Recaps

The Emperor prepared Latveria and its allies for the possible awakening of Quetzalcoatl while Laura Croft and Camila pursued The Trinity through Peru. The arc left Enuratu’s warriors armed and training with Latverian forces as Amon and Laura headed toward the Eye of the Giant Serpent.

• Salomon confronted Tony Stark at Avengers Tower, warned him against giving his technology to the US government, and later faced public accusations over the deaths of the SEALs.
• Victor von Doom imposed martial law and the Emperor’s reforms in Romania before returning to Latveria, while Stephanie Malik learned the Emperor planned to leave for South America.
• The Emperor warned Stephanie Malik that Quetzalcoatl could devastate South America and ordered preparations for a mission with Wakanda and other allies.
• Laura Croft and Camila pursued The Trinity after an earthquake and tsunami struck the Yucatan, and Dr. Domínguez revealed that The Trinity sought to awaken the Feathered Serpent God.
• Camila and Laura fought The Trinity’s forces in Peru, while Nick Fury investigated the Vatican and Pope Francis’s concerns about a secret cult.
• The Emperor arrived in Cuba despite the hurricane as Supiluliumas and Amon confronted Enuratu’s people and warned them of the danger posed by the Beast.
• Enuratu agreed to help Supiluliumas after learning that Pedro Dominguez had seized power in Paititi and sought to awaken Quetzalcoatl.
• Supiluliumas equipped Enuratu’s warriors with modern weapons, while Amon took Laura Croft toward the Eye of the Giant Serpent to investigate supernatural threats.

The Emperor’s forces battled Trinity, the Quetzalcoatl Cult, and the Feathered Serpent God as disasters spread across the Americas. The Emperor carried the fight into space, where Laura Croft suggested the god might be Yinglong and Victoria Hand awaited his return.

• Enuratu prepared to raid a Trinity depot, while Camila welcomed a rescued Martian Technician and sniper into her squad and vowed to avenge José.
• Laura Croft searched the Eye of the Giant Serpent for the Silver Casket as Amon warned that earthquakes were moving toward Paititi.
• Supiluliumas and Enuratu led an assault against Trinity and the Quetzalcoatl Cult, while the Emperor of Latveria coordinated aid with T'Challa and demanded Tony Stark’s help.
• The Emperor learned from Queen Yaaxil Chakchel that the Yaaxil guarded Chakchel's Dagger and the Silver Casket, then Constantine blockaded the enemy strongholds.
• The Emperor imposed Kamar-Taj oversight on magical research, and his forces killed resisting wizards at Vatoum Temple before burning the building.
• As volcanoes and toxic storms battered Paititi, the Emperor and Aparajita led separate assaults to seize Chakchel's Dagger and evacuate civilians.
• Dr. Pedro Domínguez joined Chakchel's Dagger to the Silver Casket, but the Feathered Serpent God emerged and devastated Paititi as the Emperor halted the chaos and named it.
• The Emperor fought the Feathered Serpent God in space while Earth’s forces attacked it, and Laura Croft later suggested it might be the Chinese dragon Yinglong as the Emperor remained in the Kuiper Belt.

The Emperor returned from the Kuiper Belt and tightened Latveria’s military and political control while investigating Kamar-Taj’s dangerous dungeon and prophecies. He left Stephen Strange facing the burden of his magical talent and the path the Sorcerer Supreme had set for him.

• The Emperor’s forces recovered his body in the Kuiper Belt, and the Sorcerer Supreme brought him back while the crew destroyed the Feathered Serpent God’s remains and concealed what had happened.
• The Emperor returned to Latveria, aided the Yaaxil, and resumed governing as Victor von Doom prepared for the Alien Fleet and expanded Latveria’s military reach.
• The Emperor sent Salomon to Kamar-Taj to oversee the crackdown on magical schools, where Mordo’s trials exposed widespread crimes and Sherlock Holmes repaired a telescope distorted by a supernatural creature.
• The Emperor explored Kamar-Taj’s dungeon, found a gate bearing an image like himself, and studied prophecies about a future extradimensional being while deciding to proceed despite foreseen bloodshed.
• The Emperor ordered the Praetorian Guard expanded, directed Maya Hansen and the Druid Order to accelerate knight production, and told Victor von Doom to annex the Balkan Peninsula.
• Aparajita and Nixon joined Laura Croft and Wanda Maximoff to investigate the Yaaxil ruins, while Aparajita’s knights cooperated with Shining Path against Peruvian Government Forces.
• Victor von Doom pursued food and fuel security, clashed with Mordo at Kamar-Taj, and later fought him with a practice bullet before the Emperor stopped Mordo from retaliating.
• The Emperor questioned Stephen Strange about forbidden books and his identity, then told him that fate had guided him to Kamar-Taj and that his talent made him vulnerable to predators from the Outer Dimensions.

The Emperor’s allies opened the Silver Stone Gate and fought the horrors beyond it, while Queen Yaaxil and the Emperor passed through before he sealed it. Back at Kamar-Taj, he saved Supiluliumas and revealed that a greater fate involving Shuma-Gorath was approaching.

• The Emperor warned that true gods were Outer Dimensional Entities, while Laura Croft and Supiluliumas investigated the supernatural Silver Stone Gate with Queen Yaaxil and Wanda Maximoff.
• The Emperor and his allies maneuvered against Hydra factions, and Stephanie Malik recruited Ruby Hale to spy on General Hale and expose her dealings with the Kree.
• Kamar-Taj and the Praetorian Guard prepared defenses around the Silver Stone Gate as its pressure rose and the Emperor traveled toward Peru.
• The gate opened onto a blood tide and swarms of creatures, and Wanda Maximoff, Supiluliumas, the Arcanists, and the First Secret Regiment fought to contain the breach.
• Queen Yaaxil led her people toward the gate, and the Emperor crossed through with them before closing it and leaving Wanda Maximoff and Laura Croft behind.
• The Emperor returned to Kamar-Taj and operated on the gravely injured Supiluliumas with Stephen Strange’s assistance.
• The Emperor told Laura Croft that the Yaaxil were naturally evolved humans and shared with Bayonetta and Jeanne what he had encountered beyond the gate.
• The Emperor explained fate and choice to Laura Croft, then told Wanda Maximoff that she had to prepare for the coming battle against Shuma-Gorath.