Recaps

Count Andre planned to rebuild the White Mountain faction by integrating with Murphy’s forces and allying with him, while secretly aiming to serve the Wolf Queen. He prepared to lure the Wolfsbane Clan into a trap by using himself as bait.

• Meow Brother and Yansang discussed keeping Yansang’s intimate encounter with a noblewoman secret, while the convoy carried the White Mountain dead back toward Scarlet Castle.
• Andre appointed Vesta to lead intelligence work and told him the White Mountain faction would integrate into Murphy’s system rather than compete for Transia.
• Andre explained that he wanted to grow stronger in Transia and help the Wolf Queen, even if that eventually forced him to choose between his country and the Thorn Clan.
• Andre and Vesta agreed to ally with Murphy and defeat the Wolfsbane Clan, beginning by trapping its Grayclaw faction.
• Andre rejected a direct ambush and proposed using himself as bait, with Vesta acting as a discontented Thorn count to tempt the wolves.

Dorothy, Heru, Smoker, and Frostfang Claw began a covert reconnaissance mission at a gnoll camp, with Dorothy and Frostfang Claw sneaking inside to plant locator crystals. As the pair advanced through the camp, Smoker guided them by psychic link while distracting Frostfang Claw with teasing comments.

• Heru and Dorothy discussed his ambitions and the possibility of joining her Blood Rat Gang, and Heru gave her a Shadow Patch to aid their mission.
• The four reached the Cademan River near the gnoll camp, where Heru assigned himself to track Dorothy and the Wolfsbane vampires while Smoker guided Frostfang Claw.
• Dorothy and Frostfang Claw flew toward the camp with six locator crystals, and Frostfang Claw told Dorothy he wanted to join the Thieves' Guild after she apologized for a previous trick.
• Dorothy and Frostfang Claw entered the shadows outside the camp, and Smoker used his Eagle Eye spell to direct Frostfang Claw around a gnoll patrol.
• Smoker teased Frostfang Claw about Dorothy and rumored adult game features, causing Frostfang Claw to nearly lose his stealth and demand that he focus on the mission.

Dorothy and Heru infiltrated the Wolfsbane vampires’ camp to record Colando’s diary while Yaya and Yansang planted locator crystals and raided Kempot’s tent. Yaya escaped with stolen weapons, completed his Black Iron Trial, and was rescued by Dorothy.

• Yaya buried the three locator crystals while Yansang guided him through the gnoll encampment and persuaded him to search Kempot’s tent.
• Dorothy entered the Wolfsbane vampires’ camp, removed three hairs from Colando’s diary, recorded its pages, and escaped just before Colando arrived.
• Yaya sneaked into Kempot’s tent and stole a magical implement, two bone daggers, and papers while a fire drew the guards away.
• Yaya set a fire in the tent and fled, but a gnoll hunter and three hyenas caught up with him.
• Yaya killed the gnoll hunter with the stolen bone daggers and completed his Black Iron Trial before Dorothy arrived and revealed she had killed the hyenas.

Yansang and Yaya stole a gnoll warlord’s relic and a coded defense map, which revealed that the Wolfsbane Clan had given the gnolls plans for the Dorod Fortress complex. Murphy reported the betrayal, and Lord Payn prepared to confront Edward in the City of Mist.

• Kempot ordered his chieftains to prepare to march on Scarlet Castle after Korando pressed him to act against the thieves.
• Yansang kept the Head of Pestilence after trading Mage Heru his Scout's Talisman as collateral for studying it.
• Dorothy and Yaya presented Kempot’s stolen map, and Triss identified it as the Wolfsbane Clan’s coded defense plan for the Dorod Fortress complex.
• Murphy brought the map to Lady Laennia, who agreed to report that Korando had leaked the plans to Lord Paine.
• Yvette informed Lord Payn that Moriarty Corando Gangrel had given the plans to Kenport, and Payn ordered an astral portal opened so he could confront Edward in the City of Mist.

Hogg led the Wolfsbane vanguard into the sewers beneath Scarlet Castle, where Stand discovered that Murphy had killed his brother and overheard Andre’s plan to destroy the castle and seize Transia. Stand left knowing both that Murphy was his target and that Andre was preparing to act against him.

