Recaps

Charles advanced to a Third-Ring Grand Wizard, strengthened Scorchflame, and led his army to defeat Kurto Shatterskull and take his territory. He left Yvenjieling to govern the conquered lands and returned to the Verdant Crystal Domain, where Elendil reconsidered Charles’s prospects as a Silverleaf lord.

• Charles returned to Isata, advanced to a Third-Ring Grand Wizard, and transformed his fused Succubus and Balor bloodlines into a powerful Greater Demon form.
• Charles registered as a Third-Ring Grand Wizard, joined Sage Webster’s faction, and obtained two third-ring spells in exchange for future service.
• Charles returned to Osela and strengthened Scorchflame with adult Red Dragon heartblood before reviewing the territory’s army and administration with his companions.
• Charles ordered an attack on the Howling Children of the Wasteland, and his disciplined army defeated Kurto Shatterskull’s forces and killed Kurto.
• Charles ordered one in every three captured orcs killed and had the survivors carry out the executions before taking control of the territory.
• Charles restored order in the conquered settlements, left Yvenjieling in charge, and learned that the Moonshadow Queen would soon reach Confluence City.
• Charles departed for the Verdant Crystal Domain, stopped to attack a bandit stronghold, and arrived at Elendil’s welcoming party outside Verdant Crystal City.
• Elendil recognized Charles’s strength and status as a three-ring wizard, and reconsidered whether Charles could become a Silverleaf lord and eventually an Ancient Tree Lord.

Charles became the Silverleaf Lord, returned to Greenshade City, and set his sights on bringing Blackstone Bastion Settlement under his control. Tyler and Theresa saw the strength and order of Charles’s forces as Tyler weighed whether to accept his offer or face war.

• Charles accepted Elendil’s recommendation for the Silverleaf title, met the Moonshadow Queen, and won her trust with a fabricated story about his origins among the stars.
• The Moonshadow Queen invested Charles as Silverleaf Lord and gave him permission to study combat witchcraft under Calder Riel.
• Charles left Confluence City as the Moonshadow Queen flew to challenge the Giant Empire, then returned to Greenshade City and celebrated his new title with his followers.
• Yvenjieling reported that her forces had captured Teresa while she was spying on the Armored Knights, and Charles learned from the Book of Causal Paths that Teresa had great causal power.
• Charles told Teresa that he wanted Blackstone Bastion Settlement as subjects, while Tyler refused to attempt a rescue and later agreed to meet Charles.
• Ross showed Tyler the order and military strength of Charles’s lands, including the Armored Knights, before Charles demanded that Tyler surrender Blackstone Bastion or face war.
• Charles gave Tyler two days to consider his offer, and Tyler visited the cavalry camp with Theresa and Ross, where he was stunned by the army’s size and coordination.

Charles conquered the Splitfang Tribe and brought Zorge’s gnolls under his rule while turmoil spread among the Orcs, Giants, elves, and half-elves. He then returned to Isata, recruited sixty-three wizard apprentices, and began preparing them for work and warfare across the planes.

• Charles surrendered Blackstone Bastion Settlement to Charles’s rule, and Charles reorganized its forces before expanding his military strength.
• After the Moonshadow Queen died and the Orcs rebelled against the Giants, Charles attacked and conquered the Splitfang Tribe, then secured Zorge’s fealty by promising support for the gnolls.
• Charles paused his expansion to consolidate his territories, then returned to Isata and learned from Anderson that hunting a fourth-tier creature’s core was required for advancement to Sage.
• Anderson asked Charles to help hunt a fourth-tier being, and Charles agreed to prepare while recruiting apprentices for future plane-conquest operations.
• Charles moved his portal to a new tower, recruited sixty-three apprentices by promising demon bloodline fusion, and began summoning Flame Demons to obtain their bloodline essence.
• Charles trained his students in wizardry and military techniques as his Osela territory stabilized and profited from equipment sales to the Orcs.
• Charles continued borrowing and trading through Charlotte, then began upgrading his interplanar portal to reduce the cost of transporting his students.

Charles helped Anderson kill a weakened fourth-tier Titan Armored Crab, then returned to Isata and led a campaign against the half-elf rebels. After defeating Gacher and capturing two counties, Charles arrived behind the besieging army at Verdant Crystal City and joined Elendil in breaking its attack.

• Charles joined Anderson and Aiden in luring the weakened Titan Armored Crab into a trap, then helped kill it with spells, treants, and a Balor projection.
• After returning to Isata, Charles gathered his students and forces to intervene in the conflict threatening Elendil’s Verdant Crystal Domain.
• Charles marched against the half-elf rebels, defeated Gacher’s army, and captured its soldiers and territory.
• Charles sent forces to secure the conquered counties, then led a cavalry force through the wilderness toward Verdant Crystal City while Elendil’s troops endured a prolonged siege.
• Charles arrived behind the besieging army and charged its rear, while his mages countered enemy spells and Elendil’s defenders attacked from the city.
• Charles killed the third-circle half-elf mage, and his cavalry and Elendil’s forces routed the attackers as the allied army collapsed.