Chapter Summaries

Angel and Klein reached Bodo Port and used Arrodes to learn where the Gazers were and how to fight them before setting out for the island. Arrodes offered tactical advice and hinted at contracting friendly Spirit World Creatures, while Angel ended by asking how she could acquire a Ghost Ship of her own.

• Alger docked the Blue Avenger at Bodo Port, ordered the crew to gather at dawn, and agreed to go drinking with a sailor.
• Angel found that her bounty as Angelica Zaki had risen to 18,000 pounds, and Klein burned the wanted poster.
• Klein proposed using the radio transceiver to ask Arrodes about the Gazers, and Arrodes provided their location on the island southwest of Bodo Port.
• Arrodes described the Gazers' abilities, escape tactics, and lack of cooperation, then suggested that friendly Spirit World Creatures could be contracted as helpers.
• Angel asked Arrodes how she could acquire a Ghost Ship of her own.

Angel and Klein sought a messenger’s help to find the Gazer near Nameless Island, while the Blue Avenger reacted with fear as it approached the island. They ended with both of their messengers appearing together in the room, locked in a fight.

• Arrodes explained that true Ghost Ships were Fourth Epoch warships sealed with Beyonder Characteristics and said one nearby awaited a captain’s command.
• Klein teased Angel about their past encounter, and they spent the night together before the Blue Avenger departed Bodo Port the next morning.
• Angel gave Alger a map to Nameless Island, and the ship sped southwest toward the Gazer’s reported location.
• Angel and Klein tried to summon their messengers for help, but neither appeared, so they considered waiting until morning to explore the island.
• Alger noticed the Blue Avenger resisting its approach to the island, then Angel and Klein watched Ms. Wensa and Klein’s black cat messenger emerge together, fighting.

Angel and Klein traveled to Nameless Island to hunt a Gazer, finding evidence of an old pirate camp before confronting the creature in the valley. After they blocked its escape and pursued it, the Gazer lured them into a nest surrounded by more Gazers.

• Angel hired Reinette Tinekerr to help deal with the Gazer, while Black Cat Wensa offered to do the job for less; Klein suggested hiring both.
• Alger rowed Angel and Klein to Nameless Island and said he would wait no longer than twenty-four hours without hearing from them.
• Angel and Klein found the wreckage of a recently destroyed ship and an abandoned camp where stranded pirates had mysteriously vanished five years earlier.
• A Gazer ambushed Klein, but he escaped with a Paper Figurine while Angel attacked the creature with Purification Bullets and a Black Flame blade.
• Angel and Klein blocked the Gazer from entering the Spirit World and chased it through the valley, exhausting several of its eye substitutes.
• The Gazer used its many eyes to disable Angel and Klein, then revealed that it had lured them into the middle of its nest.

Angel and Klein obtained the Gazer’s Potion ingredients after their messengers helped them defeat the creature, then returned to the campsite to signal the Blue Avenger. They found a mysterious woman waiting beside a newly lit campfire, and she greeted them as they arrived.

• Reinette Tinekerr and Ms. Wensa intervened when five Gazers ambushed Angel and Klein, driving off the attackers and helping Angel kill the remaining Gazer.
• Angel collected 200 milliliters of the Gazer’s blood and removed the pair of eyes required for her Potion, while Klein secretly sacrificed Creeping Hunger to Mr. Fool.
• Angel and Klein decided to leave the Gazer’s withered corpse behind and return to the Blue Avenger before midnight.
• They returned to the abandoned campsite and found a black-haired woman in a pale yellow dress waiting by a burning campfire.
• The woman turned toward them and said, “You’re finally back.”

Angel and Klein confronted Anne, a powerful Arbiter who trapped them on the deserted island and forced them to attack her. Angel’s Calamity Charm appeared to kill Anne, but Anne revived, imprisoned Angel, and exiled Klein into the Spirit World.

• Angel and Klein met Anne at the abandoned camp, where she asked them to attack her and declared that neither of them could leave the island.
• Anne stopped Angel’s Flaming Jump and Klein’s attempt to summon help, then prohibited them from breathing.
• Angel fired the Good Luck revolver and struck Anne with the Sword of Dawn, but neither attack harmed her.
• Angel used the Calamity Charm, apparently reducing Anne to ash and breaking her prohibition.
• Anne revived, imprisoned Angel, and exiled Klein from the island into the Spirit World.

Klein was exiled into the sea while Angel was imprisoned aboard a ship in the Spirit World, where Anne demanded that she use her Calamity Charm again. Azik arrived to rescue Klein, while Angel discovered that Anne’s ship floated through the Spirit World.

