Recaps

Murphy and the Transians defeated the gnoll armies at Blackflame Pass, then used the aftermath to expand their forces, supplies, technology, and alliances. As the Black Calamity widened, Murphy recruited Nefertari and prepared her to teach death magic to Transian apprentices.

• Meow Brother and his allies fortified Blood Banner Heights, but Rendclaw priests’ War Meteors devastated the defenders before Natalie and Giant Shark helped turn the battle against the gnolls.
• Bobok and Vam killed the Filthclaw chieftain, while Hurley later led the Whiptail forces against Murphy’s army and was killed in a player deathmatch.
• Triss and Murphy negotiated with Lady Heather, secured plans for Courage Fort, and arranged to bring more players into Transia before the game’s beta update.
• The corps received rewards and new quests, while Meow Brother, Great Shark, and other players organized equipment, guilds, and new recruits for the war.
• Murphy’s new players expanded Transia’s weapons and logistics, while failed vehicle tests and proposals for railways, armored trains, and secure communications shaped its military plans.
• Murphy negotiated with Paula and the halflings for airships and calculating orbs, while Claire and Babro offered Bloodfear Fleet support in exchange for Transian aid.
• Murphy secured the gods’ support, founded a Transian Moon Cult with Nefertari as honorary elder, and received her Book of the Dead as she prepared to train her first apprentice.

Murphy launched Transia’s new chapter and led its forces and players into the gnoll war while Earth’s new recruits joined the fight. As the battles spread across Blackflame Pass and Fort Valor, Murphy traveled into the Dark Mountains to confront a power struggle in the Plague Clan and a servant of Dusk.

• Murphy recruited Nefertari, began preparations for the Holy Light, and sent Sister Cement an offer to become a citizen of Transia after her experiment exposed her to the Warp.
• Murphy welcomed Captain Paula’s supply ships, armed Transia’s forces, and launched the updated game with new races, quests, player slots, and character skins.
• When Rending Claw kobolds breached Blackflame Pass, Murphy sent reinforcements while players joined the Battle of Blackflame Pass and Lord Heather’s forces defended the surrounding forts.
• Mrs. Judy entered True Otherworld as Cowboy Judy, fought at Fort Valor, and reunited with Little Ashina after they helped defeat the attackers.
• Murphy and the Transians reclaimed Positions Two and Three, while Gaia directed the dwarves to help fortify Fort Valor and Murphy killed a silver gnoll warlord during a tunnel-clearing mission.
• Lord Heather confronted Colonel Kadel over his unauthorized prospecting, and Murphy left his soldiers under her command before traveling into the Dark Mountains.
• Nephthys gave Terra Nova a champion scarab egg, while Ruyi proposed hacking Chardo Port’s machinery and Old Flywheel gave her his psionic research.
• Murphy attacked a gnoll clan, sparing its females and pups, then met Palanno and Hogg, who revealed a secret undead army and a servant of Dusk stirring a succession struggle in the Plague Clan.

Murphy consolidated his gains and helped lead the defense of Blackflame Pass as a vast gnoll and kobold army attacked. Gaia’s intervention shattered the enemy’s position, while Botana and the Source continued plotting against Murphy and Old Flywheel prepared new walkers for the war.

• Adele and Palanno helped secure the Plaguebane Clan for Nefertari, while Murphy killed Jude Law, freed Irina from the Netherworld curse, and proposed turning Plaguebane Valley into Soulstealer Valley.
• Hogg revealed the hidden location of the Gnoll Civilization Hall, and Murphy planned to recruit young gnolls and establish the Bonechewer Descendants in Blackeye territory.
• Players and Transian soldiers tested a strategy of coordinated suicide attacks, then joined Commander Qin and Colonel Fraser in destroying a gnoll vanguard position at heavy cost.
• Murphy returned to Blackflame Pass as more than fifty thousand enemies advanced, and he and the defenders struggled to hold the positions against bombardment and repeated assaults.
• Murphy led a night attack to retake Position Two, while Lord Heather strengthened the defenses and Murphy rescued soldiers from a kobold tunnel breach with his newly repaired chainsword, Crimson Witch.
• A gnoll meteor attack devastated Position Two, but an earth priest’s invocation of Gaia caused an earthquake that annihilated the position and thousands of enemies, prompting Lord Heather to assault Position One.
• Lord Qin, Great Shark, Meow Brother, and other players pursued the retreating gnoll commander, while Botana planned a subterranean attack and sought divine interference against Murphy.
• Lord Paine ordered Shani to track the Source’s strongholds using a recovered energy signature, and Old Flywheel showed Murphy a mobile artillery walker as Murphy ordered more walkers and a one-handed chainsword built.

Murphy survived an assassination attempt and returned to lead the defense of Blackflame Pass as gnolls, ratmen, undead, and plague weapons overwhelmed its defenses. After rescuing the barrier cores and gathering allies at Couragehold, Murphy prepared an Astral Plane assault to save Heather and punish the Razorclaw gnolls.

• Vilanser warned Murphy of Lady Spider’s conspiracy, but an assassin struck him with a poisoned blade at Blackflame Pass, and Murphy revived when the Vial of Rebirth shattered, and Triss later transferred Everlasting to him.
• Murphy suspected a traitor had arranged the attack, prepared for a retreat, and sent Adele to investigate while the players mobilized against the gnolls.
• Botana awakened the dead beneath Blackflame Pass as ratmen tunnels, Skaven explosives, and a gnoll assault shattered the defenses and forced Maxim to order an evacuation.
• The Feast of Ten Thousand Souls unleashed wraiths across the battlefield, but Murphy returned in Blood Vulture armor and rallied the defenders while players, steam walkers, artillery, and Bloodhawks fought back.
• Meow Brother’s group recovered the two barrier cores with help from players and winged cavalry, then delivered them to Fort Courage for the planned Great Astral Rift.
• Murphy secured the Dark Roots’ help, arranged evacuations, and fought beside Villance as Bayek battled the Wraith King and Maxim completed the Silver Trial.
• Botana’s plague barrels poisoned the battlefield, and Heather unleashed the Lord of Darkness before Murphy rescued Dames and led him through the ratmen tunnels toward Couragehold.
• Murphy brought Nefertari and the Feast of Ten Thousand Souls’ core scepter to Couragehold, where psychics and goatfolk prepared to open the Astral Plane so they could save Heather and strike the Razorclaw gnolls.