• Stand forced Hogg to guide the Wolfsbane vanguard through the underground river into Scarlet Castle’s sewers.
• Stand’s vampires reached the ghoul-filled third level, then climbed to the second level through a passage Hogg had revealed.
• Stand found the fighting club and watched Murphy defeat and scar Andre, learning that Andre was connected to the Wolf Girl.
• Stand recognized Jopan’s swordstaff beside Murphy and realized Murphy had killed his younger brother.
• Stand followed Andre and overheard him and Vesta discuss explosives hidden in the sewers and their plan to kill Murphy and take control of Transia.

Meow Brother learned that the gnoll operation had entered its second phase and that new factions and mercenary contracts were coming, then rushed to answer a distress call from the Silver Moon group. At the Andmar Hills, players battled Wolfsbane’s elite fighters while Hogg escaped with a captured enemy warrior after completing his guiding mission.

• Meow Brother received the quest update announcing that the gnoll hunt had expanded across Transia and read the Alpha 2.1 announcement about new factions, reputation, mercenary contracts, and shops.
• Lumina Sunscar called for backup after Wolfsbane’s elite squad pinned down the Silver Moon group and revealed that the enemies had special drops.
• Meow Brother and his companions set out for the battle, while Cat Bro and the Combat Sports Group joined the girls’ group and discovered Wolfsbane’s fighters were formidable.
• Wolfsbane’s fighters killed Madam Water and Sichuan Wolf, forcing the players to retreat and call for reinforcements.
• A Little Inaba told Hogg to stay hidden, but Hogg escaped on his hyena with a captured Wolfsbane warrior after completing his mission to guide Pangolin.

Meow Brother and the Transian players helped drive off the Wolfsbane vanguard, then divided the captured equipment and wand-swords. Stand reported what he had learned about Scarlet Castle to Kolando, who decided to mobilize the Grayclaw faction and attack the castle.

• Meow Brother's team joined the battle, helping the players kill Wolfsbane fighters while Stand led the survivors away on astral wolves.
• Little Ashina organized an auction for the captured wand-swords, and Cat Bro and Little Ashina bought two of them.
• Meow Brother returned with heavy losses and reported that the players had killed two more Wolfsbane fighters; the group shared the loot and gold.
• Stand told Kolando that the Blood Eagle and Thorn clans were fighting in Scarlet Castle and revealed that Count Andre was the Wolf Queen's half-brother.
• Kolando ordered the Grayclaw faction to gather troops, recruit gnolls, and bring their members and wealth from Greeny Island to Transia for an attack on Scarlet Castle.

Murphy gave players Wolf's Kiss swordsmanship notes and turned their challenge into a quest to win recommendations from Transia's strongest warriors. He invited Varand and the Earl of Sico's forces to join the coming war against the gnolls, and Sico's young heir decided to go despite Varand's objections.

• Murphy recognized the Wolfsbane staff swords and gave Sister Pomegranate and the other players Wolf's Kiss notes as a reward.
• Cat Bro and Sister Pomegranate challenged Murphy, who gave them a quest to earn four recommendations from seven powerful figures before they could face him.
• Murphy began planning a larger quest chain and invited Varand to judge a knightly tournament, while urging him to bring the Winged Cavalry to the coming battle against the gnolls.
• Varand agreed to pass Murphy's invitation to his liege and reserved a place as a tournament judge if he survived the war.
• The Earl of Sico's young heir ordered Varand to take her and their forces to the County of Kademan, but Varand objected because the journey would be too dangerous for her.

Corlando led the Wolfbane faction and five hundred gnoll brutes toward Scarlet Castle, while Hogg arranged to separate its old clan from the Bloodclaw clan and began plotting to silence those who knew its origins. Murphy learned that Corlando’s force was approaching and prepared the Blood Eagle and Thorn clans to meet them in the sewers.

