Chapter Summaries

Skye confronted Coulson over Salomon taking Jiaying, while Coulson explained that Salomon wanted information about the Inhumans and proposed bringing in the Avengers to stop him. Salomon slowed Jiaying’s interrogation to give Wanda time, but Jiaying continued to refuse to cooperate.

• Skye accused Coulson of letting Salomon take Jiaying, and Simmons explained that Agent Hand had seized the carrier after many agents died.
• Coulson said Salomon wanted to learn how Jiaying identified dormant Inhumans and obtained Terrigen extraction technology, and warned that Wanda’s mind-altering powers might harm Jiaying.
• Coulson planned to contact the Avengers and suggested Skye could join them, but Skye insisted that S.H.I.E.L.D. was her family.
• Salomon agreed to slow the interrogation after Coulson called, partly to give Wanda time to understand the threat behind Jiaying’s information.
• Natasha Romanoff reported that Jiaying still refused to cooperate, and Salomon acknowledged that her hatred might make ordinary interrogation ineffective.

Natasha Romanoff advised Wanda about her feelings for Salomon while they shopped for groceries, warning her about the danger of getting close to him. Wanda learned that Salomon had two intimate witch acquaintances, then eagerly accepted Natasha’s offer to help her meet them.

• Natasha told Wanda not to blindly obey Salomon and warned that he was already married.
• Wanda asked about Salomon’s wife, and Natasha described two beautiful witches who had behaved intimately with him.
• Wanda put nutritional supplement gummies in the cart and decided that, as a witch, she could pursue a family and her dreams.
• Natasha warned Wanda that Salomon’s enemies and lack of personal emotion made loving him dangerous, advising her to sleep with him but not fall in love.
• Natasha showed Wanda old photos of Salomon and invited her to choose a swimsuit and meet the witches and their friends on his yacht.

At Royal Holloway, Salomon told Daisy that his main profession involved exorcism and explained that he was seeking Professor Selvig’s help with folklore research. He planned to travel to Jerusalem Garden to recover a Dark Magic book that could create Vampires and wanted to search old newspapers for clues.

• Professor Selvig lectured on quantum geometry and the ADM formalism while Salomon and Daisy sat in his class.
• Daisy shoved aside an undergraduate who leaned against Salomon, then grew nervous when Salomon hinted he had professional business to attend to.
• Daisy feared a haunted painting and other local supernatural dangers, but Salomon dismissed her worries and explained Professor Selvig’s work in Folklore Studies.
• Salomon told Daisy he needed Professor Selvig’s help finding old newspapers that might lead him to a Dark Magic book in Jerusalem Garden.

Salomon investigated the Puritan family’s grim history and returned to Brunswick with Wanda to follow his final lead. Wanda suffered a severe magical reaction to the town’s curse, so Salomon took her to an inn to recover and prepare protective talismans before their investigation continued.

• Salomon used family letters, Professor Selvig’s research, and old newspapers to uncover the family’s deaths, disappearances, and madness.
• Salomon declined Professor Selvig’s offer to accompany him and brought Wanda to Brunswick to investigate the family’s history.
• Salomon arranged access to Bowdoin College’s library and meetings with professors for the following day.
• Wanda became dizzy and ill in Brunswick’s cursed atmosphere, but her symptoms eased when she stayed close to Salomon.
• Salomon canceled their visit to the Bowdoin College Museum of Art, cast a spell to ease Wanda’s suffering, and took her to an inn on Noble Street.
• Salomon told Wanda to prepare protective talismans, and she worried that he had noticed her embarrassment as he draped his coat over her shoulders.

Salomon traced the seller’s death and a planned monster-summoning to Kolozun Church, then prepared to confront the threat at Jerusalem Town. Agent Hand organized a simultaneous operation against the cult’s branches, with Salomon’s signal to begin.

• Salomon learned that the painting, card, and account of Jerusalem Town came from the Boone family, and connected the seller’s death to Kolozun Church and Yog-Sothoth.
• Salomon concluded that cultists were trying to use The Secret of the Worms to summon a monster and decided to handle the matter himself.
• Agent Hand refused Natasha Romanoff’s questions and prepared to brainwash mortal agents before the cult-eradication operation.
• Agent Hand assigned the England and Scotland branches their combat missions and said she would lead the North American team once Salomon gave the signal.

