Recaps

Fran hunted Proxies in the Sun Domain, became a Sunflame Knight, and survived an attack from the Dragon Lord of the Back-Head. After reporting the Alliance’s proposal to the Lord of Radiance and completing her task in Snow Bear Territory, she sought Alliance support to reclaim her territory in Antir.

• Fran transformed her Dragon Bone club, received the Silver Alchemy Award for her Fireball mathematics paper, and accepted Heart of Quicksand from Iris.
• Fran entered the Trial of the Sun, hunted Proxies, and killed Harrison, Cyril, Matthew, Heather, Tristan, and Rachel as she advanced through the trials.
• Fran spoke with Ophelia about the Astrology School’s offer of cooperation, then defeated the remaining trial-takers and became a Sunflame Knight.
• Fran used Burning Sun Power to destroy the black beast sent by the Dragon Lord of the Back-Head, gained Blurry Shell, and told the Lord of Radiance about the attack and Ophelia’s proposal.
• Fran published more mathematics papers under Lai’s account, then visited Anna in Snow Bear Territory and used Self-Establishment Decree to earn a Territory Blessing.
• Fran left Anna to reclaim her territory in Antir, where Darian was preparing to expand the Shadow Cult with the royal family’s support.
• Fran persuaded Iris to approve an application for Alliance recognition of the Antir Region and went to Mage Philip to advance it.

Fran secured the Alliance’s support and funds for an attack on the Law Domain while preparing to establish her Sect and industrial operations in Antir. After arriving in White Flower Territory, she seized a mine, began organizing its workers, and started building machinery to support production.

• Fran advanced her Star Gazing Art and Runology, then began developing a machine-inspired Composite Spell to pursue Second Order advancement.
• Fran negotiated an Alliance contract with Ophelia, Tristan, and Charles, securing support for the Law Domain campaign and revising the agreement to include a three-month deadline.
• Fran asked the Lord of Radiance to aid Aila’s advancement, received Alliance gold, and arranged supplies before traveling east toward Antir as Lai.
• Fran entered White Flower Territory, used her Transmutation School identity to delay scrutiny, and gained Maeve’s confidence by advising her on organ transplantation.
• Anna and Aila led the believers in seizing the mine, overwhelming its guards and officials and taking control of the site.
• Fran rejected Brian’s suggestion to base the Sect in White Flower City and ordered the miners put to work while she began building a drilling machine.
• Fran smelted ore and planned machinery for processing and transporting it, a factory, and a hundred guns, while deciding to postpone Anna’s Second Order advancement.

Fran expanded her mine into an industrial Base Camp while managing Lucy’s Territory Destroyer plans and preparing Finley to become a lord. She helped Una claim the Ancient Domain, where the Alliance’s prophecies foretold a discovery that could dissolve its Council, then returned to build a musket production line.

• Fran organized the mine’s followers and workers, developed Steam Concerto, and discovered that she had gained the Arcane Mage Profession.
• Fran learned that Lucy planned to use a Territory Destroyer against White Flower Territory and agreed to delay interfering while her experiment continued.
• Fran recovered Finley’s Territory Token and warned him to keep it secret until he was ready to become a lord.
• Fran expanded the mine’s railway and production facilities, while River Valley Territory’s guards attacked the train and clashed with the Gray Robes.
• Fran accompanied Una to the Ancient Domain, where Una merged with its power and became its lord, then agreed that the Alliance could occupy selected districts.
• Charles’s Astrology School mages prophesied that an object would trigger continent-wide conflict, the fall of a Floating City, and the dissolution of the Alliance Council.
• Fran reunited with Elan and his apprentices, brought them to the Base Camp, and recruited them to make parts and train workers.
• Fran extended her arrangement with Lucy, asked Finley for his Territory Token, and began preparing the Base Camp for musket production and smokeless powder.

Fran secured an agreement with the Alliance, altered her identifying traits, and used her growing religious and military forces to reshape Antir’s territories. After Finley became her vassal and Fran captured Count Ian, she prepared to execute his knights while directing Anna toward another territory.

• Fran accepted the Alliance’s terms under an Abyss Contract, then changed her physical and magical traits to frustrate anyone tracking her.
• Fran organized the Base Camp’s apprentices and workers to produce firearm parts, while she stopped Count Ian from using the Territory Destroyer and took its Energy Cores.
• Finley revealed that he had become lord of White Flower Territory, and Fran made him her liege-bound vassal, removing Ian’s blessing over the territory.
• Anna led Fran’s believers in taking River Valley City, killing Morris and securing the city as unrest spread through Antir.
• Fran tested Elemental Regression and discovered how it could restore converted elements, while neighboring lords began probing Antir and Ian returned to find White Flower City barricaded against him.
• Fran and Finley’s forces defeated Ian’s knights, and Fran interrogated Ian before ordering the captives killed.
• Fran showed Finley Alliance recognition of his lordship and revealed that she had applied to occupy all of Antir, then ordered him to execute the knights after three days.
• Darian resumed negotiations as the Throne of Antir drew him in, while Fran sent Anna with three hundred armed followers toward Flying Eagle Territory.