Recaps

Luther connected the sealed underground evil spirit to the Red Angel Medici and wondered whether Mr. Fool could tell him more. After Mr. A’s gathering, Audrey realized that Kafka Anderson had been there as Mr. Temperance and suspected that his missing sister Cecilia might be dead.

• Luther read Roselle’s Diary and concluded that Medici, Sauron, and Einhorn might have been the three Angels whose fused Spirituality formed the underground evil spirit.
• Luther burned the diary page and considered asking Mr. Fool about Medici before attending the Tarot Club meeting.
• Audrey noticed Mr. A’s strong reaction to the diary page, while Kafka Anderson ended the gathering and destroyed it.
• Xio told Audrey that Anderson and his sister were unreachable, and Audrey kept Mr. Temperance’s identity secret.
• Audrey noticed that Cecilia, who had always stayed by Anderson’s side, was absent and suspected that something tragic had happened to her.

Luther attended the second Tarot Club meeting and traded Roselle's Diary pages for a future reward while seeking the Black Knight Potion formula. The meeting moved on to trading, where Audrey reserved a Beyonder Item made from the Psychiatrist characteristic.

• Luther returned to his hideout and created a Virtual Personality to attend the Tarot Club meeting.
• Luther gave Klein new pages from Roselle's Diary, which revealed secrets about the Sauron Family and its vanished Angel ancestor.
• Luther asked for clues about the Black Knight Potion formula, and Klein deferred the reward until Luther had accumulated enough credit.
• Alger reported that an Artisan had accepted Luther's Psychiatrist and Judge Beyonder Characteristics and would turn them into Beyonder Items.
• Audrey reserved the Beyonder Item made from the Psychiatrist characteristic.

At the Tarot Club, Luther offered Alger a discounted Wind-blessed formula and Beyonder Characteristic, then asked Derrick to find out what the City of Silver’s chief would accept for the Black Knight formula. Audrey ended the chapter by probing Luther about Mr. A’s gatherings.

• Audrey and Fors agreed to search for the Human Skin Shadow’s characteristic, and Derrick said he could help as well.
• Luther offered Alger the Wind-blessed Potion formula and Beyonder Characteristic for 4,500 pounds, leaving Alger short of the money he needed.
• Luther asked Derrick whether valuable contributions could be exchanged for items from the City of Silver’s warehouse and focused on the Black Knight formula.
• Luther told Derrick to ask Colin Iliad what price he would accept, and Derrick said he would consider acting as an intermediary.
• Audrey told Luther that Mr. A was still holding gatherings and watched for his response.

At the Tarot Club, Luther revealed that he had impersonated Mr. A and killed a Sequence 5 Devil who planned to assassinate Duke Negan, while Alger reported islanders disappearing in the Southern Continent. After the meeting, Luther connected the disappearances to a human-trafficking case, and Ince Zangwill faced a beautiful woman asking him for help.

• Audrey confirmed that Luther had impersonated Mr. A to infiltrate and dismantle the Aurora Order in Backlund, and Luther said Mr. A would soon disappear.
• Alger reported that natives were vanishing from islands in the Southern Continent, and Luther asked him to investigate for clues.
• Luther revealed that he had killed a Sequence 5 Desire Apostle before the Devil could begin an assassination attempt against Duke Negan.
• Derrick told the Tarot Club that the Chief would lead another expedition to the True Creator's temple, and Luther advised him to block out his senses.
• After the meeting, Luther connected the island disappearances to human trafficking and reflected that restrictions on Mr. A's mind prevented him from learning more.
• An unnamed beautiful woman asked Ince Zangwill to help her, while he silently tightened his grip on his quill.

Oliver settled into the clean, orderly shelter Luther had established for East Borough’s poor and began helping him register the people under his protection. Luther used the registration process to learn about his flock and advance his Potion’s digestion through a new form of Acting.

