Chapter Summaries

Cyril arranged a half-ghost ship for Anderson and negotiated with Dorian Gray for Abraham Family assistance and a future visit from Mr. Door’s honorific name. At Harvest Cathedral, Cyril spoke with Emlyn about the Primordial Moon believers and then detected a Worm of Time outside.

• Cyril explained hidden adjacent pathways to Anderson and revealed that the ship could sail with summoned servants and receive supplies through a spirit-world storeroom.
• Cyril and Anderson met Dorian Gray, who asked Cyril to recite the Abraham Family ancestor’s honorific name during the next full moon; Cyril requested cosmic books and volunteer crew members in return.
• Dorian gave Cyril Mr. Door’s honorific name, and Cyril introduced Anderson as the ship’s captain while assigning Dorian as the fleet’s contact in Pritz Harbor.
• Cyril visited Harvest Cathedral, where Emlyn claimed he had defeated the Primordial Moon believers and gained the attention of powerful Sanguine.
• After asking Emlyn to arrange a meeting with Marquis Nibis, Cyril sensed something outside the cathedral and saw what appeared to be a Worm of Time.

Cyril tracked a wounded Marauder demigod through Backlund while discussing cosmic knowledge and the Primordial Moon with the Sanguine. He trapped the demigod in a Dream Labyrinth, but she began losing control and something stole an unknown thing from him.

• Cyril realized a Worm of Time had stolen his desire to chase it, then located the injured rat-like Marauder demigod hiding in the sewers.
• Cyril and Emlyn visited Odra Manor, where Earl Mistral said Lord Nibis was asleep and offered the Sanguine's help hunting Primordial Moon believers in exchange for Moon-related characteristics.
• Mistral told Emlyn that Nibis had sealed himself away because his improved condition might mean the Primordial Moon had corrupted him.
• Cyril searched Böklund Street for the Worms of Time and found them converging into a human-rat face, but the demigod disrupted his attempts to teleport to her.
• Cyril used Brilliant Spark to form a Dream Labyrinth from the sleeping residents' dreams and confronted the rat-headed woman, whose worms began falling as she approached a half-lost-control state.
• Cyril's spiritual intuition warned him that he had lost something.

Cyril pursued the gravely injured Parasite through the Dream Labyrinth, while Leonard and Pallez negotiated over her capture and information about the Jacob Family's treasure. Cyril found the Parasite in a sewer and began destroying her Worms of Time, but his attack released foul gas that he had to transfer aboveground.

• The Parasite used Secret-Keeping to obscure her Worms of Time and steal Cyril's position, but Leonard entered the Dream Labyrinth and Pallez revealed that he had subdued her.
• Cyril negotiated with Pallez through Leonard, agreeing to trade the Parasite and information about the Jacob Family's treasure for a Mentor of Deceit Beyonder characteristic.
• Pallez trapped the Parasite's consciousness in the dream, and Cyril left to find her in reality.
• Cyril illuminated the sewer with an Unshadowed Domain, revealing the Parasite's Worms of Time arranged around three rat heads.
• Cyril used Notarization and sacred flames to attack the Worms of Time, but the resulting foul steam forced him to transfer the gas aboveground.

Cyril hunted down the wounded Parasite, killing her after she tried to recover by consuming Hazel. He explained the dangers of the mystical world to Hazel and urged her to seek help from a Church, then sensed the authorities arriving.

• Cyril disrupted the Parasite with a recorded ability, then attacked her with the Blade of Spirit and Flesh and a Flame Spear, but she escaped.
• The injured Parasite emerged from Hazel’s hair clip and tried to consume her, while Hazel lost control of her body and began to suffer spiritual contamination.
• Cyril shielded Hazel from the Parasite’s influence and destroyed the creature with a Lightning Storm, leaving behind a diamond containing transparent worms.
• Cyril told Hazel that her teacher had treated her as a food supply and explained that Beyonders could lose control, advising her to seek help from a Church.
• Hazel admitted that she had stolen valuable and personally meaningful things under her teacher’s orders, and Cyril sensed that the authorities had arrived.

Cyril escaped the Church of Evernight’s attention after saving Hazel, then gained Pallez’s help by giving him a Parasite Beyonder Characteristic. He planned ways to digest his potion and, the next morning, greeted Arrodes as he continued reclaiming his power.

