Recaps

William and Halsey flirted in the President’s office before giving in to each other, while Arthur accompanied Steve Rogers on a Pelican and tried to ease his resentment toward Umbrella. The chapter left Arthur reminding Rogers that Hydra had used his best friend, Sergeant Barnes.

• Halsey teased William about relying on their son Arthur, and William complained that Arthur had asked for a salary.
• Halsey pulled William onto the President’s desk and said they would make history; William eventually gave in to her advances.
• Arthur sneezed aboard a Pelican, prompting Steve Rogers to ask him to cover his mouth.
• Rogers told Arthur that he had agreed to work for Umbrella and help stabilize the United States but remained unwilling to do so.
• Arthur defended Umbrella’s swift elimination of Hydra and reminded Rogers that Hydra had used his best friend, Bucky, Sergeant Barnes.

Arthur told Rogers that Bucky Barnes had survived, become Hydra’s Winter Soldier, and was now the target of an arrest operation. They arrived at Rogers’ former training camp and found a Hydra ambush waiting inside the bunker.

• Arthur showed Rogers files identifying Bucky as the Winter Soldier and explained that Hydra had brainwashed him and replaced his left arm with a metal one.
• Arthur said Umbrella intended to arrest Bucky, not execute him, and invited Rogers to help bring his old friend back.
• Arthur, Rogers, and twenty Ghost Agents landed at Rogers’ abandoned wartime training camp, stirring memories of his past.
• The group approached the bunker, where a Ghost Agent detected numerous heat sources behind the door.
• Arthur ordered the agents to spare targets whose left arms showed no thermal response and shoot the rest on sight.

Arthur and Rogers led the Ghost Agents into a Hydra bunker, where they fought the remaining Hydra forces and found Bucky Barnes. Rogers confronted Bucky while Arthur watched from nearby.

• The Ghost Agents used Gauss Rifles and plasma charges to clear the bunker entrance, then searched the passage for survivors.
• Rogers recognized Peggy Carter’s portrait and accepted Arthur’s invitation to become part of Umbrella.
• Serena remotely breached the elevator, allowing Arthur, Rogers, and the Agents to descend to the bunker’s lower level.
• Hydra forces opened fire as the elevator doors opened, but their bullets could not penetrate the Agents’ Energy Shields.
• Rogers charged toward Bucky Barnes, who discarded his rifle and fought him with his metal left arm.
• Bucky gradually gained the upper hand in the fight, while Arthur watched and admired his metal arm.

Arthur knocked out Bucky after Rogers briefly reached him, then had Doctor Zola reveal Hydra’s history and its role in the Stark couple’s deaths. The group prepared to destroy Zola’s facility, while Arthur planned to help Bucky and use the revelations to bring Rogers closer to Umbrella.

• The Ghost Agents surrounded the Hydra officials as Rogers tried to remind Bucky of their shared past, briefly stirring Bucky’s memories.
• Bucky resumed his mission to kill Rogers, but Arthur knocked him unconscious and promised to treat his brainwashing.
• Arthur activated the console and exposed Doctor Zola, who told Rogers that Hydra had infiltrated the US Government through Operation Paperclip.
• Zola revealed that Hydra had arranged the Stark couple’s deaths and that Bucky had carried them out as the Winter Soldier.
• Arthur ordered a lieutenant to plant plasma explosives and free Doctor Zola from the facility.

Arthur returned to Washington with Rogers, Bucky, and captured Hydra officials, while Umbrella began rebuilding the destroyed camp and planned defenses for Earth. After Bucky was taken for treatment to restore his memories, Arthur assigned Natasha to serve as Rogers’s deputy, leaving Rogers unsettled by how unfamiliar she seemed.

• A plasma bomb destroyed Zola's bunker and collapsed the training camp, prompting Umbrella engineers to begin rebuilding the site and prepare orbital defenses for Earth.
• Arthur and Rogers returned to Washington aboard a Pelican with captured Hydra officials and Bucky.
• Umbrella agents took the Hydra officials away for interrogation, while technicians escorted Bucky to the medical bay for treatment and memory restoration.
• Arthur told Rogers that Natasha would serve as his personal deputy, and Rogers regarded her as familiar yet strange.

