Chapter Summaries

Salomon was called into action when the Tesseract crisis began at Project Pegasus, while the Sorcerer Supreme prepared him to reveal Camelot to the world. He protected Athena's Orphanage with the Witches and went to Stark Tower to retrieve his construct frame as the Avengers crisis unfolded.

• At Kamar-Taj, the Sorcerer Supreme teased Salomon about Bayonetta before a steward reported trouble involving the Tesseract, and she sent him to prepare for his first war.
• Nick Fury, Agent Phillip Coulson, and Agent Maria Hill arrived at Project Pegasus as an evacuation alarm sounded and tremors shook the facility.
• Salomon brought Bayonetta and Jeanne to protect Athena's Orphanage, then opened a portal to Stark Tower.
• At Stark Tower, Salomon told J.A.R.V.I.S. to take him to the workshop so he could retrieve his construct frame.

Salomon prepared for the coming war while checking on the children at the orphanage and discussing the threat with Athena. After Nick Fury called for help against Loki, Salomon revealed that Kamar-Taj would make humanity pay for its past mistakes and demanded that Fury choose between sacrificing the president or the World Security Council.

• Salomon brought his unfinished construct and Biomimetic Flesh tank to Kamar-Taj as the Arcanists mobilized against threats from other dimensions.
• Salomon went to the orphanage to cook for the children, where Athena urged him to remember that he was fighting for the people he loved.
• Salomon told Athena that the Sorcerer Supreme had warned him to prepare mentally for battle and that he might have to kill more people afterward.
• Nick Fury called Salomon about Loki, an Asgardian who had arrived through the Tesseract, and asked him to prevent a war between Earth and Asgard.
• Salomon said Kamar-Taj’s response would involve a blood sacrifice and asked Fury whether they should begin with the president or the World Security Council.

Salomon told Nick Fury that Asgard would negotiate over Loki, while Kamar-Taj held the authority to execute him and control the Tesseract’s fate. After Thor arrived, Salomon accepted Asgard’s ransom offer but declared that he would wage war against the Chitauri and kill anyone who tried to stop him.

• Salomon told Nick Fury that Loki was an Asgardian traitor, and that Asgard had to resolve the matter before Salomon could execute him.
• Salomon refused Fury’s request to join the mission to capture Loki, insisting that it was not his assignment and demanding a place to wash his plate.
• Thor and Salomon argued over Asgard’s authority in Midgard until Agent Romanoff urged them to interrogate Loki first.
• Thor offered a ransom for Loki and said Asgard would take the Tesseract, then revealed that Loki planned to conquer Earth with a Chitauri army.
• Salomon accepted the ransom arrangement on Kamar-Taj’s behalf and said the Tesseract could be entrusted to Asgard, angering Nick Fury.
• Salomon announced that he would fight the Chitauri and warned that he would kill anyone, including political leaders, who tried to stop him.

Salomon stayed focused on his homework aboard the Helicarrier while S.H.I.E.L.D.'s leaders debated Loki and the Phase Two Plan. When Loki's attack threw the carrier into chaos, Salomon revealed he had anticipated it and understood Loki's objective, but had kept quiet because no one had asked and some of Loki's aims matched his own.

• Nick Fury observed that Salomon approved of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s preparations against alien threats and considered him a fellow guardian of humanity.
• Agent Coulson asked Salomon for help understanding Loki, and Salomon warned that Loki was a powerful, cunning spellcaster who could not be captured if he did not wish it.
• Salomon considered summoning his forces to fight the Chitauri but knew that only the Sorcerer Supreme could authorize the use of Phoenix's true body and its legions.
• The Helicarrier came under attack while Salomon continued doing his homework, and Nick Fury dragged him and his chair out of danger.
• Nick Fury asked whether Salomon had foreseen the attack and Loki's objective; Salomon confirmed both, saying he had not spoken because no one had asked and some of Loki's actions matched his own.

Salomon contained the Hulk by sending him into the Mirror Dimension, helped Agent Hill and Agent Romanoff, and left the Helicarrier to pursue his next mission. After learning that Agent Coulson had been killed, Romanoff wondered what Salomon knew, while Salomon revealed he needed Coulson to experience an adventure through time and space and planned to seek travelers from parallel universes.

