Recaps

Murphy and his allies uncovered and destroyed Zweig’s ghoul plot, rescued captives, and turned the sewer crisis into a player campaign. As Transia prepared to face the gnolls, Murphy considered recruiting a captured messenger’s clan and using an Astral Rift against King Kenport’s vast army.

• Murphy welcomed Femis back with supplies and troops, then listened as Adele explained her family history and why she felt she belonged nowhere.
• Murphy learned that construction had begun in the outer-city ruins, while Maxim challenged Laennia over her insult to Adele and lost their fight.
• Players discovered a cavern packed with ghouls and captives, and Murphy led an assault while Natalie, Maxim, and Laennia fought a forming Ghoul Overlord.
• Murphy confronted Zweig, learned that Dusk had ordered him to create a Plague Ghoul Overlord and that a contact called Yuan had directed him, then killed the summoned Reaper with Triss’s help.
• Players tracked down Zweig after his escape attempt, and Dorothy revealed how he had used the Rat Gang to bring survivors and corpses into the catacombs.
• Murphy organized sewer quests and the Rat Gang, appointed Kudel chief tribune, and announced the next campaign phase against the gnolls.
• Murphy sent Kudel and the players to hunt gnolls, while Natalie faced pressure to support Murphy’s plans for the Adventurers’ Guild and Avalon Church.
• A captured gnoll messenger revealed that King Kenport had gathered seventeen thousand followers, and Murphy offered him a place for his clan as Hogg Bonechewer before planning an Astral Rift attack.

Murphy prepared Transia for war against the gnolls and their Wolfsbane allies while players and officials rebuilt settlements and gathered intelligence. Hogg escaped with a new clan, but Kenport drew him into a scheme against the Blood Eagle Clan as Murphy planned a strike on the gnoll camp.

• Little Ashina persuaded Hogg to swear allegiance to Murphy, who tasked him with rebuilding a clan large enough to fulfill a hidden quest.
• Professor Chen became Transia’s chief architect and directed the Ashen Worker and the Bricklayer to plan the territory’s rebuilding.
• Femis renewed contact with the Sico Winged Cavalry, while Murphy learned that Corando’s Grayclaw faction had entered Transia and allied with the gnolls.
• Players raided a gnoll den, captured Wolfsbane vampires, and found evidence that the faction had traded weapons and armor with the gnolls.
• Murphy confirmed the Wolfsbane Clan’s treason and prepared a punitive campaign, while Hogg led escaped gladiators through a hidden waterway and formed the Bloodclaw Clan.
• Kenport recruited Hogg to guide Corando’s vampires to the waterway, while Hogg secretly mapped the gnoll camp and reported to Murphy as Pangolin.
• Murphy planned a psychic strike on Kenport’s forces using Hogg’s map and assigned Adele to help Andrei take part in the operation.
• Mirian completed negotiations with Nordtov, and Professor Malcolm began chronicling Transia’s transformation as Mirian prepared to represent it in a future meeting between worlds.

Murphy united Transia’s factions to defeat the Wolfsbane attack, then prepared Scarlet Castle to face Kenport’s invading gnolls. After an Astral Rift devastated the gnoll camp, Hogg and the players began turning its survivors toward a new clan under Murphy’s rule.

• Andre and Vesta allied with Murphy against the Wolfsbane Clan, while Dorothy and Yaya stole intelligence that revealed its plans to attack Scarlet Castle.
• Stand discovered Andre and Vesta’s plot to kill Murphy, but Murphy and his allies defeated Korando’s Wolfsbane force in the sewers, and Andre claimed Korando’s heart.
• Lord Payn confronted Edward over his role in Salokdar’s plan and ordered the Blood Dread Clan to support Transia, while Murphy prepared for Kenport’s advancing gnolls.
• Triss raised a barrier around Scarlet Castle and helped Murphy plan a strike on Kenport, then opened an Astral Rift that destroyed much of the gnoll camp as Murphy led players into battle.
• The players divided into assault, supply-raiding, and quest teams, while Hogg asked them to kill Kenport’s rival chieftains and help organize the remaining gnolls under Murphy.
• Hogg rallied his clan, sent Nash to escort its families to Smugglers’ Grove, and disguised himself in a dead guard’s armor to spread false news that Kenport had died.

Murphy secured allies and resources for Transia, elevated Sharon and gained recognition as its king while preparing for the Black Calamity. As the gnoll campaign ended, he recruited players and craftspeople, distributed powerful rewards, and built toward a force of three thousand players.

• Murphy and the players defeated Kenport, then joined the Winged Cavalry in breaking the gnoll vanguard and lifting the siege of Scarlet Castle.
• Murphy cured Sharon by embracing her as a vampire, and she pledged Seacombe County’s support before becoming Countess of Seacombe and joining the Blood Eagle Clan.
• Triss began using the players’ forum as Little Cui, while Murphy’s new territory update recognized him as King of Transia and opened guild and outpost features.
• Shani and Marshal Loren offered prisoners, troops, and supplies to Transia, while Murphy objected to being sent the kingdoms’ castoffs.
• Murphy organized prisoner labor and recruited guild leaders, skilled craftspeople, and former soldiers to build Transia’s defenses and prepare for the Black Calamity.
• The players finished the gnoll campaign, and Murphy arranged random chest rewards that included clues to replica Holy Blades and Natalie’s sacred weapons.
• Murphy distributed powerful equipment to the players, including Avalon relics and family treasure, as Catbro gave Pomegranate his famed weapon and she challenged him to win it back.