Chapter Summaries

Salomon returned Thor’s blood sample to Kamar-Taj, then went to Old Bridge Town to watch for Thor while keeping him alive as the Sorcerer Supreme had instructed. After learning about Jane Foster and the town’s visitors from Issy, Salomon ended the chapter hidden above S.H.I.E.L.D.’s research base, waiting.

• Salomon stored Thor’s blood at Kamar-Taj, and the Sorcerer Supreme approved his experiment while ordering him not to let Thor die.
• Cassilius questioned Salomon about Athena serving as his guardian, and Salomon left to return to Old Bridge Town.
• Nick Fury chose to wait by Thor’s hammer and told Agent Coulson not to harm anyone who entered the temporary research base.
• Salomon ate at Issy’s restaurant, where she told him about Jane Foster, her companions, and the town’s troubles.
• Salomon stood concealed above S.H.I.E.L.D.’s brightly lit research base and waited.

Salomon and Nick Fury waited near the research base for Thor, while Salomon discussed the risks posed by Loki and concealed what he knew about the Sorcerer Supreme’s foresight. Thor arrived with Jane Foster as a storm gathered, then charged into the base, where a grief-stricken roar followed.

• Salomon explained that Loki’s illusions made him dangerous and that Thor was better suited to lead Asgard through the coming turmoil.
• Nick Fury called Salomon because Thor had not yet appeared and S.H.I.E.L.D. was facing political pressure over its military preparations.
• Nick Fury joined Salomon, who joked with him, refused to reveal the worst possibilities, and asked for the research base’s Wi-Fi password so he could watch anime.
• Thor and Jane Foster arrived, and Nick Fury questioned Salomon about their relationship while Salomon denied interfering with them.
• A thunderstorm broke over the area, and Salomon sheltered himself and Nick Fury with a magical barrier as Thor ran toward the base.
• Thor charged into the temporary research base, and a loud, grief-stricken roar came from inside; Nick Fury urged Salomon to stream the surveillance cameras.

Salomon and Nick Fury watched Thor in S.H.I.E.L.D. custody and discussed the danger posed by Loki. When Loki appeared invisibly at the research base, Salomon attacked him to warn him that Earth was under the Sorcerer Supreme’s protection, then escaped with Nick Fury to London.

• Salomon argued with Nick Fury about S.H.I.E.L.D.’s surveillance and reviewed footage of Thor in a holding room.
• Salomon told Nick Fury not to interfere with Thor and Jane Foster’s relationship, and dismissed the possibility of Jane becoming Thor’s partner.
• Nick Fury showed Salomon footage of Thor speaking to someone unseen, and Salomon realized Loki was present.
• Salomon took Nick Fury’s gun, threw alchemical bombs, and fired at Loki through a portal to warn him that Earth was being watched.
• Salomon teleported himself and Nick Fury to London and explained that his attack had been a warning about Earth’s sovereignty.

Salomon explained his political beliefs to Nick Fury, arguing that humanity should eventually adopt Human Intelligence Integration. Fury brought Salomon into S.H.I.E.L.D.’s plans for the coming conflict in Old Bridge Town, then revealed that Stark’s symptoms had eased before Salomon asked whether Howard Stark was Tony Stark’s father.

• Salomon criticized American democracy and superhero worship, and described Human Intelligence Integration as humanity’s next stage.
• Nick Fury disagreed with Salomon’s views, then drove him to breakfast and had him teleport them and the car to the Triskelion.
• Nick Fury told Salomon that the military would protect Jane Foster and Thor and evacuate Old Bridge Town before the coming battle.
• Nick Fury secretly ordered Agent Coulson to collect samples from the Alchemical Bomb’s aftermath.
• Nick Fury told Salomon that Agent Romanoff had injected Tony Stark with a sterilized Restoration Potion, and that Stark’s symptoms had eased.
• Nick Fury revealed that Tony Stark had received the Howard Stark case, and Salomon asked whether S.H.I.E.L.D. had performed a paternity test on them.