Salomon told Wanda that their mission involved Vampires, Blood Magic, and a huge underground monster whose movements were causing increasingly dangerous earthquakes. He planned to investigate the origins of The Secret of the Worms with Wanda, then track the Vampires and coordinate with Agent Hand and the Helicarrier.

• Wanda's symptoms eased after Salomon blessed her copper amulet, allowing her to move away from him while wearing it.
• Salomon explained that Blood Magic and a dark power had summoned a massive monster, and that rising earthquake hypocenters could eventually cause a devastating disaster.
• Salomon showed Wanda evidence of Vampire attacks and said they had about half a month before the threat escalated.
• Salomon told Wanda that the Helicarrier would provide fire support after Agent Hand dealt with the cultists.
• Salomon gave Wanda FBI identification and planned to visit Jerusalem Town and scholars before investigating the latest murder in Brunswick.

Cassilius and Agent Hand prepared Kamar-Taj and S.H.I.E.L.D. to investigate the American Kolozun Church while Salomon traced the cult’s origins in Maine. A historian connected the Jerusalem Town church to a Mayflower passenger, giving Salomon a lead to pursue.

• Cassilius learned that the King had ordered the Intelligence Department and the Sisterhood to help Kamar-Taj eliminate the American Kolozun Church.
• Agent Hand warned that S.H.I.E.L.D. had other threats to handle, and Cassilius agreed that the Arcanists would assist with magic while S.H.I.E.L.D. handled combat.
• Agent Hand said combat personnel would undergo the King’s brainwashing procedure, while Cassilius worried that failed memory erasure could force Salomon to order a purge.
• Salomon and Wanda interviewed a folklorist and a historian at Bowdoin College, and the historian marked old Puritan church locations on a map of Maine.
• The historian described the history of Thanksgiving and the Wampanoag people, then revealed that the owner of the Jerusalem Town church had been one of the Mayflower’s 120 passengers.

After Wanda dreamed of the Boone Family’s horrific past, Salomon suspected their centuries-old curse and a surviving cultist were behind the vampire killings, and he brought Wanda to Jerusalem Town to investigate. Meanwhile, Agent Hand warned Tony Stark and Steve Rogers not to interfere with the City of Immortals’ mission.

• Wanda woke from a nightmare after touching a corpse and told Salomon she had dreamed of a Boone named James performing a baptism.
• Salomon connected the dream, the Boone Family’s history of unnatural deaths, and reports of rats to a curse that had followed the family from America to Scotland.
• Salomon and Wanda suspected Philip Boone might still be alive and could be the vampire they were pursuing, then drove through the storm to Jerusalem Town.
• Agent Hand refused to tell Tony Stark and Steve Rogers why the Helicarriers were moving between Maine and Scotland.
• Agent Hand warned Stark, Rogers, and the Avengers to stay away from the City of Immortals’ supernatural mission.

Salomon and Wanda searched a cursed, abandoned town and found signs that the church had once held the book they sought, De Vermis Mysteriis. After Wanda suffered a Chaos Magic vision, Salomon warned her about its dangers, then apologized for pushing her too hard and promised to help her learn control.

• Salomon and Wanda explored the ruined town and found no inhabitants beyond rats.
• Salomon and Wanda entered the church, where Salomon noticed an empty mark on the wall and Wanda recognized the pulpit and symbols from a vision of James Boone and De Vermis Mysteriis.
• Wanda was overwhelmed by a terrifying vision of a blasphemous ritual and monsters rising from the earth.
• Salomon's Holy Marks dispelled the illusion, and he warned Wanda that her Chaos Magic visions could lead her into darkness.
• Wanda told Salomon she was only a beginner and could not master the lesson as quickly as he had.
• Salomon apologized, took Wanda's hand, and promised they would find a way to help her learn without giving up.

After the Avengers’ satellites were destroyed, the City of Immortals warned Tony Stark not to interfere again. Meanwhile, Salomon and Wanda burned Jerusalem Town to draw out the Boone Family, leaving them to wait for the fire to die down before investigating what lay beneath the church.

• Agent Victoria Hand ordered the City of Immortals’ Armed Satellite to destroy Stark Industries’ Veronica satellites and send the Avengers a warning.
• The satellite attack crippled the Avengers’ communications and damaged Stark Industries’ business, while Steve Rogers and Natasha Romanoff discussed Salomon’s deterrent power.
• Salomon told Wanda to burn the church and the rest of Jerusalem Town so the Boone Family would react and expose its location.
• Salomon and Wanda watched the town burn, and an explosion beneath the church sent flames and dust into the sky.
• Salomon proposed using themselves as bait for the Boone Family and joked about camping and burning Vampires in wicker cages; Wanda agreed to join him for an outdoor barbecue.