• Kenport sent Corlando off with five hundred gnoll brutes and planned to use the Wolfbane deployment map to invade the Cato region.
• Kenport restored Hogg’s old clan, and Hogg handed it to Nash while secretly deciding that its old clanmates had to die to protect its claimed identity.
• Corlando told Mark and Stand that Edward had taken their home and was trying to eliminate their faction, then urged his followers to risk everything in the attack on Scarlet Castle.
• Corlando spotted Ravenor watching from above and greeted him with a mock gun gesture as his force approached the city.
• Murphy learned from Ravenor that Corlando’s vanguard included more than three hundred elite warriors and five hundred gnolls, then prepared the Blood Eagle and Thorn clans to fight in the sewers.

Meow Shark and the other players joined the Blood Eagle Clan as its race main quest began, while allies prepared to guard Scarlet Castle aboveground. In the sewers, Murphy confronted Corando over Jopan’s death, and their armies clashed in a battle with no possibility of surrender.

• Meow Shark received the Vampire: Dancing with Wolves mission, which tasked Blood Eagle members with defending Scarlet Castle’s sewers from the Wolfsbane Clan.
• Natalie told Femis that the Witch Hunters would guard the sewer exits, while Murphy led the vampires underground in the name of Grand Duchess Triss.
• Meow Brother organized Avalon Church players to wait aboveground and fight any vampires who emerged from the sewers.
• Corando’s forces collapsed the passage behind the gnoll brutes, trapping them in the lower sewers, then advanced toward Murphy’s defenses.
• Murphy told Corando that he had killed Jopan and challenged him as the two leaders faced off.
• Murphy and Corando’s weapons clashed, igniting a fierce battle between their clans in the sewers.

Transian bureaucrat players and construction workers defied the curfew to help the Blood Eagle Clan fight the Wolfsbane vampires, turning the sewer battle in their allies’ favor. As the Witch Hunters joined the fight, Natalie faced several Wolfsbane attackers and spoke with the Holy Blade.

• The Chosen Construction Worker and Bricklayer led workers and bureaucrat players to obtain weapons and Molotov cocktails, then headed for the sewers despite Meow Brother’s objections.
• Mud Truck rallied the group to defend their homes, and Meow Brother and the Old Church players followed by claiming the workers as Avalon Church followers.
• Moqiniung and Belly joined the battle, while Natalie led the Witch Hunters into the sewers to defend their holy land.
• Muddy Road Oil lured two Wolfsbane elites to the workers’ ambush, where gunfire and Molotov cocktails weakened them and let him strike one down.
• The workers’ ambushes spread through the sewers, and Natalie burned a Wolfsbane vampire with her sword before preparing to face four more.
• Natalie spoke with the Holy Blade Watcher as the Wolfsbane attackers closed in around her.

Murphy weakened Korando with summons and psionic lightning, but Andre arrived and asked to claim the Wolfbat as proof of his growing strength. Murphy yielded the fight to Andre, who faced Korando alone, determined to earn a place beside his sister.

• Murphy fought Korando, whose Wolfbat transformation gave him immense strength and regeneration, while George and Reyfano battled Korando’s summoned astral wolves.
• Korando’s claws and a spell banished Necessary Evil, but Murphy noticed that his attacks pushed Korando further into an uncontrollable animalistic state.
• Murphy summoned astral beasts to restrain Korando, then struck him with psionic lightning and took to the air to attack from a distance.
• Andre arrived with five frozen Wolfsbane hearts and asked Murphy to let him claim Korando so he could prove his growth and rebuild his faction.
• Murphy accepted Andre’s request, warned him of Korando’s danger, and left with Korando’s sword-cane.
• Andre faced the frost-covered Wolfbat and declared his ambition to become the shadow beneath his sister’s throne.

The Blood Eagles and their allies defeated Wolfsbane and Grayclaw in the sewer battle, though the victory came at heavy cost. Murphy praised the wounded Andre for killing Colando and gave him a weapon as the old feud entered a new phase.

• Mark Colando watched Loyalty Bro die in a bomb attack before Maxim, Adele, Dolores, and the players surrounded the Wolfsbane fighters.
• Femis sealed the fissure to the third cavern level, trapping the remaining gnolls, ghouls, and Wolfsbane warriors below.
• Murphy told Femis that the Blood Eagles had suffered severe casualties but had won, and he asked her to teach him psionic control techniques.
• Murphy revealed that Colando was dead and that Andre had won their duel; Andre had frozen Colando into a sculpture and taken his heart.
• Andre ordered Vista to deliver Colando's heart to Shani and the ice sculpture to his sister, then Murphy gave Andre a carved wolf-head cane sword.