Salomon prepared for the coming conflict in Bridge Town while teasing Nick Fury and warning him about Jane Foster’s potential. As Thor’s friends arrived, Salomon said the real enemy was coming next.

• Salomon texted Bayonetta to explain why he would be away and asked Luca to report on the coming operation in Bridge Town.
• Salomon summoned Phoenix, and Nick Fury demanded that Salomon explain everything he knew about Asgard.
• Salomon told Nick Fury that Jane Foster could one day wield Mjolnir, but only after all hope had been shattered.
• Nick Fury and Salomon traveled to the military encampment outside Bridge Town, where S.H.I.E.L.D. had evacuated the residents and brought Thor and Jane Foster to safety.
• S.H.I.E.L.D. detected Thor’s friends Volstagg, Hogun, Fandral, and Sif approaching, and Salomon said the enemy was arriving.

Luca investigated the Old Bridge Town incident while Nick Fury’s forces tried to stop the Destroyer Armor, which shrugged off a massive attack and destroyed three F22 fighters. As Tony Stark arrived as Nick Fury’s contingency, Salomon focused on guiding Luca to safety.

• Luca charmed Darcy into revealing how she, Jane Foster, and Erik Selvig had met Thor, then stole a car and followed the trail toward the danger.
• The Four Warriors of Asgard told Thor that Odin was alive and in a restorative sleep, exposing Loki’s lie about Thor’s exile.
• Salomon urged Nick Fury to attack the approaching Destroyer Armor, and Nick Fury ordered the military to use tanks and F22 fighters while holding the Asgardians back.
• Tank fire and twelve guided bombs slowed the Destroyer Armor but failed to damage it, and its heat beam destroyed a tank before it shot down all three F22 fighters.
• Nick Fury revealed Tony Stark as his contingency, while Salomon prepared to warn Luca away from danger and Tony challenged him.

Nick Fury recruited Tony Stark to help protect the Asgardians from the Destroyer Armor, while Salomon kept directing Luca’s messages. Tony joined Sif and the Warriors Three as they engaged the Destroyer, and Thor stayed behind, believing he alone should pay for his past mistakes.

• Tony Stark recognized Salomon, but Nick Fury refused to explain Salomon’s role and urged Stark to focus on the mission.
• Stark accepted Fury’s offer of Asgardian intelligence after the mission and flew from the Quinjet to assist the forces on the ground.
• S.H.I.E.L.D. and the military retreated as Thor stayed behind, while Sif and the Warriors Three prepared to face the Destroyer Armor.
• Tony reached the Asgardians, evaded a beam from the Destroyer, and tried to explain that he was working with S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Volstagg charged the Destroyer first, and Sif, Hogun, and Fandral attacked it with their weapons as Tony questioned their use of cold weapons.

Nick Fury maneuvered Salomon into defending Earth from Loki’s forces, forcing him to answer for Kamar-Taj’s sovereignty. Salomon joined the fight by crashing into the Destroyer Armor and helping the Asgardians attack it.

• Salomon and Nick Fury watched Tony Stark and the Four Warriors of Asgard fail to damage the Destroyer Armor, which repaired itself after their attacks.
• Nick Fury revealed that he had brought Salomon to force Kamar-Taj to take a side and protect the humans nearby, exploiting a loophole in their contract.
• Salomon angrily accused Nick Fury of betraying his trust, then chose to fulfill his duty on his own terms.
• Salomon concealed his identity with an illusion, leaped from the aircraft, and struck the Destroyer Armor with a powerful shielded collision that caved in its helmet.
• Salomon attacked the Destroyer Armor with torrents of flame, and Sif and Volstagg welcomed him as an ally.

Salomon helped Thor’s allies restrain the Destroyer Armor, but Loki regained control and Thor faced the machine alone. Later, Salomon told Bayonetta how Thor defeated Loki, and she teased him about his night away before hiding an embarrassing book.