• Cyril vanished after warning Hazel that the Church of Evernight would find her, and Archbishop Anthony arrived to calm her and explain that Nighthawks would investigate her.
• Nighthawks investigated the sewer, where Lorotta’s spirits refused to enter because of the foul gas and strong Sun aura, so the team obtained authorization to use a Sealed Artifact to clear the stench.
• Cyril gave Leonard a Parasite Beyonder Characteristic for Pallez to examine the Jacob Family’s treasure memories, and Pallez absorbed it before falling asleep to recover.
• Leonard considered finding Cyril while Cyril planned to digest his Secrets Sorcerer potion by creating widely circulated mystery rumors and legends.
• Cyril accepted Haven’s invitation to travel to Midseashire, then contacted Arrodes through a mirror and confirmed that it had correctly sensed his recovered power.

Cyril questioned Arrodes about the Spirit World, visited Heraberg’s library, and brought his advancement news to the Tarot Club. The gathering turned to a newly revealed page of Roselle’s Diary, which named Mr. Door and left Fors asking whether he caused the Full Moon Ravings.

• Arrodes showed Cyril scenes formed by Astral World information projected into the Spirit World and suggested that some scenes were too dangerous to reveal.
• Cyril visited Heraberg’s private library, read a book about the starry sky, and received permission to take it home.
• At the Tarot Club, Cyril congratulated Audrey and prophesied that she might gain divinity that year, then revealed that he controlled the Wheel of Fortune Uniqueness.
• Cattleya presented a page of Roselle’s Diary and asked who appeared in it besides Roselle.
• Klein identified Mr. Door, prompting Fors to ask whether he caused the Full Moon Ravings.

Cyril gave the Tarot Club information about Mr. Door and the Blasphemy Slates, while the members discussed the dangers of secret knowledge and made several transactions. Emlyn asked how to handle a powerful Beyonder suspected of corruption by an evil god, but the available advice did not fit because the person worshipped neither the Mother Earth nor Mr. Fool.

• Cyril told Cattleya about Mr. Door’s history in exchange for an organized compilation of sea treasures and rumors, then explained that the Ancient Sun God created the Second Blasphemy Slate based on the First.
• Cyril said that understanding the origin of the First Blasphemy Slate required knowledge of omniscience and omnipotence, and warned Audrey that such information should wait until she became a demigod.
• The World offered a Biological Poison Bottle, a Book of Secrets, and an Interrogator Beyonder characteristic; Audrey bought the book, while the other items found no buyer.
• Cyril offered Fors a spare Scribe characteristic, which she declined, and sold Alger the Ocean Songster potion formula at their previously agreed price.
• Emlyn arranged to sell Derrick the elder tree rhizome crystal and supplementary ingredients for twenty-two hundred pounds, then asked how to treat a powerful Beyonder suspected of evil-god corruption.
• Cattleya advised seeking help from the Mother Earth and a Church bishop, while Derrick suggested asking Mr. Fool; Emlyn revealed that the person believed in neither.

At the Tarot Club, the members discussed the Primordial Moon’s corruption of Nibis and suspected that Mistral had told Emlyn about it to make him seek outside help. After the gathering, Cyril and Klein discussed the Ancient Sun God and the Sanguine crisis, while Alger received the Ocean Songster potion formula and considered how to obtain its rare ingredients.

• Alger, Cattleya, and Cyril advised Emlyn about options for dealing with Nibis’s suspected corruption, including seeking help from the Church of the Earth Mother and letting Cosmi inherit.
• Alger reasoned that Mistral had likely told Emlyn about Nibis to prompt him to seek help through the Fool, and Cattleya warned that Nibis’s loss of control could endanger the Sanguine and Backlund.
• Cyril told Klein that the Ancient Sun God’s actions seemed modeled on God Almighty, and they discussed how serious Nibis’s corruption might be.
• Cyril suggested that Klein target wealthy pirates to finance his new identity, and Klein asked whether Cyril had a plan.
• Cyril completed a ritual transaction, and Alger received the Ocean Songster potion formula from the Fool after sacrificing five thousand pounds.
• Alger studied the formula’s rare ingredients and advancement ritual, then decided to collect more pages of Roselle’s Diary to seek hints from the Fool.

