Recaps

Murphy and his allies fought the Silver Wolf, the Hunting Lord, and their forces as Cadman City returned and the North Wind God descended. The Hunting Lord’s shrine was attacked, but the god emerged as the battle continued in Mossy Valley.

• Triss and the giant serpents confronted the Silver Wolf at Krim Fortress, where the North Wind God’s arrival froze and shattered the fortress.
• Murphy entered the subspace with Adele, recovered the artificial divine core from the Warp battlefield, and helped Monica deliver her final message to Mosna.
• Murphy returned to Krim Fortress and fought Huggerson in Warmaster armor as Cadman City reappeared and its returning Wanderers rallied the defenders.
• Kherson accepted the Hunting Lord’s power and became a Blood Wolf, but Murphy suppressed her power and Old Su asked him to end their conflict.
• Murphy and his allies killed Helsong, while the Lord of the Hunt withdrew and the Sentinel Legion recovered the artificial divine spark.
• Lord Pain led a coalition assault on Mossy Valley with support from the Sanghai Sun Ship, but a Cleaner missile damaged the ship and forced it to crash-land.
• The Hunting Lord opened its divine realm, and Murphy set off with Mannis toward the crash site while the godslayers continued fighting in Mossy Valley.
• Hogg killed Amote but was drawn into a blood-red illusion, where the King of Bone-Biting appeared to confront Amote.
• The allied warriors cleansed the land and destroyed the shrine, but the Hunting Lord appeared and the Great Shark struck it, revealing its health bar.

Murphy used the Scepter of God to defeat the Lord of the Hunt, then pursued the god after it possessed Hugson and ended its threat for good. With the Black Calamity’s main quest complete, Murphy prepared to lead the players toward the Land of Origins and new conflicts.

• Murphy secured the votes needed to fire the Scepter of God, and its projectile devastated the Lord of the Hunt’s divine realm in Mossy Valley.
• Lord Paine and the godslayers attacked the wounded Lord of the Hunt, but its broken soul escaped into Hugson while Murphy promised to destroy it.
• Murphy freed Blackservant Sen from the Dark Lord’s influence, learned of threats gathering in the Chaos Lands, and discovered that the Lord of the Hunt had survived by possessing Hugson.
• Twilight offered the Lord of the Hunt weapons and supplies in exchange for investigating a forbidden area, and the god led the gnolls into the Swamp Exclusion Zone.
• Murphy fought the possessed Hugson in the swamp and burned away the Lord of the Hunt’s soul as Hugson held it in place.
• Hugson asked Murphy to pass his arranged aid to Hogg and died after seeing Hogg and Fieri, while Murphy promised to protect the gnolls’ future.
• After the gnoll threat ended, Murphy met with Prince Khufu, arranged repairs for the damaged armor, and prepared for the Pharaoh’s birthday celebration and a journey toward the Land of Origin.
• Murphy ended the Godslayers’ melee, declared the Black Calamity main quest complete, and opened new regions and quests for the players.

Murphy secured the surrender of Hass’s gnolls, negotiated with Rose and other powers, and led Transia into the fight for the Genoa Peninsula. As the campaign escalated, he uncovered the tragedy behind Edward’s long hunt and rallied the vampire clans and players to reclaim Chardo Port.

• Murphy sent Nash to Shadowvale, where Nash persuaded Warlord Hass to surrender, while Adele learned from Salif that Truman had died protecting Mona and received Blackfang.
• Murphy freed the Spider Lady from Avalon’s bond, and she took the name Rose after swearing to aid him, and Lady Lolth later pledged her support after divining Murphy’s path to becoming the First King.
• Murphy’s negotiations with Queen Angelina over Kakhovka failed, while Eris formed a werewolf pack under contract to serve in Transia and Murphy planned new raids and weapons.
• After gnolls overran towns around Chardo Port, Murphy sent an expeditionary force and players to the Genoa Peninsula, where Captain Paula’s airship convoy came under attack and crashed near Lake Delir.
• Old Qu, Major Mia, the players, and Shield Dwarves attacked a gnoll-run factory, defeated a corrupted warlord, and freed its enslaved workers, though Goji Berry was corrupted by a Shattered Stone of Original Sin and killed by Brother Qu.
• Murphy learned that Constance’s failed experiment had torn open the material world and devastated Eden, and Edward revealed he had spent a thousand years hunting her killers while believing she might still live.
• The Steam Lords granted Murphy permits and reinforcements after he promised help from the Creator’s Guardians gnolls, while the Venerable Lord warned him about Edward, Dusk, and Wydia’s prison beneath the Gray Desert.
• Murphy reached the front as gnolls attacked, used Midnight Echo to drive the Blood Eagle and Wolfsbane vampires into battle, and ordered Old Qin to lead the players in reclaiming Chardo Port’s outer district.

Murphy’s campaign to rescue the Palian sisters exposed the Mechanical Church’s plans and escalated into a battle for Chardo Port and the Life Greenhouse. He formatted the Creator relics to stop the crisis, leaving Sanghai and other regions without their ancient technology.

• Murphy sent players to find Delia and Mia, who had been abducted by the Mechanical Church, and learned that the Church was preparing to open the Creator’s Door.
• Murphy and Master Minx discovered that the Church’s leader, Old Bach, was trying to activate the Life Greenhouse, while the Scholar attempted to transfer Penny’s consciousness into a Creation Guardian.
• Penny awakened as Prototype No. 11, and Murphy and Mosna subdued her before learning that the machines across Chardo Port had been ordered to destroy all living beings.
• As the rebel machines and gnolls attacked the city, Murphy chose to format the operating programs of the Creator’s relics, and Ruyi and the halfling players destroyed the Mechanical Brain that sustained Old Bach’s sabotage.
• The defenders defeated the gnolls and halted the machine uprising, while Murphy learned that Penny’s memories had been erased and uploaded his own memories to her.
• Old Bach restarted the Life Greenhouse project, but Murphy’s formatting command forced it back into dormancy, disabling Creator relics across Sanghai and other regions.
• Sarif Shadowblade and the Pharaoh’s forces faced crashed vehicles and disabled relics, while the Pharaoh considered presenting the disaster as a sacred trial.