Chapter Summaries

Geronimo was drawn into the First Sun’s dream and urged to abandon his memories of the sun that had once given him hope. On the battlefield, Karna and Arjuna prepared to unleash their Noble Phantasms, but Novia and his allies arrived and halted the confrontation, leaving Jalandhara eyeing Ganesha as he entered the field.

• Geronimo relived the suffering of the Island of Cuba Gold Mine and willingly followed the First Sun, though he recalled telling his people that the sun would always shine on everyone.
• Beowulf survived Arjuna’s assault and challenged him, but Karna intervened and explained that he fought to protect the suffering people of the Singularity.
• Karna and Arjuna swore to defeat each other and began preparing their Noble Phantasms, Pashupata and O sun, submit to death.
• Coti’s roar and a sunlike presence froze the battlefield as Novia arrived riding Coyote Coti, accompanied by ORT, Tlaloc, Ritsuka, Mash, and Rama.
• Jalandhara recognized that Vritra was being held and considered retreating, but then spotted Ganesha jogging onto the battlefield.

Ganesha recognized Novia as his grandfather Kavia, revealing the identity behind Novia’s First Sun disguise and bringing the Americas and India Faction together for a discussion. Novia learned that Krishna had persuaded the Indian gods to come for his sake, but no one present knew how Krishna had convinced them.

• Ganesha asked Novia whether he was his grandfather, and Novia confirmed that Ganesha had recognized him.
• At the White House, Krishna’s plan to strike Chaldea failed, and he discussed the unexpected second First Sun with Tezcatlipoca.
• Ganesha embraced Novia, while Rama, Jalandhara, Vritra, and the others reacted to discovering that Novia was Kavia.
• Ritsuka and Mash wondered which legendary figure Beowulf recognized in Novia, and Mash speculated about the Consultant’s many similar-named companions.
• Jalandhara and Vritra apologized to Novia, who said his appearance was the Americas’ First Sun rather than Divya and asked how Krishna had persuaded them to come.
• Jalandhara, Vritra, Arjuna, and Karna said they did not know Krishna’s plan, and Ganesha began to explain.

Krishna’s plan to recreate ancient Bharata in the Americas enabled Nyarlathotep to send an avatar through a mysterious gate, while Novia gathered allies and Da Vinci recognized his hidden identity. The next day, Tezcatlipoca met Krishna at the White House, where the two revealed they had cooperated to help Krishna ascend and prolong the conflict.

• Krishna persuaded Durga to gather the American leylines and recreate the ancient land of Bharata, concealing his plan to use a bodhisattva’s endless magical energy.
• Ganesha’s vision showed Novia that Yog-Sothoth’s gate had let Nyarlathotep send an avatar mistaken for the First Sun, while ORT’s collision with the gate prevented another figure from arriving.
• Novia asked everyone to gather at the White House, and Tlaloc flirted with him until Ganesha and ORT interrupted.
• Da Vinci used Ritsuka’s report to recognize Novia as the Fifth Sun, then urged Gran to offer her teacher a payment.
• At the White House the next day, Tezcatlipoca told Krishna that he had helped him ascend so the conflict between the sides would intensify.

Krishna and Tezcatlipoca discussed their plans to use the concept of Buddha and their admiration for Kavia, while Krishna admitted he intended to punish Rama. Outside Washington, Tezcatlipoca confronted the gathered Servants as Krishna manifested a Bodhisattva-like domain and challenged Rama, while a distant brown figure watched a wailing being on a throne.

• Tezcatlipoca and Krishna discussed Kavia's selfless actions and Krishna's attempt to cultivate the status of Radiant Light Buddha.
• Krishna said he would give Rama a beating, and Tezcatlipoca confirmed he would see their transaction through.
• Tezcatlipoca arrived outside Washington, where Tlaloc and Ganesha recognized him and ORT introduced herself as Quetzalcoatl and Kukulkan.
• Krishna appeared above Washington and accused Rama of planting hatred and prejudice in the Treta Yuga before declaring that he would fight him.
• Rama raised Shiva's Divine Bow and challenged Krishna, now a conceptual Bodhisattva, while a brown figure far beyond the universe watched a wailing being on a throne.

Novia confronted Nyarlathotep’s Tezcatlipoca incarnation in the corrupted Maya Federation and invoked the Fifth Sun to cleanse the land and destroy it. Meanwhile, Geronimo relived the brutal choices he had faced during Spanish conquest, as the incarnation’s dream pushed him toward despair.

