Recaps

Josh gathered the Red Queen and Terminators, then entered the Void and survived an encounter with a mysterious entity. He later visited Jurassic Park with Garen, rescued Zack and Gray from the Indominus Rex, and confronted the park’s armed security team.

• Josh took control of the Red Queen and destroyed The Hive, then returned to Muya Continent and set out to find dependable workers.
• Josh and Garen captured the T-1000, protected John Connor, and later collected Terminators from both human and machine factions.
• Josh entered the Void, absorbed a tiny wisp of its energy, and encountered a vast purple sphere before waking after days unconscious.
• Josh and Garen traveled to Jurassic Park, where they met Gray and Zack and considered the dinosaurs’ possible uses in Muya Continent.
• Josh and Garen entered a restricted area and rescued Zack and Gray when the Indominus Rex attacked their Gyrosphere.
• Josh brought the brothers to the helipad, where he restrained Simon’s security team after some officers fired at him.

Josh rescued Giovanni Auditore and began building a faith-based organization in Renaissance Italy, bringing Ezio and Natasha into its orbit. After discovering that believers’ faith strengthened his soul, Josh sent Ezio, Giovanni, and Nightingale on a violent graduation mission to San Gimignano.

• Josh and his companions contained the Jurassic park crisis, secured dinosaur meat, and arranged for Hosdena to capture the Indominus Rex alive.
• Josh learned that faith could strengthen his soul and traveled with Garen and Natasha to Renaissance Florence, where he rescued Giovanni Auditore from execution.
• Josh recruited Giovanni and his sons, brought them to Monteriggioni, and persuaded Mario to help establish the Secret Ones Church.
• Ezio killed Uberto and fled Florence with his family, while Giovanni secretly saved them and adopted the masked identity Eagle, also called Igor.
• Josh introduced Ezio to the Secret Ones Church, and Ezio chose to stay in Monteriggioni, train under Giovanni, and seek revenge.
• Josh discovered that his believers’ faith power nourished his Void energy, and Akathosh advised him to study it and expand the religion.
• Ezio trained with Battle Qi and Nightingale, and Josh sent Ezio, Giovanni, and Nightingale to San Gimignano on a mission to leave no survivors.

Josh consolidated his rule across Italy, then returned to Rivendell and began building its reputation through film, music, technology, and public institutions. Black and Josh’s brothers learned that Josh had recovered his magic as a four-element mage, but Josh chose to remain in Rivendell and pursue his plans there.

• Josh reorganized the Assassin Brotherhood into the Light-Dark Brotherhood, assigning Mario to lead public affairs and Giovanni to command its military and covert operations.
• Josh’s forces subdued Siena and Florence, and over four years he secured Italy while Ezio expanded his banking work and reunited with Christina.
• Josh returned to Constantinople, named his territory Rivendell, and planned to attract nobles and mages through arts, entertainment, and new industries.
• Josh recruited directors and an orchestra for a film about the Guardians, brought them and their equipment to Muya, and shaped the story to portray both the human cost of war and the orcs’ hardship.
• Howard, Frank, and Red Queen developed magical air conditioning and a network powered by Liquid Metal, while Josh prepared the film crew and orchestra for work in Rivendell.
• Black, List, William, and Kane visited Josh, who revealed his four elemental spheres and Fifth Tier power, then refused Black’s request to return to the Imperial Capital.
• Josh showed Black his film project and plans for useful magical devices, then introduced Natasha as family and demonstrated the Rivendell Daily and Magic Brain system.
• Black agreed to fund more Magic Brains after Josh explained that limited materials and Liquid Metal cables constrained production.

Josh traveled to Middle-earth, made an alliance with Rivendell’s rulers, and accepted the title of Elf King as he helped prepare an elven academy. After defeating Galadriel in a public duel, he left the elves awed by his power while Garen revealed he had reached the Fifth Tier.

• Josh and Kane sparred in the forest, and Josh won by using his Elemental Light Wings to outlast Kane.
• Josh explored a random world with Akathosh and found himself in Middle-earth, where he met Elrond and offered to help the elves grow stronger.
• Josh exchanged cultivation knowledge with Elrond for Rivendell’s plans, elven guard training, and combat instruction, then met Galadriel and Thranduil.
• Josh demonstrated his elemental magic to Galadriel, freezing her magic and leaving Rivendell cold, then defended Akathosh after the Elf Kings mistook him for a pet.
• Josh proposed training elven students in exchange for resources and support, and Thranduil offered to make him the Elf Empire’s first king and mentor.
• Josh accepted the title of Elf King, stabilized the Void Gate, and planned to recruit teachers while waiting for the dwarves and Hobbits to arrive.
• Elrond defeated Thranduil in a sword duel, and Josh then fought Galadriel before Rivendell’s elves.
• Josh overwhelmed Galadriel with a powerful fire spell, helped her recover, and left the ruined training ground as Garen told him he had reached the Fifth Tier.