Recaps

Elufiel and Odovish worked together to dispel Eugene’s fatal curse, and Elufiel restored him before he could die. After the Lionheart Guild gathered downstairs to discuss payment, Odovish demanded Eugene and a promise from the group, producing an ancient magical parchment.

• Elufiel agreed to save Eugene, and Odovish confirmed that dispelling the long-lasting curse would cause his life force to drain.
• Odovish began dispelling the curse while Elufiel used Chakra: Blessing and the Holy Hymn to keep Eugene alive.
• Gwendolyn checked Eugene and saw that his complexion had improved; Elufiel told her he would wake soon and urged her to use a Healing Spell.
• Odovish asked the Lionheart Guild to discuss payment downstairs and demanded Eugene as payment along with a promise from everyone.
• Odovish placed the Shielding Crystal on the table and produced a weathered, magic-filled parchment.

Odovish secured the Lionheart Guild’s silence about the arcanists and took custody of Eugene, then revealed his connection to Lista’s Inner Ring. Eugene awakened and faced a contract for Gwendolyn, who had promised to pay any price.

• Odovish demanded that Nagg and the Lionheart Guild members sign a contract denying they had seen an arcanist during Frostmoon and placing Eugene in his custody.
• Nagg reluctantly agreed, and the guild members signed the contract before Odovish led Elufiel upstairs.
• Eli watched Odovish take Elufiel by the hand, and Charles told Eli that he had no chance with her.
• Odovish and Elufiel found Eugene awake with Gwendolyn, and Odovish asked Gwendolyn to leave them alone before explaining that the guild had signed a contract.
• Eugene recognized Odovish as someone from Lista’s Inner Ring and formally saluted him.
• Odovish presented Gwendolyn with another scroll, and Elufiel reminded Eugene that Gwendolyn had promised to pay any price.

After Odovish and Elufiel questioned Eugene about his curse, Eugene refused to trust them at first, but Odovish left a message that drew him toward their offer. Later, Elufiel grew restless during a quiet evening at Odovish’s home, and he teased her about her elegance.

• Gwendolyn left after Eugene’s contract with Odovish was sealed, and Odovish invited Eugene to explain himself to Elufiel.
• Eugene said he had come from near Raven Hill after his teacher died, then revealed that the Holy See had cursed him.
• Eugene questioned whether he could trust Odovish, who said he would take Elufiel to Everlook Canyon for the Circle Gathering and left without giving Eugene another chance to speak.
• Gwendolyn asked Eugene what he would do, and he picked up the Shielding Crystal, saying Odovish had left him a message and would expect him to come to them.
• That evening, Elufiel grew bored while Odovish read at home, and he teased her for no longer acting like an elegant lady.

Odovish, Elufiel, and Eugene agreed to travel together to Everlook Canyon, and Eugene revealed the history behind a ring connected to Spell Saint Darren. He explained that Darren had become a Lich after the Emerald City fell, but a Black Crystal drove him mad and his remaining spiritual power eventually dissipated.

• Odovish urged Elufiel to change into a more modest dress before their guest arrived, and she teased him before agreeing to wear Goliath's clothes.
• Eugene arrived and thanked Elufiel for saving him, then asked Odovish and Elufiel to travel with him to Everlook Canyon; Odovish agreed.
• Eugene produced a rose-shaped ring and explained that his teacher had been Spell Saint Darren's youngest disciple.
• Eugene said Darren became a Lich after the Holy See destroyed Emerald City, and that his teacher used a trace of Darren's power on the ring to make a simple Phylactery.
• Eugene explained that a strange Black Crystal drove Darren into madness, and that Darren's damaged soul and Lich body eventually perished while his teacher preserved the clues in the ring and fled the Holy See.

Odovish learned that Eugene was being hunted by the Holy See after his teacher sacrificed himself, and the group prepared to leave early. They traveled toward the Eastern Plains, where Odovish and Eugene opened a portal while Elufiel watched.

