Recaps

Li Wei solved a murder and stopped the North Star from sinking before reaching Mericia, where he investigated the Phantom Killer amid growing rebellion. After surviving a militia ambush and confronting the killer, he received orders to arrest Samuel Adams and John Hancock in Feyhart City.

• Li Wei investigated Rosalie Porto’s death aboard the North Star and proved she had died by suicide, while Mr. Byrne had hidden her gun to protect the Porto Family’s reputation.
• After a cursed ship in a bottle unleashed ghosts and disabled the North Star, Li Wei destroyed it and helped the ship narrowly avoid an iceberg.
• Li Wei used the Ghost Ship Core and a collapsible lifeboat to trap and kill a sea monster, then learned that Damon had sabotaged the engines as part of a Luddite plot to sink the ship.
• Li Wei arrived in Mericia, where General Thomas Geller explained that the Phantom Killer had attacked him and killed imperial investigators, and Li Wei publicly challenged the killer to respond.
• Li Wei accompanied Lieutenant Colonel Francis Smith’s troops to destroy a militia arsenal, arrested militiamen who knew about the secret mission, and warned Smith of an imminent attack.
• When Captain Pike’s militia ambushed the troops, Li Wei helped the mechs locate hidden fighters and wounded the Phantom Killer, which escaped after Li Wei drove it through their line of fire.
• After reinforcements routed the militia, Li Wei advised Governor Geller to test whether Margaret had leaked the operation and received orders to arrest Samuel Adams and John Hancock in Feyhart City.

Li Wei uncovered conspiracies against the Empire, survived a dream-world ordeal in the Orlens Mountains, and helped General Hao defeat the Merician rebels. After receiving honors, he prepared to travel to Bisbalu for the Steam Mechanics Expo.

• Li Wei foiled an attempt by Samuel Adams, John Hancock, and Claiborne to stop his arrest, then presented evidence linking the rebels to Francis and helped Imperial forces detain the conspirators.
• Li Wei traveled to the Orlens Mountains with Annie and an archaeological team, where a dream-world conflict with Creed ended with Creed’s death and a warning from the Goddess of Night.
• Li Wei returned with new abilities and scouted hidden Imperial positions, then used Soul Sight to help General Hao locate the rebels and subdue their forces.
• The royal family awarded Li Wei additional medals, and he hoped to remain in Fog City as friends congratulated him.
• Ovelia invited Li Wei to the Steam Mechanics Expo in Bisbalu, while Hank described his expanding vehicle company and its plans for the competition.
• Li Wei advised Inspector Lestrade on sharing crime-scene evidence and told him he would travel to Bisbalu aboard the Orient Express.

Li Wei survived a murder and a supernatural attack aboard the Orient Express, then helped stop sabotage at Steel City’s Central Data Tower. He left for the quarantined Lun Mine, where his investigation into the outbreak led him to its deepest levels and a strange power in the darkness below.

• Li Wei investigated Hadment’s murder aboard the stranded Orient Express and exposed the train attendant as the killer, but vines and a Ghost Train attacked before the passengers could escape.
• Li Wei burned through the vines with an explosion, helped the train reach Bisbalu, and learned that a black punched card Ovelia had found was linked to the victim’s case.
• At the Steam Mechanics Expo, Li Wei rescued Anna from men trying to seize her, then learned that attackers had taken Dr. Tester to obtain the punched card.
• Li Wei rescued Dr. Tester and Kia from the Luddites and learned that four cards were involved in an attack on the Central Data Tower.
• Kia reversed the cards’ calculations while Li Wei and Ovelia fought through rioters, and Li Wei forced Kate and his followers to surrender.
• Military Intelligence sent Li Wei to the quarantined Lun Mine with Sister Elizabeth, where he investigated the reanimated miners and descended toward the missing response team.
• Li Wei fought through the mine with the Grim Reaper Doll, found evidence suggesting deliberate poisoning, and discovered a supply crate delivered to level 123 shortly before the outbreak.
• Li Wei killed the giant monster that had attacked him and fell to the mine’s bottom, where he sensed a strange power and dense darkness.

Li Wei helped stop the plague at Lun Mine Pit, then investigated the deaths tied to Blackwood Mansion and defeated George Rogers’s monster. After learning the underground temple held a fragment of Lance’s soul, Li Wei renovated the Clock Tower and showed it to Katie.

• Li Wei discovered pressure cylinders marked with the Disaster Mark beneath Lun Mine Pit, and he and Elizabeth used blessed saline to cure the plague before flooding the pit with holy water and destroying the Corpse Serpent.
• Li Wei returned to Fog City, received Katie’s request to investigate the veiled woman at Honor Cemetery, and learned the ghost was connected to Jim Rogers’s disappearance and an inheritance at Blackwood Mansion.
• Li Wei and Katie joined the dinner party at Blackwood Mansion, where Emma Butler and the lawyer were killed as the guests searched for the door to the Dark Abyss.
• Li Wei and the detectives uncovered a hidden staircase to an underground temple, where George Rogers revealed that sacrifices had won him eternal life and summoned a Bone Knight to attack them.
• Li Wei defeated the Bone Knight with the Grim Reaper Doll and explosives, while Katie killed the monstrous Miss Lawyer, and Li Wei’s ring absorbed a soul fragment from the Skeleton Warrior.
• Li Wei reported the island incident to Military Intelligence Section Seven and learned from Butler Kane that the temple was connected to Lance, whose soul King Arthur had split and sealed away.
• Li Wei hired Butler Kane and two maids, arranged for Erin to stay with Uncle Hank during renovations, and used the Makeover quest to give the Clock Tower a luxurious new design.
• Katie toured the renovated Clock Tower, praised its rooms and amenities, and asked Li Wei whether she could stay there.