Chapter Summaries

Salomon, Bayonetta, and Jeanne summoned Queen Sheba, who gave Salomon the Ark of the Covenant after making him drink salty coffee. The Sorcerer Supreme warned him not to open it until he mastered the Holy Marks, then revealed that Sherlock Holmes was her chosen successor.

• Salomon joined Bayonetta and Jeanne in the Mirror Dimension to summon Queen Sheba, and she appeared with a cup of coffee.
• Queen Sheba made Salomon drink the salty coffee, produced a halo that Bayonetta took, and gave Salomon the Ark of the Covenant.
• Salomon sent the Ark to his room without touching or opening it, and Queen Sheba ended the summoning.
• The Sorcerer Supreme told Salomon to leave the Ark alone until he mastered the Holy Marks and said its contents might include a useful budding staff.
• The Sorcerer Supreme revealed that Sherlock Holmes was her chosen successor after Salomon declined the position of Sorcerer Supreme.

The Sorcerer Supreme worried that Salomon’s peaceful soul and strict obedience to rules were keeping him from experiencing ordinary human desires and emotions, so she arranged for him to attend school. Salomon’s first day ended in a fight with bullies, but Cassilius backed him and celebrated his arrival in ordinary life.

• The Sorcerer Supreme explained that Stephen Strange would become a qualified Sorcerer Supreme and discussed her planned death, while Salomon noted that Strange might mistake her spirit for a Halloween Ghost.
• The Sorcerer Supreme told Salomon that he seemed detached from ordinary desires and feared he might become a container for the Holy Marks rather than live as a person.
• The Sorcerer Supreme urged Salomon to attend school and take a break from fighting, and Cassilius enthusiastically prepared to take him.
• At school, several boys tried to bully Salomon, so he shoved their heads into a toilet without using magic.
• Madam Servell questioned Salomon and Cassilius about the fight, but Cassilius defended Salomon and said he would bring him back to school the next day.
• After leaving the school, Cassilius praised Salomon’s fight and suggested he pursue a romance, while Salomon agreed to keep their conversation about beer secret.

Salomon discussed the burdens and costs of magic with Cassilius and the mages at the No-Door Bar, then returned to the orphanage, where he explained his theory of Parallel World Interference to Athena. He ended the chapter reuniting with the children and agreeing to entertain them.

• Salomon told Cassilius and the bar patrons that Trans-dimensional Bacteria made ordinary relationships difficult, and Count Kouzi shared how his magical saliva had gotten him banished.
• Monarch reminded Salomon and Cassilius that wielding magic carried a cost, and Salomon said he had already paid during his first mission.
• Athena confronted Salomon about the scent of alcohol, women, and demons before bringing him back to the orphanage.
• Salomon told Athena that the gifted children’s unexplained abilities might result from Parallel World Interference, which he was investigating as his ultimate thesis.
• Salomon greeted Lorna at the orphanage and promised to let her watch Tom and Jerry if she kept it secret.

Salomon won a European Union young scientists award for a chemical analyzer, then rejected Tony Stark’s offer to join Stark Industries and avoided drawing Natasha Romanoff’s attention. Back at Kamar-Taj, he cleared up a misunderstanding about attending Eton and discussed Tony and his magical future with the Sorcerer Supreme.

• Salomon’s unstable mutant observations continued as he followed his routine of school, lessons, visits to the children, and magical study.
• Salomon won an award at the European Union’s Young Scientists Competition for his chemical analyzer and told Tony Stark he had no interest in advancing technology or joining Stark Industries.
• Salomon deliberately ignored Natasha Romanoff as he left Tony, prompting her to suspect that he knew who she was.
• Mordo and Cassilius told Salomon the Sorcerer Supreme wanted him to attend Eton College, but Salomon objected because it could interrupt his magical studies.
• Salomon learned the Eton suggestion had been a misunderstanding, and the Sorcerer Supreme asked him about Tony Stark and his future path in magic.

Salomon discussed his next magical studies with The Venerable One, then spent his spring break with Bayonetta and Jeanne while considering high schools. Meanwhile, Natasha investigated Salomon and uncovered evidence linking him to a Salem Town robbery and a museum raid that Coulson remembered only as a dream.

• Salomon told The Venerable One he wanted to study protective, divination, psychic, illusion, and necromantic magic, and The Venerable One allowed him to pursue Dark Magic.
• During spring break, Salomon visited Bayonetta and Jeanne, demonstrated his improving magic, and considered which high school would leave him time to study magic.
• Natasha accessed Salomon Damonet's restricted S.H.I.E.L.D. file and contacted Agent Coulson to ask about him.
• Coulson said Salomon was suspected of being a fire-powered metahuman connected to a Salem Town organization, a stolen gem ring, and a major fire.
• Natasha realized Coulson's supposed dream of raiding a private museum had actually happened, and suspected Salomon was connected to something more serious.