After the Kolozun Church investigation exposed scattered cultists hiding among Protestant congregations, Tony Stark flew toward The Punisher and was shot down by its defenses. Cassilius confronted Stark on the deck and warned him away from interfering with magic, then prepared to use magic when Stark refused.

• Cassilius and Victoria Hand reviewed the intelligence on the Kolozun Church, while Victoria said the City of Immortals could locate cultists through their tattoos.
• Victoria ordered The Punisher's defenses activated after the City of Immortals reported Tony Stark was approaching in his Iron Man Armor.
• The Punisher shot Stark down and disabled his Veronica System, preventing him from resupplying through satellites.
• Steve Rogers returned to the base and told Victoria that Stark was unharmed but angry, as Stark flew back toward The Punisher.
• Cassilius met Stark on the deck, urged him to stop interfering with magic, and warned that Salomon was protecting him.
• Stark refused to leave, and Cassilius began using Kamar-Taj's customary methods as cracks appeared in the space behind Stark.

Tony Stark attacked Cassilius in the Mirror Dimension but was defeated and taken captive. Agent Hand told Captain Rogers that S.H.I.E.L.D. would detain Stark as a hostage while the magical crisis continued.

• Cassilius trapped Stark in the Mirror Dimension, where the Iron Man Armor's weapons and systems failed against his magic.
• Cassilius battered Stark with a meteor, then pried open his armor and left him behind a shield.
• Stark tried to condemn Salomon's actions, but Cassilius summoned a Clay Golem, tore out Stark's reactor, and prepared to preserve his mind.
• Captain Rogers asked Agent Hand where Stark was after his signal disappeared.
• Agent Hand told Rogers that S.H.I.E.L.D. would detain Stark until the crisis ended and confirmed that he could be used as a hostage if he survived.

Salomon and Wanda drove through a storm toward a magical epicenter, using themselves as bait to draw out vampires. After a vampire ambushed them, Salomon overpowered it and demanded to know where its master was.

• Salomon and Wanda drove toward the epicenter while carrying evidence recovered from the ruins beneath Jerusalem Town.
• Salomon discussed the growing tensions between the Avengers and the City of Immortals as the storm worsened.
• A swarm of bats attacked the Jeep, and an earthquake caused the road and cliffside to collapse around them.
• Salomon and Wanda pretended to be frightened mortals to lure the vampires closer.
• A vampire leaped at Salomon, but he struck it with Scarlet magic and seized it by the throat.
• Salomon burned and subdued the vampire, then demanded to know where its master was.

Salomon taught Wanda about Vampires and the dangers of dark magic while torturing a captured creature. After warning her that he would kill her if she fell into darkness, he began interrogating the Vampire about its master and purpose.

• Salomon pinned a Vampire to a car door and explained its origins, traits, and weaknesses to Wanda.
• Wanda accidentally blasted the car door and another Vampire, killing it, and Salomon cleaned up so the car could be returned.
• Salomon showed Wanda the captured Vampire's injuries and the Boone Family remains, explaining that their bloodline could lure Vampires to them.
• Salomon warned Wanda to resist the darkness of magic and said he would kill her if she became a monster like the Vampire.
• Salomon shattered the Vampire's fangs and demanded that it reveal its master's whereabouts, purpose, and plans.

Agent Victoria Hand reviewed intelligence on the Kolozun Church while the Helicarriers prepared for their final mission, and Tony Stark remained imprisoned aboard one of them. Cassilius warned Stark that Jiaying would be executed if she continued to withhold the truth about the Inhumans.

• Agent Victoria Hand reviewed the cultists’ interrogations while Cassilius said Salomon had captured the Kolozun Church’s main fighting force and would eliminate those who knew about its spellbook.
• Cassilius left Hand’s office with brandy and visited Tony Stark in the Helicarrier’s prison.
• Stark tried to understand how Cassilius’s magic had disabled his Iron Man Armor and resolved to find a way to counter magic.
• Cassilius told Stark that the City of Immortals did not kill innocents indiscriminately and that Jiaying would be executed if she refused to tell the truth.

