Recaps

Mr. Fool taught Justice and Empress how to conduct rituals for transactions and bestowals, and Hanged Man shared intelligence about Vice Admiral Hurricane’s Backlund mission. After Justice’s attempt succeeded, Angel performed the bestowal ritual and received Black Abyss Demon Fish’s Blood.

• Mr. Fool explained the ritual for Justice to request a sacrifice and gave Empress a modified prayer for receiving a bestowal.
• Justice reported that Qilangos had discovered her detectives tracking him, killed their informant, and nearly caught them before they escaped and alerted the police.
• Hanged Man said Qilangos sought an item that could make him powerful enough to rival the Four Kings, and Mr. Fool agreed that Hanged Man could contact Him with further intelligence.
• After the gathering, Angel prepared an altar at 6 Daffodil Street and used a Star Crystal as the spiritually infused material for her ritual.
• Mr. Fool told Angel that Justice’s attempt had succeeded, and Angel’s ritual opened a door that delivered Black Abyss Demon Fish’s Blood onto the altar.

Angel prepared and drank the Witch Potion, endured its visions and painful bodily transformation, and successfully advanced to Sequence 7 without losing control. She remained female and began testing her new abilities, summoning a black flame from her palm.

• Angel prepared the Witch Potion from the Agate Peacock's Egg, Black Abyss Demon Fish's Blood, and the auxiliary materials.
• Angel drank the purple Potion and experienced murmurs, strange visions, and a painful transformation.
• Angel regained consciousness and confirmed that she had successfully advanced to Sequence 7, Witch, without losing control.
• Angel discovered that her body remained female and used meditation to gather her scattered spirituality.
• Angel returned to the study and summoned a black flame from her palm.

After advancing to Sequence 7, Angel tested the Witch abilities implanted in her memories and gauged how much spirituality she could expend. She ended the night exhausted, considering future uses for her increased spirituality as she went upstairs to sleep.

• Angel summoned Black Flame and confirmed that it harmed mystical targets rather than ordinary objects, while also hindering divination.
• Angel tested Frost by shaping a spear into a shield, then reviewed the restrictions and uses of Mirror Substitution and Magic Mirror Divination.
• Angel considered Staff Substitution, Invisibility, and the Witch’s methods of cursing before testing how long she could sustain her spells.
• Angel stopped when her spirituality ran low and concluded that her greater reserves could support more uses of Mystical Items such as Flame Leap and Paper Figurine Substitute.
• Angel thought about creating Shattered Light Ray ammunition but dismissed the idea because she lacked the materials and did not want to approach the Church of the Evernight Goddess.
• Angel went upstairs, exhausted, to sleep.

Angel returned to Blackthorn Security Company after drinking the Witch Potion and found her appearance had become more feminine and beautiful. Dunn sent Leonard, Klein, and Angel to investigate suspected hauntings in Morse Town, and the team prepared to take the Mutated Sun Holy Emblem.

• Rozanne and the Nighthawks noticed Angel's changed appearance, and Angel blamed it on makeup she had learned about in a newspaper.
• Dunn told Leonard that residents of Morse Town had reported strange cries, unexplained footsteps, and sightings of the dead.
• Klein persuaded Dunn to let him accompany Leonard and proposed taking Sealed Artifact 3-0782 for protection against ghosts.
• Angel volunteered as the third Nighthawk so the team could use the Grade 3 Sealed Artifact.
• Dunn approved the team and told Leonard to collect the application and retrieve the Mutated Sun Holy Emblem from Chanis Gate.

Klein, Leonard, and Angel traveled to Morse Town to investigate a suspected haunting and used the Mutated Sun Holy Emblem to clear ghostly traces from a resident’s home. Klein’s divination revealed an inverted pyramid associated with Death and the Balam Empire, and the team set out to investigate the town’s other haunted locations.

• Leonard drove Klein and Angel to Morse Town, where Priest Siel asked them to handle the suspected haunting.
• The Nighthawks visited an elderly man’s home, and Angel sensed a cold presence while Leonard confirmed that weak traces of unclean creatures lingered there.
• Klein performed a theatrical exorcism to distract the townspeople while the Sun Holy Emblem purified the house.
• Klein divined an inverted black pyramid, and Leonard identified it as a symbol of Death associated with Balam Empire mausoleums.
• Klein proposed that Leonard handle the next exorcism while he wore the Sun Holy Emblem, and the team headed for the other haunted sites.

