Chapter Summaries

Soldier Boy secured a Vampire captive while Homelander forced captured Werewolves to reveal their history. Serena sought the truth about her people’s deaths from Terris, who refused to speak until Andrew revealed himself and made Terris eager to answer.

• Soldier Boy and Van Helsing took Emilia into custody, and she agreed to explain the history of the Vampires and Werewolves.
• Homelander killed several defiant Werewolves before Hunter brought in a Vought specialist who could gain memories by eating brains.
• Homelander gave the remaining Werewolves a choice between talking and becoming the specialist’s meal, and some agreed to recount their history.
• Andrew and Serena visited Terris at a monastery, where Serena demanded to know whether Werewolves had killed her people.
• Terris refused to tell Serena the truth without Victor’s permission, but Andrew removed his cloak and Terris immediately offered to tell him everything.

Terris revealed the origins of vampires and werewolves and explained that Victor had killed Serena’s family to conceal the location of William’s prison. Andrew freed Terris and promised to help Serena take revenge on Victor while he searched for Alexander, as Homelander’s group learned Lucien was important to the military’s research.

• Terris told Andrew and Serena that Alexander Corvinus’s sons became the progenitors of vampires and werewolves, and that Victor had helped capture William before secretly imprisoning him.
• Terris revealed that Serena’s family had built William’s secret prison and Victor had killed them to prevent them from exposing its location, while sparing Serena and raising her as his daughter.
• Terris recounted how Lucien became the first rational werewolf and began the thousand-year war after Victor killed his daughter.
• Andrew freed Terris and gave him and his two companions protective Amulets, then agreed that Serena would seek revenge on Victor herself while he went after Alexander.
• Homelander learned about Lucien’s plan, and a military member urged him to capture Lucien alive for research.

Homelander, Soldier Boy, and the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau mobilized against the werewolves and Vampires while Chthon and his allies sought William to unleash a mass transformation. Andrew watched their plans unfold, took half of Alexander’s blood, and left Alexander with a painting of his coming death at Marcus’s hand.

• Homelander split his forces, sending one group after Lucien and the werewolves while the other went after the Vampires, as Soldier Boy and Van Helsing learned the werewolves’ location from Emilia.
• Chthon, Set, and Death decided to find William and use him to turn New Yorkers into werewolves, while Wade interrupted their discussion.
• Chthon woke Marcus and contacted Victor, and the two Vampires left the castle to reach William’s prison after Death promised Victor protection and power.
• Andrew detected Marcus and Victor’s departure but waited, then met Alexander and asked for half his blood in exchange for a painting showing Marcus killing him.
• Andrew took Alexander’s blood and left, later extracting substances to repair Serena’s genetic defects and sealing the remaining blood for research.

Serena confronted the vampires after learning Victor had murdered her family, then tracked him and Marcus to William’s Prison, where they were preparing to release William. She fought them both and gained the advantage, while the Losers Alliance identified the Mechanical Demon King’s influence behind her power.

• Homelander searched the abandoned sewers while Soldier Boy waited above, as Lucien moved the werewolves and led nine others to take an untested hybrid serum before heading for the vampires’ lair.
• Serena returned to the vampire villa, threw Kraven aside, and discovered that the elders had left the Sleeping Place.
• Serena used her blood to recover the memory of William’s Prison’s location, and Andrew teleported her near its hidden entrance beneath a river.
• Serena confronted Victor and accused him of murdering her family and deceiving her for six hundred years, then stabbed his leg during their fight.
• Marcus transformed and joined Victor against Serena, but Serena held her own against both vampires and appeared close to winning.
• The Losers Alliance recognized that the Mechanical Demon King had turned the Death Dealers’ captain into one of his own.

Chthon offered Victor and Marcus power through sacrifice while Lucien led the Werewolves in an attack on the Vampire mansion, only to find the two Vampire leaders missing. As Lucien pursued them, Serena continued to overwhelm Victor and Marcus, and Chthon’s offer reached them.

• Set asked who should be sent to help, but Death rejected Wade because his presence might draw the Mechanical Demon King; Chthon proposed giving Victor and Marcus Compound Five through their Sacrificial Brands.
• Kraven dismissed warnings about the Werewolves, but Lucien led an assault on the Vampire mansion, defeated Kraven, and devoured him to become a Vampire-Werewolf hybrid.
• Lucien found Victor and Marcus’s coffins empty, while The Seven and The Boys arrived and surrounded the mansion to capture the combatants.
• Andrew told Lucien that Victor was where William was imprisoned and teleported him there in exchange for his agreement to a request.
• Serena battered Victor and Marcus in the cave, and Chthon urged both of them to sacrifice themselves for power.