Arthur explained to Rogers that Natasha’s memories had been erased and replaced, leaving her a loyal Umbrella employee who no longer remembered her past as the Black Widow. He had altered her memories as part of his plan to bring the Avengers under Umbrella’s control, and he introduced Natasha to Rogers as his new deputy.

• Natasha greeted Rogers as if they were meeting for the first time, leaving him confused by her changed behavior.
• Arthur told Rogers that Natasha had requested memory modification to escape her painful past and start a new life with Umbrella.
• Arthur claimed that Fury and Barton already knew about Natasha’s decision, then invited Rogers to get to know his new deputy.
• Arthur’s account concealed that Rebecca had erased Natasha’s memories and implanted false ones, and that he intended to use her to win Rogers over.

William and Umbrella conquered most of Earth by combining technological development, political negotiation, religious propaganda, and military force. By May 2014, Umbrella had completed its conquest and secretly bound leaders and potential allies, including T'Challa, Tony Stark, and Bruce Banner, with Confidentiality Agreements.

• Umbrella transformed its occupied territories with advanced technology, expanded its orbital stations, and won public support through services, surveillance, and displays of military strength.
• William conquered Europe and other regions, while Angel Keisha restored believers' faith after Umbrella exposed church leaders' corruption and abolished the church's position.
• William negotiated cooperation with Huaxia and Wakanda, and Tony Stark and Bruce Banner returned to society and joined Rogers's Avengers.
• William secretly sent Ghost Agents to force prominent leaders and allies, including T'Challa, Stark, and Banner, to sign Confidentiality Agreements.
• Umbrella completed its conquest of Earth in May 2014.

William governed a technologically upgraded Washington from the White House while Halsey studied Stark technology and the Super Soldier Serum. Arthur then announced that London had finally sent news.

• Umbrella's administration transformed Washington with advanced technology and imposed strict punishments for crime and racial discrimination.
• William and Halsey worked from the White House, which had become William's family residence and was guarded by Imperial Guard Astartes.
• Halsey had decoded the Super Soldier Serum, but it was less effective than the T-Virus and vaccine and could cause mutations in unsuitable subjects.
• William arranged for Umbrella to mine Wakanda's vibranium while leaving the nation about ten percent of its reserves.
• Arthur knocked on the bedroom door and told William that London had finally sent news.

Arthur told William that a gravity anomaly in an abandoned London warehouse signaled the start of Thor 2, and asked to bring Heros along to face the Norse gods. William and Halsey agreed that Arthur would take command of a powerful battle group and oversee Umbrella’s rule in the Marvel universe.

• Arthur reported the London gravity anomaly to William and said Thor 2 was about to begin.
• Arthur asked to take Heros with him, and William approved the request.
• William told Halsey he planned to establish a battle group under Arthur’s command to stabilize Umbrella’s rule in the universe.
• William outlined a fleet and weapons powerful enough to protect Arthur and threaten any hostile civilization.
• Halsey agreed that Arthur should remain in the universe as its ruler, and William assured her he would keep their son safe.

Heros Russell complained that he had no chance to fight after joining Umbrella, until Arthur offered to take him to Asgard to battle the Norse gods. Arthur planned to lead a small force to London and travel to the divine realm, while Keisha stayed behind.

• Heros sparred with six Imperial Guard Astartes, but Keisha stopped the match and calmed his frustration with her Biological Field.
• Heros told Keisha that he wanted to join the fighting and prove himself as the current God of War.
• Arthur asked Heros whether he wanted to fight the gods of Norse Mythology, and Heros eagerly agreed to battle the God of Thunder.
• Arthur told Keisha he would soon lead a small force to London and use the trip to reach Asgard.
• Arthur urged Keisha to focus on winning over William, then ran off as Keisha reacted.

Arthur and Umbrella's forces arrived in London after Jane Foster disappeared during an investigation of a gravitational anomaly. Jane reunited with Thor, while the circumstances of the anomaly and Umbrella's intervention remained unresolved.