Angel, Klein, and Leonard finished investigating Morse Town and returned to the church to take turns guarding the Mutated Sun Holy Emblem. After Klein secretly used his shift to make a charm, he gave Angel a Flaring Sun Charm before leaving her to guard the artifact.

• Klein, Angel, and Leonard cleared the haunted locations in Morse Town and returned to the Church of the Evernight Goddess to rest and guard the Mutated Sun Holy Emblem.
• Angel persuaded Leonard to accept solo shifts, allowing Klein to guard the emblem alone first.
• Leonard suspected Angel and Klein of investigating his secret, but agreed not to pry into Klein's actions.
• Angel found Klein overheated and asleep in the church, cooled the room with her Witch's Frost, and took over the guard shift.
• Klein gave Angel a Flaring Sun Charm he had made during his shift, then left the church to rest.

Angel returned to Tingen after the Sun Holy Emblem mission and made plans with Klein to continue searching for the Red Chimney. She met the Moretti siblings at home, helped arrange a shared maid, and accepted Melissa’s invitation to a park celebration on Sunday.

• Angel and Klein agreed to resume searching for the Red Chimney in the afternoons while Klein and Leonard investigated Lanevus in the mornings.
• Angel bought ammunition-making materials in the Docklands and met Benson outside the Moretti Family home on Daffodil Street.
• Angel suggested that the Moretti Family share Tromi as a maid, and Benson asked for Tromi to visit the next evening to try the work.
• Klein arrived home and told Angel that Mr. Azik planned to leave Tingen for Backlund the next day.
• Melissa invited Angel to the Street Park celebration on Sunday, and Angel accepted.

Angel replenished her weapons at Blackthorn Security Company while concealing her advancement to Sequence 7, then learned that Qilangos had been reported shot dead after attempting to assassinate Duke Negan in Backlund. The brief newspaper report left the circumstances of the pirate’s death unclear.

• Angel collected a new revolver and ordinary bullets from a newly transferred clerical worker in the armory.
• Angel overheard Dunn and Leonard discussing how to resume the search for Lanevus after Hood Eugen’s death.
• Rozanne asked Angel about her improved complexion, and Angel tried to pass off a folk remedy before Rozanne pointed out that Roselle’s advice had been debunked.
• Angel read a newspaper report claiming Qilangos had tried to assassinate Duke Negan, fled, and been shot dead by the Duke’s bodyguard.
• Angel found the report brief and vague, with further details promised in a special report the next day.

Angel learned of Qilangos's reported death, continued searching Tingen for the hidden location, and crafted a Witch's wand before attempting to turn a Flaring Sun Charm into special ammunition. The chapter ended as she began the perilous ritual to make Shattered Light Ray bullets.

• Angel doubted the newspaper account of Qilangos's death and planned to ask Mr. Hanged Man and Miss Justice about it at the next Tarot Club gathering.
• Angel and Klein searched more dark-red-chimney buildings around Tingen but found nothing.
• Angel inspected the renovated North Borough park and noted that Councilor Maynard was using its opening celebration to promote his mayoral campaign.
• Angel retrieved the wand she had brewed from medicinal liquid containing her blood and tied it to her dagger sheath.
• Angel practiced engraving charms on pistol casings, then used the Flaring Sun Charm as the core material for Shattered Light Ray ammunition.
• Angel prayed to the Evernight Goddess and stabbed the Flaring Sun Charm with her ritual knife to begin the ammunition-making process.

Angel used a Flaring Sun Charm to craft a powerful one-shot bullet, the Shattered Light Ray, while Klein prepared to join Angel and Melissa at a celebration the next day. Angel completed the bullet and planned to recover before accompanying Melissa on Sunday.

• Klein discussed his clothes for the celebration with Melissa and Benson, then felt the two Flaring Sun Charms in his pocket grow hot.
• Angel endured the charm's scorching power as she carved incantations into a bullet casing, nearly losing control when she reached the final emblem.
• Angel realized the last emblem needed to represent the Eternal Blazing Sun and carved it, completing the Shattered Light Ray.
• Angel assembled the bullet and loaded it into a revolver, knowing its heat would destroy the weapon and make it a last-resort attack.
• Angel planned to bathe, rest, and regain her spirituality before joining Melissa at the celebration the next day.