Salomon prepared to start at Eton College while S.H.I.E.L.D. searched for him and the London Sanctum hid him from their agents. Cassilius drove Salomon to school, unaware that S.H.I.E.L.D. had spotted them and begun following their car.

• Salomon discussed his Eton scholarship and school uniform with Bayonetta and Jeanne.
• Natasha Romanoff led S.H.I.E.L.D. agents to Eton College to investigate Salomon, then failed to find the London Sanctum because its protective spell concealed the building.
• Sanctum stewards speculated about Salomon’s future, but the Sanctuary Guardian ordered them to leave the Sorcerer Supreme’s plans alone.
• Salomon said goodbye to Phoenix, then set off for Eton College with Cassilius after arguing with Mordo about how he should behave at school.
• A black sedan followed Cassilius’s car, and its occupants reported that they had spotted Salomon and were beginning their operation.

Salomon and Cassilius were ambushed on the road by armed operatives, whom Salomon fought inside Cassilius’s Mirror Dimension. Salomon’s fear sorcery and lethal attacks left the surviving operatives terrified and motionless.

• Salomon and Cassilius realized three vehicles were boxing in their car and suspected the attackers had targeted Salomon after his encounter with a Level Nine S.H.I.E.L.D. agent.
• Salomon climbed through the sunroof with Jeanne’s rapier while Cassilius unfolded the Mirror Dimension, making all four vehicles vanish from the motorway.
• The operatives ordered Salomon and Cassilius to stop, but Cassilius rammed the sedan and Salomon deflected a bullet with his protective force field.
• Salomon moved across the jeeps and killed several operatives with his rapier, lightning, and emerald flames as the Mirror Dimension warped the road around them.
• Salomon’s fear sorcery overwhelmed the surviving operatives, and the jeep came to a stop while they sat frozen in terror.

Salomon and Cassilius defeated the attackers, and Salomon learned that S.H.I.E.L.D. had targeted Kamar-Taj, so he went to confront its director. He trapped Nick Fury in the Mirror Dimension and revealed that Kamar-Taj fought supernatural threats beyond Earth’s alien dangers.

• Salomon and Cassilius defeated the operatives, leaving their leader alive, and Salomon contacted Agent Natasha Romanoff over the radio.
• Natasha told Salomon that S.H.I.E.L.D. had put Kamar-Taj on its wanted list, and Salomon decided to speak with the agency’s director in person.
• Cassilius opened a portal, and Salomon brought the wrecked car through before traveling alone to S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters with Phoenix.
• Salomon trapped Nick Fury in the Mirror Dimension and explained that Kamar-Taj used magic to fight threats from the Outer Dimensions.
• Salomon told Nick Fury that demons, devils, angels, and Dark Magic Creatures were real, then challenged Fury to summon Carol Danvers into the Mirror Dimension.

Salomon confronted Nick Fury about S.H.I.E.L.D.'s interference and explained that Kamar-Taj guarded Earth from supernatural and alien threats. The chapter ended with Salomon presenting Fury a magical contract governing their secrecy and cooperation.

• Salomon demonstrated that he could stop a bullet and warned Nick Fury that Kamar-Taj knew far more than S.H.I.E.L.D. about Earth's hidden dangers.
• Salomon defended Kamar-Taj's authority and explained that it protected humanity from threats in other dimensions, while Fury questioned its actions in Salem and Collins Town.
• Fury proposed sending S.H.I.E.L.D. agents to study magic, but Salomon explained that only those chosen by the Vishanti could become mages and warned against spying on Kamar-Taj.
• Salomon demanded that S.H.I.E.L.D. stop surveilling him and keep Kamar-Taj secret, then drafted a magical contract that also allowed Fury to request his help appraising strange objects.
• Salomon told Fury to sign the contract and warned him that he would soon see Hell for himself.

Salomon took Nick Fury from New York to Amsterdam to show him the dangers of the magical world and press him to accept a Vishanti Contract. After Nick was swallowed by a Spirit Leech and rescued, the two discussed Kamar-Taj’s limits on cooperation before Salomon bought fries for himself, Nick, and Phoenix.