• Oliver woke in the crowded dormitory, joined the morning cleaning routine, and received breakfast with the other residents.
• Oliver arrived late to assist Luther as he interviewed and registered people seeking protection.
• Luther named an old man Jack 6, recorded his history, and asked whether he was willing to become one of his lambs.
• The old man agreed because Luther’s shelter was the only place where he had ever eaten his fill, and Luther gave him a portrait plaque that entitled him to extra food.
• Luther continued registering his flock, using the process to understand them and digest his Potion without preaching.

Luther continued registering Lambs and digesting his Shepherd Potion while considering how to keep his Flock safe and financially supported. After Ciel warned that the Lyman Gang’s money would soon run out, Luther decided to seek funding for a factory and thought Miss Audrey might be willing to invest.

• Luther registered more Lambs, sensed his Shepherd Potion being digested, and let those unwilling to join remain in the neighborhood.
• Luther told M that he had saved Oliver to clear his conscience, though the child did not trust him enough to form a connection.
• Ciel warned Luther that his restrictions on the neighborhood and spending on the Lambs were draining the Lyman Gang’s treasury.
• Luther considered putting the Lambs to work in a textile factory, but the Lyman Gang lacked the startup funds and outside investors might exploit the workers.
• Luther thought Miss Audrey’s wealth and kindness could make her a suitable source of funding for the factory.

Luther bought a fish for Luna, but she abandoned her meal to guide him toward two MI9 investigators in Lyman Gang territory. As Luther listened, Mr. Levi dismissed the suspicious neighborhood in his notes as normal, leaving Kance Leerhsen stunned.

• Luther bought a fresh fish and used his abilities to remove its scales and bones before leaving the fishmonger behind.
• Luna clung to Luther and showed signs of divination, so he carried her with him as she guided him through the streets.
• Luna led Luther to two men whose Spirituality suggested the Arbiter pathway, and he suspected they were MI9 agents investigating his territory.
• Kance Leerhsen told Mr. Levi that a mysterious preacher and new Order made the street suspicious and urged him to investigate.
• Mr. Levi wrote that East Borough had no unusual circumstances, startling Kance Leerhsen and Luther.

Levi refused Cons’s request to investigate the suspicious neighborhood, and Luther secretly followed them until Cons abandoned the matter. Luther then went to Earl Hall’s villa to see Audrey, where he encountered her dog Susie outside.

• Levi dismissed Cons’s concerns about the neighborhood and warned him that pursuing the case could get them killed like Harras and the others.
• Cons challenged Levi’s refusal to investigate or share information with Group One, but finally gave up and left for home.
• Luther, who had secretly followed the pair, waited outside MI9’s hidden office before riding with Cons to Empress Borough.
• Luther went to Earl Hall’s villa to find Audrey and noticed Susie crawling out through a hole in the wall.
• Susie ran into Luther, recognized the frightening scent of blood, and whimpered as he asked whether she could understand him.

Audrey met with Mr. Anderson, who proposed that they work together to open a factory employing homeless people in the East Borough. Audrey agreed the idea was worthwhile and offered to consider how to gain her parents’ support, while Susie remained frightened of Anderson and eyed Luna.

• Countess Hall reminded Audrey to attend the ball and behave properly, then asked what she planned to do after coming of age.
• Susie rushed into Audrey’s room, frightened, and told her that Mr. Anderson had returned and wanted to speak with her.
• Luther visited Audrey and proposed opening a factory to provide work for homeless people in the East Borough.
• Audrey considered the factory a practical form of charity and explained that she would need her parents’ support and funding.
• Luther said Audrey would not have to pay for everything, and Audrey agreed to think about how to persuade her parents.
• Susie recovered somewhat and watched Luna’s swishing tail, caught between restraint and the urge to pounce.

Cons returned home after a difficult day with MI9 and agreed to attend a ball when he learned Audrey would be there. Luther planned a textile factory for the Flock, while Colin prepared the City of Silver’s team to depart for the evil god’s temple.