• Arthur led Heros, Gabriel, Vadim, and twenty Blood Raven Astartes and elites to London aboard a DR-7 Transport Boat.
• Daisy called the police after Jane went missing for five hours, and Jane emerged from a warehouse, explaining that she had been transported to another dimension and lost consciousness.
• Rain began falling, but a dry barrier remained around Jane, revealing that something unusual had happened to her.
• Arthur confronted Jane and Daisy, saying Umbrella had intervened because the situation might threaten Earth, and Daisy teased Arthur and Heros about having girlfriends.
• Thor appeared between two containers, and Jane ran toward him, leaving Daisy exposed to the rain.

Arthur and Heros encountered Thor and Jane, whose body unleashed a strange shock wave before she collapsed. Arthur offered Umbrella’s help and asked to accompany Thor to Asgard, warning that the Dark Elves would invade and Frigga would die.

• Heros dispersed the rain above Daisy, then restrained himself from challenging Thor after Arthur warned him about civilian casualties.
• Arthur approached Thor, and Heros revealed his Hades Armor as Thor recognized the group from the Battle of Manhattan.
• Jane released a red Pulse Wave when she touched Thor, knocking Daisy and the police down before collapsing into Thor’s arms.
• Arthur offered to take Jane to Umbrella for treatment, but Thor refused and said he would bring her to Asgard.
• Arthur asked to accompany Thor to defend Asgard and said his sister-in-law had predicted a Dark Elf invasion and Frigga’s death.

Thor brought Arthur, Heros, and their companions to Asgard after Arthur warned him that the Dark Elves would invade and Frigga would die. Arthur planned to protect Asgard from the dangers he knew were ahead, and the group arrived at the Rainbow Bridge overlooking the golden city.

• Thor agreed to take Arthur's warning about Frigga seriously and summoned Heimdall to transport them to Asgard.
• As they traveled through the Rainbow Bridge, Arthur considered how Frigga's death and Asgard's instability could lead to Loki's rule, Hela's release, and Thanos's attack on Nidavellir.
• Heimdall welcomed Thor, Arthur, Heros, and the others to Asgard, and Thor carried the unconscious Jane outside.
• Heros admired Asgard's palace and compared it with the ruined temples of Olympus.
• Arthur promised Heros that he would speak to his grandfather about restoring an Olympian Gods temple once they stabilized the universe.

Arthur and Thor sought a way to remove the object parasitizing Jane, while Odin challenged Thor for bringing mortals to Asgard. After Heros revealed his identity as Athena’s son, Arthur apologized and proposed cooperation with Asgard, which Odin agreed to hear about.

• Thor brought Arthur, Heros, and their companions into Asgard, where physicians examined the awakened Jane but could not remove the object in her body.
• Arthur suggested using Umbrella’s biotechnology and Halsey’s expertise to help Jane, and Thor accepted his offer of friendship.
• Odin entered the medical room and reprimanded Thor for bringing mortals to Asgard.
• Heros confronted Odin over being called a mortal, then identified himself as Athena’s son and Olympus’s newly appointed God of War.
• Arthur restrained Heros, apologized to Odin, and proposed establishing a cooperative relationship with Asgard, which Odin invited him to explain.

Arthur told Odin that Jane Foster carried the Reality Stone and warned that the Dark Elves were preparing to attack Asgard. Odin reacted with fury when Arthur mentioned Hela, but Arthur proposed cooperation to protect Asgard and secure the Stone.

• Arthur identified the Aether inside Jane as the Reality Stone and explained that Umbrella already controlled the Mind Stone.
• Arthur recounted how Umbrella had captured Pietro and Wanda in Sokovia and prevented Ultron from emerging.
• Arthur warned Odin that the Dark Elves would approach Asgard using invisibility technology and had a Cursed Warrior hiding in the palace prison.
• Odin erupted when Arthur mentioned Hela, while Heros shielded Arthur and Thor tried to calm his father.
• Arthur assured Odin that Umbrella had no ill intentions and suggested they focus on the Dark Elves and the Reality Stone in Jane.