Players and Blood Eagle allies defeated the Wolfsbane forces in the sewers, while Professor Chen collapsed a tunnel to kill the elites hiding inside. On Greeny Island, Lord Palanno confronted Old Edward over the Bloodclaw faction’s crimes, and Venerable Lord Pahng arrived with the instruments of midnight arbitration, leaving Edward in serious trouble.

• Meow Brother’s group surveyed the bloody sewer battlefield and learned that only thirty players had survived the Wolfsbane attack.
• Players gathered to hunt down the remaining Wolfsbane warriors, while Frostfang Claw announced a bounty for capturing them alive.
• Professor Chen used explosives to collapse a tunnel, killing thirty-seven Wolfsbane elites and impressing Kuder, Murphy, and Femis.
• Old Edward sensed Kolando’s death and celebrated, believing it would erase the Bloodclaw faction’s threat.
• Lord Palanno confronted Old Edward over Kolando’s collusion with gnolls and his theft of the Cato region’s defense plans.
• Venerable Lord Pahng entered with Third Lady Ivette, carrying the Eternal Silence spear and a bloodstone cross, and left Old Edward alarmed.

Lord Pain interrogated Edward Spencer Gangrel about Salokdar, the subspace rift, and the hidden organization Dusk, then warned him to stay away from subspace. Edward confessed that he had exploited Salokdar’s plan to create a vampire god, and the chapter ended with him accepting Lord Pain’s orders and making armor as a gift for those who had dealt with Corando.

• Lord Pain arrived at Edward’s study with the Holy Spear Eternal Silence and demanded to know how involved Edward was in Salokdar’s plan and the subspace rift beneath Transia.
• Edward confessed that Cecilia’s memories had revealed Dusk’s role in manipulating Salokdar into trying to create a Midnight God, and that he had helped the plan proceed to weaken the Blood Eagle Clan.
• Lord Pain accused Edward of knowing that subspace had tempted Salokdar, and Edward admitted that the ancient vampires were haunted by scattered memories of their origins and an original sin.
• Lord Pain revealed that Dusk was real, ordered Edward to avoid subspace, and reminded him that their first vampires had sworn to preserve civilization together.
• Lord Pain told Edward to monitor Cecilia and urged him to reward the Blood Eagle Clan; Edward promised to defend the Cato region and later began crafting armor as a gift for those who had eliminated Corando.

Lord Payn ordered the Blood Dread Clan to send an army of atonement to help defend Transia, trusting Murphy to lead them. When Laenniya delivered the news, Murphy protested that his territory already had too many vampire factions to manage and turned his attention back to the approaching gnoll threat.

• Lord Payn praised Murphy's leadership after hearing how the Blood Eagles, Witch Hunters, Thorn Clan, and Scarlet Castle residents defeated the Wolfsbane vanguard without Triss fighting.
• Lord Payn ordered Ivette to contact the Blood Dread Fleet and send a reliable force to Transia, giving the exiled clan a chance to atone for its ancient crimes.
• Lord Payn decided to let Kolando's daughters and the Gray Claw children travel to Transia, leaving their fate to Murphy.
• Laenniya told Murphy that the Blood Dread Clan would come to Transia and that he was ordered to command its army of atonement.
• Murphy complained about managing the many vampire clans in his territory, then warned Laenniya that the gnolls might soon attack and prepared to fight them.

The players discussed the vampires, the game’s population-linked player slots, and a newly unlocked way for vampire players to learn skills from Vampire Hearts. As gnolls crossed the Cadman River toward Scarlet Keep, warlord Kenport ordered his forces to seize the weakened city and declared his intent to become King of Transia.

