Recaps

Arthur and Malinda helped end the cults’ violence in Dordot Harbor and negotiated a share of its revenue with the Marquis of West Berlin. As the group prepared to leave, Arthur exposed the Lady of Pain’s attempt to manipulate events and captured her.

• Arthur destroyed Dale Bock and the Crimson Sword, ending the ritual that had trapped Dordot Harbor’s residents.
• Yura devoured the men who had killed Old York, but Severus Hamlet’s hidden sword wounded the Marquis of West Berlin as he pursued her.
• Malinda defeated Mihailo and the Lady of Pain, then rescued the surviving Church of Pain members and summoned an army of undead.
• Malinda made Jacqueline her sworn younger sister, while Arthur persuaded Yekaterina’s fighters to stand down and negotiated with the injured Marquis for forty percent of Dordot Harbor’s revenue.
• Arthur gave Malinda a ten-percent share, warned her about the Red Knights, and prepared to leave Dordot Harbor with her, Jacqueline, and Catherine.
• The Lady of Pain allied with Greisa Hamlet against Arthur, while Arthur used Pendragon to draw her into a trap and sealed her with Joe in a custom-made Lead Box coffin.

Arthur strengthened his influence along the Inner River, brought Hazlitt under his control, and used the Lady of Pain to draw the Old Lion into the conflict. The arc ended with the Old Lion heading out to meet someone while Dill Buck secretly pursued the Eastern to protect Arthur.

• Arthur used Mihailo’s pain to seek out her hidden allies and learned that Abel’s upgraded Blood powers could create stronger descendants and single-use users, though Abel warned him against pursuing godhood.
• Malinda visited Arthur for dinner, recognized that he could not speak freely about the North County connection, and agreed to carry a message to her older cousin.
• Grindelwald revealed Nidhogg to the Inner River God Cult, and Toran became High Priest as Arthur prepared to use the church’s former shipping network.
• Grindelwald recruited Lucius to train under Aivor and Acker, while Arthur tested the imprisoned Lady of Pain and tormented her with Kili.
• Arthur sailed the Eastern toward the Inner Bay as Yekaterina warned him that the Red Knights and local nobles had joined the Old Lion’s eldest son.
• Sean, Bont, and the Blood Scion confronted Hazlitt, and Arthur made him reveal his hidden wealth, punished him with the Crimson Orb, then restored him and secured his continued service with a Contract.
• Arthur drew out the Lady of Pain’s knowledge of Kleibel, Jiljike, Aislan, and the Old Lion, and she used a seed to contact the Old Lion and bait him with news of his descendants.
• Arthur saw that his reputation had spread through West Berlin and his XP had reached 18,300, while the Old Lion ordered Dill Buck to protect Arthur and left to meet someone.

Arthur saved the young nobles from Imora and became entangled in the struggle for the Einhaas Fief. As Heber the Blood Drinker devastated the fief and broke the Marquis of Einhaas’s resolve, Arthur stepped in at the moment Heber invaded the marquis’s body.

• Arthur defeated Imora, rescued the surviving nobles, and arranged for Burton and Tammy to die so Carral’s chances of inheriting would improve.
• Windsor organized the young nobles against the threats to the fief, while Arthur discovered that she commanded a hidden force in Pult Harbor.
• Viscount Windsor allied with the Marquis of Einhaas to hunt Heber, while Count Bernaken rode ahead and struck the Blood Drinker with his Silver Sword.
• The Marquis and Viscount Windsor wounded Heber with a blood-stained Silver Sword, but Heber recovered and unleashed crimson energy.
• Heber revealed how he had killed Windsor’s ancestor Elizabeth and later killed Viscount Windsor, while Count Bernaken sacrificed himself to weaken Heber and restore the Marquis to the Witcher Path.
• Heber possessed Darnell, killed the four Einhaas Exemplars, and exposed that the Marquis’s sons were adopted and that he could no longer father children.
• Heber forced the Marquis to kill Kama and Haran, then invaded the Marquis’s body as Arthur emerged from the shadows and imitated Darnell’s voice.

Arthur killed Blood Drinker Heber, secured the Marquis of Einhaas’s cooperation and treasures, and gained Miss Windsor’s allegiance. As he prepared to extend his influence into the Inner Bay, he confronted Miha and Yilo about the entity tied to Glaster and heard their offer to separate it from themselves.

• Arthur negotiated fair terms with the Old Count to help the Marquis of Einhaas, then killed Heber by exploiting the bloodline weakness he had concealed from himself.
• Arthur examined Heber’s memories and advanced Spider’s Claw into Spider’s Blood Claw before the Marquis offered him the contents of the family’s secret room, including the Great Dragon Horn.
• Arthur survived the Calamity of Flame’s assault within the horn and returned to the Eastern with the Marquis, where he prepared a banquet for the crew and guests.
• Arthur told Miss Windsor that her father was dead and explained her family’s connection to Heber, leading her to pledge loyalty and take charge of the Miss Qiu Security Company’s Einhaas branch.
• Miss Windsor informed Carral of her pledge, while Carral became First Heir of Einhaas Fief and Hayes offered Arthur support against Greisa Hamlet and Bette Territory.
• Arthur set Carral, Hayes, and Jimte competing to pursue independent plans in the Inner Bay, while assigning Miss Windsor to escort fifty people through Einhaas Fief.
• Arthur confronted the Lady of Pain with Spider’s Blood Claw and Devoted Blood, frightening her and drawing Miha and Yilo into negotiations about their mother and Glaster’s backer.
• Miha explained that the entity behind their abnormal condition had split from the twins and watched them, then asked Arthur to protect them while they separated from it under a Contract.