The Cursed Warrior broke out of his cell and freed the prisoners in Asgard’s dungeon, but Heros confronted them before they could escape. Heros slaughtered the prisoners with ease and challenged the Cursed Warrior to attack him.

• The Cursed Warrior transformed into a monster, smashed through his cell’s Energy Shield, and freed the other prisoners.
• Heros arrived in the dungeon to stop the breakout as Odin cooperated with Umbrella against the Dark Elves’ invasion.
• The prisoners mocked Heros, who killed many of them with his trident and Golden War Spear.
• Heros used Zeus’s Thunderbolt to kill the remaining prisoners while avoiding the Cursed Warrior.
• Heros taunted the Cursed Warrior and challenged him to try to hurt him.

Heros effortlessly defeated the Cursed Warrior after slaughtering the prisoners in the dungeon. Loki watched in terror as Heros left, deciding to keep his head down.

• Heros dismissed the trident and freed the prisoners’ corpses, thwarting the Cursed Warrior’s plan to cause chaos in Asgard.
• Heros invited the Cursed Warrior to attack him, then remained unharmed when the warrior’s punch broke his own hand.
• Heros punched through the Cursed Warrior’s abdomen and tore him in two, protecting his armor from the blood with Divine Power.
• Loki witnessed Heros’s violence from his cell and panicked when Heros asked if he was Loki.
• Heros lost interest in Loki and left the dungeon, while Loki calmed down and resolved to keep his head down.

Asgard prepared to defend against the Dark Elves as their fleet attacked, but Heros arrived and transformed into a giant to stop their retreat. He pierced the Dark Elf mothership with a blue beam, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Heros rushed out of the dungeon with [Super Speed] after fearing the Dark Elves would be wiped out.
• Odin, Thor, Arthur, and their forces prepared Asgard’s defenses while the palace’s Energy Shield rose.
• Heimdall destroyed a Dark Elf aircraft, revealing the approaching fleet and its mothership.
• Asgardian weapons destroyed two aircraft, and the Dark Elf attack faltered against the shield.
• Malekith tried to retreat, but Heros arrived, transformed into a 170-meter giant, and pierced the mothership with a blue beam.

Heros destroyed the Dark Elves’ mothership and returned to the Rainbow Bridge as the surviving invaders began a final ground battle. Odin decided to give Thor Stormbreaker, while Umbrella Corporation forces joined the Asgardians in eliminating the Dark Elves.

• Heros grew to a giant size, pierced the invisible mothership with his returning trident, and destroyed several attacking aircraft.
• The surviving Dark Elf aircraft landed near the lakeshore, and Heros shrank back to human size before returning to the Rainbow Bridge.
• Thor and the Asgardian commanders watched Heros’s display of power, and Odin decided Thor should receive Stormbreaker.
• Odin ordered his commanders to deal with the remaining Dark Elves, while Arthur asked Gabriel and Vadim to send their forces into the battle.
• Gabriel and Vadim led the Blood Ravens and Elites against the Dark Elves, killing them far more efficiently than the Asgardian soldiers.

Gabriel, Vadim, and their warriors overwhelmed the Dark Elves at the lakeshore, astonishing the Asgardian soldiers with their skill. Heros killed Malekith in the battle, and Arthur resolved to speak with his nephew about his growing bloodlust.

• Gabriel led ten Blood Raven Astartes through the Dark Elf lines, while Vadim and the other elites fought through the enemy ranks on their own.
• Sif and the Asgardian soldiers watched the twenty-two fighters nearly wipe out the Dark Elves, and Sif grew curious and wary of Umbrella's power.
• Odin returned to Asgard, while Thor, Arthur, and Heros watched the battle from the Bifrost.
• Heros leaped into the fighting and skewered Malekith, unaware that he was the Dark Elf leader.
• Arthur noticed Heros's brutal, bloodthirsty fighting, and Thor warned that unchecked violence could make him cruel and tyrannical.
• Arthur agreed to speak with Heros after the battle so he would not become a foolish God of War like Ares.

After the battle against the Dark Elves, Asgard held a victory banquet where Odin signaled an alliance with Umbrella. Heros reflected on Thor and Jane’s relationship while Arthur teased him about his own mixed divine and human family.

