Recaps

Garos trained, gathered followers, and destroyed a goblin tribe that threatened his territory. He discovered that Black Oil could fuel his evolution, while Samantha began studying alchemy and Gordon remained captive in a caravan.

• Garos traded ore to Laetitia for protection and food, then made Samantha and Gordon mine while he trained and explored the Sinkhole Territory.
• Garos killed the Rock-Crushing Worm and other creatures, then began training against new threats as he sought a territory of his own.
• Garos defeated the Earth Violent Bear, accepted Mobel’s submission, and received a dark gold Tail Ring from the Iron Dragon Mother before leaving her territory.
• Garos trained with Mobel and charged the Tail Ring, while Samantha fled after her failed attempts to claim territory and was wounded near the mines.
• Garos rescued Samantha from Goblin Wolf Cavalry, accepted her pledge to follow him, and learned that the Gnawrock Tribe had an Alchemy Golem and outside connections.
• Garos attacked the Gnawrock Tribe, killed Broken-Tooth Goruk and Pustule Groz, and destroyed the settlement after discovering that magical attacks could pierce his defenses.
• Garos gave Samantha the Alchemy Engine and encouraged her to study alchemy, while he discovered that its Black Oil could provide energy for his Adaptive Evolution.
• Garos found the Carmel Black Oil Field too well defended to approach, then returned to Samantha, who had learned alchemy’s basics but could not yet refine oil or make items.

Garos grew stronger, defeated adventurers and alchemical golems, and learned that the Worm King and a legendary item lay hidden in Malnes Dungeon. After the Black Rock Principality’s forces threatened his territory, he moved toward Conifer Valley and helped Mobel overthrow Chief Gor, leaving Mobel poised to rule the Dire Bears.

• Garos captured Rock-Crushing Worms but failed to tame them because the Worm King destroyed their minds, then lured Deborah, a Copper Dragon, into an abandoned mine and stole her equipment after their fight.
• Garos trained with Deborah’s alchemical gear, strengthened himself with refined Black Oil, and decided to postpone exploring Malnes Dungeon until he could defeat the Worm King.
• A party of adventurers attacked Samantha, and Garos killed them before learning from the surviving Rogue about a map to Malnes Dungeon.
• Garos evolved his Buffer Scales into Explosive Scales, but stopped receiving Black Oil when Earth-Splitting Centipede golems attacked him and destroyed Samantha’s workshop.
• Garos chose Conifer Valley as his new territory, burned the Iron Fir Hills, and left with Samantha and Mobel as Black Rock Principality troops arrived to investigate.
• Mobel lured Chief Gor to a cliff, where Garos defeated and killed him, and Mobel vowed to serve as the Dire Bears’ future king.

Garos strengthened himself, defeated the Cliff Serpent Dragon, and secured the Howling Moon Clan’s loyalty. He then used captured human merchants to seek supplies and began planning to control more intelligent monster clans near the Scale-Earth Rift Road.

• Garos forced the Dire Bears to submit, then trained against their attacks and practiced toughening his vulnerable reproductive opening.
• Garos encountered Vera, a Fairy Dragon, and made her use illusions and scale powder to support his mental and sensory training.
• Garos scouted the Gray-Mane Werewolf territory, fought the Cliff Serpent Dragon, and withdrew after poisoning one of its tails.
• After discovering the serpent’s tracking mark on himself, Garos returned to Crescent Moon Valley and killed the Cliff Serpent Dragon with help from the old Shaman.
• Garos demanded the Howling Moon Clan’s loyalty, and the clan pledged itself to him after settling its internal dispute.
• The Gray-maned Werewolves captured Nick’s caravan, and Garos arranged a trade for Black Oil and Magic Energy Stones in exchange for serpent scales and poisonous herbs.
• Garos let Nick and his companions leave with a promise to return with supplies, then began gathering intelligence on nearby monster clans.

Garos subdued the Red-Eye and Jawbone Clans, entered an early Dragon Sleep, and returned with powerful new abilities. After organizing the clans and securing Black Oil and Purple Copper Ore, he learned that the Stoneheart Giants were expanding into the region.

• Garos defeated Deborah in the storm, took her treasure and Horn Ring, then moved against the Red-Eye Clan and forced Bloodfang and the Gnolls to submit after killing Rotclaw and the Gnoll Guards.
• Garos felt Dragon Sleep approaching, returned to Conifer Valley, and entered a hidden crevice in the Steam Rift after preparing his wings with poisonous blood.
• Karu won the Jawbone Clan’s succession contest by awakening the Gluttony Talent, while Garos emerged from Dragon Sleep with Celestial Comet Wings, Flame Claws, and Hardened Body.
• Garos returned to Conifer Valley, learned the Jawbone Clan threatened the valley, then defeated its forces and forced Kalu and the Ogres to submit.
• Garos visited Crescent Moon Valley, killed Mane Fire when he challenged Russell, and learned that the Howling Moon Clan had preserved its Black Oil and stayed in contact with Nick.
• Garos used Black Oil to accelerate his wings, crashed into a cliff, discovered Purple Copper Ore, and ordered Frost Fang and Russell to mine it and reconnect with the Nick Caravan.
• Garos brought the Red-Eye and Rending Claw Clans under his command, trained with Black Oil and Fairy Scale Powder, and sent Kalu to meet Targon of the Stoneheart Clan.
• Kalu demanded resources before considering Targon’s offer of an alliance, while Garos watched and suspected the Stoneheart Giants would send more forces into the region.