• Abigail apologized to the silent figure in the library for opening the door, and the figure told her not to do it again but said the door still had uses for her, herself, her brother, and another being.
• Novia entered the corrupted Maya Federation and met Tezcatlipoca’s incarnation, which appeared as Abigail and called him its brother.
• Novia’s attack vanished, and Tezcatlipoca revealed the human-sized eggs and the corruption it had spread across the region.
• Novia removed his mask and called on the Fifth Sun, restoring the sea and breaking the eggs as he prepared to destroy Nyarlathotep’s incarnation.
• Within the incarnation’s dream, Geronimo remembered Spanish conquest, the resistance’s losses, and the bargain that had forced him to surrender and publicly reject his people’s faith to keep his surviving soldiers alive.

Geronimo resisted Tezcatlipoca by invoking the Fifth Sun and the will of the people, prompting Novia to reveal his wrathful form and attempt to draw Nyarlathotep into the universe. The attempt was interrupted when Azathoth awakened, while Durga transformed into Kali and Rama launched a major attack on Krishna in Washington.

• Geronimo refused to follow Tezcatlipoca, pointing to the sunflower and declaring that his people drew strength from the Fifth Sun.
• The people's will appeared as countless points of light, and Novia transformed into Divya and swallowed Tezcatlipoca's avatar in darkness and sunlight.
• Novia used his Noble Phantasm to try to capture Nyarlathotep, but Azathoth awakened and disrupted the attempt before Novia sensed Kali emerging in Washington.
• Durga tried to prevent Kali from emerging, but Kali took control of her body and celebrated her return.
• Rama attacked Krishna with a golden arrow barrage and then hurled the Narayana Weapon at him.

Krishna’s attack on Rama was interrupted when Kali appeared, protecting the Indian Servants and confronting ORT. After ORT and Kali recognized that neither was the other’s enemy, Ganesha urged the Indian Servants to leave and entrusted Grandpa’s safety to Ritsuka.

• Krishna destroyed Rama’s barrage with a golden thread from the Kalpavriksha, while Tezcatlipoca explained the differences between the two incarnations to Ritsuka and Mash.
• Rama and Krishna continued their fight as Ganesha, Jalandhara, Vritra, and ORT discussed their opposing ideas of duty, violence, and happiness.
• Kali appeared in dark smoke, stopped Krishna and Rama, and positioned herself between ORT and the Indian Servants.
• ORT asked why Kali had come to kill her, and Kali explained that she loved the sun where her husband was; the two then regarded each other as friends rather than enemies.
• Ganesha sent the Indian Servants away, scolded Andhaka, and blessed Ritsuka with good health while asking her to protect Grandpa in Chaldea.

After leaving the Singularity, Novia returned to Chaldea, where Da Vinci confronted him about his many identities and hinted at his connection to Gran. The chapter then shifted to Jerusalem in the Sixth Singularity, where Jacques de Molay prepared a corrupted Holy City and chose a woman to serve as a vessel for the Black Goat.

• Tezcatlipoca advised Ritsuka and Mash to pursue their freedom and warrior’s resolve, then took Tlaloc with him.
• Novia kissed Kali, causing her Spirit Core to shatter as Durga took over; ORT’s emotions surged beyond her control, and she flew toward the sun to repair herself.
• After returning to Chaldea, Novia found Da Vinci waiting, and she challenged his claims about being a maintenance consultant by listing the identities and deeds recorded in his reports.
• Da Vinci showed Novia a childhood drawing in her notebook, and Novia recognized that Baobhan Sith had drawn it.
• Da Vinci discussed her bond with Gran and asked Novia about his relationship with Sion and whether they had children; Novia declined to explain, and they left together.
• In the Sixth Singularity, Jacques de Molay worshipped before grotesque eggs in a corrupted Jerusalem and vowed to offer a woman to the Black Goat.

Da Vinci told Ritsuka and Mash about a fading prospective Singularity in Britain, while Novia was summoned by Odin’s power to the destruction of Orkney. He found Aesc grieving among the ruins and told her he had come in response to the world tree’s call.

• Romani wondered whether Novia’s connection to the Holy Spirit and the human order incineration was being watched over by God.
• Da Vinci reported finding a fading Singularity egg in Britain and reminded Ritsuka to prepare for the Sixth Singularity.
• Novia sensed a summons from Odin’s divine authority and Runes, then vanished from Chaldea.
• Novia arrived atop Orkney’s burning world tree as the Fairy Allied Forces slaughtered the Rain Clan.
• Aesc ran through the ruined town, mourned the fairies who had died protecting her, and blamed herself for failing to save them.
• Novia approached Aesc by the river and said he had come in response to the world tree’s call.

Novia continued guiding Aesc after the Rain Clan's deaths, insisting he had been commissioned to teach her magecraft as they fled together. Years later, while traveling with Tonelico, he prepared to punish fairies who had mistreated her, and Muryan decided to follow him.

