Recaps

Salomon and the Avengers prepared for Ultron’s threat while he pursued a way to counter the Mind Stone’s corruption and sought help in the Abyss. Ultron raised Sokovia into the sky, and the City of Immortals joined the Avengers to fight his forces and attempt to save the city.

• Salomon warned Natasha Romanoff that an alien fleet was coming and that Earth was unprepared, then sent her through a portal to see it.
• Salomon recruited Matthew Murdock to help locate Black Hole and later used him as bait in Kamar-Taj’s search for Beast.
• Salomon prepared Lorelei to infiltrate Asgard, confronted Heimdall over Loki’s proposed Earth Tithe, and warned that Earth would not pay it.
• Salomon examined Ultron’s code, asked Nick Fury to commit his hidden forces, and ordered plans to erase Ultron and keep it from the nuclear launch codes.
• Salomon and Dinah tried to prevent the Avengers from using the Mind Stone-tainted Regeneration Cradle, but Thor powered it and Vision emerged from the procedure.
• Salomon went to the Abyss with Phoenix seeking help from the Fifth Demon Pillar while Wanda and the Avengers learned that Ultron was waiting in Sokovia.
• The enhanced boy discovered Ultron’s underground factory and warned the City of Immortals that Stark was walking into Ultron’s trap as Ultron raised Sokovia into the sky.
• Tita sent the City of Immortals’ forces into battle, and Vision cut Ultron off from the Internet while Tita offered to land Sokovia safely and demanded that Stark explain Ultron’s Plasma Technology.

After the Sokovia crisis, Salomon took Wanda under his tutelage while investigating the Boone family’s curse and a cult’s attempt to summon a monster. The investigation led them to Jerusalem Town, where they burned the ruined settlement and prepared to lure the Boone family out.

• Catherine and the Sisterhood fought through Sokovia while Tita and S.H.I.E.L.D. evacuated civilians, and the City of Immortals swallowed the rising city before Salomon returned to the Cross Rose.
• Salomon blamed the Avengers for their role in Ultron’s creation, then dealt with S.H.I.E.L.D.’s upheaval and ordered Agent Hand to investigate the Inhumans and screen North Americans for Skrulls.
• Salomon took Wanda as his student, helped her settle in Manhattan, and began teaching her magic through cooking, study, and lessons on The Witch's Path.
• Salomon and Wanda traveled to Brunswick to investigate a dark book and the Boone family’s history, while Agent Hand prepared S.H.I.E.L.D. forces to attack the Kolozun Church.
• Salomon connected the Boone family’s deaths, Wanda’s visions, and reports of vampires to a curse and a growing supernatural threat, then brought Wanda to Jerusalem Town.
• Inside the ruined church, Wanda recognized symbols from her vision and was overwhelmed by an illusion of a blasphemous ritual, but Salomon dispelled it and promised to help her learn safely.
• Agent Victoria Hand ordered the Armed Satellite to destroy Stark Industries’ Veronica satellites, disrupting the Avengers’ communications and warning them away from Salomon’s mission.
• Salomon and Wanda burned Jerusalem Town to draw out the Boone family, then agreed to use themselves as bait.

Salomon and Wanda stopped James Boone’s ritual and helped the Helicarriers defeat the Giant Worm, while the conflict between Kamar-Taj, S.H.I.E.L.D., and the Avengers intensified over how to handle corruption and sacrifice. The arc ended with Cassilius inviting Steve Rogers to join the Sisterhood’s hostage-rescue mission in Albania and challenging him to accept the City of Immortals’ methods.

• Victoria Hand and Cassilius detained Tony Stark after Cassilius trapped him in the Mirror Dimension and disabled his armor.
• Salomon and Wanda investigated the Kolozun Church, captured a Vampire, and followed clues to James Boone’s ritual on Midway Rock.
• Wanda defeated James Boone, but Salomon concluded that a hidden conspirator had already achieved their goal.
• Salomon lit the lighthouse as the Giant Worm rose from the sea, and Victoria Hand ordered the Helicarriers to attack it.
• Steve Rogers confronted Cassilius over Kamar-Taj’s plan to execute corrupted agents, while Salomon warned Wanda that she might have been targeted by a higher power.
• Salomon connected the Prophetess’s warning, the Crawlers, and Worm Summoning to an evil god, while S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Avengers argued over the agents’ deaths and their obligations.
• Cassilius told Rogers and Stark that the agents had survived with only mild contamination, then invited them to join the Sisterhood’s operation to rescue hostages in Albania.
• Cassilius dismissed Stark without his armor and challenged Rogers to reconsider his objection to sending the Sisterhood into war.

Salomon investigated dark magic and a looming prophecy while tightening his control over the City of Immortals and drawing allies into his expanding plans. The arc left him preparing the Mars Foundry and its fleet to confront Thanos, while Wanda and Pietro resolved the Borley Rectory haunting.

• Steve Rogers learned from Cassilius that Salomon was infiltrating powerful families and societies to prepare for the City of Immortals’ rise.
• Salomon and Master Hamir searched the Akashic Records for evidence about the prophecy, and Salomon shared a childhood memory with Romanoff as they grew closer.
• Salomon took Wanda to investigate the Collins Town curse, where she traced its memories and was overwhelmed by the dark magic.
• Salomon uncovered Tita’s concealed production crisis and Dr. Whitehall’s possible interference, then purged traitors in the City of Immortals with Victoria Hand and Stephanie.
• Salomon asked the Eye of Calamity about releasing Terrigen crystals into the ocean, and she foresaw war, bloodshed, and gods seeking to defeat him.
• Wanda and Pietro investigated the Borley Rectory haunting, found five sets of remains along the River Stour, and ended the paranormal activity.
• On Mars, Fred recruited James to work at the NERV Mars Base, while Salomon accelerated the first stage of the Mars Foundry before space pirates arrived.
• Shuri negotiated limited research access with Salomon, who planned to use the Mars Foundry’s workforce and fleet to stop Thanos from taking the Infinity Gems and devastating Earth.