Recaps

Hobart helped defeat the Witch Sect, expanded his influence through political, commercial, and military projects, and pursued the secrets of the Duke of Entropy and his family’s curse. The arc left him confronting a campaign of sabotage against Earl’s Light while preparing to act against Eris and James.

• Hobart helped the Creator’s allies defeat the Witch Sect, claimed its spoils, and strengthened ties with the Tarot Club, the Temperance Faction, and other organizations.
• Hobart advanced his political standing, expanded Earl’s Light, and worked with Audrey on electric power, social reforms, and plans to establish a nation in the Southern Continent.
• Hobart killed Herwin Rambis, received Rex’s inheritance, and learned from Trensoost about the scattered Duke of Entropy Characteristics and the Trensoost Family curse.
• Hobart led the campaign against the Mountain God Church, seized Megli’s Duke of Entropy Characteristics, and redirected the islanders’ worship toward the Creator.
• Hobart and his allies fought Amon’s avatar, then opened Tuthuga Port as a protected trading hub for pirates and challenged Eris when he attacked its harbor.
• Hobart shared Second Epoch history at the Tarot Club, warned that Eris had taken the Black Emperor, and agreed to help Bernadette oppose him in exchange for the lamp’s secret.
• Hobart investigated fatal electrical accidents, learned that gas companies had staged them, and announced that Earl’s Light would suspend Backlund sales until the incidents were investigated.
• Alice asked Hobart to kill James, the Royal Family’s former butler, and gave him details of his movements.

Hobart expanded Earl’s Light, established the South Baylam Duchy, and led campaigns against the Aurora Society and the Tamara Family while the war spread. He uncovered the Glynt Family’s Tamara origins and ended the stretch seeking the Fool’s help with his family’s increasingly complicated Curse.

• Hobart destroyed Backlund’s gas storage facilities, killed James, and forced the Gas Association to compensate Earl’s Light and the victims of its conspiracy.
• Hobart and Fors built a working Teleportation Array, then Hobart and Archibald found the City of Yadro and obtained a Crystal Key to the Trensoost Empire.
• Hobart brought the Trensoost Empire Ship back to life with the Ancient Death God’s corpse, then rescued Xue and Sherman and learned that the King sought godhood through mass sacrifice.
• Hobart helped Silver City establish electric lighting, fought off a Fosac bombing raid, and secured Loen’s support to establish the South Baylam Duchy in the Southern Continent.
• Hobart and his allies defeated Botis and other Aurora Society fighters, seized the Box of the Ancient Days, and later led an airship raid on Saint Millon before saving the surviving crews.
• Hobart negotiated with Fosac’s emperor and expanded the duchy, then attacked the Tamara Family’s hidden valley and strongholds without finding Eris or Tamara.
• Hobart learned that Tamara had killed Peidi and taken his Extraordinary Characteristics, then discovered that the Glynt Family descended from Tamara members who had escaped the valley centuries earlier.
• At the Tarot Club, Klein discussed George III’s ascension and Rosell’s possible mausoleum locations, while Hobart privately told the World that lifting his family’s Curse had grown more complicated and asked about the Fool’s recovered powers.

Hobart advanced to Duke of Entropy, ended the Balk Family’s Curse, and led South Baylam to victory against the Rose School and foreign armies. After becoming engaged to Audrey and helping Klein find renewed resolve, he confronted Tamara’s ultimatum to the Solomon Family.

• Hobart joined the Night Church’s battle against the God of War Church, then helped destroy George III’s mausoleums and prevent his Black Emperor ascension.
• Hobart stopped Amon from taking Source Castle, then advanced to Duke of Entropy as Trensoost returned and the Balk Family’s Curse ended.
• Hobart recovered his suppressed memories of his life as the archaeologist Hobart and learned that the Celestial Worthy had marked him.
• Hobart seized the Black Emperor Uniqueness in Anst and sealed it with the Country of Disorder.
• Hobart led South Baylam’s forces against the Rose School and foreign armies, helping secure victory at Roclier City and reorganizing the duchy’s forces.
• Hobart killed Eris, then visited Selena’s grave and destroyed Eris’s spirit body in the Underworld.
• Hobart and Audrey held their engagement ceremony, and Hobart gave her responsibility for South Baylam’s foreign affairs.
• Hobart encouraged Klein to build a homeland in Longtail Island and Anjou, then appeared as Tamara demanded the Solomon Family join him or surrender their Extraordinary Characteristics.

Hobart expanded the South Baylam Duchy through war, diplomacy, and reform while confronting ancient corruption and advancing to Sequence 1. After marrying Audrey, he joined Klein to kill Cotal and continued building the Creator’s faction and the duchy’s power.

• Hobart negotiated with Loen, recruited its universities and industries to the South Baylam Duchy, and agreed with Alger to explore the Elven Ruins.
• Hobart opened the Bronze Gate, destroyed the reviving corpse tied to Salinger’s resurrection, and claimed the Conqueror characteristic as the Death God Sword.
• Hobart and Alger defeated the Siren Mother and destroyed her altar, while Hobart sealed the contaminated Sea King Characteristics.
• Lilith revealed herself after killing Spike and told Hobart she planned to reclaim the Moon Pathway’s power and accommodate the Mother Nest.
• Medici led Hobart’s forces to destroy the Rose School’s army and capture Asong City, where Hobart helped defeat Sua, claimed a Sequence 1 Godspawn characteristic, and purified the city.
• Hobart stopped the war phantom tied to Leonid’s Flesh-Colored Crystal Stone, then oversaw the Highland Kingdom’s defeat and reorganized the South Baylam Duchy.
• Hobart advanced to Sequence 1, married Audrey, and joined Klein and Reneette to kill Cotal and seal the Mysteries Curtain.
• Hobart expanded the duchy into the Salto Region, brought spring early to improve the harvest, and welcomed Medici into the Creator’s faction as an Angel.