Recaps

Li Ang built his forces, secured grain, and joined Godric’s allied army to confront the Prophet Legion. The Three Prophets were captured, but the King’s role in hiding Trublen’s massacre and his past connection to them remained unclear.

• King Ulrich approved Li Ang’s land transaction, and Madam Philina revealed that Leonardo and Helen Pendragon were Li Ang’s parents before Li Ang left to build his army.
• Li Ang trained and reorganized his recruits, expanded Wheat Fragrance Territory, and sought grain from nearby estates when his growing population faced a shortage.
• Amy entered Long River Town’s castle to seize a hostage and uncovered Madam Bella’s connection to the Prophet Legion, while Li Ang secured limited grain and subdued Alaric’s force.
• Li Ang took Forster hostage and maneuvered him into surrendering to the authorities, then returned to find the Prophet Legion gathering near Long River Town.
• Li Ang exposed the Prophet Legion’s methods and helped Godric assemble an allied army, while Baron Leofric’s burning wagons set the Legion’s camp ablaze.
• The Three Prophets raised the dead as Fallen Ones, and Li Ang and Godric led their forces through a costly battle before reaching Long River Town and bringing its garrison into the fight.
• Li Ang’s forces pursued the Three Prophets and captured them after discovering their armor’s weakness, but Ryman arrived with the Lion Knight Order and took them away under the King’s orders.
• Ryman told Li Ang that the King had ordered the Trublen massacre concealed and suggested that the King had previously worked with the Three Prophets.

Li Ang built up his territory, secured grain and high-yield crops, and confronted a plague outbreak and the Snake Worship Cult while maneuvering against Bacchus officials. The arc left him imprisoned by King Ulrich as his allies defended White Deer Fortress and fought Duke Alma’s Crimson Brotherhood.

• Sir Roland joined Li Ang and helped bring elderly survivors to his territory, while Li Ang expanded his holdings and established Long River Express.
• Li Ang fought the Crimson Brotherhood at Foucher’s lakeside manor, killed Foucher, and learned that the dead man had been Duke Alma’s bastard son.
• Li Ang organized farming groups and traveled to Imperial Port, where Amy recruited Dean and obtained seeds for his corn and potatoes.
• Li Ang helped seal off Buyulin Village during a Red Death outbreak, fought Snake Worship Cult attackers, and negotiated with Kairos to send grain seed to Meitengheim.
• Emperor Marius named Li Ang General of Long River Town, but King Ulrich had him detained and demanded control of the Wheat Fragrance Company.
• Madam Philina told Li Ang that Ulrich sought Noldo maidens for a potion and revealed that Li Ang’s mother, Helen, had Noldo ancestry.
• Amy raised White Deer Fortress’s beacon as Duke Alma’s forces trapped Godric and Charles, and Liwa helped them break through before collapsing from her wounds.

Li Ang consolidated his power while thwarting plots by Alanric and Alma, then became entangled in the Noldo conflict as Gatu forces threatened the forest and its horse ranches. The stretch ended with Li Ang and Cedren baiting the Gatu into attacking a defended stable, where their charge turned to screams.

• Alma seized Lion Lake City, exiled Forster, and marched toward Brave Shield Fortress as Liwa died after asking Charles to tell Li Ang she had come home.
• Ulrich granted Li Ang a golden coat of arms and tax exemption in exchange for one hundred thousand dinars, while Alanric arranged an assassination attempt that Li Ang survived.
• Li Ang captured Nerida and negotiated with Milgan, then uncovered a ruined garrison and ebony mine where Sir Poldemar confirmed Li Ang’s royal bloodline and welcomed him as Helen’s son.
• Li Ang and Amy trapped Livius’s forces, defeated the Shadow Infantry, burned Shield Wind Fortress, and persuaded more than thirteen hundred conscripted laborers to settle in Wheat Fragrance Territory.
• Li Ang opposed the mercenaries’ attempt to seize Noldo maidens, but the Noldo attacked their camp, and Li Ang later collected its spoils before heading into the forest to help rescue the Fenway Family.
• Alma captured Godric and accused the eastern lords of rebellion, but Milgan assassinated him, allowing Eric and Godric to seize Long River Town and restore order.
• Li Ang helped drive Gatu and Misty Mountain attackers from a Noldo horse ranch, stopped a Twilight Knight from killing the surrendered Andongjia, and recruited her to serve him.
• Li Ang and Cedren hid the wounded and children at the horse ranch and feigned a withdrawal, then the Gatu surrounded the stable and charged inside.

Li Ang joined forces with the Noldos, rescued their captives, and tried to keep the Lion Territory from collapsing as the Raven Kingdom and Gatu people invaded. The arc left the three armies locked in a bloody struggle inside Eagle Claw Fortress while Li Ang kept his forces outside, waiting for an opening.

• Li Ang helped Vendathir rescue the captured Noldo maidens from Fruuz, then struck a bargain with Ramon and freed the captives.
• As political upheaval spread through the Lion Territory, Igor tried to frame Li Ang and Ryman, but Vendathir and Wendilf killed Igor and the Lion Knights withdrew.
• Li Ang secured Noldo support and led a combined force to defend Brave Shield Fortress, where Vendathir and Raphael harassed Count Stephen’s Raven cavalry.
• Gregory IV offered the Gatu people land in Raven Territory, and Li Ang learned that Zakar planned to occupy the eastern lands while Raven forces were away.
• Li Ang ordered raids on Judah’s Gatu tribe, driving its people west and disrupting their supplies before they headed toward Eagle Claw Fortress.
• Raine provoked Brennus into attacking the Raven army, and the Lion Knight Order broke the Raven formation while the Gatu people raided the Raven camp.
• Forster abandoned Eagle Claw Fortress as the Gatu people looted it, and Li Ang’s forces drove them back inside while refusing Brennus’s summons.
• The Raven army, Gatu people, and Lion Knight Order fought repeatedly over Eagle Claw Fortress as Li Ang blocked the eastern gate and kept his army outside.