Angel joined Melissa and Benson for a celebration at North Borough Park, while Klein returned to Blackthorn Security Company to investigate a growing threat tied to Lanevus. The chapter ended with Klein realizing the investigation might ruin his day off.

• Angel dressed in a long dress but concealed her weapons and kept a few special bullets for protection.
• Angel met Melissa and Benson, and Melissa asked what Angel thought of Klein; Angel called him a good person but lowered her gaze afterward.
• Leonard told Klein that Lanevus had left a letter describing a bomb that grew stronger over time and could destroy Tingen City.
• Klein and Leonard decided to report the threat to Dunn and seek help from the Holy Cathedral, while Royale investigated construction records for clues.
• Leonard teased Klein about taking his family to the park, and Klein worried that his day off would be ruined.

At a crowded park celebration, Angel was engulfed by gray mist just as Klein learned that Lanevus’s bomb posed an immense danger. Klein recognized that Megose, who arrived at the Nighthawks’ headquarters pregnant with Lanevus’s child, was carrying the bomb—and realized an evil god was about to be born.

• Melissa, Angel, and Benson went to the expanded Street Park to hear Councilor Maynard speak and hoped Klein would join them.
• Angel sensed danger in the growing crowd, but dense gray mist suddenly enveloped her before she could finish warning Melissa.
• Klein told Dunn that Lanevus had left behind a ritual absorbing Tingen’s resentment, and his pendulum divination confirmed that the bomb could greatly harm him.
• Dunn ordered Klein to bring Angel back from the park, but Klein stopped when Leonard cried out at the sight of Megose arriving at the Nighthawks’ headquarters.
• Klein and Leonard realized their spirituality was warning them not to look at Megose, and Klein concluded that the bomb in her womb was an evil god about to be born.

Klein and Leonard discovered that Megose carried the evil god’s child and hurried to prepare Blackthorn Security Company for its descent. After Klein secretly sent a warning to Angel, Megose left for a crowded celebration at Street Park, where Melissa, Benson, and Angel were present.

• Klein recognized Megose as the carrier of Lanevus’s bomb and told Leonard that they needed to alert Dunn and summon support.
• Leonard stalled Megose while Klein informed Dunn, who contacted the Holy Cathedral, the Mandated Punishers, and Machinery Hivemind and prepared to draw the threat into Chanis Gate.
• Klein and Mrs. Orianna evacuated the company’s noncombatants while Leonard kept Megose talking in the reception hall.
• Klein prayed to the Fool above the Gray Fog and sent Angel a warning about the evil god’s child and its location.
• Dunn returned from the basement and told Klein to avoid provoking Megose and retreat to Chanis Gate if necessary.
• Leonard reported that Megose had gone to Street Park, where Melissa, Benson, and Angel were attending a celebration.

After learning that an Evil God might descend in Tingen, Angel sent Melissa and Benson away and rushed to protect the people gathered at Street Park. She drove the crowd off with gunfire, but Councilor Maynard exploded as she confronted him.

• Angel received Mr. Fool’s warning that an Evil God might descend at Blackthorn Security Company and realized Klein was involved.
• Angel told Benson and Melissa to flee Tingen by ship, and they left after Melissa asked her to return safely with Klein.
• Klein warned Angel that Megose had left Blackthorn Security Company and was approaching Street Park with unstable emotions.
• Angel realized the park crowd might be targeted and fired her gun to frighten people into evacuating.
• Angel confronted Councilor Maynard, who exploded before he could finish speaking.

Mr. C emerged from Councilor Maynard’s corpse and sacrificed dozens of people in a massive explosion while attempting to summon the True Creator through Megose. Angel interrupted his prayer and wounded him, but he escaped underground as the Nighthawks arrived to face Megose and the evil god’s child.

