Recaps

Ian, the Doctor, and Clara traveled through the Time Vortex into Gallifrey’s frozen pocket dimension, where Ian gathered its technological data and TARDISes. The Doctor lifted the freeze but left the Time Lords imprisoned, and Ian departed to return to his own world.

• Ian and the Doctor used Clara’s connection to the Doctor’s timeline to navigate toward Gallifrey, with the TARDIS protecting Clara as they broke through the dimensional barrier.
• After arriving on frozen Gallifrey, Ian used his Time Authority to collect data from core databases and take every TARDIS from the museum.
• The Doctor spent more than a week deciding what to do, then lifted the freeze while choosing not to free the Time Lords from their prison.
• Ian said goodbye to Clara and the Doctor, urging the Doctor to stop running from his past and give River Song more than he had.
• Ian boarded Netheril and left Gallifrey, then prepared to inspect the spoils with Morgana.

Ian analyzed the universe’s Time Lord technology and biology, advancing his OMNI Gate Project and testing whether he could replicate Time Lord regeneration. After investigating several other races and stealing their technology and samples, he departed aboard his Floating City for his next destination.

• Ian studied Time Lord science, TARDIS engineering, and the Law of Time, then made progress on a Void Portal Fluid for his OMNI Gate Project.
• Ian and Morgana examined Time Lord biology and tested regeneration in clones, discovering that the universe’s faintly conscious time influenced souls and personalities.
• Ian decided to continue the regeneration experiments after leaving the universe because their materials had adapted to its local laws.
• Ian stole Dalek and Cybermen technology, collected samples of the Silence, and captured Weeping Angels to study their Quantum Locking.
• Ian boarded his Floating City and headed for his next destination.

Ian’s arrival in the DC Universe was disrupted by the ongoing Fusion of worlds, and his Floating City suffered damage before Amazons surrounded it. After learning that the DC Fusion was nearing its late stage and receiving an urgent message from Lord Merlin, Ian surrendered peacefully to Hippolyta’s warriors while his team began repairs.

• Ian and Morgana discovered that the universe was shifting and that the Floating City’s systems had been damaged as Amazons surrounded them.
• Ian learned from the Akashic Records that DC worlds were merging in a late-stage Fusion and Marvel worlds were undergoing an earlier stage.
• Ian received a message from Lord Merlin saying he was safe but urging Ian to grow stronger because time was short.
• Ian explained the situation to his team, ordered them to repair the city, and went out to negotiate with the Amazons.
• Hippolyta demanded Ian surrender, and he submitted to being bound by an Amazon warrior.

Ian was brought to Paradise Island as a prisoner, where Hippolyta and her advisers debated whether to kill him or seek his help repairing the island’s weakening magical barrier. Diana visited Ian at night to speak with him, leaving him asking what she wanted.

• Ian’s defensive magic shattered an Amazon’s spear and knocked her away after she jabbed him, prompting Hippolyta to ask what he was.
• Hippolyta freed Ian from his restraints and confined him to a guarded residence on Paradise Island.
• Ian considered how to use the Akashic Records’ coordinates to reach the timeline of the CW Flash at the right point in his development.
• Hippolyta’s advisers argued over whether Ian should be killed, while Selen proposed asking him to repair the island’s weakening barrier in exchange for his freedom.
• Hippolyta decided to test whether Ian could be trusted.
• Diana visited Ian in the middle of the night, and he asked what had brought her there.

Ian explained to Diana why he considered her an unusual Demigod and told her about the outside world and its coming wars. After Hippolyta tested him with the Lasso of Truth, Ian revealed he knew the Amazons needed help with their island’s protective barrier and sent them away until they were ready to speak as equals.

• Ian told Diana that she had inherited divine advantages without Zeus’s Authority or the Gods’ dependence on Faith Power.
• Diana asked about Man’s World, and Ian told her that World War I would begin in two years and that another world war would follow.
• Ian described his travels to Diana for several hours before she flew away at dawn.
• Amazons led by Hippolyta bound Ian with the Lasso of Truth and demanded to know who he was and why he had come to the island.
• Ian sealed the Lasso’s Divine Power, identified the Amazons’ need to repair their protective barrier, and teleported them out of his room.

Ian discovered that the world’s ongoing merger made his ship’s return coordinates impossible to navigate, so he began developing a new navigation system. After repairing the Amazons’ protective barrier and studying their artifacts, he sparred with Diana and introduced her to a virtual reality device for combat training.

