloi with a colossal phantom beast.
• Favia freed Paracelsus from the Clock Tower's restraints and left London with him, Baobhan Sith, and their companions.
• The Clock Tower convened an emergency Grand Council meeting, where Barthomeloi and El-Melloi argued over responsibility and the Lords debated how to respond.

The Clock Tower concealed Barthomeloi’s death and publicly expelled Paracelsus, while the El-Melloi Lord quietly accepted that he remained hers. Three months later, Favia and Baobhan Sith sailed from Seville toward the far side of the Atlantic, and a year into the voyage, Baobhan Sith tried to tease Favia about their closeness.

• The Lords agreed to pretend Barthomeloi’s death had never happened and announced Paracelsus’s expulsion from London and the Clock Tower.
• The El-Melloi Lord reflected that her gamble had succeeded and decided to leave Paracelsus alone as long as he remembered he belonged to El-Melloi.
• Three months later in Seville, Favia and Baobhan Sith boarded their magically powered ship and set out across the Atlantic while Paracelsus, Da Vinci, and Makiri saw them off.
• Paracelsus chose to pursue medical research without the supernatural, while Makiri decided to travel and explore his developing beliefs about people and suffering.
• A year into the voyage, Baobhan Sith complained that they had not reached land and sat on Favia’s lap, but he teased her about the possessive romance stories she had brought aboard.

Favia and Baobhan Sith reached the coast of Central and South America, where an Aztec girl attacked their ship to stop the outsiders from landing. Favia fought through the storm with Odin’s Rune Magecraft and summoned Yggdrasil, which overcame the rain, but the confrontation remained unresolved.

• Several months after leaving, Favia and Baobhan Sith saw land shrouded in mist and discovered that the Left Hummingbird and a storm were blocking their approach.
• An Aztec girl, acting against the oracle of Tezcatlipoca, vowed to stop the stranger she believed would bring the Aztecs’ destruction.
• Favia ordered Baobhan Sith to power the ship’s magecraft, then leaped across the whirlpools toward shore despite the storm’s crushing pressure.
• Favia endured the attacker’s magical assault as the storm intensified and tremors shook Central and South America.
• Favia invoked Odin’s Rune Magecraft and summoned a phantom Yggdrasil, whose expanding branches and leaves blocked the rain.

Favia fought Tlaloc on the coast and defeated her before she vanished, then met the Aztec people and was mistaken for an emissary of Quetzalcoatl. The story shifted to Moctezuma II, whose hope for Quetzalcoatl's return was tied to his opposition to human sacrifice and fear that the empire would be destroyed by its enemies.

• Tlaloc attacked Favia with her whip and magical beam, but he countered her attacks and cracked the weapon's blue stone tip.
• Favia kicked Tlaloc into the air and gravely wounded her before nearby tremors interrupted their fight and she disappeared, promising to return and kill him.
• Baobhan Sith brought the ship to shore, where Aztec people approached Favia and their leader asked whether he was Quetzalcoatl's emissary.
• Moctezuma II surveyed Tenochtitlan and reflected on the Aztec Empire's expansion under his rule and the sacrifices demanded by its traditions.
• Moctezuma II recalled pardoning a captive warrior who later fought for the Aztecs before choosing an honorable death, and feared the hatred the empire had earned through war.
• Moctezuma II hoped Quetzalcoatl would return to end the empire's reliance on human sacrifice, remembering her departure for Tlapallan and the Aztecs' origins.

Moctezuma II welcomed Favia as Quetzalcoatl’s emissary, hoping his arrival would let him end human sacrifice and avert conflict with neighboring city-states. Favia confirmed that purpose and began considering how to spread faith across the region, though the coming Spanish invasion still threatened the Aztec Empire.

• Moctezuma II received an oracle from Huitzilopochtli demanding that the unknown visitor be killed, but chose to investigate whether Quetzalcoatl had returned.
• Moctezuma II led the priests and officials to the coast, where he met Favia and Baobhan Sith and recognized Favia as a powerful emissary.
• Favia quoted scripture to Moctezuma II and was welcomed into the palace as Quetzalcoatl’s emissary.
• Moctezuma II told Favia he hoped to end human sacrifice before the surrounding city-states united against the Aztecs, and Favia agreed that Quetzalcoatl opposed it.
• Favia planned to use Moctezuma II’s trust to abolish human sacrifice and spread faith, while recognizing that the Spanish invasion would still threaten the empire.