• Eugene told Odovish that three Holy See archbishops had attacked his teacher, who shattered his Soul Core to help Eugene escape.
• Odovish identified the attackers’ iris-shaped Saint Insignias as marks of the Inquisition’s Judgement Tribunal and said they likely answered to the Pope.
• Eugene chose not to say goodbye to Gwendolyn, while Elufiel and Odovish said goodbye to Goliath.
• Odovish explained to Elufiel that Voidlings, once used to draw portal arrays, had become rare since Alchemy City fell.
• Odovish and Eugene chanted over the completed array, opening a square-shaped portal as Elufiel watched.

Elufiel, Eugene, and Odovish entered a lavish house hidden within a ruined relay station, which Odovish had created with spatial magic. When they discovered the house lacked dinnerware, Elufiel asked Odovish to make wooden bowls, and he returned with a stack.

• Odovish invited Elufiel through the door and explained that the teleportation circle would leave no traces.
• Elufiel inspected the house and realized its luxurious interior existed in a separate space behind the broken exterior.
• Eugene recognized the house as an extravagant spatial creation, while Odovish reflected on the mysteries of the Divine Ruins and his isolation among Arcane practitioners.
• Elufiel found that the kitchen and dining room had no plates and asked Odovish to make wooden containers for their meal.
• Odovish went outside and returned with a stack of small wooden bowls, which Elufiel examined.

Odovish took Elufiel into the forest to investigate the strange visitor, and they raced toward a marsh on the way. Elufiel recognized bloodthistle growing beside the path, leaving them to discover what else awaited in the woods.

• A huge, lifeless-looking creature knocked at the window, and Odovish invited Elufiel to see it outside.
• Eugene recognized the visitor as an Earth Bear puppet and realized the council’s power was greater than he had thought.
• Odovish opened a path through the forest and told Elufiel about a marsh surrounded by year-round pink irises.
• Elufiel summoned her Spectral Tiger and raced Odovish toward the marsh, with the two repeatedly overtaking each other.
• Elufiel caught the scent of bloodthistle and spotted the familiar red-flowered plants along the road.

Odovish rescued Elufiel from her magic addiction by letting her drink his blood, but she fell asleep after taking in too much magic. At a stream, they encountered Fendli, an alchemist who emerged from the shadow of his Earth Bear Golem.

• Elufiel recognized that the Bloodthistle and Felweed were dangerous, and Odovish realized the Felweed had likely triggered her magic addiction.
• Odovish climbed onto the Spectral Tiger with Elufiel and let her drink his blood to ease her symptoms.
• Elufiel drank until her magic addiction subsided, then fell asleep from the excess magic.
• Odovish guided the Spectral Tiger toward the sound of water and encountered an Earth Bear Golem.
• Fendli revealed himself and asked whether the Spectral Tiger was Odovish's new pet, and Odovish told him it belonged to Elufiel.

Fendli showed Odovish evidence that Holy See forces were traveling north, and Odovish suspected they were targeting the Council near Everlook Canyon. Elufiel woke beside the Spectral Tiger after receiving Odovish’s healing magic.

• Fendli asked Odovish who Elufiel was, and Odovish said she was his student.
• Fendli reported that Templar Knights and divine casters had headed north, and Odovish asked him to show where they had gone.
• Fendli used Shadowtrace Powder and a world map to reveal the Holy See’s route, but Odovish dismissed the Guiding Butterflies as useless in winter.
• Odovish noted that the troops could have passed through Moonglade and reached the area near Everlook Canyon, raising the possibility that the Holy See had found the Council.
• Elufiel woke and recalled the comfort of the gentle magic that had flowed through her body.

Elufiel learned more about Felweed and the mage’s mana potion before traveling with Odovish through the muddy countryside of Alanka Duchy. They headed toward Golden Apple Town, still puzzled by the complete absence of people.

• Elufiel called for Odovish and explored the area around the cabin, then Odovish appeared beside her and asked how she felt.
• Odovish explained that Felweed could cause addiction and that Glimmering Herbage and processing reduced its side effects in potions.
• Odovish offered Elufiel a Lesser Mana Potion, and Fendli was astonished that she could drink such an expensive item casually.
• Elufiel and Odovish trudged through muddy fields toward Golden Apple Town and wondered why they had encountered no one.
• Elufiel complained about the wet road and Odovish teased her, prompting her to remark that his mage habits and sense of humor were returning.