• Susie failed to bite Luna’s tail, and Luther left Audrey to return to the East Borough.
• Cons told his family he had disagreed with his team captain, then decided to attend the ball after hearing Audrey would be there.
• Luther told Ciel he had found someone who could help secure what the factory needed and ordered him to gather the workers.
• Luther chose a textile mill because its materials and machinery were accessible and the Flock included skilled textile workers.
• Colin told the City of Silver’s expedition team to depart after fifty lightning strikes.

At Duke Negan’s ball, Cons Lee revealed that MI9 called the Beyonder who killed the Serial Murder Case mastermind the Blood Bishop, while Audrey noticed Prince Edessak had lost interest in her. Later, Luther posed as Mr. A and tested a group of frenzied believers by asking what they had done for their faith, leaving them eager to prove themselves.

• Cons Lee told the noble youths that the aura at the Serial Murder Case scene resembled the one from the Kaping Case and revealed MI9’s codename, Blood Bishop.
• Prince Edessak passed Audrey and Cons Lee without stopping, and Audrey invited Cons to eat with her.
• Luther, disguised as Mr. A, met over twenty believers at Mr. A’s gathering house.
• Luther said he would protect only the Lord’s most faithful believers and asked them to describe what they had done for their faith.

Luther lured the remaining Backlund Aurora Order believers into revealing their crimes, then killed them and destroyed the order. He planned to sell Mr. A’s houses to fund a textile factory in the East Borough for the Lambs in his Flock.

• Luther listened as the Aurora Order believers confessed to betraying people and committing crimes in the name of their faith.
• Luther revealed that he was not the Oracle and killed the believers with his powers, leaving only the young man alive.
• Luther told the young man that he had killed the real Oracle and destroyed the Backlund Aurora Order, then killed him too.
• Luther taunted Mr. A over the order’s destruction and used Shepherd’s ability to punish Mr. A’s reacting soul.
• Luther decided to sell Mr. A’s houses to Miss Audrey and use the proceeds to start a textile factory employing the Lambs in his Flock.

Luther got his textile mill running and strengthened his standing among the Lambs by providing them with work and stability. As his Shepherd Potion digested further, memories of Cecilia briefly overwhelmed him, and M helped him regain control before he left in the winter fog.

• Luther acquired a textile mill with help from Ciel and financed its startup with his own money and Miss Audrey’s investment.
• Luther used Psychological Suggestions to secure the loyalty of the mill’s managers, and the factory resumed production with many Lambs hired as workers.
• Luther walked through the orderly streets controlled by the Lyman Gang, where the Lambs greeted him with admiration and respect.
• Luther spoke with children who asked him for stories, reflecting on how his adapted tales had made his preaching more successful.
• Seeing the children stirred a memory of Cecilia, and M appeared to calm Luther before he continued on his way.

Luther visited Klein to ask about Fourth Epoch history and seek help obtaining a potion for Luna. Their conversation revealed that Klein had blown up the underground passage where Luther had encountered Medici, nearly killing him.

• Luther visited Klein at 15 Minsk Street and learned that Klein was investing in a bicycle project.
• Luther told Klein he had spent more than ten thousand pounds buying a textile mill for Acting.
• Luther asked Klein about the Red Angel Medici, whom he had encountered in an underground ruin on Williams Street.
• Klein revealed that he had blown up the passage beneath Williams Street, and Luther angrily confronted him.
• Klein explained that he had blocked the dangerous ruin to keep people out, and Luther told him the blast had nearly gotten him killed.

Klein and Luther compared their encounters with Medici’s evil spirit and discussed the secretive Rose Redemption, which seemed tied to the True Creator and other powerful beings. Luther also obtained the Sequence 8 Seer Potion formula from Klein for his cat, Luna, and paid him for it.

• Klein told Luther that an evil spirit had corrupted him in an underground structure, but he had destroyed the passage and refused to lift the seal after divination revealed its malice toward him.
• Luther said the spirit had offered to become a Lamb for him to Graze, and he and Klein discussed Medici’s claim that the Red Angel founded Rose Redemption in connection with the True Creator.
• Luther described his Illusion of Medici meeting with shadowy beings, and he and Klein wondered who had belonged to Rose Redemption before deciding to stop discussing the dangerous subject.
• Luther asked Klein for the Sequence 8 Seer Potion formula for his cat, Luna, and paid him about four hundred pounds for it.