• An Arbiter exiled Klein from the island, and he fell into the sea about twenty nautical miles from Nameless Island.
• Klein used Sea God Charms to swim toward the island, but Azik found him in the Spirit World and learned that the Arbiter was likely above Sequence 4.
• Angel awoke in the Spirit World with Anne, who explained that her true body was there and demanded that Angel use the Calamity Charm against her again.
• Anne threatened Klein’s life when Angel refused, then led her out of the room to show her a ship floating in the Spirit World.

Angel explored the Spirit World Ghost Ship Queen Anne’s Revenge while Anne revealed its history and explained that she was the ship’s consciousness. Anne asked Angel to destroy the Ghost Ship and end her eternal existence.

• Angel learned that Vice Admiral Dusk had destroyed the ship’s physical hull, but its Spirit World body could still restore itself.
• Anne recounted the Ghost Ship’s history, from its service in the Tudor-Trensoest United Empire through its discovery by Emperor Roselle and its later exile from the Intis navy.
• Anne named the ship Queen Anne’s Revenge and revealed that she was its consciousness, powered by a sealed Arbiter Beyonder Characteristic.
• Anne explained that Roselle’s orders prevented the ship from ending itself or seeking danger, and said she had found a way around those restrictions.
• Anne asked Angel to kill her and destroy Queen Anne’s Revenge.

Angel tried to use her Calamity Charm to fulfill Anne’s request to destroy Queen Anne’s Revenge, but the Charm failed in the Spirit World. When Angel revealed that Bernadette was still alive, Anne’s resolve shifted, though she still demanded something more before letting Angel leave.

• Angel questioned Anne about Emperor Roselle’s order and learned he had named the ship Queen Anne’s Revenge and given her a special Tarot Card called Judgment.
• Anne offered Angel the Judgment card if Angel used the Calamity Charm to destroy the ship, and Angel agreed to try.
• Angel’s Calamity Charm failed to work in the Spirit World, even when Anne used her Arbiter power to compel her.
• Angel offered to help Anne advance and suggested meeting Bernadette, prompting Anne to reveal that she did not regret her past with Roselle.
• Angel told Anne that Bernadette was alive, and Anne grew agitated before declaring that this was not enough and summoning lines of Ancient Feysac script.

Angel signed a five-year contract with Anne and Queen Anne's Revenge, becoming the Ghost Ship's temporary commander and agreeing to help Anne search for Bernadette. The ship's arrival at Azik and Klein provoked Anne's fury over the Pale Calamity, but Angel stopped the attack before the group departed with a drop of Anne's golden blood.

• Anne drafted a contract that bound Angel to serve as temporary commander of Queen Anne's Revenge, advance in Sequence, help search for Bernadette, and return to use the Calamity Charm at a time Anne chose.
• Angel reviewed the terms, identified ways the agreement could protect her, and signed her name in blood; Anne and the Ghost Ship signed as well, forming a binding connection among them.
• Queen Anne's Revenge aimed its cannons at Azik and Klein when they approached, and Anne recognized Azik as the Death Consul and accused him of the war that destroyed the Balam Empire.
• Angel ordered Anne to stop attacking and explained that Azik had lost his memories of the Pale Calamity; Azik acknowledged the ship as Black Death, and Anne lowered the cannons.
• Anne gave Angel a drop of her golden blood to seal and use to contact her, then sank Queen Anne's Revenge into the Spirit World as Azik carried Angel and Klein back toward Bayam.

After returning to Bayam, Angel and Klein learned more about Anne’s mythical blood and Mr. Azik’s memories of the Pale Calamity. Klein admitted his fear and guilt over being unable to protect Angel, and she comforted him before he revealed that he knew her secret because he was the World.

• Angel, Klein, and Mr. Azik returned to the Azure Wind hotel, where Mr. Azik explained the danger and power of mythical creature blood.
• Angel told Mr. Azik and Klein about her temporary agreement with Anne and the Queen Anne’s Revenge, while Mr. Azik recalled his role in the Pale Calamity and said he planned to search for his memories in the Southern Continent.
• Mr. Azik advised Angel and Klein to prepare messengers and safeguard Anne’s blood, then left through the Spirit World.
• Angel and Klein returned safely to the hotel, and Angel began praying to Mr. Fool to notify the Blue Avenger and Mr. Alger.
• Klein confessed that he felt useless during the battle and feared losing Angel, so she reassured him and hugged him.
• Klein revealed that he knew Angel’s secrets because he was the World.

Alger learned that Angel and Klein had safely returned to Bayam, then spotted a Ghost Ship assembling itself near the island and fled with the Blue Avenger. Meanwhile, Angel went to inspect her investment at the Resistance Private Port while fuming over Klein’s secret identity, and Helene reacted strangely when Angel disguised herself as Tracy.