Emlyn sought help for Lord Nibis’s corruption, but a sudden blood moon intensified it and unleashed wraiths across Odra Manor. After the Mother Goddess’s radiance briefly restored Nibis’s sanity, Cyril arrived in response to Emlyn’s prayer and hurled a spear of sunlight into the Gate of Summoning.

• Emlyn asked Father Utravsky how to save a Sanguine corrupted by the Primordial Moon, and Father Utravsky advised bringing him to Harvest Cathedral or praying to the Mother Goddess on his behalf.
• Emlyn visited Odra Manor, where Mistral confirmed that Nibis was near losing control and that the Sanguine might soon have to put him to eternal sleep.
• A blood moon strengthened the Spirit World’s influence, and Cyril used the Brilliant Spark and darkness to suppress supernatural disturbances affecting the Abraham Family.
• The Mother Earth answered Emlyn’s ritual and restored Nibis’s sanity, but the blood moon then intensified his corruption until he lost control and wraiths poured through a Gate of Summoning.
• Cyril appeared after Emlyn prayed to Mr. Fool, formed a spear of sunlight, and hurled it into the Gate of Summoning despite Cosmi’s warning that Nibis still retained some sanity.

Cyril and Mistral fought to contain Nibis and the Moon Emissary inside the hidden manor while Emlyn prayed to Mr. Fool for help. Cyril's Sun and Sacred powers exposed and burned the Moon Emissary, as Storm and Church forces gathered outside.

• Cyril hid Odra Manor in a concealed space, but the blood moon still reached Nibis and drove him to summon another moon.
• Mistral identified the Moon Emissary as the source of the corruption, bound Nibis with his own eyes, and told Emlyn and Cosmi to summon the other Dukes.
• Emlyn prayed to Mr. Fool, and Fors saw the battle above the gray fog; Klein told her the time to help had not yet come.
• Randall Valentinus and Anthony Stevenson arrived outside the hidden space and began searching for its entrance.
• Cyril used his abilities to suppress the moonlight, displaced the Moon Emissary, and cut through its moon-shaped disguise.
• A sinister doll attacked Cyril, but lightning and a disorienting wind incapacitated it before Cyril engulfed it in sacred flames.

Cyril and Mistral defeated the rampaging Nibis and eliminated the corrupt Shadow Creature, but Nibis was left dying and asked Cyril to end his life. Before that, he gave Mistral and Cosmi instructions for the Sanguine succession and warned that the Primordial Moon believers still had a conspiracy.

• Emlyn thanked Cyril for shielding him from the blast, and Cyril provoked him by asking for one of his treasured dolls.
• Cyril and Mistral attacked Nibis’s Fallen Shadow, then Cyril used Pure White Vision to purge the corruption while shielding the Sanguine from its sacred light.
• Mistral explained that a Moon Emissary had brought the blood moon, worsening Nibis’s corruption and triggering his loss of control; he and Cyril suspected a wider conspiracy involving Primordial Moon believers.
• Nibis survived in a badly wounded, incomplete mythical form and told Mistral to give his High Summoner characteristic to Mistral, while Cosmi would inherit the Shaman King and Scarlet Scholar characteristics.
• Nibis warned Cosmi to purge the Primordial Moon believers and asked Cyril to separate his characteristics and kill him.

Cyril helped the Sanguine end the blood moon crisis and met Grand Duke Olmer, then used a newly recorded ability to contact Mr. Door in an alternate-dimensional space. Mr. Door asked about the Abraham Family, and Cyril told him they had gained protection and Scribes had begun to appear among them.

• Cyril killed Nibis with Pure White Vision, preventing the Primordial Moon's second personality from emerging, and found a crystal containing Nibis's High Summoner characteristic.
• Cyril and the Sanguine escaped the hidden manor as the blood moon ended, then Grand Duke Olmer arrived, thanked Cyril, and took charge of the characteristic and the Sanguine in Backlund.
• Cyril told Olmer that an unexpected being had helped him reach the manor, then left as the blood moon ended.
• Fors reunited with Xio and mentioned an Interrogator Beyonder characteristic she had found at a low price, but neither could afford it.
• Cyril recorded Nibis's ability, prayed to the Great Gate of All Doors, and established contact with Mr. Door in an alternate-dimensional space.
• Mr. Door asked about the Abraham Family, and Cyril said they were doing better than before, had the protection of a great being, and had begun producing Scribes.