• Heros killed the remaining Dark Elves, and Asgardian soldiers swept the battlefield for survivors.
• Asgard buried its fallen soldiers and prepared a victory banquet, while the Aether in Jane began to settle.
• Odin and Frigga hosted Arthur, Heros, and the Asgardian nobles and generals at the banquet.
• Gabriel and Vadim led their armored subordinates in a drinking contest, while Thor and Jane reunited on a nearby platform.
• Heros said he could not understand Thor’s devotion to a mortal, and Arthur reminded him that his parents had also fallen in love across different races.

Arthur warned Heros that his lack of remorse about killing could lead him down the path of Ares, and Heros promised to be more careful. After celebrating, they discussed the remaining Infinity Stones, leaving Arthur planning to ask Odin for the coordinates to Vormir and Morag.

• Heros said he felt nothing when he first killed and found fighting the Cursed Warrior unsatisfying, prompting Arthur to worry about his nephew's attitude toward killing.
• Arthur compared Heros's mindset to Ares, and Heros understood the warning and promised to be more careful.
• Arthur and Heros celebrated with wine, and Heros said he was not interested in an Asgardian girlfriend because no one could match his mother.
• Arthur reviewed the Stones: Umbrella controlled the Time, Mind, and forthcoming Reality Stones, while Odin guarded the Space Stone in Asgard.
• Arthur identified the Soul Stone's location as Vormir and expected the Power Stone to be on Morag, then planned to ask Odin for the planets' coordinates.

At the Asgardian banquet, Arthur negotiated with Odin over Umbrella’s partnership and the protection of the Infinity Stones. Odin agreed to send an Asgardian guide to Vormir and Morag, and Arthur and his companions returned to Earth to pursue the Soul Stone and Power Stone.

• After Arthur left the banquet table, Gabriel, Vadim, Heros, the Blood Ravens, and Asgardians drank together while Sif watched Thor leave with Jane.
• Arthur told Odin that Umbrella would prepare a partnership agreement and proposed that Umbrella protect the Reality Stone once it was removed from Jane Foster.
• Odin agreed to Umbrella protecting the Reality Stone and heard Arthur explain that Umbrella would secure the Soul Stone on Vormir and the Power Stone on Morag.
• Odin agreed to provide the planets’ coordinates but said he would send an Asgardian to guide and supervise Umbrella’s expedition.
• The next morning, Arthur, Heros, and the others left Asgard and returned to Earth to prepare to obtain the Soul Stone and Power Stone.

Arthur, Heros, Thor, Jane, and Sif returned to Earth and met William and Halsey at the White House. Halsey prepared a device to remove the Reality Stone from Jane, and the group traveled to Umbrella Pictures’ flagship, where Arthur planned to secure Sif’s cooperation.

• Heimdall sent Arthur, Heros, and the Blood Ravens and elites back to Washington, while Thor, Jane, and Sif also returned to Earth.
• William and Halsey welcomed the group at the White House, where Thor thanked William for Umbrella Pictures’ help.
• Halsey confirmed that she had prepared a device to extract the Aether particles from Jane, and William led everyone to the Star Killer.
• Jane admired the flagship’s technology, while Sif grew wary after seeing its forces and Arthur noticed her reaction.
• Arthur planned to have Thor and Sif sign a Confidentiality Agreement after Halsey removed the Reality Stone from Jane.

William and Halsey examined the Mind Stone and the newly installed Reality Stone, and Halsey concluded that Infinity Stones would not work in William’s universe. Meanwhile, Arthur prepared to pursue the remaining stones and confront Thanos, as Thor offered to help.

• Technicians placed the Reality Stone beside the Mind Stone in Halsey’s isolation laboratory.
• William wondered whether the Reality Stone could fulfill a wish, but decided he had nothing he wanted.
• Halsey explained that the Infinity Stones would only function in their own universe and would be useless in William’s universe.
• Arthur planned to collect the remaining Infinity Stones and deal with Thanos after William gave him authority over Avengers-related matters.
• Thor asked Arthur whether he was sure he did not need help with the search for the Infinity Stones.