Chapter Summaries

Favia decided to travel to Rome after Da Vinci invited him to witness Pope Alexander VI’s planned debate with Martin Luther, fearing the Pope might try to kill the reformer. Before they left, Baobhan Sith tried to ask Favia for a reward, and he offered her his neck when he remembered she was a blood-drinking fairy.

• Baobhan Sith returned to Favia with Da Vinci’s letter and asked whether he was friends with the Lord of El-Melloi; Favia said they barely knew each other.
• Favia read that Da Vinci wanted him to come to Rome for a theological debate between Pope Alexander VI and Martin Luther, and decided to go to protect Martin from possible poisoning.
• Half a month later, Favia told Baobhan Sith to pack for Rome, and she happily hugged him from behind.
• Baobhan Sith tried to get Favia to reward her for helping him, but he offered to have a pretty outfit and shoes made for her in Rome.
• Favia remembered that Baobhan Sith was a blood-drinking fairy, apologized for forgetting, and exposed his neck for her to drink; she blushed and shouted at him.

Favia and Baobhan Sith sailed from London toward Europe as a supernatural disturbance in the Spirit Tomb disrupted a Clock Tower council and was covered up. In Rome, Leonardo da Vinci reflected on his genius and sketched his memories, leaving the first page blank for Favia.

• Favia teased Baobhan Sith about drinking his blood, then waited for her before they boarded a Clock Tower ship bound for France and Rome.
• At the Grand Council beneath London, the El-Melloi representative proposed a change, and a surge of magical energy shook the Spirit Tomb.
• The Clock Tower concealed the disturbance as an explosion, fabricated the council report, and renamed the Department of Law and Politics the Legal Bureau.
• Leonardo da Vinci sketched people and events from his life, then left the notebook's first page blank as he thought of Favia.
• Da Vinci recalled how Favia stirred an unusual emotion in him and continued to fascinate him.

Favia and Baobhan Sith arrived in Rome and reunited with Da Vinci, who welcomed them into his home. While Da Vinci painted Baobhan Sith, he teased her about Favia’s affection and revealed that Favia had arranged custom clothes and shoes for her.

• Da Vinci remembered Favia and hoped to paint him when he returned to Rome for the debate between Pope Alexander VI and Martin Luther.
• Favia and Baobhan Sith arrived in Rome, explored the city, and went to Da Vinci’s residence.
• Baobhan Sith introduced herself to Da Vinci, who discussed his research with Favia and repeated his ambition to create a child of his own.
• While Favia ran an errand, Da Vinci spent five hours painting Baobhan Sith and explained that Favia had arranged custom clothes and shoes for her.
• Da Vinci teased Baobhan Sith about Favia’s feelings, and she blushed while insisting they were only friends.

Baobhan Sith grew flustered over the clothes Favia gave her and fell asleep clutching them, while Da Vinci reacted to her drawing of their friends and family. On the morning of the theological debate, Alexander VI told Giuliano della Rovere that he planned to die soon and asked him to purge the Church after becoming Pope.

• Da Vinci finished Baobhan Sith’s portrait, then let her use the notebook to draw; when she accidentally drew on the page reserved for Favia, Da Vinci smiled and took the notebook to the workshop.
• Favia returned with a red dress and shoes for Baobhan Sith, who nervously accepted them and later fell asleep hugging the gift.
• Before the debate at Saint Novia Cathedral, Giuliano della Rovere urged Alexander VI to reconsider facing Martin Luther, but Alexander said he believed his death was near.
• Alexander told Giuliano to become Pope, expose and punish the corrupt Church leaders, show no mercy to the Borgia family, and ban the Malleus Maleficarum.
• Alexander said he intended to attack Constantinople and kill as many Ottoman Cursecasters as possible before becoming a Dead Apostle, then reflected on the terrible deeds he could accept and the one thing he could not endure.

Alexander VI and Martin Luther debated the Church’s authority, while Luther argued that faith—not the Pope or Rome—was the foundation of salvation. After the debate ended in a truce, Favia recognized the old Pope as Rodrigo, the child once saved by Novia, and offered him a final blessing.

• Alexander VI explained that he wanted to test whether Luther could measure up to Augustine, then opened a public theological debate with him.
• Luther argued that Jesus’s words about Peter and the rock referred to Christ, not Peter, and rejected the spiritual authority of the Church of Rome.
• Luther and his students denounced the Pope and the Church, while Alexander VI warned that their movement echoed Jan Hus; the debate ended without either side persuading the other.
• Alexander VI watched the departing Artists and encountered Favia, who remembered Novia feeding a starving child in ancient Rome.
• Favia called the old Pope Rodrigo a worthy believer, and Rodrigo thanked him before Favia stroked his face and left him looking more peaceful.

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.