• Nick Fury asked Salomon to stop the Hulk, and Salomon sent him into the Mirror Dimension.
• Salomon healed Agent Hill, fought his way through armed men, and went to retrieve Agent Romanoff.
• Romanoff brought Clint with her, and Salomon gave her Smelling Salts in case Loki's mind control still affected him.
• Salomon left through a portal, and Romanoff learned from Fury that Agent Coulson had been killed.
• Salomon toasted Coulson from a café and planned to use his future time-and-space adventure for his multiverse research before seeking travelers from parallel universes.

Salomon rejected Nick Fury’s plea to stop Loki and deliberately opened the portal to force humanity to confront the alien threat. As Chitauri poured into Manhattan, he donned the Sorcerer Supreme’s armor and prepared to fight them.

• Salomon deduced that Odin and the Sorcerer Supreme had known the multiverse travelers would appear, then waited near Stark Tower for them.
• Salomon refused Nick Fury’s request to stop Erik Selvig from helping Loki open the portal and argued that humanity needed to unite against greater dangers.
• Salomon warned Nick Fury that anyone who obstructed humanity’s unity would die, though he would try to minimize casualties among innocents.
• Salomon unleashed blue energy that tore open a portal above Manhattan, and Chitauri began descending into the city.
• Salomon put on the Sorcerer Supreme’s armor, shielded civilians from the first Chitauri attackers, and drew his sword to fight.

Salomon fought the Chitauri invasion while Captain Rogers and the other Avengers helped defend New York. After meeting future versions of Tony Stark, Steve Rogers, Bruce Banner, and Ant-Man, Salomon gave Tony a scroll for Strange and proposed a deal.

• Salomon summoned Pegasus and rode toward Stark Tower as the Avengers watched a Leviathan emerge from the portal.
• Salomon cut a Leviathan in half, then met Thor atop Stark Tower and asked what he would do about Loki.
• Salomon took the Aegis shield and a lance from Phoenix, then killed another Leviathan and its Chitauri soldiers despite his injuries.
• Future versions of Tony Stark, Steve Rogers, Bruce Banner, and Ant-Man appeared, and Salomon explained that they had come from another universe.
• Salomon gave future Tony a scroll for Strange, said Strange would return to life, and offered Tony a deal.

Salomon arranged to accompany the Avengers from a parallel universe, agreeing to safeguard the borrowed Infinity Gems across possible timelines. After they began their mission, he continued fighting Chitauri in the present and sent Phoenix to Kamar-Taj with an object that would open a gateway to parallel worlds.

• Salomon explained that he would act as insurance for the three Infinity Gems, using a spare Quantum Suit to join the travelers after the mission and ensure the Gems returned safely.
• Doctor Banner, Stark, Captain Rogers, and Ant-Man agreed to Salomon’s plan, and Salomon started their mission while waiting for a future possibility to return with a suit.
• Salomon killed a third Chitauri Leviathan with his lance as Bruce Banner arrived on the battlefield and Hulk fought the invading forces.
• Salomon reflected on Hulk’s strength and his own physical limitations while Phoenix carried an important object to Kamar-Taj to be kept safe as a gateway to parallel worlds.

Salomon and Stark fought the Chitauri invasion while Salomon warned that officials planned to nuke New York. At Stark Tower, Salomon released Excalibur to destroy the threat beyond the portal, leaving the unauthorized plane and its nuclear weapon as an urgent concern.

• Salomon hunted the invading beasts and restrained Loki with Kamar-Taj prison handcuffs, while Thor's lightning blasted several beasts apart.
• Stark joined Salomon in fighting the beasts, and Salomon warned that the council had authorized a nuclear strike on New York.
• Fury confirmed the nuclear order, and Romanoff reported that a plane had taken off without authorization.
• Salomon returned to Stark Tower with Romanoff and Selvig, explaining that he would destroy the Chitauri mothership before dealing with the nuke.
• Salomon released the Thirteen Seals, summoned the Round Table Council, and unleashed Excalibur.

Salomon stopped the Chitauri invasion with Excalibur, then helped divert a nuclear missile through a portal and kept Loki from escaping. After the battle, he recovered from the magic he had expended as S.H.I.E.L.D. prepared to take custody of Loki and the Tesseract.

• Salomon unleashed Excalibur, destroying the Chitauri forces and leaving the city’s survivors cheering.
• Salomon told Agent Romanoff to close the portal and directed Stark to send the nuclear missile to him.
• Salomon used a mirror-like portal to send the missile away, then let Natasha trim his lifeless white hair.
• Salomon shared candy with the future Stark and his universe’s Stark, who praised him and invited him to barbecue.
• Salomon cast Dimensional Anchor on Loki to prevent his escape before S.H.I.E.L.D. took custody of him.
• Thor called Salomon a warrior and hugged him, while Salomon demanded to be put down.