Marcus and Victor gained powers from Chthon and fought Serena, while Lucien arrived to confront Victor. Chthon used Victor’s blood to reach William and catalyze his werewolf bloodline, but Andrew’s trap exposed Chthon’s connection, leaving Set and Death alarmed that Chthon had failed to notice what happened.

• Marcus sacrificed his source power to Chthon and received compound five, which gave him bone spikes and let him drive Serena back.
• Victor sacrificed himself for power, escaped Serena by turning into blood, and sent a drop of Chthon-controlled blood into William’s prison.
• Lucien appeared and attacked Victor, while Serena fought Marcus and the two battles remained unresolved.
• Chthon used the blood drop to reach William and persuaded him to sacrifice himself for freedom, then began catalyzing William’s werewolf bloodline.
• An eye appeared in William’s bloodline and locked onto Chthon’s power, revealing Andrew’s trap; Set and Death severed Chthon’s connection to William.
• Set and Death stared at Chthon in alarm because he had not noticed the trap, while Wade watched and took pictures.

Chthon discovered that a curse made from Eye Demon Shuma’s body had placed an undetectable eye on her forehead, putting her at risk if she faced the Mechanical Demon King. While Chthon and the others sought Shuma’s help, Shuma secretly offered to become God Andrew’s undercover agent, but he refused and left her waiting for him to change his mind.

• Chthon realized the Mechanical Demon King’s Eye Curse had followed her connection to William and appeared on her forehead, where it could absorb power and could not be detected by her.
• Death and Set examined the eye, but their Divine Power caused it to produce new eyes before they withdrew their power and the eyes merged away.
• Chthon, Death, and Set traveled to Eye Demon Shuma’s Origin Universe and awakened her by sacrificing a Universe and sending in Source Power.
• Eye Demon Shuma refused to help Chthon and secretly contacted God Andrew to offer herself as an undercover agent in exchange for her life.
• God Andrew rejected Shuma’s offer, told her to join the Losers Alliance, and refused to reveal whether the eye could be broken.

Serena used Andrew’s Demon King Power to take revenge on Victor, while Marcus escaped with Alexander’s help and killed him for his blood. Andrew captured William and gave Serena a gene treatment, and the chapter ended with the Vampire villa battle over.

• Serena activated Andrew’s Demon King Power, cut Marcus apart, and set Victor’s blood aflame until he died.
• Serena and Lucien agreed not to fight, and Lucien promised the Werewolves would leave Serena alone.
• Alexander helped Marcus reassemble, but Marcus stabbed and killed him, then drank his blood to gain strength.
• Andrew gave Serena Alexander’s genes to remove her weakness to sunlight, then captured William’s soul and sent his body to the Wasteland World.
• The Military personnel captured the Vampires who surrendered, and the Werewolves killed those who resisted until the villa battle ended.

The Seven and the military captured the Werewolves at the villa, while Soldier Boy warned that government leaders might conceal the creatures’ existence to pursue immortality. Lucien remained hidden outside the villa, watching the aftermath as the military planned to continue its research.

• Raz ordered the Werewolves to break out, but Homelander arrived and overwhelmed them as Hunter and The Seven intercepted those who fled.
• Soldier Boy told Hughie, Billy, and Newman that powerful leaders might hide Werewolves and Vampires to gain immortality, and James ordered Homelander to capture them and find others.
• Newman received orders to suppress news of the creatures and arrest all Werewolves and Vampires, while Soldier Boy left with Van Helsing.
• Homelander returned to the fight, and the Werewolves were captured without any being killed.
• Hunter reported that Lucien had vanished after entering the basement, and a military member discussed continuing Werewolf research by combining the creatures’ traits.
• Lucien watched from outside the villa, gritting his teeth as the military discussed the captured Werewolves.

Lucien and Marcus agreed to cooperate to rescue the captured werewolves, though Marcus planned to use their blood to turn humans into werewolves and fight back. At the laboratory, researchers successfully restored a test werewolf’s sanity and began preparing to combine the two kinds of werewolves.

• Lucien watched Homelander and Soldier Boy leave, then stayed hidden rather than risk rescuing the captives alone.
• Marcus found the vampire and werewolf bases destroyed, took control of Alexander’s organization, and used it to investigate the attacks.
• Marcus contacted Lucien and proposed using Lucien’s blood and Alexander’s blood to create two bombs that could turn people into werewolves.
• Lucien agreed to help rescue the captives first, while Marcus concealed his plan to turn people in New York into werewolves.
• At the laboratory, a bald expert injected rational blood into a test werewolf, who regained his sanity.
• The military general approved funding for the next experiment, combining the two types of werewolves to create a new kind.