• Salomon summoned giant ants to pin the Destroyer Armor while Tony Stark and the Asgardians watched.
• Salomon gave Sif a diplomatic letter for Odin and prepared to leave as Thor arrived.
• The Destroyer Armor broke free, and Salomon protected the group with the Shield of Seraphim while Thor ordered his friends to survive.
• Thor confronted Loki and offered his life, but the Destroyer Armor struck him; Salomon decided the rest did not require his intervention.
• Bayonetta drew Salomon close on the sofa and teased him about his retelling of Thor’s victory and his absence overnight.
• Bayonetta hid a book titled "French Kissing Techniques" when Salomon returned.

Salomon warned S.H.I.E.L.D. that keeping the Destroyer Armor could provoke Asgard, but Nick Fury chose to take custody of it. After the Sorcerer Supreme declined to intervene, she explained that she and Odin had arranged for Thor to learn to protect the Nine Realms on Earth.

• Agent Coulson told Salomon that S.H.I.E.L.D. would take the Destroyer Armor, and Salomon warned that Heimdall could find it and the All-Father might retaliate.
• Salomon exaggerated the Destroyer Armor’s power to tempt Nick Fury into keeping it, and Fury chose to take custody despite the warning.
• Tony Stark asked for a chance to study the armor, while Salomon left to consult the Sorcerer Supreme.
• The Sorcerer Supreme said Kamar-Taj had achieved its goal regardless of who kept the armor and explained that she and Odin had made a deal to shape Thor into a protector of the Nine Realms.
• Salomon asked whether Jane Foster’s romance with Thor had been arranged, and the Sorcerer Supreme called it fate before sending him to bathe and resume his lessons.

Salomon negotiated with Heimdall and Odin over Asgard’s responsibility for the Destroyer Armor and secured an agreement for the Bifrost to retrieve it from Earth. After returning to Earth, Salomon entered Victoria Hand’s home and called for her.

• Salomon discussed Asgard’s food shortages and political situation with Heimdall before meeting Odin to negotiate the aftermath of Thor’s arrival on Earth.
• Odin directed Salomon to settle the Destroyer Armor matter with Heimdall and attend Thor’s feast.
• At the feast, Salomon persuaded Heimdall that Asgard should retrieve the Destroyer Armor using the Bifrost and should not require Kamar-Taj to locate or return it.
• Frigga and Odin approved the agreement, which required the Bifrost to strike the S.H.I.E.L.D. facilities holding the Destroyer Armor once the bridge was repaired.
• Salomon returned to Earth, archived the document, entered a darkened home, and told Agent Victoria Hand that he needed to talk to her.

Salomon visited Victoria Hand and invited her to join his planned team against magical threats, revealing Kamar-Taj’s role and demonstrating magic. He later clashed with Nick Fury over the recruitment and his Asgard visit, rejecting Fury’s offer to send him to S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy.

• Salomon confronted Victoria Hand, explained that S.H.I.E.L.D. could not protect Earth from future threats, and invited her to join him when she became disappointed in the agency.
• Salomon revealed his identity as a mage from Kamar-Taj and used magic to bring a teacup, teabag, and sugar cube to life, then offered Victoria Asgardian mead and promised to recruit her if she was still alive.
• Victoria Hand reported Salomon’s visit to Nick Fury, who learned that Salomon had recruited his agent and questioned him about going to Asgard.
• Salomon told Nick Fury to honor their contract and exchange information about Dark Magic Creatures for magical support, insisting they were only business partners.
• Nick Fury suggested Salomon attend S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy, but Salomon rejected the idea and said Oxford University was better.

Salomon rejected Nick Fury’s attempt to recruit him, then returned to Kamar-Taj for the New Year. While shopping in Chinatown with Master Wong, he intervened in a magical incident and captured Sun Long, a Black Warlock.