Cyril spoke with Mr. Door about the cosmos and learned that his connection to higher dimensions let him locate Mr. Door’s banishment space. After receiving reports about Emlyn’s investigation and the Sea God’s planned voyage, Cyril prepared to join Anderson’s departure ceremony before traveling to Constant City.

• Mr. Door warned Cyril about the danger of cosmic entities and advised him to pursue the Miracle Invoker or Trojan Horse of Fate pathway at Sequence 2 while sharing information about the cosmos.
• Cyril sensed Mr. Door’s storm-wracked alternate-dimensional prison, then witnessed Emlyn thank Mr. Fool and Mr. Fate for their help and report plans to investigate Rus Báthory.
• Cyril explained that Rus Báthory might need an object bearing Sefirah Castle’s aura for a High Summoner ritual, and he told Klein that the Moon Emissary was a powerful ritual object changed by the crimson moon.
• Dorian introduced Joseph and Hayden as prospective treasure hunters to Anderson, who learned that the Primordial Moon faction had rebelled against the Life School of Thought and joined the Rose School of Thought.
• Havin agreed to travel with Cyril by teleportation instead of taking the steam train to Constant City, and Cyril received Anderson’s request to attend the Sea God’s departure ceremony to intimidate watching pirates.
• Cyril burned Anderson’s letter, collected Cattleya’s maritime legends and treasure materials, and pulled Anderson’s confused ball-shaped messenger back out of the Spirit World.

Cyril collected Nibis's characteristic from Emlyn and tested how startling people could advance his potion digestion before visiting Harven in Constant City. Meanwhile, Emlyn and Cosmi investigated Rus Báthory's house for dangers connected to the Primordial Moon, and Emlyn prayed to Mr. Fool as a precaution.

• Cyril collected the characteristic from Emlyn, frightened him by making his dolls seem to disappear, and found that Emlyn's strong reaction helped digest his Secrets Sorcerer potion.
• Cyril and Harven arrived in Constant City, where Harven asked about Cyril's offer to help him switch to the Mysticologist pathway, and Little Thomas welcomed them.
• Emlyn met Cosmi at a café, and Cosmi sent a bobtailed cat to scout Rus Báthory's house before they checked the area with help from nearby animals.
• Emlyn and Cosmi entered Rus's house after finding no immediate danger, and Cosmi warned that Primordial Moon traps might only appear at night.
• Emlyn searched upstairs and recited Mr. Fool's honorific name to guard against traps or other threats left by the Primordial Moon's believers.

Emlyn and Cosmi uncovered and destroyed a trap left by followers of the Primordial Moon at the House of Russ. Meanwhile, Cyril arrived at Pritz Harbor to find Anderson recruiting for the Sea God, just as Nast’s Black Emperor appeared nearby.

• Emlyn used Mr. Fool’s guidance to stop Cosmi from attacking a Red Paper Figure and revealed a miniature altar hidden in the chimney.
• Cosmi identified the altar as a trap belonging to followers of the Primordial Moon, and Emlyn and Cosmi destroyed it with a Sun charm.
• Cyril traveled to Pritz Harbor after Little Thomas fell asleep and discovered Anderson had attracted a crowd while recruiting crew for the Sea God.
• Anderson introduced Tristan, Pierre, Joseph, and Hayden to Cyril and explained that many other applicants had been spies interested in him, Gehrman Sparrow, or Cyril.
• Nast’s Black Emperor emerged from the void near the Sea God, and Anderson joked that the King of the Five Seas could only be its second mate.

Cyril and Anderson encountered Nast, the King of the Five Seas, who sought the Black Emperor card, before Cyril teleported the Sea God away from Pritz Harbor. Near the Berserk Sea, Cyril intervened in a fight between a King of Green Wings and a Rotting Feathered Serpent, then vanished as deathly waters emerged and the serpent rose as a burning skeleton.

• Nast appeared aboard the Black Emperor, asked Cyril about the Black Emperor card, and left after Cyril said he could ask its holder about selling it.
• Ace Snake arrived, and Cyril teleported the Sea God away from Pritz Harbor to waters near the Berserk Sea.
• Cyril and Anderson saw a Rotting Feathered Serpent pursue a King of Green Wings, and Anderson explained what he knew about the monsters.
• Cyril threw an Unshadowed Spear between the creatures, giving the King of Green Wings a chance to escape into the sea.
• Cyril trapped the Rotting Feathered Serpent in a vortex and attacked it with lightning and a Solar Flare.
• Cyril sensed a disturbance in the Berserk Sea and vanished; the Rotting Feathered Serpent emerged from deathly waters as a skeleton wreathed in pale flames.