The military and Vought advanced their new werewolf experiments while Demon discovered dark creatures in a neighboring world. Nathan warned Andrew that the president planned to transform America’s leaders into werewolves, and Andrew prepared to help Nathan take power as the president headed to inspect the laboratory.

• The military combined two kinds of werewolves and began testing the successful transformation on disabled soldiers, while Vought advanced its efforts to awaken werewolf abilities.
• Demon sensed dark creatures connected to him in a neighboring world and considered using them to enter it and recover his losses.
• Nathan told Andrew that the president planned to turn America’s senior officials into werewolves, and Andrew urged Nathan to prepare to become president and avoid New York the next day.
• Marcus and Lucien planned to attack the laboratory and rescue the werewolves, though Lucien remained wary of openly fighting humanity.
• The president and other officials traveled to inspect the laboratory under the protection of the Secret Service and the Seven, while the president anticipated turning the leaders into werewolves.

Homelander and other heroes were sent to Los Angeles to contain a werewolf outbreak while Marcus and Lucien attacked the laboratory holding captive werewolves. As the President prepared to flee, Bald Expert revealed an army of werewolf veterans, including superpowered soldiers, and offered to show their strength.

• Nathan told the President that green gas had transformed pedestrians in Los Angeles into frenzied, contagious werewolves, and the President sent Homelander to help.
• Homelander, A-Train, Black Noir, and Hughie headed to Los Angeles, while Soldier Boy and the others stayed in New York on alert.
• Marcus and Lucien waited until Homelander reached Los Angeles, then led armed werewolves in an assault on the laboratory.
• Lucien’s forces breached the defenses, and Marcus released green gas that turned the guards into werewolves who followed Lucien’s commands.
• The President ordered The Seven to take the group to an escape route, but Bald Expert revealed that the laboratory held an army of battle-wounded werewolves, one-third of whom had superpowers.

Lucien freed the imprisoned werewolves and vampires by hacking the laboratory’s system, turning the battle against the government’s forces. The president’s escape route collapsed, and after returning to the command hall he learned the Werewolf Soldiers were pursuing the retreating group as Vought International’s Avengers headed for the base.

• Bald Expert sent the Werewolf Soldiers to attack Marcus’s forces, and their abilities overwhelmed the wild werewolves.
• Lucien used spiders carrying a USB drive to hack the laboratory’s system, release the prisoners, and rally the werewolves and vampires to escape.
• Marcus declared that the vampires and werewolves were allied against the humans, and the freed prisoners fought their way out to regroup with Lucien.
• The president fled with the Seven, but Andrew’s intervention caused the underground escape passage to collapse, forcing them back to the command hall.
• Hunter had Gale disguise the senior officials, and Bald Expert reported that the Werewolf Soldiers were pursuing the retreating prisoners while Vought International’s Avengers approached.

Soldier Boy and his team took their time heading to the laboratory while Lucien’s forces battled the werewolf soldiers outside it. The Demon empowered the soldiers with Dark Magic and corrupted Marcus, who had been preparing a feral werewolf potion.

• Soldier Boy reassured Starlight Annie and the others that they could travel at their leisure, and they continued toward the laboratory without hurrying.
• Lucien led the werewolves against the soldiers while Raz tried to break through a stone wall, and Marcus used a potion made with werewolf blood to incapacitate several soldiers.
• The Demon decided to invest in the world and infused the werewolf soldiers with Dark Magic, strengthening their abilities and turning them against Marcus.
• The soldiers trapped Marcus and drove him to the ground while Lucien tried to reach him.
• A werewolf soldier touched Marcus’s back and flooded him with Dark Magic, turning him into the Demon’s puppet.

A demon controlled Marcus and the Werewolf Soldiers, turning them against the werewolves and capturing Lucien to lead an attack on the human leaders. As the president and his allies fled, the Bald Expert injected an untested hybrid potion, while Soldier Boy continued delaying his response to the crisis.

• Marcus ordered the vampires out of the underground garage, but Lucien understood his warning and alerted the werewolves to the ambush.
• The demon took control of the Werewolf Soldiers and joined them with the vampires to attack the werewolves, then possessed Lucien and used him to gather and slaughter them.
• Raz led the surviving werewolves away, while Marcus ordered Lucien to seize the human leaders and obtain the Werewolf Potion and compound five.
• The Bald Expert sent the president and superheroes fleeing, then injected himself with a Werewolf-Vampire Hybrid Potion and compound five.
• Madelyn demanded that Soldier Boy go to the president's aid, but he pretended his helicopter was about to crash as Starlight Annie and the others laughed.

Homelander and Soldier Boy rushed to the laboratory, where Lucien and Marcus were attacking The Seven and the president. They arrived with reinforcements, but Marcus and Lucien still expected to win because a powerful backer was on their side.