After the Battle of New York, Salomon refused to meet with Pierce and joked with Nick Fury about his family, then formed a secret alliance with Natasha. At home, he watched news reports identify him as King Arthur as independence marches began in Northern Ireland and Scotland, and he told Bayonetta he would be king.

• Salomon rejected Nick Fury's request to speak with Pierce and joked that his bearded wet nurse was a goat.
• Salomon asked Natasha to keep his secrets, and they formed an alliance in exchange for her wish.
• Salomon returned home and watched news coverage of the Battle of New York with Bayonetta and Jeanne.
• The news reported that Salomon had punched Councilman West and that West's family planned to sue him.
• Television reports identified Salomon as King Arthur, prompting independence marches in Northern Ireland and Scotland.
• Salomon told Bayonetta he would become king, and she teased him about needing an heir.

Alexander Pierce questioned Nick Fury about the mysterious knight, Salomon Damonet, after the World Security Council criticized S.H.I.E.L.D. for failing to monitor him. Fury revealed that magic and a binding contract prevented him from sharing details, leaving Pierce with only a warning to prepare for meeting Salomon.

• Councilwoman Holly challenged Alexander Pierce over S.H.I.E.L.D.'s lack of information on the knight, and the World Security Council threatened to cut the United States' share of alien technology.
• Nick Fury tried to tell Pierce about Salomon Damonet but found that the contract erased his words, while Agent Romanoff also could not discuss Salomon.
• Pierce asked Fury about Project Insight and the missing nuclear missile, and Fury confirmed that Salomon had returned it to the Pentagon.
• Fury hinted that magic was responsible for the missile's disappearance, and Pierce realized that Fury and his agents were bound by a contract.
• Fury told Pierce that he would have to speak with Salomon himself and warned him to bring grass in case Salomon turned him into a goat.

After the Battle of New York, Salomon warned Nick Fury that S.H.I.E.L.D. had crossed a line by pursuing information about him. Alexander Pierce then pressed Fury to recruit Salomon to train magical agents, despite Fury's doubts and Salomon's anger.

• Jeanne questioned Salomon about his punch and the government's pressure on S.H.I.E.L.D., while Salomon said his contract with Nick Fury helped protect his secrecy.
• Salomon received Stark's invitation to a dinner for Thor's return to Asgard and agreed to attend.
• Nick Fury called Salomon about S.H.I.E.L.D.'s actions, and Salomon angrily warned him that the agency would face consequences for targeting him.
• Alexander Pierce suggested using Agent Romanoff to approach Salomon and proposed asking him to train S.H.I.E.L.D.'s magical personnel.
• Nick Fury told Pierce that Salomon had already rejected the training proposal and warned that ordinary agents could not match a skilled spellcaster.

Salomon confronted Nick Fury over S.H.I.E.L.D.’s attempts to interfere with magic and revealed that he had destroyed a base after its researchers went mad from studying The Book of Eibon. He drew his longsword to deliver Nick Fury’s sentence, leaving his judgment unresolved.

• Nick Fury told Salomon that S.H.I.E.L.D. had returned the Tesseract to Thor and urged him to attend Stark’s farewell party.
• Salomon explained that magic could not be forced or treated as an area for S.H.I.E.L.D. to control, and warned that its interference endangered people.
• Salomon revealed that he had killed everyone at a S.H.I.E.L.D. base after its personnel went mad studying fragments of The Book of Eibon.
• Nick Fury recalled the massacre and accepted that he had to bear responsibility for his choices.
• Salomon drew his longsword and told Nick Fury he had come to deliver his sentence.

At Tony Stark’s private party, Salomon arrived after killing a Skrull impersonating Nick Fury and revealed that the real Fury had secretly cooperated with the shapeshifters. After learning that S.H.I.E.L.D.’s headquarters was under attack and Fury was missing, the Avengers prepared to find him and address the Skrull threat.

• Tony Stark and Natasha Romanoff wondered why Salomon had missed the start of the gathering.
• Salomon arrived, explained that he had killed aliens, and identified them as Skrulls rather than Chitauri.
• Salomon revealed that a Skrull had impersonated Nick Fury while the real Fury investigated an unusual force within S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Salomon said he would clear the Skrulls from Earth and asked Natasha to help locate Fury, whom he intended to hold accountable for bringing them to Earth.
• Natasha received a message reporting that Triskelion Headquarters was under attack and Fury was missing.
• Stark proposed finding Fury and dealing with S.H.I.E.L.D.’s problems, while Captain Rogers decided to visit someone who could explain the agency.