Odovish, Elufiel, and Eugene arrived in Aikalan and learned that the Holy See’s archbishop would soon preach there. They stayed at Old Pan’s Inn, where they heard the archbishop was arriving two days earlier than expected, leaving Eugene concerned that the Holy See might have discovered something.

• Eugene reflected on Gwendolyn’s choice to leave the Holy See’s teachings for him and hoped Odovish’s plans would not lead to another tragedy like Darren and Susan’s or the fall of Emerald City.
• Odovish, Elufiel, and Eugene reached Aikalan and found the town preparing for an archbishop’s visit to preach.
• Old Pan invited the three to attend the preaching and offered a free roasted apple pie with a night’s stay, so they took rooms at his inn.
• Eugene worried the Holy See might have learned of their plans, but Odovish decided they should stay and see which cardinal had come.
• Old Pan told Odovish and Eugene that the archbishop would arrive the morning after tomorrow, two days earlier than expected, and townspeople speculated that it might be Archbishop Humphrey.

Odovish brought Elufiel and Eugene to Archbishop Terrence’s sermon in Golden Apple Town, where the crowd gathered for the divine prayer afterward. Odovish spotted crystal spheres set up to detect Arcane casters, suggesting the Holy See’s visit posed a danger to them.

• Terrence’s arrival drew a festival-sized crowd to Golden Apple Town, with Templar soldiers and troops from the Alanka Duchy managing the gathering.
• Elufiel complained about being dragged to the sermon, while Odovish explained that she had wanted to learn about divine casters and the conflict between casting systems.
• The crowd pressed forward as Terrence began his sermon, and Odovish steadied Elufiel.
• Odovish noticed transparent crystal spheres beside Terrence and warned Elufiel that they could detect Arcane casters by their magical fluctuations.

Odovish and Elufiel watched Terrence’s public blessing while Odovish concealed them from the Holy See’s crystal ball, then Odovish sent Eugene away and remained behind with an undisclosed plan. Elufiel wandered through the crowded market, buying trinkets and snacks as Eugene followed her.

• Odovish used an isolation barrier to hide himself and Elufiel from the crystal ball while Terrence inspected the crowd.
• Terrence approved the crystal ball’s display, led the blessing, and left town with an escort of temple knights.
• Elufiel asked Odovish about his plans, and he promised to return for lunch with roasted potatoes and lamb chops.
• Odovish told Eugene to return alone and watch for members of the Judgement Tribunal without exposing himself.
• Elufiel shopped through the packed streets, filling her arms with souvenirs and treats while Eugene followed.

Eugene spotted Judgement Tribunal members searching for him in Golden Apple Town, so Elufiel used a magical trinket to disguise him as an elf. Their story convinced the Tribunal to let them go, though the search for Eugene remained unresolved.

• Eugene saw a Judgement Tribunal poster with his likeness and realized the Tribunal was hunting for him.
• Elufiel gave Eugene a purple sphere that temporarily transformed him into an elf.
• When Tribunal members ordered Eugene to remove his hood, Elufiel revealed his pointed ears and claimed he was her elf friend.
• Elufiel invented a story about her upbringing and demonstrated her Holy Light magic to explain their presence.
• The Tribunal members hesitated to detain the pair without a reason and let them leave.

Eugene asked Elufiel about the Sin'dorei Orb’s disguise before Odovish followed Terrence’s party to an ancient Nature Temple now held by the Holy See. Odovish secretly entered the temple and activated a hidden mechanism that revealed a blurry image and faint voices.

• Elufiel told Eugene his transformed appearance would last about ten more minutes, then sent him out of her room.
• Odovish used Yano to track Terrence’s carriage as it left the city and entered a secluded forest.
• Terrence led clerics and Paladins into an ancient Nature Temple, and Odovish used Blink to enter the temple unseen.
• Odovish discovered a concealed passage by turning a book on a dusty bookshelf and descended into the temple’s hidden chambers.
• Odovish pressed the eye-shaped rune on a wall, causing a blue light to reveal a blurry image and faint voices.