Luther visited Klein to settle Luna's Potion formula, then warned him that a Beyonder was at the door; Emlyn fled when he saw Luther but was spared after Klein identified him as an acquaintance. In the Forsaken Land of the Gods, Derrick's team explored an evil god's temple, where Derrick encountered a strange mural and a mad boy, before the scene reset to the expedition's departure.

• Luther declined Klein's offer of a meal and warned him that a Beyonder was approaching.
• Emlyn arrived at 15 Minsk Street and tried to flee when he recognized Luther as a Sequence 5 Shepherd.
• Luther restrained Emlyn with living shadows, and Klein told him that Emlyn was someone he knew.
• Colin Iliad led Derrick and the City of Silver team through the temple, where they saw murals depicting the True Creator and pilgrims led by a silver-haired Angel.
• The team found a mad boy behind a statue of the True Creator, and Colin killed him before Derrick woke at the campfire with no memory of the exploration.

Luther asked Emlyn to consider treating residents in the East Borough, while Emlyn came to consult Klein about the [Fool]. Meanwhile, Cons Lee defied Levi’s orders to investigate the Lyman Gang’s neighborhood, but the factory he found was transformed by the Crimson Moon.

• Luther invited Emlyn to make house calls in the East Borough and treat the poor for compensation.
• Emlyn complained to Klein about Luther, then revealed that he had come to consult him about the [Fool].
• Cons Lee entered the East Borough in disguise to investigate the neighborhood despite Levi’s wishes.
• Cons found that the neighborhood entrance now required wooden identification plaques and decided to investigate a factory instead.
• Cons located the factory as crimson moonlight shifted to blood-red and the Crimson Moon descended.

Cons investigated a textile mill beneath the Crimson Moon and was attacked by a powerful Werewolf after finding it devouring Old Jack. As the Werewolf moved to kill Cons, a red figure emerged through an illusory door.

• Cons entered the textile mill and rushed toward a scream, where he found a Werewolf attacking Old Jack.
• Cons shot the Werewolf, but it charged him, tore into his ribs, and knocked away his revolver.
• The Werewolf crushed Cons's hand as he reached for his gun, leaving him wounded and helpless.
• Old Jack died after calling for Your Excellency the missionary, while Cons feared he would be eaten next.
• A distant voice said, “I came, I saw, I recorded,” and a red figure emerged from an illusory door.

Luther heard Lamb’s plea and used a recorded spatial ability to reach the textile mill, where he found Old Jack dead and confronted the Werewolf. After overpowering and mutilating the beast, he left Cons terrified of what he might do next.

• Luther used Mr. A’s Scribe ability, Record, to activate Travel and cross the Spirit World to the textile mill.
• Luther found Old Jack dead and felt the pain and resentment of the Lamb’s lingering soul merge with his Spirituality.
• The Werewolf attacked Luther, who burned its mouth, tore off its arm, and trapped it with its own shadow.
• Luther forcibly fed the Werewolf its limbs, leaving it bloated but conscious while Cons watched in fear.

Luther killed the Werewolf who had attacked his factory and used a ritual to question its soul with the Fool’s help. Tyre revealed that the Rose School of Thought had sent him there on behalf of Earl Andes.

• Luther killed the limbless Werewolf and learned that Cons was an MI9 agent investigating the Blood Bishop.
• Cons described how he had infiltrated the factory and been defeated by the Werewolf, while Luther realized the creature’s arrival had been deliberate.
• After the Crimson Moon faded, Luther drew Tyre’s soul from his corpse and shielded Cons before preparing a ritual to channel it.
• Luther prayed to the Fool, and Klein used the Gray Fog’s power to make Tyre’s soul answer questions.
• Tyre identified himself as a member of the Rose School of Thought and said Mr. Steve had sent him to help the sect’s follower, Earl Andes.