Stark argued with Cassilius over Salomon’s hardline policy toward aliens while secretly sending a signal for help. As Salomon prepared to confront the Vampires and a huge monster with human forces and Helicarrier firepower, he insisted the coming battle was war and that both ordinary people and Arcanists might die.

• Stark challenged Cassilius over Salomon’s treatment of alien races, and Cassilius argued that humanity could not risk threats such as the Inhumans.
• Stark secretly tapped a message to Friday, who alerted the Avengers base and prepared rockets to deliver Stark’s Iron Man Armor.
• Victoria Hand told Cassilius that the intelligence leaked to Stark was meant to buy time for Salomon’s mission, and said the Helicarrier’s weapons were being calibrated.
• Salomon drove toward the battle with Wanda and said he would use human weapons against the enormous monster while Arcanists handled the Vampires.
• Salomon defended risking ordinary people and Arcanists alike, telling Wanda that the fight was war.

Salomon and Wanda searched Yarmouth Rabbi Pier Park for the vampire brood, then questioned the priest at St. Bartholomew's Cathedral about his predecessor, Father John. The priest revealed that Father John had died in a suspicious car accident, giving them a possible lead in their investigation.

• Wanda asked Salomon why spellcasters had to fight the monsters, and he explained that he wanted humanity to eventually defend itself without Kamar-Taj.
• Salomon and Wanda found traces of Blood Magic at Yarmouth Rabbi Pier Park but no vampires, then decided to investigate the nearby church.
• Salomon and Wanda met the priest at St. Bartholomew's Cathedral, where he offered them coffee and told them he had served there since April.
• The priest said Father John had died in a horrific car accident, though locals doubted that explanation, and Salomon asked whether Father John had known something relevant to their case.

Salomon and Wanda questioned Yarmouth residents through the local priest to find the Vampires believed to be near Cousins Island, while Victoria Hand ordered an interrogation of Jiaying and surveillance of the town. After an increasingly powerful earthquake struck, Salomon suspected the Vampires had triggered an ancient fault and demanded the epicenter’s location.

• The priest gave Salomon Father John's diary and agreed to call members of his congregation for information.
• Victoria Hand ordered more interrogators and ammunition, while Stephanie used the City of Immortals' Artificial Intelligence to screen Yarmouth residents' communications and send Salomon a list of leads.
• Salomon and Wanda organized questions as the priest learned that black-robed people had been seen near Larrabee Park, a stranger near Brickyard Valley, and a group had rented a boat to sail into Casco Bay.
• An earthquake shook Yarmouth, and the priest advised callers on safety using Salomon's manual.
• Salomon suspected the Vampires had activated an ancient fault and called to learn the earthquake's epicenter.

Salomon and Wanda raced to the earthquake’s offshore epicenter, where they found a lighthouse surrounded by dead Vampires and confronted James Boone as he prepared a Blood Sacrifice to Yog-Sothoth. James’s ritual began to shake the island as he promised the arrival of the cosmic worm.

• Salomon left Yarmouth with Wanda, while the earthquake and a blood-red vision drove psychics across the East Coast to madness and death.
• Salomon and Wanda crossed the stormy sea in a magically crafted ice boat and reached the lighthouse near Midway Rock.
• They found more than a dozen dead Vampires on the island and suspected the lighthouse keeper was in danger.
• Salomon identified the sacrifice as James Boone’s, and Wanda saw the Vampire waiting atop the lighthouse.
• James Boone attacked them through Mind Communication, then declared that his sacrifice would summon Yog-Sothoth and the worm from beyond space.

Salomon and Wanda confronted the Vampire James Boone at Midway Rock Lighthouse as a storm and earthquakes battered Yarmouth. Wanda defeated its attacks and wounded it with Silver Stakes, but the fight continued with James Boone recoiling from the darker magic he sensed in her.

• Salomon explained the Vampire’s errors in the sacrificial ritual and ordered James Boone to surrender the book.
• Wanda attacked James Boone while Salomon entered the lighthouse, and the storm’s strange red and gold light drew Yarmouth’s residents toward their churches.
• James Boone’s Blood Magic overwhelmed Wanda until Salomon’s protective barrier shielded her from a lethal spell.
• Wanda choked James Boone’s spell with Dark Magic and blasted it out of the air with a flame.
• James Boone transformed and lunged at Wanda, but she drove Silver Stakes through its claw and made it retreat in fear of her magic.