• Aesc accepted responsibility for the Rain Clan's deaths, and Novia urged her to accept the past while questioning whether she needed to carry the burden alone.
• Novia told Aesc he had accepted a commission to become her teacher, and she rejected his explanation before running with him to avoid nearby fairies.
• Novia introduced himself as the sage who guided Vivian to Onik while accompanying Aesc across Britain.
• Muryan encountered Novia while he was fishing and became fascinated by him, then tried to buy him from Muninn.
• Huginn reported that fairies had thrown stones at Tonelico after she resolved their calamity, and Novia set out with the ravens to punish them.
• Muryan asked to go with Novia, and he replied that he knew she would follow.

Novia punished the fairies who had planned to harm Aesc and recruited Muryan to help, using her Insect Space to torment them. Aesc reflected on her conflicting wishes before Novia arrived with an important announcement.

• Muryan followed Novia to the fairy village, where he ordered Huginn and Muninn to expose and punish the fairies’ intentions toward Aesc.
• Novia explained that Muryan was not yet guilty of plotting against Aesc, then asked her to serve as a strategist for Aesc’s party.
• Novia grabbed Muryan by the neck, and she agreed to cooperate; he then told her she could use her Insect Space in the village.
• Muryan deployed her Insect Space against the fairies, and Huginn criticized her technique while assessing its effectiveness.
• Aesc sat alone after practicing magecraft and thought about her anger, her wishes, and Novia, whom she privately regarded as her teacher.
• Novia approached Aesc with Huginn and Muninn and announced that he had something important to tell her.

Tonelico used story-based magecraft to save a fairy village from Mors despite the fairies attacking her, then continued wondering whether her efforts could change Britain. Novia and Aesc reminisced about her earlier witch persona, ending with Aesc asking why Britain’s fairies could not be like the Rain Clan.

• Tonelico summoned a rain spell based on The Happy Prince to defeat the Mors surrounding a fairy village while its residents threw stones at her.
• Tonelico admitted to Muryan that she did not know whether her efforts to improve Britain were right, and Muryan urged her to keep fighting.
• Huginn and Muninn brought Muryan to Novia, who carried out her request to tear her wings and left the ravens to deliver Tonelico’s gift to the village.
• Novia returned to Aesc, and they recalled how she had once threatened fairies as a witch before her sense of justice softened her actions.
• Aesc wondered why Britain’s fairies could not be like the Rain Clan, and Novia suggested that people who receive too much protection may forget its value.

Novia reassured Aesc that he would remain her teacher and stand by her, while Tonelico reflected on Novia and Muryan’s relationship. The group left their home after two years, and Novia entered the Dark Swamp to seek the remains of Albion, hoping to let her rest.

• Novia told Aesc he would stay beside her even if the world became her enemy, and Aesc said she was glad he was her teacher.
• Tonelico noticed Muryan’s happiness and suspected that her healing magic and golden neck ornament were connected to her relationship with Novia.
• Novia decided that the group should leave after living in the same place for two years, and said he wanted to visit a fairy in the Dark Swamp before traveling toward the Fang Clan.
• Novia entered the Dark Swamp and spoke to Albion’s remains, hoping to give her peace rather than revive her.
• Tonelico and Muryan watched from the shore as Novia searched, while Tonelico wondered what loss he had suffered there.

Novia purified the Dark Swamp and gave Albion’s exhausted soul permission to rest, while Mab felt the Last Dragon’s love and became drawn to him. In another world, a second Albion appeared and fought Melusine; back in Fairy Britain, Novia’s group confronted the Fang Clan, and he stopped the hungry fairies from moving.

• Novia found Albion’s skull in the Dark Swamp, spoke of his gratitude and love, and told the dragon she could rest.
• The swamp’s mire became a silver marsh as Albion’s remains crumbled into radiant dust, and Mab sensed the dragon’s passing and felt drawn to Novia.
• On an island in another world, a white-clad Albion appeared from the sea, insulted Melusine, and started a fight with her as Typhon watched.
• Novia, Tonelico, and Muryan entered Fang Clan territory and found its members preparing to attack and eat them.
• Novia asked Huginn and Muninn whether they were ready, then immobilized the Fang Clan with his words.

Aesc and Novia destroyed the fang fairies in the ancient city and moved to secure the Fang and Wing Clans as support for Aesc’s bid to become Britain’s king. Aesc chose to reclaim her name and continue pursuing her ideal nation, and Novia gave her three roots from a World Tree.

• Muryan restrained the fang fairies, and Aesc used the story of Gomorrah’s heavenly fire to annihilate them inside the insect space.
• Aesc told Novia she would grow strong enough to protect him, and Novia affirmed that they stood on the same side.
• Muryan stayed behind while Novia and Aesc entered the palace, reflecting on her inability to express her feelings for Novia because of her hatred of humans.
• Novia summoned Kulyuki, who swallowed the concept of the atavistic Fang Aesc and would bring the Fang Clan under his control.
• Novia asked whether Aesc would still choose to become the Savior if her ideal nation failed, and Aesc declared she would use her true name, Aesc, again.
• Novia gave Aesc three roots from a World Tree, and she felt transported back to the Rain Clan’s library and her childhood with her teacher.

