Recaps

He Xi reunited with his companions in the Feywild, secured their release from Tilda, and returned to the Material Plane with new magic and a mysterious name from Tasha. In Fernandez, he became a teaching assistant and began looking for a place to live with Zoya.

• He Xi freed Beilu from a living vine cage, bound her to a contract, and reunited with Zoya, who accepted his marriage proposal.
• He Xi told the Spindle-Speaker stories in exchange for help, and it located Bruce and the halflings near the Palace of Heart’s Desire.
• He Xi and his companions rescued Fletcher from Tilda’s Curio Cabinet after attending Tilda’s tea party, where Zebierna gave He Xi Tasha’s Hideous Laughter and revealed the name Salamachis.
• He Xi’s group returned to Stone Raven Town, where Tilda’s bargain left Fletcher’s pride and title reduced to a tree branch.
• He Xi received a recommendation from Flora, gained visitor access to the Observer’s Tower, and traveled with Zoya and Bruce to Fernandez.
• He Xi earned Mirabelle’s teaching assistant position by repeatedly casting Magic Missile, while Bruno tried to recruit Bruce for research.
• He Xi and Zoya searched for affordable lodging and met Renee Royce at Number 46 Sea Breeze Street, where Renee demanded a year’s rent and deposit before Alvin Royce asked about their work.

He Xi settled into academy life as Mirabelle’s teaching assistant, mastered Lightning Bolt, and prepared to buy an earth spell. The arc ended with He Xi, Zoya, and Bruce following signs of Tata’s struggle into the Hidden Valley District.

• He Xi and Zoya moved into 46 Sea Breeze Street, where He Xi trapped Tata after she followed him home and later persuaded her to stay as their servant.
• He Xi began at Fernandez Magic Academy, met his roommate Lionel, and was introduced as Mirabelle’s teaching assistant in the Magic Missile course.
• He Xi guided his classmates through Magic Missile practice and advised Princess Aislin on casting two missiles in one spell.
• He Xi bought a Lightning Guidance scroll, mastered the skill, and attended Mirabelle’s Lightning Bolt lessons, where he mastered the spell under her guidance.
• He Xi arranged to buy an Earthstone Eruption scroll and cooked for Zoya, while Tata left the house to take care of personal matters.
• Bruce detected Tata’s scent at Karte Grand Market and led He Xi and Zoya to an alley marked by blood, fur, and signs of a struggle.
• He Xi followed Tata’s trail to the Gray Rat Tavern in the Hidden Valley District, spotted a cloaked stranger, and sent Bruce and Zoya invisibly into a passage to investigate.

He Xi claimed Claw’s Shadow Hand card, investigated its missions, and became entangled in a theater murder plot while Zoya sought a way to break her seal. The arc ended with Zoya returning and He Xi openly affirming their relationship as Annis witnessed their kiss.

• He Xi and his allies rescued Tata from Claw, but a hooded figure killed Claw before He Xi used Lightning Guidance to claim his body and found a black Adventure Card on it.
• Flora helped He Xi erase Claw’s imprint and attune to the card, revealing Shadow Hand missions and an exchange list, and He Xi spent points on an Iris Theater backstage pass and gave it to Flora.
• Veron failed to remove Zoya’s ancient elven seal, so Flora promised to search for another solution, and Zoya left secretly to seek Priestess Alus at the Silver Radiance Temple.
• At the temple, Zoya learned Star Magic could help remove her seal, mastered Starfire Spell, and persuaded Alus to let her return with notes on the magic.
• He Xi received a Shadow Hand mission involving Allen West and went to the Iris Theater, where he discovered Allen’s scheme to conceal more than two thousand Gold Shields meant for an orphanage.
• He Xi and Flora found Allen’s ledger, but Gareth stabbed Allen during the performance while the audience mistook the killing for part of the play.
• Annis visited He Xi’s home and told Zoya she wanted to compete fairly for him, after He Xi returned, he found Zoya and kissed her, and Annis saw them and fled.

He Xi joined Zoya and a party of adventurers to investigate undead in the sewers, uncovering a fungus that controlled corpses and a curse that infected Kazimir. As He Xi pursued the fungus’s origins and uncovered new leads about Vite, he and his companions learned it had links to Mist Town in the Heather Wasteland, where they planned to investigate during the spring hunt.

• Zoya invited He Xi to join Kazimir Nightfire’s investigation commission, and the party tracked undead from a sewer into ancient tunnels.
• He Xi and his companions fought skeletons, zombies, and fungal abominations, then found Vitt Riati’s notes describing an ancient stone door and undead servants.
• Kazimir developed an itchy head after exposure to the spores, and Grot suppressed the curse before Kazimir sought a lasting cure at the temple.
• He Xi studied Vite’s research and learned from Bruno that Vite had stolen a fungal culture formula after its apparent awakening.
• He Xi discovered that Wennai had issued the commission to kill Allen, then exchanged Shadow points for an Earthstone Eruption scroll.
• He Xi and Zoya joined Kazimir, Grot, and Ulag to search Vite’s former room, where a shipping receipt pointed them toward Mist Town.
• After learning that Mist Town lay in the Heather Wasteland, He Xi decided to seek leave from Mirabelle so he could investigate there during the spring hunt.