Recaps

Novia built influence in Rome, prepared Nero for power, and used the Dragon of Albion to crush the Judean rebellion. After Jerusalem’s destruction and Rome’s harsh measures against the Jews, Novia returned to Rome for a triumphal ceremony.

• Mizuvia recruited Mysterious Heroine X, trained her with Metatron, and helped her qualify as Mysterious Heroine XX before they transferred to the M87 Nebula.
• Novia recruited Lucius, won Claudius’s support, ended conflict in Alexandria, and defeated Osiris with Shiyali’s help before asking Hermes Trismegistus who he was.
• Novia maneuvered through Rome’s politics, killed Messalina, baptized Domitius, and took her to Antioch, where Martha gave him Jesus’s staff and Paul spoke of her becoming a Saintess.
• Novia investigated the Dragon of Albion beneath Britain, and Shiyali forged its head into a spear that retained the dragon’s consciousness.
• After Agrippina arranged for Claudius to adopt Domitius as Nero, Novia gave Nero the sword Primal Fire and helped her build public support while he planned a campaign in Judea.
• Novia led five Roman legions against Doro Bar Kochba’s rebellion, while Nero joined the campaign and the Romans devastated Judea’s towns and fortresses.
• Novia summoned the Dragon of Albion to destroy Doro and Jerusalem, after which Rome renamed Judea, imposed severe measures on Jewish communities, and Novia returned Solomon’s remains to their grave.
• Novia visited Golgotha, promised to rebuild Jerusalem, and entered Rome’s triumphal procession with Nero holding the Golden Laurel above him.

Novia defied the apocalypse to save Nero and the world, then vanished before waking in a later era and becoming entangled in a new labyrinth and a journey through the past. As Avia, he slew Fafnir with Siegfried, took the Rhine Gold, and set out to help Meli find her parents in Wales.

• Albion took human form and reunited with Novia, while Novia introduced her to Nero and the two women eyed each other with hostility.
• Novia reorganized the Burial Agency and the Church, gave Peter renewed confidence, and received the Keys of Heaven as Christians compiled the New Testament.
• Claudius made Christianity the Roman Empire’s sole legal religion before his death, and Nero became emperor as Novia founded the Holy Church and was elected Pope.
• Novia named Albion Melusine and traveled to Armageddon, where he faced the forces of the Apocalypse and rejected Yahweh’s plan to destroy humanity.
• Novia sacrificed the Keys of Heaven to stop the coming destruction, then disappeared into the Mediterranean as Shiyali sent Melusine’s remains back to Albion.
• Novia awoke in a later era, met Sajyou Aika, and entered the Alcatraz Seventh Labyrinth, where he reunited with Shiyali and summoned Melusine to defeat Wolfgang Faust.
• Novia accepted a brief journey through time and awoke as Avia in 418 AD, where he befriended Siegfried and helped him kill Fafnir before claiming the cursed Rhine Gold.
• Avia met Meli on Avalon Island and agreed to find her missing parents, then reached Wales and sensed a strange, powerful region as crows took flight nearby.

Avia destroyed the Church’s cathedral, freed Typhon, and built alliances while leading the Huns through wars and battles against powerful beings. After Altrouge escaped Crimson Moon’s control, Avia became commander of an alliance against the Church, then discovered the Moon Cell and considered taking control of it.

• Avia killed the Cardinal of Wales and destroyed the cathedral with the Rhine Gold, then traveled with Altrouge and joined the Huns.
• Avia freed Typhon at Mount Etna, defeated the Kraken with her power, and later helped Beowulf kill Grendel.
• Avia entrusted Augustine with preserving the Church’s teachings on goodness while declaring that the Church itself must be destroyed.
• Avia allied with Sinfjötli and the Norse werewolves, then campaigned with Attila against the Sasanian Empire and secured a treaty making him commander of their allied army.
• Avia joined Altrouge’s assault on Millennium Castle, where she confronted Crimson Moon and used Typhon’s power to destroy her behavioral principles.
• Altrouge awoke free of Crimson Moon’s control and promised to return to fight Arcueid fairly, while Kishua appointed Avia commander of an alliance against the Holy Church.
• Meli found the Holy Sword in Avalon, while Avia explored the Giant God Ruins and touched the Alien Star Key.
• Avia learned that the Moon Cell was an ancient alien observation device, but it refused to help him because it had to maintain her containment.

Avia defeated Kihara at the cost of his life, leaving those he had helped to carry his memory forward. Years later, Novia entered the Snowfield Holy Grail War, where his arrival drew in old companions and set the remaining Servants against one another.

• Avia entered the Unknown Domain to comfort Attila, then led the Huns to victory at Châlons after confronting Aetius.
• Kiara seized Rome and threatened humanity, but Avia entered her mental realm, fought her with Typhon’s help, and sealed her inside it.
• Avia drew on Altrouge’s power and the memories of those he had helped to defeat Kihara, then died in Attila’s arms.
• Years later, Novia reunited with Typhon and Melusine at Mount Etna, brought them back to Romania, and set off for the Snowfield Holy Grail War.
• Novia summoned no Servant but accepted the Human Order’s request to stop Alcides, then drew all of Snowfield City into his reverse Reality Marble and named Aika his Master.
• Novia killed Ista, and Typhon devoured the Bull of Heaven as the King of Heroes and Tiné died in the ensuing battles.
• Altrouge reunited with Novia, while Sigma recalled how Novia had saved him and joined him in confronting a trafficker’s forces.
• Flat arrived on Lord El-Melloi II’s behalf and asked Novia to protect his student, and the second day ended with eleven Servants remaining.