• Salomon refused Nick Fury’s offer to join S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy and warned him not to pry into magic.
• After returning to Kamar-Taj for the holidays, Salomon was sent with Master Wong to buy supplies for the New Year celebration.
• Salomon and Master Wong discovered that a Dragon Dance prop had transformed into a rampaging dragon and sensed multiple sorcerers nearby.
• Salomon and Master Wong confronted Sun Long and Balthazar, while a wind spell swept streamers across the street and the dragon attacked.
• Salomon knocked Sun Long unconscious and dispelled the brass dragon sculpture, returning the creature to a Dragon Dance prop.
• Balthazar identified Sun Long as a Black Warlock and introduced himself as a Merlin School Level 777 Sorcerer before Master Wong took them to Kamar-Taj.

Salomon brought Balthazar, the Black Warlock, and Balthazar’s apprentice Dave to Kamar-Taj, where the Sorcerer Supreme requested a private meeting with Balthazar. Dave questioned Salomon about magic, and Balthazar told Salomon that his teacher had summoned him.

• Salomon and Master Wong took Balthazar and the captured Black Warlock toward Kamar-Taj, and Dave intervened before Balthazar explained that Dave was his apprentice.
• Salomon had Master Wong open a portal, and he and Dave carried the Black Warlock through to Kamar-Taj.
• Arcanists took custody of the Black Warlock, while Salomon reported the incident and learned that the Sorcerer Supreme wanted to speak with Balthazar alone.
• Salomon stayed with Dave in the reception hall and answered his questions about Kamar-Taj’s magic and magical artifacts.
• Balthazar returned to the reception hall, recognized Salomon Damonet, and told him that the Sorcerer Supreme had summoned him.

The Sorcerer Supreme revealed Merlin’s hidden history as a temporary Sorcerer Supreme and his connection to the Darkhold, then explained her complicated past with Morgan le Fay. She appointed Salomon the last Knight of the Round Table and heir to the Kingdom of Britain, leaving him with the new name Salomon Messiah Pendragon Damonnet.

• Salomon met with the Sorcerer Supreme after sending Balthazar and the Merlin School’s master and disciple back to New York.
• The Sorcerer Supreme told Salomon that Merlin had temporarily served as the second Sorcerer Supreme, and that his supposed death and Morgan le Fay’s imprisonment were misrepresented in the records.
• The Sorcerer Supreme revealed that Merlin had held the Darkhold and that Morgan le Fay was still alive and might target Salomon as her successor.
• The Sorcerer Supreme admitted that she and Morgan le Fay had both been Merlin’s students and described their long, tangled history.
• The Sorcerer Supreme appointed Salomon the last Knight of the Round Table and heir to the Kingdom of Britain, renaming him Salomon Messiah Pendragon Damonnet.

Salomon learned that the Sorcerer Supreme was King Arthur and that he was heir to the holy sword, while being assigned new training and responsibility for Morgan le Fay. He ended the chapter frustrated as Balthazar and Dave’s reckless magic caused trouble in New York and left Kamar-Taj cleaning up after them.

• Salomon learned that Morgan le Fay had bound the Darkhold from Dark Scrolls and that Merlin’s spell had come from a separate page, while the Sorcerer Supreme left the Merlin School to handle its own affairs.
• The Sorcerer Supreme revealed that Salomon would inherit the holy sword and Great Britain if he proved worthy, and ordered him to study swordsmanship and horsemanship.
• Salomon invited Bayonetta, Jeanne, and the Kamar-Taj group to dinner, where they shared embarrassing stories about his childhood and Bayonetta later teased him about his old photos.
• Balthazar and Dave caused public magical disturbances in New York, and Kamar-Taj made Salomon help its stewards deal with the resulting messes.
• Salomon grew angry at his Call of Duty teammates and the Merlin School mages, worrying that their careless magic would draw S.H.I.E.L.D.’s attention.

Salomon tracked down Dave and Balthazar after Dave’s uncontrolled magic animated cleaning tools throughout a subway station. He stopped the magical chaos and ordered Dave and Balthazar to answer questions at Kamar-Taj’s New York Sanctum.

