Recaps

Iver separated his Devotion and Transcendence paths, and his female body took the name Aleister before traveling to Stibnite. In Leipzig, Aleister uncovered the dangers of the sea-monster experiment and encountered Prince Siya Erduo, whose investigation tied her own violent urges to the city’s predicament.

• Iver divided himself through the Twofolds' Rift, leaving No. 14 as his separate female body, and they chose the name Aleister for her.
• Aleister enlisted Honey Badger for her mission in Stibnite, adopted the identity Duchess Viennes Emil Zola Bayard, and boarded a ferry with Selene.
• Aleister questioned Paul and Dimit about Garrote, Professor Lasimi’s experiment, and the Spirit Tower’s use of contaminated corpses, then confronted Lasimi with what she had learned.
• A Sea Bride attacked the ferry after being drawn by the preservation fluid, and Aleister destroyed it with Purification Fire and sealed the wounded sea monsters.
• Aleister reached Leipzig, where she met Landon Viennes von Bayard and visited the White Dove Opera House to seek the male singer Alanis Pulgar.
• Prince Siya Erduo took Aleister and Selene to his manor, where Aleister recognized that her hunger and murderous impulses were part of Leipzig’s wider problem.
• Fenrir said a prophecy had led Siya Erduo to Aleister, and Siya revealed that his glasses had exposed her true age before she used her mirror to show her younger appearance.

Aleister uncovered and stopped a ritual in Leipzig, froze Earl Dawn, and restored Christina by joining her with Alice. After arranging the Mirror Demon’s help and a funeral, she confronted Alphons, whose invocation of Anna Kingsford triggered a devastating explosion that left Aleister and her companions alive in the ruins.

• Aleister and Siya Erduo agreed to investigate the White Dove Opera House, where Inspector Vena reported that Viscount Conlay had mutilated four attendants.
• Aleister and Honey Badger found that the opera-house killings were part of a month-long ritual, and Aleister set out to eliminate the suspected ritualist.
• Aleister froze Earl Dawn and the Winter Demon with Star Ice, then sealed the demon’s power into Withered Silence.
• Aleister restored Christina’s soul to her body temporarily and arranged for Alice to share and protect it, while the Mirror Demon provided money and arranged Earl Dawn’s funeral.
• Aleister learned that Earl Dawn’s soul had been sent to the Dream Realm, signed a contract with the Mirror Demon, and went to visit Alphons von Piloty.
• Anna Kingsford promised to help Alphons gain power, then Aleister questioned him about their connection and he triggered Kingsford’s trap by saying “I surrender!”
• The blast destroyed Piloty Manor and brought blood rain over Leipzig, while Aleister, Viennes, and the Night Demon survived through the Night Demon’s defenses.

Aleister uncovered the remnants of Sister Sasha’s ritual and the force of the Path of Love, while Stibium’s political crisis escalated into war and a royal succession. The arc left Aleister fighting her Child of the Moon urges, Iver reconnecting with her, and Lucian set to become Stibium’s new king.

• Aleister found Sister Sasha’s contaminated Offer Mercy’s Eye and liver beneath Alphons’s ruined house, then collapsed after touching the liver and releasing the Path of Love.
• Isabel comforted Aleister as she admitted she feared disappearing and being forgotten, then described how the trolls had transformed Midsummer County and heard Aleister’s plans for its growth.
• Heinrich told General Karl that his human sculptures had willingly merged with him, while Karl revealed he had become a Fire Holder and Heinrich warned that the Red Minister would deal with Alphons.
• Fenrir warned Siya Erduo, Aleister, and Honey Badger that Red Phase would seize power, and Aleister traced the changed future to her actions and agreed to rescue Inspector Vena.
• Aleister led Siya Erduo into the Police Department through a savage battle among the charmed police, then forced him to confront a demonkin and overcome his fear of killing.
• Iver discovered that the Path of Love and Sacred Number Eleven came from a hidden Tenth Source River, restored his connection with Aleister, and learned her Path Urge had reached the Sixth Level.
• Pengbo Naqi killed Valentine VII, announced that Lucian Valentine would become king, and later showed Aurora and Christina Albert’s experiments to grow transplant organs without killing people.
• Christina learned that Albert knew Aleister and saw how much influence her mentor commanded when Albert bowed to her.

Aleister gained Leviathan, secured Isabel’s pregnancy and cooperation, and defeated Hellerchein to make him the Wild Hunt King. As she returned to Antimony, the Winter Maiden ascended as the Winter Angel, and Aleister’s mounting agitation left her facing another danger.

• Albert confessed his part in the Spirit Tower’s failures and begged Christina to bring Aleister to help him.
• Selene’s ritual created Leviathan from the gathered ingredients, and Aleister named the newborn dragon Sha Sha.
• Aleister met Matthias at the Spirit Tower and promised to return with a Sixth-Level undead to serve as the Gray Angel’s vessel.
• Aleister visited Isabel, learned she was pregnant with Iver’s child, and received the Bottled Soul after Isabel used the Puppet Mask Grimoire to become Iver’s mirror.
• Aleister summoned Hellerchein and defeated him in a duel, then sealed him as the Great Sin Card Wild Hunt King.
• Aleister registered the Wild Hunt King in the Book of Law and rode with him back toward Antimony.
• Snow covered the Spirit Tower as the Winter Maiden ascended as the Winter Angel, and Matthias declared the tower under her protection.
• Aleister returned to the manor with Leviathan, Selene, and Lily, while Selene noticed Aleister’s trembling fingers and urge to kill.