Aesc questioned whether the fairies could be changed, but after Novia encouraged her to pursue her dream, she agreed to try to save Britain. Days later, she led Kurich and the Fang Clan toward the Wing Clan, while Muryan revealed her twisted devotion to Novia.

• Kurich forced Fang Clan fairies to fight in selections and killed the winner after it tried to poison him.
• Aesc asked whether removing sources of malice could help fairies understand the future she wanted to build, and Novia explained that malice would always arise.
• Aesc admitted she still wanted to try to save the fairies, and Novia supported her.
• Novia asked Muryan how to make the Wing Clan revere her, and Muryan proposed using her Arian charisma to create fanatical believers.
• Muryan confessed her love for Novia through disguised words, then recoiled when he promised to keep her safe.

Muryan returned to Gloucester and used her Arian bloodline to establish control over the Winged Fairies while preparing to make them follow her plan. Three days later, the Fang Clan invaded Gloucester, and Muryan promised the survivors she would try to save them.

• Muryan returned to Gloucester, where Huginn helped her intimidate Winged Fairies who tried to bully her.
• Muryan told Huginn she planned to win the Winged Fairies' loyalty and recalled that she had awakened beside a lake after hearing an unknown voice call her a failure.
• Three days after Muryan's return, the Fang Clan surrounded Gloucester, and the frightened Winged Fairies began attacking one another.
• Huginn killed a Winged Fairy involved in destroying the Rain Clan as the Fang Clan stormed into Gloucester.
• Muryan arrived with a group of Winged Fairies, became the survivors' source of hope, and promised to do everything she could to save them.

Muryan secured the Wing Clan’s submission and, with the other fairy chiefs surrendering, helped establish Londinium under Novia’s direction. Elsewhere, White Dove confronted Azathoth at the edge of the universe, while Jacques de Molay used the Holy Grail in Jerusalem to declare her allegiance to the Mother of the Abyss.

• Muryan killed a Winged Fairy who tried to flee, then left Gloucester with Huginn and later gained the Wing Clan’s obedience as its chief.
• Muryan explained her plan to Aesc and Novia, while Aesc reflected on her growing attachment to their companions and her unreturned feelings for someone she liked.
• The Fang and Wing fairies submitted to Muryan, the remaining fairy chiefs sent surrender letters, and the Five Great Fairies began building Londinium in southern Britain.
• White Dove blocked the radiance directed at the gate and confronted Azathoth, while Nyarlathotep reported that Shub-Niggurath had succeeded and provoked the One Who Is All in One.
• Jacques de Molay approached the Holy Grail in Jerusalem and wished for revenge, humanity’s corruption, and the return of the Mother of the Abyss, whom she said was already inside her.

While helping Aesc build Londinium, Novia dreamed of an evil god who showed him a monstrous vision of Ritsuka Fujimaru; Ritsuka woke with her identity intact but shaken by the dream. Novia then awoke in Londinium as Huginn and Muninn argued over a battle unfolding elsewhere.

• Aesc told Novia she would struggle to build a new Britain with his support, and made a pinky promise with him while he appeared to be asleep.
• In a colorless dream, Novia encountered an evil god that questioned whether its current vessel was enough and showed him a transformed Ritsuka Fujimaru.
• Ritsuka woke in her Chaldea room, recognized her name, and wondered how a dream had nearly made her forget who she was.
• Novia awoke in Londinium while Huginn and Muninn watched a magical image of a battle and argued about helping Aesc and their allies.

After waking from a nine-day sleep, Novia learned that Mab had led the Northern Fairies south and confronted Aesc with a falling star. Aesc and Mab ended their battle in reconciliation, but Mab’s forbidden blessing drew her to Novia as her lover; the chapter ended with the Northern Fairies joining Aesc’s kingdom as the King Clan.

• Novia woke after nine days and learned that Mab had summoned stars and led the Northern Fairies south.
• Mab threatened Londinium with a falling rock, but Aesc used the city’s hopes and her story to overwhelm her.
• Mab proposed peace and asked Aesc what she would choose for Britain, prompting Aesc to affirm her desire to build a Britain for herself and Novia.
• Mab felt a sudden love for Novia, while Aesc noticed him approaching from the restored Dark Swamp.
• Mab ran to Novia and embraced him, calling him her lover.
• The Northern Fairies reconciled with the south and joined Aesc’s kingdom as the King Clan.