• Mr. C burst from Councilor Maynard’s body, killed a bodyguard, and greeted Angel before triggering a devastating explosion that killed or injured nearly a hundred people.
• Angel escaped the blast with Flame Leap and attacked Mr. C as he prayed for the True Creator to descend through Megose.
• Angel froze the podium to block Mr. C’s attempt to escape through the shadows, then set him ablaze with her final shot.
• Mr. C discarded an arm, escaped underground, and left Angel unable to track him.
• Megose approached the park, and Dunn Smith, Leonard Mitchell, and Klein Moretti arrived with saint’s ashes and a golden Charm.
• Megose saw the Nighthawks surrounding her and screamed that they wanted to kill her child.

The Nighthawks fought Megose, whose Blasphemy Utterances were empowered by the Evil God's Offspring, while Mitis joined the battle against them. The chapter ended with Mitis facing Angel as Dunn and the others tried to restrain Megose.

• Megose's roar injured and killed nearby Nighthawks and citizens, but Dunn opened Saint Selena's Ashes Box and bound her with its threads.
• Megose hurled Dunn aside and cursed Angel, who escaped the fatal attack by using Mirror Substitution.
• Leonard used the Blood Vessel Thief to stop Megose's curse, and Dunn reopened the ashes box to restrain her again.
• Mitis ambushed Klein and severed his left hand before dueling the Witch who had killed Randy.
• Mitis evaded Dunn's threads, then turned to face Angel as the Nighthawks attacked the kneeling Megose.

Angel fought Mitis while the Evil God's Offspring's cries drove them toward losing control. As Megose neared death and the True Creator's descent threatened Tingen, Angel fired a Shattered Light Ray that pierced Mitis, Mr. C, and the offspring, ending the True Creator's final cry in the city.

• Angel battled the Demoness of Pleasure, who blamed her for Randy's death and tried to kill her.
• The Evil God's Offspring cried out, destabilizing both Angel and Mitis.
• A second Flaring Sun Charm gravely wounded Megose, while Mr. C and the Nighthawks were left badly injured.
• Mitis lost control and used Staff Substitution to escape Angel's Black Flame, but her body and Beyonder power were failing.
• Angel appeared above Mitis and fired a Shattered Light Ray through Mitis, Mr. C, and the Evil God's Offspring inside Megose.

Ince Zangwill killed Klein, Angel, and Dunn after they stopped the attempted divine descent at the park, then took Saint Selena's Ashes and left Tingen. As Leonard mourned the dead, Ince recorded how events had diverged from his plans and declared that Tingen's story was ending.

• Angel fell beside Klein and used Damage Transfer on Dunn instead of treating Klein's missing arm.
• Ince Zangwill appeared, stabbed Klein, killed Angel, and took Saint Selena's Ashes from Dunn.
• Leonard regained consciousness, found his teammates and civilians dead, and collapsed in grief as the Mandated Punishers arrived.
• Ince read and amended his notebook, recounting the chain of events that led to the park battle and the deaths of the Nighthawks.
• Ince told his carriage driver that the park attackers had been stopped and that someone had saved Tingen.

After Dunn, Angel, and Klein died defending Tingen City, Leonard faced their grieving colleagues and Klein’s family before attending Angel and Klein’s funerals. That night, Klein emerged alive from his grave and looked around in confusion.

• Leonard learned from Royale that a construction company connected to Councilor Maynard had used explosives at Street Park, then said he would leave the Tingen Team and apply to join the Red Gloves.
• Kenley told Leonard that Benson and Melissa Moretti had arrived looking for Klein, and Leonard explained that Klein and Angel had died protecting Tingen City.
• Leonard told Benson and Melissa that the Church and Blackthorn Security Company would provide compensation, then took them to see the bodies.
• Leonard and the others buried Angel beside Klein’s grave, while Melissa cried out that Klein was a big liar.
• Two figures watched the funeral from a hillside before leaving for Serenity Church, and Klein later pushed open his coffin and climbed out of his grave.

Klein resurrected in Raphael Cemetery, mourned Angel, and entered the Gray Fog to divine who had killed her. Angel also awakened at the Holy Cathedral in Winter County, where Arianna arrived to answer her questions and help her.