• Ian told Queen Hippolyta he would repair the barrier if his ship could remain on the island and he could study the Amazons’ magical artifacts, especially the Lasso of Truth.
• Ian and Morgana discovered that the universe’s unstable, expanding spacetime made precise navigation impossible, prompting him to plan a new navigation system.
• Ian repaired the protective barrier by creating a device that let Diana power it with her Divine Power, then studied the Amazons’ artifacts while focusing on the Lasso.
• Ian sparred with Diana and told her that her combat skills were exceptional but that she lacked experience fighting powerful enemies for her life.
• Ian gave Diana a virtual reality helmet, and she tried it before asking whether her sisters could use it too.

Ian spent years developing a way to navigate the turbulent Multiverse while advising Diana not to intervene in humanity’s early wars. By 1925, he completed the system, gave Diana a magical bracelet, and set out with Morgana, promising to visit her again.

• Morgana told Ian that their ships and drones kept getting lost in other timelines, and Ian analyzed the data to improve his navigation system.
• Diana complained that Queen Hippolyta would not let her intervene in the growing war, and Ian explained that her appearance could intensify religious conflict and provoke governments to pursue her.
• Ian advised Diana to wait until humanity was better prepared to accept divine beings, and she returned home to think it over.
• Queen Hippolyta thanked Ian for helping Diana understand her concerns, and Ian suggested that she treat Diana more like an adult.
• By 1925, Ian had created an artificial Time Network that let the city navigate the Multiverse without being affected by the chaotic spacetime continuum.
• Ian gave Diana a bracelet that converted Divine Power into lightning and was linked to her Lasso, promised to visit her again, and departed with Morgana.

Ian and Morgana investigated the Speed Force in Flashpoint, experimenting on Wally West and observing Jay Garrick to learn how speedsters connected to it. Their research showed that the Speed Force was conscious, and Ian concluded that Barry was essential to accessing enough of its power to challenge the space-time continuum.

• Ian discovered that the team had arrived in the Flash's fourth year, then chose to travel to the Flashpoint reality and capture Wally West.
• Ian's experiments showed that a clone altered with Dark Matter had a weaker Speed Force connection than a clone made from Wally, while the original Wally remained far more powerful.
• Ian concluded that the Speed Force had consciousness and protected speedsters from outside attempts to read or control their minds.
• Ian secretly observed Jay Garrick on Earth-3 and found that Jay's connection to the Speed Force was stronger than those of Ian's test subjects but weaker than Wally's.
• Ian built a device to connect to the Speed Force, but it could not draw enough power to overcome the space-time continuum's limits, so he identified Barry as the key.
• Ian confronted The Thinker, studied his Dark Matter-mutated brain, and then prepared to meet Barry.

Ian Bones, an agent of the Superhuman Oversight Bureau, demanded that Team Flash accept government supervision, repay damages, or disband. While the team investigated him and debated its options, Ian secretly extracted information about the Speed Force from Caitlin and Cisco, then returned to the lab the next day.

• Ian introduced himself to Team Flash and presented a report claiming their activities had caused over $22 billion in government losses.
• Ian gave the team one day to choose between disbanding, repaying the damages, or accepting supervision, and warned Barry about the government's fears of speedsters changing history.
• Iris investigated Ian's credentials and found that he was a former special forces member; Barry then contacted Diggle for more information.
• Diggle told Team Flash that Ian had led the secretive Silent Diplomats and warned that he was a manipulative negotiator who used any means necessary.
• Ian and Morgana discussed their plan, and Ian secretly gathered information about the Speed Force from Caitlin and Cisco's thoughts.
• Ian returned to the lab the next day after compiling and analyzing the data.

Ian forced Team Flash to undergo government testing, citing the dangers of Flashpoint and the possibility of a controlled or corrupted Flash. After collecting extensive data, Ian secretly tried to investigate the Speed Force, but his clone died inside it.

• Ian told Team Flash that the government would document their abilities and prepare for possible threats, invoking Barry's Flashpoint actions to defend the need for contingency plans.
• Ian brought a large team into the laboratory, where Barry, Wally, Sisko, Caitlin, and Ralph underwent more than six hours of ability tests.
• After Ian left, Barry searched the building for bugs while Sisko found monitoring code in their systems, and the team went to Earth-19 to discuss it safely.
• Ian told Morgana that the tests had provided data on Barry and the Speed Force, but Morgana reported that Barry's tracking spell had vanished after he entered it.
• Ian sent a clone into the Speed Force to gather more data, but it died within seconds, and Ian retrieved the images recorded in its soul.

Ian used his experiments to study the Speed Force while the team pursued a new speedster, Dark Flash, whom he had created. After Barry exposed Ian’s experiments and confronted him, Ian revealed his goal of creating the Speed Force and sealed the powers of Barry, Wally, Caitlin, and Sisko.