• Angel sent Mr. Fool a message that she and the World had safely returned to Bayam and promised to sacrifice the remaining payment to Alger.
• Alger saw a Ghost Ship assembling beneath the island’s cliffs and ordered the Blue Avenger to flee at full speed.
• Angel traveled to the Resistance Private Port, intending to inspect the Red Haired Woman and give Klein time to stew after learning he was the World.
• Angel disguised herself as Tracy to startle Helene, but Helene reacted with shock and apparent joy before recognizing Angelica.
• Angel resumed her own appearance, and Helene guided her aboard the Red Haired Woman to inspect its progress.

Angel and Helene discussed recruiting trustworthy Sailors and Beyonders for Helene’s ship, then encountered a hooded customer at an Apothecary’s shop. After the customer left, Klein arrived and offered to take Darkwill’s one-hundred-pound commission to find his missing teacher.

• Angel and Helene agreed to keep searching for reliable crew members and to hire several experienced Beyonders, with Dominic helping select candidates.
• Helene asked Angel about Dominic and Sonia, and Angel explained that Sonia was underage and had lost her parents to the Demoness Sect.
• A hooded man bought five bottles of potion from Darkwill and refused his offer of a hundred-pound commission to find his teacher.
• Darkwill’s talking owl warned him that the hooded customer had nearly killed him, and Darkwill admitted that more than ten Adventurers had failed to find his teacher, Old Man.
• Klein entered Darkwill’s shop, said he had heard about the commission from the previous customer, and introduced himself as Gehrman Sparrow.

Klein confronted the pirate Mesor King while Angel interrogated captives and considered how pain affected her Potion digestion. Elsewhere, Fors found disturbed earth at an abandoned church, Ince Zangwill fled after his notebook described his actions, and Emlyn contacted Leonard about a Mystical Item; Leonard connected the Tarot Cards to several investigations.

• Klein recognized Mesor King at the Fragrant Tree Leaf Bar and shot at the Great Pirate despite Us Kent's warnings to report dangerous pirates.
• Angel and Dominic interrogated three pirates by repeatedly dunking them in water until one agreed to talk, and Angel wondered whether experiencing pain would aid her Potion digestion.
• Benson told Melissa he expected to advance to the government examination interview, and Melissa teased him about his interest in their blonde neighbor before they remembered Miss Granger.
• Fors investigated an abandoned church on Williams Street and found a pit dug by hand, then planned to report the discovery to Mr. World.
• Ince Zangwill found mud on his hands and a notebook describing his actions, then left Pinster Street to change residences.
• Emlyn asked Leonard Mitchell to sell him a Mystical Item that could Steal Beyonder Abilities, and Leonard later reviewed a case file linking Irene Watson and Sherlock Moriarty to investigations where Tarot Cards had appeared.

At a Tarot Club gathering, Angel and Klein concealed their identities while trading materials and discussing threats within the City of Silver. After the gathering, Angel and Klein reunited at their hotel, but Klein was distracted by thoughts about Roselle’s family and his own future.

• Klein read Roselle’s diary entries about Bernadette’s birth changing Roselle and about the Emperor turning a ghost ship into Queen Anne’s Revenge.
• World offered Justice the Psychiatrist Beyonder Characteristic, and Alger traded his share of two Sequence 6 materials for Angel’s Azure Shadow Falcon feathers and two thousand pounds.
• Alger advised Sun that his unusual status made him a counterweight to the True Creator in the City of Silver, allowing him to remain the Tarot Club’s informant there.
• Angel watched World discuss Backlund’s Fourth Epoch ruins with Magician and exchange privately with Moon, while Klein noticed her reactions.
• After the gathering, Angel and Klein returned to their rooms at the Azure Wind Hotel, where Angel expected Klein to speak first and Klein wondered about having a child.

Angel and Klein failed to resolve their strained silence before Klein left to collect a bounty and escort Darkwill to Oravi Island. After divining that Darkwill’s strange die had caused a lightning strike aboard the passenger ship, Angel rushed to the harbor and ordered Helene to set sail after him.

• Klein told Angel he was collecting Eloquent Speaker Mithor King’s bounty and needed money for a Mystical Item, while Angel failed to offer him help directly.
• Reinette told Angel that Klein had taken a three-day escort job for a fat man traveling to Oravi Island, and she urged Angel to keep Ms. Wensa company.
• Angel used her Magic Mirror to see Klein escorting Darkwill and watched lightning strike Darkwill before Klein saved him with a potion.
• Angel concluded that Darkwill’s strange die had attracted the lightning and hurried to her ship, the Red Haired Woman.
• Angel ordered Helene to gather the crew, raise the sails, and head for Oravi Island despite the ship’s lack of sailors and combat personnel.

