Recaps

Salomon expanded his alliance with Wakanda, pursued Asgardian intelligence, and prepared an Artificial Human army while drawing closer to S.H.I.E.L.D.'s investigations. The arc ended with him acquiring the Mother of Genes’ knowledge at a severe personal cost to advance his mission.

• T'Chaka gave Salomon the elixir of immortality formula, and they signed the High Wall Protocol to cooperate on Vibranium, weapons, and manufacturing.
• Salomon warned T'Challa about threats to humanity and told the Venerable One he planned to seize S.H.I.E.L.D.'s resources and prevent Earth's population from being halved.
• Salomon and Dinah pursued Lorelei, whose powers sparked a clash with Sif, and Salomon later confined Lorelei and forced her to study in exchange for intelligence and service.
• Salomon developed the Artificial Human legion, assigned Dinah to train it, and arranged for its members to establish mental communication with her sisters.
• Salomon sought influence in government and S.H.I.E.L.D. while working with Stark on Asgardian technology and preparing to recruit agents for the City of Immortals.
• Coulson's investigation of the Oracle ended in confusion after Grant Ward killed Thomas Nash, and Simmons reported that Salomon had arrived with something.
• Salomon directed Maya Hansen to combine the Knights of the Round Table's DNA with his and Asgardian DNA, then obtained genetic-modification knowledge through a costly bargain with The Unifier and Agamotto.
• Salomon rose into the Creative Realm and endured the knowledge's physical effects before telling Maya that his sacrifice served his mission, while the Sorcerer Supreme sensed new threats stirring across the universe.

After recovering from the strain of deciphering The Unifier’s genetic knowledge, Salomon expanded the Sisterhood’s power, seized a nuclear warhead, and drew Gideon Malick’s Hydra faction into his plans. He recruited Stephanie Malick and began building a force from rescued girls, leaving Shuri furious and revealing his attempt to reconcile magic and gods with a materialist worldview.

• Salomon recovered from mental exhaustion, explained his Holy Marks to Maya Hansen, and returned to his work while Athena sensed his new power.
• Salomon enlisted Harold Finch and Elijah in plans concerning New York’s gangs, then declared that his organization would become Hydra and ordered Dinah to seize the nuclear missile from the Battle of New York.
• Tita led the Sisterhood’s assault on the Air Force base, captured Colonel Rhodes, and secured the nuclear warhead before the Sisters flew it to the City of Immortals.
• Salomon reassured Bayonetta and Jeanne about their souls, discussed Laura Croft’s fate, and proposed buying an estate for the witches.
• Salomon confronted Gideon and Stephanie Malick, exposed Hydra’s supposed god as a modified Kree creature, and secured their loyalty through Bloodline Pacts.
• Salomon brought Stephanie to the City of Immortals and later recruited her into plans to hunt Hydra, while the Sisterhood rescued girls from human-trafficking gangs and began training them.
• Salomon entered Hydra’s youth training camp with Stephanie, assessed Ruby, and explained that Maya Hansen would oversee a human-modification project while he built a force of professional assassins.
• When Shuri challenged him over the recruited girls, Salomon revealed that he had sent home those who refused and altered their memories, then showed Stephanie an alchemical body and described his materialist view of magic and gods.

Salomon expanded the City of Immortals’ weapons projects, strengthened his alliances, and trained Wanda while investigating threats tied to Marduk and Chthon. The arc left Wanda waiting for her chance at revenge as Salomon pursued a hidden plan on Mars and prepared humanity for dangers to come.

• Salomon completed an enchanted Uru Metal longsword for Tita, approved new Sisterhood weapons research, and planned a Middle Eastern campaign with Stephanie.
• Salomon warned Tony Stark about threats from the Celestials and described Kamar-Taj’s role in protecting Earth, then secured Gideon Malick’s submission and empowered Stephanie to take control of Conservative Hydra.
• Salomon brought Lorna to Wanda’s Hydra cell, revealed their multiversal connection, and used the Mind Stone Scepter to awaken Lorna’s control over electricity and magnetism.
• Salomon taught Wanda to control her emotion-fueled Chaos Magic, warned that it demanded a price, and assigned her physical training and lessons in Psionic Magic.
• Salomon retrieved his reforged armor from Nidavellir and arranged for Shuri to upgrade it and other suits, while Stephanie questioned the deaths and consent issues surrounding the City’s research.
• Salomon rejected using Project Insight to seize S.H.I.E.L.D.’s technology, then discovered that Marduk might have possessed Gabby and conceived her unborn child with Damon, leading him to separate the couple for protection and examination.
• Salomon exchanged Christmas gifts with friends and the Venerable One, while Laura Croft’s reports of an immortal Prophet in Syria led him to fund her expedition and consider investigating its connection to his fate.
• Salomon refused to teach Wanda necromancy, took her to Mars to visit a secret mining rover, and told her to wait for an opportunity to obtain revenge.

Salomon led the Sisterhood and his allies against Hydra’s takeover of S.H.I.E.L.D., seized the Insight Helicarriers, and revealed that he had become Hydra’s king. He then brought Natasha to the City of Immortals and explained his plans to turn the carriers into spacecraft and build a workforce for humanity’s future.

• Salomon studied Hydra’s records, trained Wanda and Pietro, and joined Cassilius to search for Apollo’s Golden Arrows in Oslo.
• Salomon decided to destroy Samaritan and secretly prepared the Sisterhood to seize S.H.I.E.L.D. facilities, carriers, and resources as Alexander Pierce advanced Project Insight.
• Salomon sheltered Nick Fury, Natasha Romanoff, Steve Rogers, and their allies while the Sisterhood attacked Hydra bases and rescued loyal S.H.I.E.L.D. personnel.
• Salomon coordinated with Robert Gonzales and Victoria Hand as Steve Rogers exposed Hydra, and their forces moved to stop Project Insight and take the Helicarriers.
• Salomon replaced the Helicarriers’ targeting chips while Natasha exposed S.H.I.E.L.D.’s secrets, Nick Fury confronted Alexander Pierce, and Steve Rogers fought to stop the Winter Soldier.
• Salomon told Alexander Pierce, Nick Fury, Natasha, and Director Powell that he had purged Conservative Hydra and become its king, then vanished the three Helicarriers and ordered his forces to take control of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Hydra resources.
• Salomon explained his plans to Natasha and brought her through a portal to the City of Immortals, where he showed her the Helicarriers being refitted as Sky Battleships and spacecraft.