• Ian identified the Time Wraiths as guardians of the Speed Force and decided to use test subjects to gather data while keeping Barry involved.
• Ian gave Barry a suit designed to redirect the energy from his running into greater speed, then spent the day observing the team.
• The team investigated a desperate new speedster who robbed banks, but Dark Flash escaped Barry by using clones and other abilities.
• Over two weeks, Ian gathered data from Barry’s encounters with Dark Flash, whom he had created for his experiments.
• Barry confronted Ian after learning from the Speed Force about Ian’s experiments on Wally in a parallel reality, and Ian admitted he wanted to create and reshape the Speed Force.
• Ian slowed time, sealed Barry and Wally’s connections to the Speed Force, and also disabled Caitlin and Sisko’s powers.

Ian coerced Barry and Wally into helping with his Speed Force experiment by manipulating the team’s lives and finances, then used a curse tied to Wally to keep the Speed Force from interfering. After Barry tried sending a Time Remnant for help, Ian destroyed Earth and restored it as a warning, leaving the team terrified and Barry under his control.

• Ian threatened to ruin the team’s lives and frame Barry as Dark Flash unless they cooperated with his research.
• Iris, Joe, and Sisko confirmed that records and witnesses supported Ian’s fabricated story about Barry’s firing, hospital stay, and debts.
• Barry agreed to cooperate, and Ian connected him and Wally to instruments to collect data for his experiment.
• Ian created a curse bound to Wally that stopped the Speed Force from removing his tracking marks, allowing the tests to continue for a month.
• Ian discovered that Barry had sent a Time Remnant to seek help across the Multiverse, but Rick Sanchez’s technology had sealed off the timeline.
• Ian transported the team into space, destroyed Earth, restored it with a clock’s reversed time, and warned Barry not to try the stunt again.

After Ian's experiments exposed the danger of his power, Barry and a hidden Time Remnant assembled a team to stop him. Ian destroyed the assembled heroes, extracted the speedsters' Soul Flames, and prepared to challenge the Speed Force's consciousness.

• Ralph quit the team after learning that Ian could destroy the world and reverse time, and the others failed to find a way to stop Ian.
• Ian subjected Barry and Wally to repeated tests, and by the second week Wally was removed from the research because his Speed Force connection was too weak.
• Barry revealed that the team had blocked Ian's ability to read their thoughts, while Sisko opened portals for allies led by Oliver Queen, Kara Danvers, and Jay Garrick to arrive in Speed Force Armor.
• Ian used divination to discover that a hidden Time Remnant had assembled the team, then blocked their attacks and killed nearly everyone with the Law of Destruction.
• Ian extracted the remaining speedsters' Soul Flames and planned to force the Speed Force's consciousness into a battle of wills with him.

Ian reached Level 9 willpower after confronting the Speed Force, then prepared to leave the world after altering Earth’s memories and human DNA and eliminating Harrison Wells. He and Morgana acquired the secrets of Green Lantern rings, and Ian created a ring that gave him Tenth Tier power before setting out to say goodbye to Diana.

• Ian recovered from his confrontation with the Speed Force and discovered his willpower had reached Level 9.
• Ian erased memories of supernatural events, altered human DNA across Earths connected to Team Flash, and erased Harrison Wells to prevent him from developing Omniversal Travel Technology.
• Ian and Morgana sought magical knowledge, then captured a Green Lantern ring and found they needed the Guardians’ core secrets to reproduce it.
• Ian released a weaponized Obscurus to draw most of the Green Lantern Corps away, then infiltrated their headquarters and uncovered the ring’s secrets.
• Ian created his own Green Lantern ring, gaining Tenth Tier power, and finished his studies after his soul recovered.
• Ian prepared to leave the world after saying goodbye to Diana.

Ian used Felix Felicis to locate and obtain the Anti-Life Equation from billionaire Bates, then visited Diana in her timeline. He joined the Justice League’s meeting about Darkseid after offering to help with Apokolips’ technology.

• Ian and Morgana failed to locate the Anti-Life Equation through divination and a curse, so Morgana used Felix Felicis to guide them toward Diana’s timeline.
• Ian found Bates and extracted the Anti-Life Equation from his mind, then successfully read it and discussed its effects with Morgana.
• Ian traveled to Diana’s world, where Batman and the Justice League reacted warily to his arrival, and he explained that he had used extreme methods while researching the Speed Force.
• Diana welcomed Ian and invited him to wait until the League finished its meeting about Darkseid.
• Ian offered to help the Justice League with Apokolips’ technology, and most of the team agreed to let him join their meeting.

