Recaps

Hobart arranged Baker Lang’s assassination, survived a deadly Sealed Artifact in the ruins, and built new connections through the Tarot Club and the Mercenary Club. After helping Elliot secure water pumps and evading several groups watching him, Hobart accompanied Azik back to the ruins, where they found a dead Black Hound Spirit Beast with complete Sequence 3 Ferryman characteristics.

• Hobart arranged for Doffis to assassinate Baker Lang in exchange for clues about a Sequence 4 Undying characteristic, and Doffis killed the ambassador after uncovering his secret communications with an angel.
• Hobart joined the final excavation, where a Sealed Artifact killed workers who saw it, but he escaped and learned Doffis had used a Flying Spirit to alter the survivors’ memories and stage the deaths as a fight over treasure.
• Hobart sold a Prisoner Extraordinary Characteristic to Byron, learned about his organization’s trade with the Rose School, and offered Alger information about an Intis treasure ship carrying valuables worth over 200,000 pounds.
• At the Tarot Club, Hobart introduced Mr. World, helped arrange trades and offerings, and learned that Audrey had been praised for dealing with Baker Lang quickly.
• Hobart visited Harvest Church, met Emlyn White after Utravsky captured him, and used True Sight to spot several Young Men watching No. 192.
• Hobart helped Elliot arrange the purchase of two water pumps from Dikeus, while several groups watched and investigated him before he confronted their agents and lost his tail.
• Hobart tested how the Black Emperor card let him distort a locomotive’s weight, while Alger negotiated with Byron to sell the treasure-ship information for 3,000 pounds.
• Hobart met Azik and took him to the ruins, where they opened a hidden chamber and found a dead Black Hound Spirit Beast containing complete Sequence 3 Ferryman characteristics.

Hobart recovered the secrets left by his ancestor, advanced to Corrupted Baron, and forged weapons while building new alliances. The arc ended with him confronting John’s organization after Kelly refused to join it.

• Azzik identified Gregaire’s corpse and helped Hobart explore the Stone Chamber, where Hobart found his father Rex’s notebook, a Blasphemy Slate, and valuable artifacts.
• Hobart learned from Rex’s notes about the Night Emperor, the family Curse, and the search for the Lamp Genie, then discovered a Skeleton Lord’s location in the Feneport Kingdom.
• Hobart won Emma’s case against Wendell by arguing that Wendell had committed fraud, and he encouraged other women with similar cases to seek legal help.
• Hobart sacrificed the God of Death card to Mr. Fool, fully digested his Bribor Potion, and learned about the Blasphemy Slate’s complete path to godhood.
• Hobart brewed the Corrupted Baron Potion, resisted its influence, and used the Country of Disorder’s power to shape Order Crystal into weapons and protective items.
• Kelly forged a Tang Sword and Two-Handed Sword for Hobart, and they agreed to work together on future Beyonder weapons.
• Hobart recognized Bernadette at the Roselle Memorial Exhibition and received Elizabeth’s news that she and her companions would visit Backlund.
• John demanded that Kelly join his organization and threatened Hobart and Jessica, so Hobart began an attack as two of John’s Sequence 8 Provokers suddenly argued over Mary.

Hobart defeated members of the Judgment Group, investigated a Rose Bishop, and expanded his influence through the Justice League and the Creator’s offerings. He chose to remain in Backlund for now, helped Elizabeth and Selena with their supernatural troubles, and watched his family depart by train.

• Hobart killed John after John’s group attacked him, then learned from John’s spirit about the Judgment Group and its leaders.
• Hobart and Klein tracked down two Rose Bishops beneath an enamel factory, killed them, and collected their spoils before Hobart claimed his bounty.
• Hobart learned that Gale was connected to the Intersea Mutual Aid Society and sent money and a Judge’s Extraordinary Characteristics to the Country of Disorder.
• Elliot prayed to the Creator for Water Pumps, received them, and followed the Creator’s command to improve the treatment of the slaves at the copper mine.
• Hobart hosted a Justice League gathering where Colatti joined, members traded Potion Recipes and goods, and Glaint decided to open a clinic to quiet his Whispers.
• Hobart chose to stay in Backlund rather than travel with his mother, arranged Mystical Items through Christine, and told her he planned to digest his Potion in the Southern Continent later.
• Hobart met Bernadette, who recognized his connection to the Creator, then hypnotized Elizabeth to erase her memory of the Wumo Golden Horn Evil Monster and warned Selena about becoming a Beyonder.
• Hobart took his family to the Roselle Memorial Exhibition, saw Klein there in disguise, and watched Elizabeth, Selena, and Melissa depart by train.

Hobart joined Auston’s expedition to an ancient tomb, survived a betrayal and fought off the attackers, then uncovered the tomb’s curse and a connection to the Dream World. The arc left Hobart and Christine inside the dream, facing a mystery tied to Lina’s death.

• Hobart joined Auston’s team to explore an ancient tomb and used a bracelet to locate its hidden entrance beneath a lake.
• Hobart led the team through the tomb’s cursed passage and killed a monster concealed in a living landscape painting.
• Hobart and the team opened the Stone Coffin, then discovered that Pete and another mercenary were impostors as the tomb’s temperature plunged.
• Hobart and Auston counterattacked the enemies outside, and Hobart helped defeat the Guardian’s group while Roy and the mercenaries joined the fight.
• Hobart learned that Lina had relayed information to the enemy before dying by suicide, and he found a bloody warning about a curse in the dream.
• Hobart discovered that a gray-haired traveler had asked about Henry’s family and that the Madness Magician had sensed a disturbance originating in Backlund.
• Hobart and Christine entered the painting’s Dream World, fought off mural monsters, and found wooden statues of the expedition members, including broken statues of Lina and a mercenary.