After killing the Skrulls at Triskelion, Salomon argued with Nick Fury over their presence on Earth and agreed to help with a resurrection project. He then met Natasha, who began a wager over whether he could guess her request.

• Nick Fury confronted Salomon about killing the Skrulls, and Salomon insisted they were an unacceptable threat to humanity.
• Fury revealed that a Skrull Salomon killed had been his prepared substitute and asked Salomon for personal help with a project to bring a dead man back to life.
• Salomon met Natasha in a secluded park, where she said she had fulfilled her part of their deal and asked whether magic was omnipotent.
• Natasha proposed a wager to see whether Salomon had correctly guessed her request.

Salomon took charge of Project TAHITI after Natasha Romanoff explained its effects, and he recruited her for an organization he planned to build. As Nick Fury investigated a threat inside S.H.I.E.L.D., Natasha began considering Salomon’s offer.

• Natasha gave Salomon the Project TAHITI files and asked how he had known about Agent Coulson’s death and the project; Salomon said he could see the future and used Tech Sense to check for listening devices.
• Salomon proposed that Natasha join his planned organization against Dark Magic Creatures and aliens, with Victoria Hand as its executive, and asked her not to tell Nick Fury.
• Natasha accepted the offer, then asked why Salomon wanted Project TAHITI; he said Agent Coulson would save humanity in his prophecy, so he intended to save him.
• Nick Fury complained that Salomon had accepted Project TAHITI only because of his prophecy about Coulson, while Natasha considered Salomon’s recruitment proposal more seriously.
• Nick Fury told Natasha he had found signs of an insubordinate force within S.H.I.E.L.D. and suspected a small faction or infiltration by another intelligence agency.

Salomon and Natasha traveled to a secret S.H.I.E.L.D. laboratory to oversee Project TAHITI and Agent Coulson’s resurrection. Salomon learned that six attempts had failed and offered to provide fresh raw materials for the GH Series drugs.

• Natasha picked Salomon up from school and took him aboard a stealth Quinjet bound for a classified base.
• Salomon told Natasha that Nick Fury had encountered the Kree and Skrulls before the New York incident and discussed the Skrulls’ history and the nature of the Aesir.
• Natasha brought Salomon to the underground laboratory, where a doctor warned that the assignment was not suitable for a minor.
• Salomon said he would supervise the project and asked whether Agent Coulson had thawed; the doctor confirmed that six resurrection attempts had failed.
• Salomon revealed he had encountered the raw material used for the GH Series drugs and offered to catch as much as the researchers needed.

Salomon used magic during Agent Coulson’s surgery, then returned home with an ancient Egyptian bracelet for Bayonetta. Jeanne demanded to know why she had not received a gift, while Salomon struggled to explain.

• Natasha urged Salomon to stop assembling a Gundam and review Agent Coulson’s medical records before the next surgery.
• Salomon entered the operating room, confirmed the doctors had signed his contract, and summoned a spirit guardian before beginning his spell.
• After the surgery, Natasha gave Salomon an ancient Egyptian bracelet, which he later put on Bayonetta’s wrist.
• Bayonetta teased Salomon about arriving home late and noticing Natasha’s scent, while he proposed buying property and searching for treasure.
• Jeanne asked Salomon where her gift was, and Bayonetta teased her until Jeanne drew her pistol in embarrassment and anger.

Tony Stark celebrated surprising Nick Fury with the news about the Skrulls, then joined Salomon in assembling magical constructs from parts Stark had machined. Salomon demonstrated their magic-powered mechanisms and revealed a Lightning Bolt wand as one construct’s power source.

• Tony Stark retold how Nick Fury had reacted to learning about the Skrulls, and Pepper Potts left after tossing a cushion at him.
• Salomon explained that Stark’s machined parts were for constructs, while the Alchemical Skeleton would become an artificial human in a culture vessel.
• Salomon assembled a blade-armed construct that moved by magic without a conventional power source, while Stark watched.
• Salomon warned Stark against repeating magical incantations without understanding magic, then switched off the construct’s bright lights.
• Salomon opened the construct’s chest and showed Stark its Lightning Bolt wand, which absorbed magical power and recharged daily.