• Death, Set, and Chthon chose to watch events unfold, while Wade transported Homelander to New York and immediately returned.
• Soldier Boy stopped Homelander from flying off alone, and Homelander reluctantly dragged the helicopter toward the laboratory after James warned that the president was in danger.
• Lucien's Werewolf Soldiers overwhelmed The Seven, while Marcus worked on a potion and ordered Lucien to capture the president alive.
• Lucien intensified his attacks on Hunter but still could not break through his defenses.
• Homelander burst into the laboratory and attacked the Werewolf Soldiers, then Soldier Boy, Van Helsing, Starlight Annie, and the others arrived to reinforce The Seven.
• Marcus and Lucien refused to retreat, confident that their powerful backer would help them defeat Homelander and Soldier Boy.

Soldier Boy and the heroes fought Marcus and the Werewolf Soldiers as Homelander tried to evacuate the president, but Marcus captured the president and escaped with his allies after destroying the laboratory. Homelander and Grace searched the area while Soldier Boy’s group rested, leaving the president’s whereabouts unknown.

• Soldier Boy ordered Homelander to evacuate the president while he and the others fought the Werewolf Soldiers, and the Demon recognized Van Helsing as a potential source of Angel Power.
• Marcus weakened Homelander with a Demon’s Curse, but Homelander dispelled it and attacked Marcus with Lasers and shockwaves.
• Marcus used blood magic to drag the president into a pool of blood, and The Deep knocked Homelander back before Marcus took the president away.
• Soldier Boy warned everyone to retreat, and Marcus’s Corpse Explosion Technique destroyed the laboratory as he escaped with Lucien and the other Werewolf Soldiers.
• Homelander and the others searched the ruins and found The Deep barely alive, while Soldier Boy told Grace that Marcus had captured the president.
• Homelander and Grace flew off to search nearby for the president, while Soldier Boy’s group stayed behind to rest.

Andrew revealed that Van Helsing was the reincarnation of Archangel Gabriel and warned that a Demon wanted his body and power. They agreed to use Van Helsing as bait, while the Demon prepared to transform New York into a city of werewolves and anticipated the heroes’ arrival.

• Andrew privately told Van Helsing that he was Gabriel’s reincarnation and that the Demon intended to claim his body and Angel Power.
• Andrew proposed taking over Van Helsing’s body to lure the Demon, and Van Helsing agreed to the plan.
• Dark clouds gathered over New York, and Homelander flew toward the city with Soldier Boy, Van Helsing, and Starlight Annie following.
• Marcus, controlled by the Demon, completed a potion that strengthened the dark clouds and declared that New York was his.
• Lucien warned the Demon that the Director of S.W.O.R.D. might respond, but the Demon dismissed the threat and called himself a god.

Marcus transformed the president into a Werewolf and used his World's Favor to summon the Werewolf Kingdom, unleashing transforming rain across New York City. As the president urged civilians to embrace the change and Werewolves spread through the city, Homelander, Soldier Boy, Van Helsing, and Starlight Annie confronted Marcus at the Empire State Building.

• Marcus injected the president with the New Werewolf Potion and Dark Heart, turning him into a Werewolf and acquiring his World's Favor.
• Marcus sacrificed World's Favor to summon the Werewolf Kingdom, causing rain that entered buildings and began transforming New York's civilians.
• The president claimed he had exposed the executives' secret plan and presented the rain as a chance for civilians to become immortal Werewolves.
• Some civilians welcomed the transformation, while newly changed Werewolves attacked others and spread the change through Wolf Venom.
• Nathan ordered the superheroes to rescue civilians and defeat the culprits, while a mysterious livestream showed the disaster to the public.
• Homelander arrived at the Empire State Building, and Soldier Boy brought Van Helsing and Starlight Annie to face Marcus and his allies.

Marcus unleashed a battle in Manhattan, pitting Homelander against a magical duplicate while Soldier Boy fought Lucien and the werewolf forces. As Van Helsing and Starlight Annie joined the fight, Marcus summoned a demon to attack Soldier Boy.

• Homelander attacked Marcus on live television, but Marcus used Homelander's blood to create Blood Homelander and set the two against each other.
• Andrew secretly transported civilians out of a collapsing high-rise and claimed their souls, while Homelander and Blood Homelander continued fighting in the sky.
• The president transformed into a werewolf and attacked Soldier Boy, who knocked him aside before defeating Lucien and blasting the surrounding werewolf soldiers.
• Van Helsing and Starlight Annie joined the battle, and Marcus released Bald Expert from his cocoon in demon form and ordered him to kill Soldier Boy.
• Bald Expert attacked Soldier Boy with a pillar of flame, and Soldier Boy blocked it before hurling his shield at the demon.