Odovish used the Eye of Omniscience to spy on Terrence and learned that the Holy See was preparing to locate the Council and had created two Corrupted Crystals. After leaving the temple, he returned to Golden Apple Town, where he found Elufiel and Eugene at the inn.

• Odovish watched Terrence discuss the search for the Council and order his forces to focus on finding its location.
• Terrence inspected two Corrupted Crystals and said they might be needed against the Council’s ninth-rank mages.
• Odovish learned that the Holy See remained concerned about the Temple of the Stars and left the temple after hearing enough.
• Odovish left a wind elemental to monitor Terrence and returned alone to Golden Apple Town.
• Odovish found Eugene answering Elufiel’s door and joked with Elufiel about arriving too late for lunch.

Elufiel and Odovish separated after he decided to handle personal matters, but Elufiel secretly used Mind Vision to follow him. Odovish reached Terrence’s group along the Feiyin River, while Elufiel searched for their location and Terrence’s group found a boat.

• Odovish told Elufiel to travel to Lake Inoma with Eugene while he dealt with personal matters, and Elufiel left, saying the Judgement Tribunal had already noticed them.
• Elufiel cast Mind Vision on Odovish as he left, then gave Eugene a sphere and told him to use it if he encountered the Judgement Tribunal before shutting the door on him.
• Odovish Blinked to Yano’s side as Terrence’s group traveled upstream along the Feiyin River.
• Elufiel watched through Mind Vision but could not identify the location, so she flew out on a windrider to search for Odovish.
• Terrence’s group stopped at a remote riverbank, where a Paladin found a small boat hidden in the reeds.

Elufiel joined Odovish in fighting Terrence and the Paladins beside the Feiyin River, making clear she had chosen to help the mage of her own accord. As Odovish prepared a powerful spell, Elufiel’s Holy Nova knocked down the charging Paladins.

• Odovish attacked Terrence’s group with wind and fire spells while the Paladins advanced under divine buffs.
• Elufiel flew to the riverbank, landed safely with the mage’s help, and shielded him before striking Terrence with Shadow Word: Pain.
• Terrence accused Elufiel of joining forces with the mage, but she said she simply wanted to help him.
• Terrence began chanting an offensive spell as the Paladins charged Odovish and Elufiel.
• Elufiel cast Prayer of Mending on Odovish and released Holy Nova, causing the nearest Paladins to fall in unison.

Odovish and Elufiel fought Terrence and the Paladins after Odovish unleashed a massive water spell, and they defeated Vincent while injuring Terrence. Odovish froze Terrence temporarily and examined a corpse by the river, warning Elufiel that the Holy See would soon send a rescue party or purge.

• Odovish summoned the river into a giant hand that crashed down on Terrence and his companions, badly injuring Vincent despite Terrence's healing.
• Elufiel restored Odovish's Arcane energy, and she and Odovish coordinated their attacks against Vincent and Terrence.
• Elufiel silenced Terrence, helping Odovish strike Vincent with Arcane Missiles and knock him down.
• Elufiel wounded Terrence with Penance and Shadow Word: Pain, but Odovish stopped her from finishing him and trapped him in an Ice Bind.
• Odovish examined a corpse by the river and told Elufiel that the Holy See would soon learn of the attack and send a rescue party or purge.

Odovish and Elufiel escaped with the captured Terrence and the black crystals, leaving the Holy See’s pursuit behind. As they flew over the Feiyin River on Elufiel’s Northwind Whelp, Odovish recalled the lost dragon traditions of Pandor and the legendary Dragon Valley.

• Odovish identified the petrified man as a living experimental subject corrupted by death energy and persuaded Elufiel to let him take Terrence alive.
• Odovish freed Terrence from the ice, bound him with wind chains, and found two black crystals in a mithril box.
• Odovish placed the petrified man in a spatial ring and had the wind elementals knock Terrence unconscious before they departed.
• Elufiel summoned her Northwind Whelp, and she and Odovish flew away over the Feiyin River.
• Odovish stroked the dragon, and Elufiel told him to stop flirting with her young male companion.
• Odovish remembered that dragons had become rare and that no one had found the legendary Fallen Star Lake or Dragon Valley.