Ian revealed that he already possessed the Anti-Life Equation and told the Justice League it was in billionaire Bates’s mind, then clashed with Batman over his contingency plans. After learning that Darkseid’s invasion would begin in three days, Ian gave Diana a device that could move the battle into the Mirror Dimension.

• Ian explained the Anti-Life Equation to the Justice League and revealed that it was in the mind of billionaire Bates, who knew how to use it.
• Batman demanded to know Ian’s intentions, and Ian criticized Batman’s contingency plans and accused him of letting his parents’ deaths define him.
• Ian left the meeting, and the Justice League decided to capture Bates before preparing for Darkseid’s invasion.
• Diana visited Ian in New York and asked when the invasion would happen, and Ian said it would begin in three days.
• Ian gave Diana a device that would transport Darkseid and his army into the Mirror Dimension so the League could fight without endangering Earth.

Ian stole a sample of Darkseid’s Omega Effect during the Justice League’s battle, then reunited with Diana before leaving her world. He warned her that a multiversal war was coming and departed for the Fate/Type-Moon Universe.

• Ian planned to use Time Remnants of the Floating City to reach a temporary Eleventh Tier and steal the Omega Effect from Darkseid’s higher dimension.
• Three days later, Ian watched the Justice League battle Darkseid while carrying out his theft; he escaped with a sample, though its space-time power proved less useful than he had hoped.
• Ian met Diana, who explained how she had become an ambassador of peace, joined the Justice League, and found purpose in helping people.
• Ian and Diana spent several days talking and sparring before he told her Bruce could make her happy and warned her about Talia al Ghul and Damian.
• Ian warned Diana that a war of unprecedented scale would soon engulf the Multiverse, then left for the Fate/Type-Moon Universe.

Ian sent a projection into the Holy Grail War as Archer, summoned by Rin Tohsaka, and planned to acquire Ea, Enkidu’s chains, and Primordial Runes. He offered to improve Rin’s Magic Circuits, then warned her that the corrupted Holy Grail would twist any wish into a malicious outcome.

• Morgana told Ian that his spy had successfully begun infiltrating Samsara Hall.
• Ian sent his projection into the world and appeared before Rin Tohsaka as her Archer-class Servant.
• Ian explained that he wanted Gilgamesh’s Ea, Enkidu’s chains, and the world’s Primordial Runes.
• After seeing Ian’s exceptional magical parameters and skills, Rin asked whether he could use magecraft.
• Ian proposed manipulating Rin’s soul to improve her Magic Circuits, and she threatened him with a Command Spell until he explained the Grail’s corruption.
• Ian told Rin that the Holy Grail had been contaminated since the Fourth Holy Grail War and would twist any wish into a malicious outcome.

Ian told Tohsaka that the Holy Grail had been corrupted by the Einzbern Family and revealed that he was the legendary Arcane Emperor. Tohsaka accepted his offer to modify her Magic Circuits, while Ian planned to investigate the truth behind the legend attached to his name.

• Ian explained that Angra Mainyu had corrupted the Holy Grail through the Einzbern Family’s contract, but withheld other details until Tohsaka could hear them calmly.
• Tohsaka asked how Ian knew about the previous war, and he said he had learned it through divination.
• Ian revealed that his name was Ian Bones, and Tohsaka recognized him as the Arcane Emperor from historical records describing his empire and its destruction by the gods.
• Tohsaka asked Ian about his empire, Netheril, and Arcane Runes, and he confirmed Netheril existed and promised to teach her the runes after the war.
• Tohsaka agreed to trust Ian to modify her Magic Circuits.

Ian transformed Tohsaka’s Magic Circuits, giving her a dramatic increase in power, then tested her abilities and discussed their priorities in the Holy Grail War. The chapter left off as Tohsaka asked why Caster was such a great threat.

• Ian redrew the summoning circle and used it to give Tohsaka new Magic Circuits, putting her through half an hour of agony.
• Tohsaka discovered she had 108 Magic Circuits, plus twelve more added to her nervous system, and tested her new power against Ian.
• Ian exposed Tohsaka’s poor control of magical energy by interrupting her spells throughout their five-minute battle.
• Ian told Tohsaka they should target Lancer or Caster, explaining that he wanted Lancer’s Primordial Rune knowledge and hoped to meet his teacher, Scathach.
• Tohsaka asked Ian why Caster was such a great threat.

