Recaps

Iver helped Meg complete the Moulting Ritual, which left her reborn as Ligeia Danai, and Avalon began preparing against its enemies. After investigating Lars Graham’s legacy and learning more about his family’s curse, Iver entered the Vacancy Ritual with Sherlock and Isabel, where Merlin began a layered dream contest.

• Iver helped Meg complete the Moulting Ritual, and she emerged young and chose the name Ligeia Danai.
• Ligeia met Queen Sophia, who accepted her new identity and appointed her Grand Arbitrator, while they planned to use Meg’s supposed death to draw out Stibnite and Iris.
• Queen Sophia made Iver Minister of Everything, and Avalon pressured Iris before launching Operation Bear Hunt against Noble Red strongholds on Glass Island.
• Iver examined Lars Graham’s relics and letter, gave Lily a book tied to the Path of Love, and learned from Ibn that Aziz Ben Abdul had once been his apprentice and nephew.
• Iver, Sherlock, and Isabel entered their Promotion Rituals, where Iver met Merlin and warned him that the Shadow of Avalon Ritual now pointed toward the Shadow Angel.
• Merlin hosted a Vacancy Ritual in a dream inn, assigning Iver the identity of Agni Silva and the task of protecting Daya while searching for the Reality Layer.
• Iver and Jacob Alexander shot each other to descend together and verify their identities, and Iver awoke on another dream layer.

Iver uncovered the truth behind the Haunted Inn ritual, saved Daya, and gained new powers. Back in Avalon, he read the Morning Crow Grimoire and set out with Isabel to investigate a smuggler linked to Drost.

• Agni’s counterfeit medicine led him to overhear Jane and her husband’s fears, while Iver’s group identified Pure White and narrowed down the remaining roles.
• Isabel entered Room 201, found a book and teddy bear, and was pushed down its endless staircase by a cold hand.
• Iver deduced that the reporter was Merlin, discovered that Isabel was playing Daya, and learned from Honey Badger that his role was Agni Shiva, an escaped bank robber who had abducted Daya.
• Iver pieced together the group’s conflicting accounts of the dream’s layers and exposed their false memories, while Isabel descended through the layers to deliver Sherlock’s warning.
• Iver shot Daya and himself to reach the Negative First Layer, then returned to Room 201 and used a ritual to calm her awakening Dream Demon.
• Iver learned that Pure White was a temporary examiner and that the Dancer was Merlin, then chose Flesh Dedication and reassured Isabel after his advancement.
• The Eternal Pope directed Matilda to have Grey teach Iver and brief him and Topaz about the dream, while Sherlock publicly accused Drost of assassination and smuggling.
• Meiya lent Iver the Morning Crow Grimoire, whose Dawnfire burned and restored him, and Iver later joined Isabel to visit the Bureau of Supervision after learning the Red Lady was arresting a smuggler linked to Drost.

Iver helped Augustus escape Stibnite’s danger, initiated Sherlock onto the Mitra Path, and set out for Eagle Cape Village with Lily and Sherlock. There, Iver uncovered clues about Jacob’s death and encountered the Night of the Wild Hunt, leaving him to wonder what other secrets lay beneath the village.

• Iver exposed Augustus Kanter’s connection to the smuggling ship and arranged protection for him and his family in exchange for his help making Plant Essential Oil.
• Iver helped Sherlock manage his Spiritual Body Imbalance and initiated him into the Mitra Path, rejuvenating him through a bull-sacrifice ritual.
• Lily chased a Night Rabbit, transformed into a wolf, and returned to Iver’s study with the rabbit’s fur in her mouth.
• Hai Na met the dangerous poet Ye Zhi on her journey home, while Cassiem searched Bagpipe Town and nearby villages for the Book of Law.
• Iver, Sherlock, and Lily traveled to Eagle Cape Village, where Hai Na reunited with her family and welcomed her griffin, Liz.
• Iver investigated Jacob’s death and deduced that Giant Prince Wolfram was testing whether he had inherited Jacob’s treasure.
• The group discovered that time moved strangely in Eagle Cape Village, then stayed still as the Night Parade Knights swept through during the Wild Hunt.
• Iver identified Hellerchein as the Wild Hunt King and resolved to remember the rare monster’s location while wondering what else lay beneath the village.

Iver and Sherlock uncovered Jacob’s soul experiments and Eagle Cape Village’s connection to the Fairy Hole, while Noble Red invaded the village in search of a Sacred Entity. The attack left a wounded Punishment Demon fighting the Wild Hunt, and Iver prepared to capture it for its power.

• Iver and Sherlock investigated the swamp, where they found undead and a giant Mud Bone Turtle before Iver discovered the Fairy Hole beneath the village’s mist.
• Iver learned that Jacob’s rituals had resurrected outsiders as copies with complete souls, while their original souls remained hidden in the Fairy Hole.
• Sherlock investigated Jacob’s work and concluded that the village’s circular layout formed a ritual array, while Merlin learned from James that Jacob had researched fusing phantom fragments with human souls.
• Iver learned from the priest that the villagers were Nameless remnants who had sold their souls to Amber, and he suspected Hai Na was connected to the game’s rebel leader.
• Cassiem led Noble Red soldiers into Eagle Cape Village, where Iver fought them and faced Cassiem’s transformation into Punishment Demon.
• Iver used Paradox Flame Butterfly to battle Punishment Demon, who escaped the fight wounded as the Wild Hunt arrived.
• Iver, Sherlock, and Hai Na sheltered the priest from the Wild Hunt, and Iver decided to seek an Earthbound Spirit before capturing the Punishment Demon and turning its power into cards.