Angel reached Oravi Island after a dangerous voyage and searched for Klein, while Klein escorted Darkwill around casinos to earn the rest of his payment. Angel found them just as Darkwill walked into Klein, leaving the three together.

• Angel and Helene brought the damaged Red Haired Woman to Oravi Island after Angel drove off a pirate attack, and they gave the exhausted sailors three days off.
• At the harbor office, Helene reported the pirate captain and learned that their bounty of eight hundred pounds would be ready after verification.
• Angel spotted a newspaper clipping about Gehrman Sparrow and divined Darkwill’s location after her attempt to find Klein failed.
• Klein accompanied Darkwill as he used the Dice of Probability to win money at several casinos, while Klein wondered why the luck blessing did not work on him.
• Angel found Klein and Darkwill at a casino, and Darkwill walked headfirst into Klein as the owl flew away.

Klein reunited with Angel on Oravi Island after ending his escort job with Darkwill, and they discussed the dangerous luck-controlling items each had encountered. Klein also told Angel that Will Auceptin had asked him to convey thanks for her protecting Will’s parents, though Klein suspected Will had arranged the encounter for his own purposes.

• Angel confronted Klein about escorting Darkwill, and Klein cut Darkwill off before he could reveal how they had met.
• Klein ended the employment early, collected Darkwill’s winnings, and left with Angel; Darkwill returned to the casino and was accused of cheating.
• Klein asked Angel why she had come to Oravi Island, and she admitted she had followed a divination showing him escorting Darkwill.
• Angel showed Klein the Good Luck revolver, and Klein explained that Darkwill’s Dice of Probability caused the misfortunes that led him to hire an escort.
• Klein explained what a Uniqueness was and told Angel that Will Auceptin had thanked her for protecting Will’s parents in Backlund.
• Klein warned Angel that Will could have foreseen the attack and might have arranged the encounter to establish a connection with her.

Angel and Klein tried to set aside the tension between them while staying on Oravi Island, where Klein hoped to find work and advance his acting. After Angel sought advice about repairing their relationship, Klein accepted a 1,000-pound commission to impersonate Navy Admiral Emilius Livett, leaving him to introduce himself as Gehrman Sparrow under the admiral’s pressure.

• Klein said he would remain on Oravi Island to look for acting opportunities and earn money, while Angel planned to wait for the Red Haired Woman’s repairs.
• Angel received the 800-pound bounty, allocated funds for the ship and its crew, and asked Elene how to mend a strained relationship.
• Elene advised Angel to forgive Klein because he had confessed and suggested easing the tension with a gift; Angel then asked about local Artisans who could make Mystical Items.
• Angel returned home and found Klein’s note saying he had accepted a 1,000-pound commission to impersonate a Navy Admiral for three to five days.
• Klein met Emilius Livett and Bilt Brando, then gave his name as Gehrman Sparrow when the admiral demanded it.

Klein impersonated Navy Admiral Emilius under a binding contract while Emilius secretly left Oravi Island for Bodo Port. Klein began taking over Emilius’s social and domestic life, including facing his mistress Cynthia, while Angel wondered how Klein was faring.

• Emilius ordered Klein to impersonate him for three to five days and signed a contract with him, then gave him a powerful Ninth Law Charm.
• Emilius disguised himself and left Oravi Island by sea, telling Bilt Brando to watch for news of Gehrman Sparrow without contacting him.
• Klein attended social events as Emilius, studied the Navy Admiral’s habits, and returned to his private residence with secretary Lü'er An.
• Klein met Cynthia and prepared to greet her as Emilius, closely examining her appearance for clues about how to act.
• Angel measured her growing hair and wondered whether Klein would adjust to life at the naval harbor.

Angel collected two messenger-summoning harmonicas and tried to divine Klein’s condition after repeatedly ruining Charms. The mirror showed her an erotic dream involving Klein, and Klein woke from the same dream at the admiral’s residence, armed himself, and opened his door to a room full of noise.

• Angel and Helene collected two engraved harmonicas from an Artisan, who demanded an extra hundred pounds after Reinette Tinekerr had buried him for refusing to pay her messenger fee.
• Angel paid the agreed three hundred pounds and discussed Helene’s changing temperament with her on their way back to the hotel.
• Angel failed to craft several Charms, suspected danger, and used her Magic Mirror to divine Klein’s condition.
• The mirror showed Angel a dream in which Klein rejected several women before becoming intimate with Angel, and she realized the scene was a dream before setting out fully armed.
• Klein woke from a similar dream, equipped himself for combat, and opened his bedroom door to a room filled with chaotic sounds.