Elufiel and Odovish fled across Lake Inoma aboard a crowded ferry pulled by aquatic beasts, with Odovish using wind magic to ease the stench. The boat’s violent rocking left Elufiel seasick as their journey across the lake began.

• Elufiel offered Odovish her other dragon mounts after mistaking his expression for loneliness, and he clarified that he had no intention of cutting up a dragon for alchemy.
• Odovish directed Elufiel to a mulberry grove near the dock, then explained that Lulus would pull their ferry across Lake Inoma.
• Elufiel complained that they had to flee in a hurry, but she and Odovish paid one silver coin and boarded the first departing boat to avoid being caught by the church.
• Odovish stood close to Elufiel and used a current of wind to give her fresh air inside the foul-smelling, packed cabin.
• The Lulus hauled the ferry across the lake at high speed, and Elufiel and Odovish climbed onto the swaying cabin’s makeshift upper level.
• Elufiel discovered that she suffered from seasickness and endured the rough crossing while longing for the gnomes’ airships.

Elufiel and Odovish traveled to Moonglade, where they met Eugene and used the Orb of Deception to pass the Holy See’s guards. They entered the forest after Odovish explained that the stationed Paladins were mostly ordinary knights, not true Paladins.

• Elufiel woke from a dream leaning against Odovish and felt embarrassed that she had slept on his shoulder.
• Elufiel and Odovish reached the northern shore of Lake Inoma, where Odovish explained the dangers posed by Moonglade’s magical beasts.
• A man dressed like a member of the Judgement Tribunal approached them, and Elufiel took the Orb of Deception from him.
• Eugene warned them that the area was unsafe because many Paladins were nearby and a routine patrol was approaching.
• Odovish arranged for an ordinary-looking carriage to enter Moonglade after its driver distracted the stationed Paladins with a boar leg.
• Odovish explained that the guards were mostly ordinary knights who had failed Paladin selection, rather than actual Paladins.

Odovish explained how Paladin armor revealed their tiers and warned Elufiel that her Saint-tier strength did not make the world safe. Elufiel recognized that she had grown complacent and resolved to regain her vigilance as the carriage continued toward Everlook Canyon.

• Odovish drew the armor patterns that distinguished lower-tier Paladins and explained the enchanted equipment and greater power of high-tier knights.
• Odovish told Elufiel that she was at least Saint tier by Kanado's standards but cautioned her about unknown powers, ruins, and dangers beyond the Holy See's conflict with Arcanists.
• Elufiel realized she had lost her caution and agreed that she needed to regain it.
• The carriage continued onward, and Elufiel discovered that their seemingly ordinary driver was a sixth-tier greatswordsman who killed magical beasts along the way.

Odovish brought Elufiel and Eugene through a spatial gate into Moonglade, where they arrived at the Lista Council’s inner city. After Eugene left to stay with the visiting mages, Odovish took Elufiel to his manor.

• Odovish explained that non-spellcasters helped connect Everlook Canyon to the outside world, and Arle said his forest guards traded with the Paladins stationed in Moonglade.
• Elufiel learned that members of the Holy See served for life and could not leave without committing apostasy.
• Odovish had Eugene help open a spatial gate at temple ruins, and Arle drove the carriage through it into Moonglade.
• Arle’s companions recognized Weston’s name when the group arrived, and Odovish appeared to hide his reaction.
• Odovish told Eugene that visiting Arcane mages could stay in town for free until the gathering began, and Eugene thanked him before departing.
• Odovish took Elufiel to his manor near the northernmost mage tower in the Lista Council’s inner city.

Elufiel stayed at Odovish’s manor in the Lista Council mage tower and filled its courtyard with birds and other pets while they barbecued and talked. As the night sky appeared over the valley, Odovish asked whether all the animals were hers.

• Odovish showed Elufiel his Golden-crowned Thunder Eagle, Sandel, and led her to a room in the manor.
• Elufiel explored the spotless but foodless house, then roasted old wolf meat in the courtyard.
• Elufiel summoned a flock of birds and other animals, and Sandel joined them to eat the roasted meat.
• Odovish returned and sat with Elufiel among the animals as they barbecued and talked.
• Odovish called Elufiel by name and asked whether all the little animals were her pets.