Recaps

Theus’s people built ties with Tis and Blood Port while investigating the refugees and confronting the growing Mother Goddess Church. Josh chose to stay and help the believers, while Zoe and the Faithguard Army prepared to leave Blood Port with Prince William’s escort.

• Ken and Jeremiah told Theus about the crew’s journey, the refugees, and their encounter with Prince William, and Theus planned to contact Nora and support the refugees.
• Zoe’s delegation reached Blood Port, where Galahad welcomed them, while Theus’s people completed the Stellar Furnace and celebrated Castel’s industrial progress.
• Prince William sought Castel’s weapons and trade, as Zoe’s visit to Blood Port’s slums and Erwin’s reflections exposed the hardship surrounding the noble residence.
• Josh and his companions used the Steam and Deep Sea Esoteric Order to feed refugees, while Gwen joined the Hermitage and discovered her connection to the Sea of Unconsciousness.
• Prince William met Zoe, Erwin, and Connor, and they learned that the Mother Goddess Church had influence in Blood Port and that Josh’s whereabouts were uncertain.
• Gwen told Josh that Castel’s ship was leaving, but Josh refused to return home because he feared Theus would reject the refugees and believers he had gathered.
• Granny found Josh and offered to take him home, but he and his companions stayed to help Blood Port as the Mother Goddess Church’s rebellion began.
• Erwin trained the airship soldiers to use Castel’s rifles, and Prince William escorted Zoe’s delegation toward the docks as the Faithguard followed.

The prince seized control of Blood Port as Castel revealed its industrial and military power to Galahad. Meanwhile, Theus pursued contact with the Life Mother Goddess Church, while Gwen grew suspicious of Mira and the Church’s influence.

• The prince and his knights seized the Harbor Guard barracks, killed Rad, and led their forces toward the docks, where they discovered a hideout containing people transformed into monsters.
• Mira confronted the Harbor Guard over Tommy’s transformation, then withdrew after the prince ordered her away, and the prince later sent Galahad to Castel while he remained in Blood Port to remake the city.
• Galahad arrived in Castel and witnessed its advanced machinery, Banshees, pollution-powered Stellar Furnace, and enormous Skyveil Behemoth, whose bombing exercise left him shaken by its destructive power.
• Theus investigated why machinery and weapons worked unusually well in Castel, while Galahad’s account of the island described its industrial scale and the use of a living evil god as fuel.
• Isabella revealed that she had arranged for the cultists to eliminate Tis’s nobles and had used the prince’s revenge and assassination attempt as part of her plan to challenge the Holy See.
• Gwen saw a monster devour Tommy’s soul and decided to investigate the Life Mother Goddess Church, after meeting Mira and finding her unsettling, Gwen was led deeper into an alley by hooded men.
• Theus sought cooperation with the Church, and Granny, Josh, and Zoe met Mira to offer food aid and explain Castel’s plans for Blood Port.

As [Loving Mother] ravaged Blood Port, the Harbor Guard, Faithguard Army, Mystic Society, and Banshees struggled to stop it while learning the cost of its power. Theus and Nini arrived with reinforcements and explosives, and Mira warned them that only Transcendent sacrifices could banish the monster.

• Mira agreed to recruit Northern Territory refugees for Castel, but the Mother Goddess Church soon launched another rebellion in Blood Port.
• The prince led the Harbor Guard against the rebels, while Josh organized the Mystic Society’s defenses against followers and stitched-together monsters.
• A Flesh Mountain broke through Josh’s barricade, and Duke Tis arrived as the prince and Harbor Guard joined the fight.
• Josh and Zoe learned from Scepter that the Mother Goddess fed on willing sacrifices, and Granny warned the prince that [Loving Mother] threatened the city.
• The Faithguard Army and Harbor Guard fought [Loving Mother] as its followers sacrificed themselves, until Isabella lured it into the Lower District sewers and detonated her stockpiled gunpowder.
• [Loving Mother] revived by consuming its followers, but the Banshees arrived and drove it toward the sea before Mira’s explosion sent black threads through the city.
• Theus and Nini arrived with news that more forces were on their way, and the Banshees tore open [Loving Mother]’s Cocoon to reach Mira.
• Mira warned that [Loving Mother] could grow without limit and required Transcendent sacrifices to banish, while Nini attacked it with explosives and received more from ships at sea.

After the destruction of [Loving Mother], Theus forged an alliance with William and brought the prince to Castel to see its industrial strength. When the Northern Territories refused to release Nora and sent her severed head, Castel rallied behind her and declared war, while Josh, Zoe, Hodge, and Kyle prepared to join the expedition.

• Nini and the Banshees used the Skyveil Behemoth to destroy [Loving Mother], ending the Blood Port rebellion, and Theus negotiated an alliance with William in exchange for preaching rights, free trade, and support for refugees.
• Theus discovered that Ash’s polluted-creature research could produce giant crops, then showed William Castel’s industry and explained why the Banshees were not exempt from its systems.
• William decided against immediate war with the Empire and agreed to support trade and the Mystic Society, but the Four Northern Territories refused his request to release Nora.
• William declared war on the Four Northern Territories, and Theus found Nora’s severed head in a box delivered by Galahad, and Nora blinked and revealed that she was an immortal Burier.
• Castel’s newspapers reported Nora’s bravery and the northern lords’ crimes, and Theus declared war before a roaring crowd.
• Josh and Zoe decided to seek places in the expeditionary force, while Hodge told Kyle he would fight for Nora and Castel, and Kyle agreed they would enlist together.