• Players debated the combat strengths of the vampire clans and theorized that future player slots depended on Transia’s population.
• Honored Knight Taipal and Legendary Hero arranged for the Rapids Knights to travel through the Interworld Gate to aid Transia.
• Chen Dian Niu Niu Not Afraid of Difficulty reported that vampire players could learn skills by extracting them from Vampire Hearts.
• Bricklayer announced that six thousand blood thralls would soon return from Nordtov, potentially opening more player slots.
• Healthcare God of War Saien filmed tens of thousands of gnolls crossing the Cadman River toward Scarlet Keep.
• Kenport blamed the weakened Blood Eagle forces for his opportunity and ordered the Transian gnolls to take Scarlet City before marching on Cato.

Murphy and his allies prepared to defend Scarlet Castle from a twenty-thousand-strong gnoll vanguard while planning an astral rift and a decapitation strike against the enemy camp. Triss gave Murphy a risky prototype Return Scroll to speed his warriors’ return, leaving the city’s leaders to face the coming attack while its barrier cores powered the operation.

• Triss activated three psionic cores to raise a single-layer Serenade Barrier around Scarlet Castle.
• Maxim outlined the plan to harass the gnoll vanguard, overload the cores to create an astral rift in the main camp, and let Murphy lead a decapitation strike against Kenport.
• Murphy said reinforcements from the mountain tribes would join him, while the city’s defenders would have to hold out with the barrier down for one to three hours.
• Raennia doubted the plan’s chances and offered to join the dangerous strike, but Murphy told her to stay and help defend the city.
• Triss gave Murphy her prototype Return Scroll, which could bring one to three people back to a bound save point but carried a small risk of stranding them in the astral plane.

Murphy prepared Scarlet Keep for the approaching gnoll siege while discussing defenses, supplies, and the risks of the coming battle. Triss comforted him and promised to wait for his return, while admitting she liked him.

• Triss persuaded Murphy to use the players to test psychic spells, and Murphy requested at least 200 return scrolls.
• Murphy told Mirian the gnoll vanguard would reach Morland Village within six hours and ordered preparations to shelter the growing population in Scarlet Keep.
• Mirian reported that Chauvin had returned with muskets, ammunition, and eight cannons, and Murphy ordered more weapons and veteran specialists recruited after the calamity.
• Murphy worried to Triss that Lord Paine had sent the Blood Dread pirates to support them, and Triss said she would handle the vampire matter.
• Triss listened to Murphy's thoughts, kissed him, and promised to stay in Scarlet Keep until his triumphant return, while saying she only liked him so far.

As players prepared for the Battle of the Andmar Hills, they discussed raid quests and tactics, including a hidden mission to find the agent Pangolin. Meanwhile, Hogg prepared a blood-red crystal hidden in an axe and arranged for Nash to carry it, then gave a small gnoll Nash’s name as the story left the sabotage plan in motion.

• Murphy posted reconnaissance footage of the gnoll camp and the players compared raid quests from their faction leaders.
• Yaya shared Lady Dorothy’s hidden quest to find Pangolin, and the players argued over the Easter eggs before Banzai Happy Stick organized a tactical discussion.
• Hogg prepared a blood-red crystal Murphy had given him and concealed it inside a double-headed axe intended for Kenport’s camp.
• Hogg gave the axe to Nash, who planned to keep serving Kenport, and watched him leave with relief.
• Hogg met a small gnoll and renamed him Nash.

Lady Triss gathered Scarlet Keep’s psionics users to overload the Serenade Barrier’s cores and open an Astral Rift over the gnoll camp. As the barrier fell and the defenders prepared to face the vanguard, Murphy and 140 players entered the camp, where an astral bombardment began with an explosion near King Kenport’s tent.

• Car and Leading Pigeon answered Triss’s call, joining the players and Scarlet Keep’s other psionics users beneath the Scarlet Corridor.
• Triss explained that the ritual would overload the Serenade cores and create an Astral Rift over the gnoll camp, and the psionics users took their casting positions.
• Triss and Femis activated the ritual, causing Scarlet Keep’s barrier to fade as the local defenders prepared to meet the gnoll vanguard.
• Femis opened portals to the gnoll camp, and Murphy led 140 players through after they killed a gnoll who crossed into the Blood Eagle Corridor.
• Nash noticed his axe glowing near King Kenport’s tent, and a deafening explosion swallowed him as the Astral Rift’s destruction began.