Ian warned Tohsaka that Caster and Souichirou Kuzuki planned to drain the students’ life force, then joined her at Shirou’s house, where he fought Lancer. Lancer was recalled before the battle concluded, and Ian left with knowledge of the eighteen Primordial Runes, though he suspected the true runes were older and more powerful.

• Ian told Tohsaka about Caster’s plan to drain the students and said Souichirou Kuzuki was helping her.
• Tohsaka and Ian headed toward Shirou’s house, where they found Shirou, Saber, and Lancer fighting.
• Ian criticized Shirou’s self-destructive hero complex and explained that Shirou had been using magic dangerously without understanding how to activate his Magic Circuits.
• Ian attacked Lancer with magic missiles and invisible explosive orbs, while Lancer used Primordial Runes to counter the traps.
• Lancer was recalled by his Master, and Ian retained knowledge of Lancer’s eighteen Primordial Runes while deciding to investigate whether a more ancient form existed.

Ian confronted Arthur, the consciousness possessing Saber, and learned that Merlin warned him to advance quickly before the Holy Grail War drew him in. After Tohsaka agreed to let Ian teach Shirou the basics of Spiritronizing Saber, the group headed to the church to meet Kirei Kotomine while Ian’s avatar focused on creating the Speed Force.

• Ian and Saber recognized each other, and Arthur appeared through her to criticize Ian and argue with him about their personalities.
• Ian challenged Arthur’s judgment of him and described Arthur’s struggle with the consequences of war before Merlin intervened and sent Arthur away.
• Merlin warned Ian that he would be drawn into the war once he reached the Twelfth Tier, and time resumed with Saber asking Ian how he knew her.
• Tohsaka explained the Holy Grail War to Shirou and asked Ian to teach him how to Spiritronize Saber; Ian agreed to implant the knowledge after their visit to the church, warning Shirou would suffer a twelve-hour headache.
• Tohsaka, Shirou, Saber, and Ian set out to meet Kirei Kotomine, while Ian’s other self resumed researching how to create the Speed Force and upgrade Morgana’s core processor.

Ian joined Tohsaka, Shirou, and Saber as they encountered Illyasviel and Berserker on the way home, then helped Saber survive the fight while revealing more of his power. The group returned home with Shirou in pain, and Saber kept watching Ian.

• Ian accompanied Tohsaka, Shirou, and Saber to the church, where Kirei explained the Holy Grail War to Shirou and Gilgamesh discussed his resentment toward the Arcane Emperor.
• Illyasviel von Einzbern confronted the group with Berserker, and Ian told Saber to hold him off while Tohsaka dealt with Illyasviel.
• Ian enhanced Saber and used magic to teach Shirou the basics, while his magic missiles created openings for Saber to attack Berserker.
• Saber sacrificed her shoulder to strike Berserker with Excalibur, and Ian fired a cannon-like weapon from a Void rift, but Berserker and Illyasviel survived the explosion and withdrew.
• The group took the injured Shirou home, where Tohsaka questioned Ian about his hidden abilities and Saber continued staring at him.

Saber recognized Ian as the Arcane Emperor and asked whether he shared her wish to use the Holy Grail. Ian warned her that the Grail was corrupted and could not grant her wish, then left with Tohsaka after Shirou recovered, still considering his plans for this world.

• Saber recognized Ian as the Arcane Emperor and revealed that her former master had often spoken of him.
• Ian told Saber that the Holy Grail could not grant her wish, and she summoned Excalibur to force him to help her.
• Shirou woke, and Tohsaka confirmed that the Holy Grail had been corrupted since the last war.
• Tohsaka declared that she and Shirou were enemies in the war, while Shirou protested that he did not want to fight her.
• Ian left with Tohsaka, reflected on Merlin, and reviewed the benefits he had gained in this world.

Ian discovered that Reality Marble could let Arcanists create Magic Domains without relying on external artifacts. After he revealed Sakura Matou was Tohsaka Rin’s biological sister, Rin attacked Shinji and brought Sakura home to learn what the Matou family had done to her.

• Ian realized Reality Marble could turn projection magecraft into a real domain, making Magic Domains attainable for Arcanists through training and prana.
• On the way to school, Ian told Rin that Sakura was her biological younger sister and had suffered abuse from Shinji and the Matou family.
• Rin attacked Shinji in class, while Ian restrained Shirou and prevented Shinji from dying; Sakura eventually called for Rin to stop.
• Ian repaired the classroom and erased the witnesses’ memories, then left with Rin and Sakura as Shirou followed them.
• At home, Rin asked Sakura to explain the Matou family’s treatment of her, and Ian reassured Sakura that he could deal with Zouken and the worms in her body.