• Salomon rejected Nick Fury’s attempts to place Kamar-Taj under S.H.I.E.L.D. supervision and explained the restrictions of the Vishanti Contract.
• Salomon brought Nick through a portal to Amsterdam, where Nick was swallowed by a Spirit Leech amid the city’s magical creatures.
• Salomon killed the Spirit Leech, freed Nick, and cleaned him with magic.
• Nick asked about Salomon’s portals and the possibility of war, while Salomon said Kamar-Taj would not cooperate with S.H.I.E.L.D. without intelligence on Dark Magic Creatures.
• Salomon said he had brought Nick to Amsterdam for fries, then sent an unsauced serving to Phoenix and called the bird his subject.

Salomon returned to Eton after negotiating an agreement with Nick Fury, while Natasha Romanoff tried to uncover what he was and what had happened in London. He left her with little new information, but Natasha secretly judged her questioning successful.

• Salomon told Cassilius that Nick Fury had agreed to cover the cost of the damaged car and that he would return to school despite any objections.
• Salomon explained the terms of his agreement with Nick Fury: S.H.I.E.L.D. would provide intelligence and help evacuate civilians in major disasters, while staying out of magical affairs.
• Natasha Romanoff confronted Salomon about the agents he had killed and probed his identity, but he warned her against prying and spoke about her fractured mind and life as an agent.
• Salomon used a spell to transport the Quinjet to Eton, where Natasha gave him a laptop and he joked about using S.H.I.E.L.D.'s backdoor to get his homework done.
• After Salomon left the Quinjet, Natasha revealed that she had only pretended to be affected by his charm and had used the conversation to gather intelligence.

Salomon began attending Eton College while keeping up his duties at Kamar-Taj and reporting to Cassilius that S.H.I.E.L.D. could not expose their sanctuary. After an attack connected to the agency, he reassured Bayonetta and later visited Athena, who scolded him about getting involved with women while still underage.

• Nick Fury arranged Salomon's admission to Eton College, where Salomon settled into a quiet dorm and joined several clubs.
• Salomon returned to Kamar-Taj, gave Cassilius a check for a new car, and explained that his magical contract prevented Nick Fury from revealing what he knew about Kamar-Taj.
• Salomon told Bayonetta that he had been attacked and had dealt with the surviving attacker and their superior, so S.H.I.E.L.D. would not bother him again.
• Bayonetta teased Salomon about smelling of a female spy and a Witch, then tried to teach him adult things before he left.
• Salomon visited Athena for books, admitted that the two perfumes belonged to a female spy and a Witch, and listened as Athena urged him to avoid women and focus on academics.

Salomon continued his studies at Eton while developing alchemy and ignoring Nick Fury’s messages. When Fury offered him the location of a Vampires’ nest in exchange for help, Salomon agreed to hear his request.

• Athena argued with Salomon about his studies and urged him to pursue an ordinary life, while he defended Witches and returned to Kamar-Taj.
• Salomon balanced his Eton College classes with alchemical experiments, buying supplies in Vandazar Foh and using a Demon Slug to dispose of failed potions.
• Salomon ignored Nick Fury’s repeated texts and set a sarcastic automatic reply to taunt him.
• After Salomon took a Panacea Potion, Nick Fury texted that he needed help, and Salomon refused unless the request concerned their contract.
• Nick Fury offered Salomon the address of a Vampires’ nest in exchange for assistance, and Salomon accepted the offer to hear what Fury wanted.

Salomon agreed to make potions to help Tony Stark endure palladium poisoning, but delayed their preparation until his exams were over. After Athena pushed him to include engineering in his A-Level studies, Salomon delivered the potions to Nick Fury and hinted he had a non-Earth medicine as a backup.

• Salomon told Nick Fury that S.H.I.E.L.D. had no treatment for palladium poisoning and offered to make three kinds of potion using diamond dust.
• Salomon argued with Athena about his A-Level choices, and she insisted that he study mathematics, physics, chemistry, and engineering.
• Salomon promised Athena he would visit the orphanage, and later said he had notified Kamar-Taj that the vampire nest in Chicago had been cleared.
• After his exams, Salomon delivered four Panacea Potions, four Poison Suppressant Potions, and two Restoration Potions to Nick Fury in exchange for diamond dust.
• Salomon told Nick Fury that his chemical analyzer used technology not from Earth and offered a medicine that did not exist on Earth if the potions failed.

Salomon sought access to Howard Stark’s box from Nick Fury, but Fury refused, and Salomon left for Asgard with the Sorcerer Supreme. They arrived to witness the coronation ceremony of an alien prince, where Odin and Frigga prepared as the ceremony began.

