Recaps

Fran joined the Battle Mage Corps, passed its tests, and took a mission into the Northern Territory, where she defeated a mercenary squad and reached Snow Bear City. As a Church of the Goddess of Ocean Currents arrived searching for a stolen item, Fran’s public duel with one of its warriors exposed her as an Alliance Battle Mage.

• Alaric approved Fran’s Fireball analysis and a White Star Sand paper, and Jared selected both for the Northern Lands Society’s publication.
• Fran advanced her Alchemy, joined the Battle Mage Corps, mastered [Forced Fusion], and passed the combat tests to become an official member.
• Fran accepted a mission to clear a mine in Snow Bear Territory, but first killed a mercenary squad that attacked her and learned they were searching for an item stolen from White Dragon Port.
• Fran continued toward Snow Bear City, gained a weak ice affinity, and agreed to stay in Blake Snow Bear’s territory after dealing with the mine’s undead creature.
• Gillian arrived in Snow Bear City with Church forces while mercenaries gathered to search for the stolen item, and she grew suspicious of Fran’s identity and Alliance insignia.
• Blake arranged a public duel between Fran and a Church Warrior, hoping to display her support for his territory as Gillian ordered the warrior to study her techniques.
• The Church Warrior invoked the Goddess of Ocean Currents and attacked with Torrent Slash, but Fran’s Counter Shield met the blow with a powerful shockwave, revealing her as an Alliance Battle Mage.

Fran joined forces with Anna to defeat the undead guarding the Azure Box, then killed the young dragon inside and gained Aether Manipulation. As the Church, orcs, and mercenaries closed in on Blake’s castle, Fran defended it by trapping the Church Warriors in a fusion spell.

• Fran defeated a Church Warrior in a duel while Liam and Patrick discussed the approaching orcs and planned to exploit the conflict between the factions.
• Cole copied information from the Northern Lands Society’s system, and Vernon read Fran’s Fireball paper and decided to support Iris and Harbos.
• Fran met Anna while traveling to the mine, and Anna joined her after revealing the Alliance’s history of excluding nonhumans.
• Fran and Anna entered the mine, where Fran destroyed the Necro-Skeleton Mage’s forces while Anna killed Grant and Gavin to prevent them from claiming the box.
• Fran defeated Grant after he revived, learned that the box might contain a young dragon, and killed the dragon to gain Aether Manipulation.
• Fran returned to Snow Bear City and offered to help Blake handle the arriving factions in exchange for a later favor.
• Benedict, Gillian, and the mercenaries agreed to attack Blake’s castle and capture Fran, but Fran declared the castle an Alliance sanctuary and warned them not to cross her boundary.
• The Church Warriors crossed Fran’s boundary, and she used [Forced Fusion] to combine them with their gear and part of Gillian’s wave, frightening the crowd into holding back.

Fran advanced as an Elite Mage, pursued new alchemy and transmutation knowledge, and entered the Spirit Realm seeking materials and Spirit Crystals. She joined the Lord of Radiance’s plan to raid Emerald Market, recovered her Purple Shortsword and other goods, then encountered two priests of the Church of the Goddess of Ocean Currents.

• Fran warned Stanley about crossing her prepared area, but her spell struck him when he ignored the warning, and she later restored his body and the damaged tiles.
• The Battle Mage Corps arrived at Snow Bear City, froze the attackers outside the castle with a collective [Blizzard], and took the Azure Box after Anna brought it to Zane.
• Fran returned to the Northern Lands Society, where Iris warned her that Vernon had noticed her mathematical research and offered to find materials about Aether.
• Fran learned Miracle Alchemy and created the Infinite Blood Bottle, then exchanged 25,000 Contribution Points for the Song of the Deep Sea transmutation method.
• Fran advanced to Elite Mage, gained new traits and an unknown spell, and studied Harbos’s [Elemental Radiance] before entering the Spirit Realm with Nora.
• Fran reunited with Una and contacted the Lord of Radiance, who recruited her to help the believers raid Emerald Market in exchange for joining their operation.
• Fran consigned her Purple Shortsword to the auction to gain access to the central district, while Heather and Valerie recognized its craftsmanship and examined its unfamiliar rune.
• Fran entered Emerald Market’s storeroom during the raid, recovered her shortsword and took portable weapons and special metals, then met two priests of the Church of the Goddess of Ocean Currents.

Fran escaped Heather and Valerie, claimed a Spirit Realm Guide, and built a following for the Lord of Radiance in Snow Bear Territory. As the Trial of the Sun approached, she strengthened Black Horse and modified her own body and weapons for the challenges ahead.

• Fran escaped the barrier after defeating Heather and fighting Valerie, then received a share of the Spirit Crystals from the Lord of Radiance and set out to find the Trial of the Sun.
• Fran engraved the Goddess of Ocean Currents onto the Purple Shortsword and discovered her Master of Fireball Trait while preparing for her next mission.
• At Heart Lake Market, Fran bought Malcolm’s Spirit Realm Guide, and the market’s Security Team protected her from the Yellow-Robed Men and seized their assets.
• Fran began establishing a church in her new villages, healed Aila with a Life Replenishment Potion, carved a Divine Statue, and introduced rules for her growing congregation.
• Fran entered the Sun Domain and met Zali, who explained the dangers of the Trial of the Sun and told her to return a week before it began.
• Fran received permission from the Lord of Radiance to use a dragon’s remains, then transformed Black Horse with Dragon Blood and a dragon’s heart, making him a First Order magical beast.
• Fran returned to find more than five hundred followers gathered, arranged for Anna to manage the church, and planned to establish smaller churches and train suitable believers.
• Fran modified herself with aquatic traits, then shaped a Dragon Bone club and covered it with golden Radiance patterns to enhance divine spells.