• Nick Fury had Koenig, Sam, and Eric ask Salomon about New York’s strange events, but Salomon claimed he was in London and knew nothing.
• The chapter recounted how Dave met Balthazar as a child, put on Merlin’s Ring, and accidentally released Hophos before both wizards were sealed away for ten years.
• After reuniting with Becky, Dave used magic to clean his research space, but the spell animated cleaning tools throughout the subway transfer station.
• Salomon followed the magical disturbance and turned Becky away while Dave struggled to hide the accident from her.
• Salomon countered Dave’s spell, stopped the animated objects, and told Dave to report with Balthazar to Kamar-Taj’s New York Sanctum.

Salomon visited Balthazar and Dave after Dave’s magic spiraled out of control during preparations for a date, and Dave left after deciding he was not the Savior Balthazar sought. Balthazar revealed that Hophos was trying to free Morgan le Fay, while Salomon kept secret that the sealed Morgan was only a clone and refused to help for now.

• Salomon rescued Dave and Tonk's dog from the flooded transfer station and warned Dave about using magic in front of ordinary people.
• Balthazar arrived, restored the station, and reprimanded Dave for recklessly using the Merlin Ring and failing to control his magic.
• Dave removed the ring, declared himself an ordinary physics nerd rather than the foretold Savior, and left Balthazar behind.
• Salomon told Balthazar that the Sorcerer Supreme had said he would one day wield the Holy Sword and become King of Britain.
• Balthazar explained that Hophos was trying to free Morgan le Fay, but Salomon concealed that the Morgan sealed in the nesting doll was only a clone.
• Balthazar asked Salomon to help prepare Dave to face Morgan le Fay's faction, but Salomon refused for now.

Salomon reported the Merlin School’s crimes and learned that the Sorcerer Supreme had recovered the holy sword from Merlin, giving it to him as a weapon and a deterrent against Asgard. The chapter ended with The Venerable One assigning the Merlin School operation to the New York Sanctum’s deacon and leaving Salomon to decide what to do if Morgan le Fay’s avatar appeared.

• Salomon planned to report the Merlin School’s violations to Kamar-Taj so the Sanctum deacons could arrange arrests and investigations.
• Salomon found The Venerable One cleaning blood from her hands and Sling Ring after she had entered Avalon and fought Merlin.
• The Venerable One gave Salomon the holy sword, explained its thirteen seals, and described its role in deterring Asgard.
• Salomon thanked The Venerable One for giving him purpose, and she embarrassed him by asking about his relationship with Bayonetta and whether he planned to have children.
• Salomon asked how to handle the Merlin School, and The Venerable One assigned the operation to the New York Sanctum’s deacon while telling Salomon to decide for himself if Morgan le Fay’s avatar appeared.

Salomon spent his remaining vacation considering how to improve his combat magic and preparing dinner, unaware that Hophos had stolen the artifact containing Morgan le Fay. The Venerable One summoned him as the Merlin School’s failed pursuit left Kamar-Taj facing an imminent crisis.

• Salomon weighed attempting a Blade Pact with Excalibur and decided to test it using only the Holy Marks he could safely unseal.
• Salomon planned to share his Mana Burst Invocations and adapted spells with Kamar-Taj, strengthening his standing among its Arcanists.
• Salomon prepared dessert and dinner while Bayonetta and Jeanne were out shopping, unaware that Balthazar had been trying to reach him.
• Hophos and Derek attacked Dave and Balthazar’s underground transfer station and stole the nesting doll imprisoning Morgan le Fay’s avatar.
• Balthazar and Dave pursued Hophos’s group but failed to recover the artifact, and Balthazar warned that Morgan le Fay could raise dead Black Warlocks as controlled undead.
• Wu Guiyue entered Salomon’s apartment through a portal and told him that the Sorcerer Supreme had summoned him.