• Salomon explained that he wanted Howard Stark’s box and warned Nick Fury that the potion’s uncontrolled Positive Energy could cause catastrophic growth in living creatures.
• Nick Fury refused Salomon’s request, so Salomon sent him to the Triskelion rooftop and told him he was going to Asgard for an alien prince’s coronation.
• Salomon and the Sorcerer Supreme toured Asgard, where she taught him about Rune Magic and he studied books borrowed from the Asgard Library.
• The Sorcerer Supreme transferred herself, Salomon, and Frigga’s maidservant into Odin’s great hall as the coronation ceremony was about to begin.
• Frigga acknowledged the Sorcerer Supreme and Salomon, while Odin watched the far end of the red carpet without showing any joy.

Thor’s coronation was interrupted when Odin announced a Frost Giant attack, just as the Sorcerer Supreme had predicted. The Sorcerer Supreme revealed that the crisis was part of Odin’s plan, leaving Salomon to prepare for the challenges of a future King Thor.

• Thor entered the Golden Palace to cheers and knelt before Odin as the coronation began.
• Salomon criticized Thor’s impulsiveness while the Sorcerer Supreme explained Asgard’s succession and encouraged Salomon about his own potential.
• Odin asked Thor to swear to protect the Nine Realms, preserve peace, and set aside personal ambition.
• Odin abruptly announced the Frost Giants and led soldiers toward the treasury, while Frigga evacuated the commoners and secured Asgard’s guards.
• The Sorcerer Supreme told Salomon the interruption was expected and urged him to start planning how to deal with Thor as King of Asgard.

Salomon discussed the responsibilities and sacrifices ahead with the Sorcerer Supreme as Odin’s plans for Thor unfolded. In New Mexico, Jane Foster’s team collided with the newly exiled Thor, while Salomon waited at home for events to develop.

• Salomon told the Sorcerer Supreme he was prepared to bear Kamar-Taj’s responsibilities, and she promised him a chance to face Asgard’s other heir.
• Frigga finished directing the Einherjar soldiers and prepared for Odin’s return from the treasury.
• Jane Foster, Erik Selvig, and Daisy Lewis tracked a violent storm in the New Mexico desert, where Thor appeared in a beam of light.
• Daisy Lewis’s RV struck Thor, and Jane Foster and the others rushed to help him.
• Salomon told Jeanne he was waiting for Thor’s story to unfold and said the Sorcerer Supreme had involved the All-Father in her plans.

Salomon monitored Thor’s arrival in New Mexico after warning Nick Fury about the magical and alien threat, while preparing to take Thor’s blood before S.H.I.E.L.D. could get it. Jane Foster and Darcy Louise returned to the town hospital, where Darcy teased Jane about her interest in Thor.

• Salomon visited Bayonetta and Jeanne, argued with Jeanne about household chores, and was made to sleep on the sofa after Bayonetta caught them together.
• Salomon warned Nick Fury that the object that fell from the sky was connected to aliens and magic, then went to the New Mexico town where locals held a barbecue around Mjolnir.
• Salomon spotted a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent arriving and left the gathering, intending to secure a vial of Thor’s blood from the town hospital.
• Darcy Louise teased Jane Foster about looking at Thor, who emerged from the bathroom bare-chested.

Thor began adjusting to life as a mortal while Jane questioned him about the storm, and Salomon searched a hospital for Thor’s blood samples as he explained Asgard’s conflict to Nick Fury. The chapter left Fury alarmed by the danger Earth could face if Thor were killed.

• Thor examined Jane’s laboratory and told her he had been on the Bifrost, while Jane questioned him about the storm.
• Thor sensed a familiar presence but dismissed it, then Jane took him to a restaurant for food.
• Salomon went to the hospital to locate Thor’s blood samples before S.H.I.E.L.D. could obtain them.
• Nick Fury connected Thor’s arrival and the fallen hammer to the Asgardian succession struggle, and Salomon confirmed that Thor had been exiled by Odin.
• Salomon warned Nick Fury that Asgard was stronger than the Kree Empire and that killing Thor could bring the All-Father’s revenge upon Earth.

Salomon persuaded Nick Fury to use Thor’s arrival as an opportunity to test Asgardian military strength while keeping Earth’s involvement deniable. Nick Fury mobilized forces in New Mexico, and Salomon destroyed the remaining evidence before arranging an evacuation.

• Nick Fury rejected the idea of capturing Thor and agreed with Salomon that Earth should avoid becoming entangled in Asgard’s succession struggle.
• Salomon told Nick Fury that Loki was ruling Asgard and explained that Thor’s hammer would eventually lead him to S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Nick Fury accepted Salomon’s proposal to test Asgardian strength, and Salomon burned Thor’s medical records and blood samples before pulling the fire alarm.
• Nick Fury ordered U.S. fighter jets to stand by and told Alexander Pierce that an intelligence source had warned him about the situation.
• Alexander Pierce approved Nick Fury’s response while deciding that Hydra would need to identify his unknown intelligence source.