Luther killed Werewolf Tyre, rescued Cons, and discovered that protecting and avenging his Lambs helped digest his Shepherd Potion. He resolved to seek answers from Earl Andes and the Rose School of Thought, while Earl Andes discussed Tyre’s mission with another Rose School member.

• Tyre’s soul turned crimson and exploded after Luther questioned him about Earl Andes, and Luther collected the Werewolf Beyonder Characteristic.
• Luther healed Cons, warned him to keep silent, and learned that Cons knew Earl Andes only from Backlund’s aristocratic social gatherings.
• Luther tended Old Jack’s corpse and realized that protecting his Lambs and avenging them advanced his Shepherd Acting.
• Luther decided to demand an explanation from Earl Andes and the Rose School of Thought.
• At Earl Andes’s villa, two Rose School members discussed Tyre’s mission amid the aftermath of a bloody feast.

After Tyre’s death, Luther tracked the attack on his subordinate to Earl Andes’s textile mill, where he encountered Sharron. She explained that she opposed the Rose School of Thought members responsible and revealed that their leader was away, leaving their forces in Backlund vulnerable.

• Luther left Old Jack’s body with Ciel to bury and learned that Earl Andes owned the textile mill competing with his business.
• Luther traveled to Earl Andes’s mill using a Scribe’s Recorded Travel ability and observed its exhausted workers.
• Luther sensed a powerful Beyonder in the office area, ended his Psychological Invisibility, and found Sharron.
• Sharron explained that she and her allies opposed the Rose School of Thought faction that attacked Luther’s subordinate.
• Sharron identified Tyre as a Sequence 7 Werewolf and named the faction’s other members and their absent Sequence 4 leader.

Luther and Sharron went to confront the Rose School of Thought members hiding in Earl Andes's villa, after Sharron explained their abilities and the Scarlet Lunar Corona. As Luther entered the villa, he sensed the tortured dead's resentments and heard a woman's voice.

• Luther questioned Sharron, then learned that she had a Sequence 6 Zombie companion and knew where the Rose School of Thought members were hiding.
• Luther and Sharron went to Earl Andes's villa to attack before their enemies could learn that Tyre had been killed.
• Sharron explained the Rose School of Thought's split, the abilities of the Zombie Jason and Wraith Steve, and the Scarlet Lunar Corona's threat to her faction.
• Luther revealed that he was a Shepherd and assured Sharron that he did not serve the Aurora Order or worship the True Creator.
• Luther used Psychological Invisibility to enter the villa and sensed the lingering cries of people who had been tortured to death, along with a woman's voice.

Luther was nearly corrupted by the voice of the Mother Tree of Desire, then used his Desire Apostle abilities to turn the Indulgence Faction’s cravings against them. He attacked Steve and Jason, leaving Jason overwhelmed by Luther’s Desire Control.

• Luther heard a woman's voice, saw flesh growing on his arm, and cut and burned the growths away.
• Sharron identified the voice's likely source as the Mother Tree of Desire, whom the Indulgence Faction sometimes invoked.
• Luther and Sharron approached Steve and Jason's room, where Luther used Desire Control to intensify their cravings.
• Jason grew ravenously hungry while Steve sensed an attack and turned into a Wraith to confront the intruder.
• Steve was blasted back through the door, and Jason's Zombies attacked him before he drove them off.
• Jason saw Luther standing outside and was flooded with desires by the Desire Apostle's ability.

Luther used his ability to drive Jason into a frenzy and helped Sharron possess him, then pursued the escaping Steve. When Steve possessed Luther, the souls within Luther’s body overwhelmed him and forced him out.

• Luther stirred Jason’s hunger until Jason charged at him, but Luther evaded the attack and Jason crashed through a wall.
• Sharron possessed Jason, forcing him to choke himself as his Spirituality and Zombie defenses dwindled.
• Steve escaped the villa in Wraith form, but Luther found him and struck him with Katie’s soul-whip and a curse in Ancient Hermes.
• Steve possessed Luther and tried to control his body, but the hostile souls within Luther overwhelmed him and expelled him.