Cyril investigated a deserted ship belonging to Vice Admiral Dusk, then staged a mysterious Tarot-card encounter to act out a legend and further digest his Secrets Sorcerer potion. Adele returned home with a Wheel of Fortune card and no memory of what happened aboard the ship.

• Cyril told Anderson the Feathered Serpent was a Death Archon and planned to recruit sailors before exploring the Berserk Sea.
• Klein agreed to ask Mr. Azik about lending the God of Death's ring, while Cyril returned to his family for breakfast and a beach outing.
• Cyril found Vice Admiral Dusk's empty ship, discovered its crew and valuables had vanished without a trace, and reported this to Harvin.
• Cyril returned to Constant City and later appeared on the guarded ship in a star-patterned robe, making it disappear before the onlookers.
• Cyril used the ship to stage a frightening divination for Adele, who drew the Wheel of Fortune card and then found herself back in her carriage with no memory of the encounter.

Cyril spread a ghost-ship legend in Constant City, then returned to Backlund and joined Anderson aboard the Sea God to prepare for an expedition into the Berserk Sea. The ship reached the storm-wracked sea’s edge, where the crew began questioning the dangerous voyage.

• Garrett and a military gentleman confronted Cyril after he escaped their lightning attack and prohibitions in Constant City.
• Cyril repeatedly stole Vice Admiral Dusk’s ship, spread a local legend, and left Constant City for Backlund as Beyonder security increased.
• Reinette Tinekerr delivered a letter and a dark ring to Cyril, who decided to prepare for an expedition to the Berserk Sea.
• Cyril met Anderson on Selos Island, tested the Book of Calamity, and used its fear-inducing power to help Anderson ready the crew for departure.
• The Sea God reached the Berserk Sea’s edge, and Joseph urged Anderson to take a safer route as the crew gathered to discuss the voyage.

Anderson led the Sea God into the Berserk Sea through a passage opened in the storm, while Cyril used the Book of Calamity to protect the ship and encourage the sailors’ faith. In Backlund, Klein questioned Arrodes about the God of Death’s treasure and learned that Cyril’s Secrets Sorcerer advancement involved the original Creator; aboard the Sea God, the crew then settled into a sheltered space to rest.

• Anderson rallied the sailors and led the Sea God through a calm passage Cyril created in the storm, while Cyril advised him to foster the crew’s faith in the Sea God.
• Klein asked Arrodes about the God of Death’s treasure, and Arrodes identified the missing Pale Emperor characteristic and Death Uniqueness as likely candidates and named Azik Eggers as the person best positioned to find them.
• Arrodes told Klein that Spirit World Plunderers could be found in Calderón City and Trickster Evils in the Hornacis Mountains.
• Arrodes warned Klein that Cyril had gained control over his traits and that his Secrets Sorcerer advancement involved fate, space, time, and a trace of the original Creator.
• Cyril concealed the Sea God and nearby space so the crew could rest, and Anderson sent the sailors inside after they mistook the shelter for ruins.

Cyril attended a Tarot Club gathering where he explained Emperor Roselle’s conflict with the Church of Steam and shared information about dangerous creatures and powerful Demonesses. The meeting ended with Emlyn realizing the gray fog could help the Sanguine advance and considering buying some from Cyril.

• Anderson and Cyril discussed guiding the Sea God’s crew toward faith, and Cyril sealed his cabin before joining the Tarot Club.
• Moon and Cattleya gave Mr. Fool pages from Roselle’s Diary, and Cyril explained that Roselle opposed Bornova’s transformation into a divinity-dominated angel.
• Cyril told World that Trickster Evils lived in the Forsaken Land of the Gods and that Spirit World Plunderers might be found in Calderón City, then agreed that he still intended to hunt Agalito if the chance arose.
• Cattleya reported that Agalito was luring pirates toward a false Fountain of Youth, and Cyril described the Demoness of Unaging and the Demoness Sect’s strength.
• Cyril said Mistral could pray to Mr. Fool for items bearing Sefirah Castle’s aura, and Emlyn inferred that the gray fog might help the Sanguine advance before deciding to buy it from someone who could obtain it.