Murphy and 140 players launched the Decisive Battle at the Andmar Hills raid after Triss’s Astral Rift devastated the gnoll camp, killing thousands and shattering many survivors’ minds. The attack left victory within reach, though Femis warned that Kenport and his protected elite forces might still resist.

• Triss’s Astral Rift tore through the gnoll encampment, killing thousands and filling the area with tainted astral energy.
• Murphy sheltered the players from the first blast, then summoned George and more than forty astral wolves to charge into the shadows.
• Murphy ordered the players to attack, officially beginning the Decisive Battle at the Andmar Hills raid.
• Murphy found a gnoll brute begging for death and killed it to end its psychic torment.
• Femis warned Murphy that Kenport’s core elite and hunting priests could resist the astral assault by protecting their minds.
• Femis told Murphy that she and Triss feared the rift’s effect on Transia’s ecology, not the deaths of the gnolls, and called Murphy unusually kindhearted by vampire standards.

Murphy’s players divided into three teams to attack the gnoll camp, but a missed watchtower let Kenpot Bonechewer escape through the defenders’ first line and cost the raiders a reward chest. As the players rushed to recover, Meow Brother joined the fight with a bloodthirsty treant and renewed his ambition to become a Red Knight.

• The players split into an assault team led by Banzai Happy Stick, a supply-destruction team led by Meow Brother, and a quest team tasked with finding the pangolin and establishing a faction.
• Banzai Happy Stick judged that the mindless gnolls could be defeated through coordinated attacks and ordered players to draw enemies into the open for bombardment.
• Murphy ordered Femis to leave Kenpot an escape route, then had her ignite a southern watchtower to pressure the players after they missed their deadline.
• A notification announced that Kenpot Bonechewer had broken through Countess Andermar’s first defense line, while Femis withheld one instance reward and the extra drops fell from three to two.
• Banzai Happy Stick blamed Meow Brother for missing the watchtower, and Meow Brother admitted the mistake before continuing to burn the gnolls’ supplies.
• Meow Brother summoned a bloodthirsty treant with Nature’s Call and charged the gnolls, vowing to pursue his path to becoming a Red Knight.

The Silvermoon Pride group met Hogg, the operative codenamed "Pangolin," and considered whether to help him build a gnoll faction in Transia. They accepted his quest, and Hogg proposed killing the clan chieftains held in Kenport Bonegnaw’s guard so the remaining gnolls could be shaped into a more compliant group.

• The administrative players fought through the gnoll camp while Professor Chen resisted his apprentices’ attempts to keep him out of combat.
• Frostfang's Claw led the group to Hogg, who explained that Kenport Bonegnaw’s death would plunge the gnoll camp into chaos.
• The quest "The Birth of a Clan" updated, asking the players to hear Hogg’s proposal and decide whether to help him.
• The administrators debated the risks of supporting a gnoll faction and agreed to accept the quest, with Little Ashina arguing to keep Hogg alive.
• Hogg asked the players to kill the gnoll chieftains serving in Kenport Bonegnaw’s personal guard so the remaining gnolls could be organized under Murphy’s rule.

Hogg recruited Lord Murphy’s warriors to hunt rival gnoll chieftains in exchange for mounts, while he organized the Bloodclaw Clan’s escape from Kenport’s chaotic camp. After killing a wounded guard and spreading news of Kenport’s death, Hogg left the other gnolls fleeing and looked toward the possibility of becoming the Bonechewer King’s heir.

• Hogg offered the warriors Ridgetooth Hyenas as rewards for hunting three rival gnoll chieftains, and the players accepted the bounty quest.
• The players headed toward the battle zone while Frostfang's Claw delivered Murphy’s edict granting Smugglers' Grove to the Bloodclaw Clan under Lady Adele’s administration.
• Hogg rallied his clan, ordered them to seize supplies and recruit gnolls, and sent Nash to escort the clan’s females and pups to Smugglers' Grove.
• Nash revealed that he knew where rival chieftains had hidden valuables, and Hogg ordered him to dig them up to fund future rewards.
• Hogg killed a wounded Kenport guard, put on his armor, and spread the false news that Kenport was dead so the camp’s gnolls would flee.