• Klein discovered that his body had healed after he was buried, then visited his gravestone and Angel's grave.
• Klein vowed to find Angel's killer and used the Gray Fog to divine the person who had killed her.
• Angel questioned Crestet Cesimir about Klein's death and her location at the Holy Cathedral in Winter County.
• Arianna appeared, sent Crestet away, and prepared to discuss Angel's questions beside objects recovered from the Tingen tragedy.

Angel learned that Ince Zangwill used the Sealed Artifact '0-08' to orchestrate the events that led to Dunn Smith’s death, and she set out to pursue him in Backlund. On the train, she passed through Tingen while Klein also boarded, unaware of her presence.

• Angel asked Arianna who killed Klein and learned that Ince Zangwill had used '0-08' to manipulate events in Tingen and target Dunn Smith.
• Arianna revealed that Angel had been buried beside Klein after the catastrophe, but her fatal injuries had healed and Arianna had secretly brought her back.
• Arianna told Angel that Zangwill had gone to Backlund and gave her the task of pursuing him.
• Klein boarded a second-class carriage at Tingen Station, mistakenly took someone else’s seat, and moved to the next carriage.
• Angel rode through Tingen toward Backlund, carrying the supplies Arianna had given her and intending to take revenge on Zangwill.

Angel arrived in Backlund, chose a cheap rental in the Bridge District, and learned how the public had been told about the Tingen disaster. She rented a house under the false name Irene Watson and began her new life in the city.

• Angel arrived in Backlund, struggled with its polluted air, and searched newspaper advertisements for affordable housing.
• Angel read that the Tingen incident had been reported as a gas pipeline explosion and saw that public rumors blamed her for the disaster.
• The newspaper coverage and the catastrophe helped Angel digest a small portion of her Witch Potion.
• Angel traveled to Red Rose Street and met Mrs. Wallis to rent a furnished house.
• Angel used Persuasion to avoid showing identification and signed the lease as Irene Watson.

Angel settled into her new home at 47 Red Rose Street in Backlund, hired Beth as a temporary maid, and prepared to continue her task of infiltrating the Demoness Sect. After falling asleep, she woke at five in the afternoon and wondered why the Tarot Club had apparently convened without her.

• Angel paid Mrs. Wallis for the house at 47 Red Rose Street and learned that the previous tenant had vanished, leaving his furniture behind.
• Angel declined to hire a long-term maid and arranged for Beth to try cleaning the house the following morning.
• Angel explored the streets near her new home, bought alchemical equipment, and hired Beth to clean and do laundry three times a week.
• Angel unpacked her equipment and planned to gather materials and remake her Magic Mirror before falling asleep in the living room.
• Angel woke at five in the afternoon on Monday and wondered whether the Tarot Club had met without bringing her along.

Angel discovered that the mark linking her to the Tarot Club had vanished and chose not to pray to Mr. Fool while relying on the Evernight Goddess Holy Emblem. After preparing protective items and worrying about her dwindling funds, she woke to someone picking the lock of her Backlund home.

• Klein told the Tarot Club that Miss Empress had requested leave for several weeks, and Alger thanked Mr. Fool for helping him defeat Qilangos.
• Angel confirmed that her palm mark had disappeared and decided to postpone praying to Mr. Fool until after she joined the Demoness Sect.
• Angel brewed spiritual paste, made a magic mirror and two Slumber Charms, and spent much of her remaining money on supplies.
• Angel considered finding work and cheaper lodging while reserving her savings for a Sequence 6 Potion.
• Angel heard a thief picking her lock, took her revolver and a Slumber Charm, and crept downstairs using Assassin's Shadow Lurking.

Angel caught Gaoli stealing a document hidden in the study of her new home and used Magic Mirror divination to learn that a scarred man had sent him to retrieve it. She let Gaoli leave with the document, planning to use him to lead her toward the people behind the theft.

• Angel waited in the dark as Gaoli broke into her house and stole a document bag from the study.
• Angel stopped Gaoli with a Slumber Charm, searched him, and found only lockpicks, a chipped dagger, and a few pennies.
• Angel used the Magic Mirror to see a scarred man order Gaoli to steal a manuscript hidden by Quake, the house's previous tenant.
• Angel divined the document's past but received only a vague result, then formed a plan involving the sleeping thief.
• Gaoli woke, recovered the document bag, and hurried away from Red Rose Street without realizing Angel had stopped him.