Recaps

Chris summoned players who became entangled in Connie’s plan to assassinate Bagnia’s First Prince, triggering a violent clash and drawing the Peace Dove’s attention. Chris then gave the players a quest to help him escape the Bohemian Empire, and the caravan set out toward Bagnia.

• Chris refused Pietro’s appeal to restore Bagnia and summoned ten players, explaining their resurrection and warning them to protect him.
• Lin Ruoyu led players to rescue captives from Hubbard’s tavern, where they killed the gang members and freed the prisoners.
• Connie joined Lin Ruoyu’s group and proposed assassinating Bagnia’s First Prince, while Chris treated patients secretly and worked with Isaac to aid the poor.
• Isaac was wounded by Peace Dove agents seeking information about Chris, and Lin Ruoyu’s players discovered a secret passage connected to a trafficking gang.
• Lin Ruoyu led a raid on the gang’s hideout, where the players found weapons and a map revealing an assassination route and timetable.
• Lin Ruoyu and the players attacked Flower’s carriage, but the patrol intervened, leaving one player dead and another captured before Chris revived them.
• Meredith investigated the assassination attempt and the deaths at Viscount Kada’s house, while Fernal ordered the Peace Dove purged and sent investigators to Hendali Province.
• Chris issued the players a quest to help him flee the empire, and Isaac’s caravan left Inyama bound for Bagnia.

Chris led Isaac's Caravan from Bohemia toward Bagnia, recruiting a growing force and securing trade and alliances with the Mountain Savages. The arc ended with Chris's troops facing the Restoration Army near Bich Town as Bruno charged the enemy alone.

• Chris escaped Inyama with Isaac's Caravan, earned the travelers' loyalty, and helped repel Brand's bandits before Bohemian cavalry confiscated part of their cargo.
• Isaac partnered with Popoli to obtain matchlocks, while Chris and the players recruited more than a hundred and sixty people and hired Mia as their guide.
• Chris led the force through Bohemian wilderness to the border, where Mia showed them a safe river crossing and the group encountered Pasa and the Oka Tribe.
• Chris fed the Mountain Savages and traded grain, weapons, and supplies for valuable pelts, then crossed into Bagnia with them and kept their trade and mountain routes secret from Popoli.
• Bruno prepared Bichi Town's poorly equipped militia to face the Restoration Army, whose officers ordered their soldiers to massacre the townspeople.
• Chris rushed his force to Bich Town and formed ranks against MacDonald's advancing army, while Bruno's militia refused to attack and Bruno charged the enemy alone.

Chris’s forces seized Bich Town, expanded their ranks, and prepared for war as the Restoration Army advanced on Bolas Fortress. The arc ended with Chris assigning the player warbands to capture the fortress and rescue its captives while his army moved to a safer position.

• Chris and his fighters defeated McDonald’s forces, then took control of Bich Town and recruited its starving residents into the militia.
• Chris reorganized production and military command, while Isaac traveled to El Province for trade and returned with saltpeter.
• Barbarossa discovered an armed column near Bich Town, and the players ambushed it with cannons and muskets, capturing Minician captain Marion Carly.
• Marion revealed that Minicia’s queen had sent him to find Chris, and Chris opened four hundred new beta slots before preparing an expedition toward Bolas Fortress.
• Chris sent Isaac to lead the Mountain Rangers and approved three Crouching Tiger Cannons as the players found villages massacred by the Restoration Army.
• Knife-in-the-Butt’s veterans raided the mountains around Bolas Fortress, but the defenders spotted them and the Restoration Army began besieging the fortress.
• Chris ordered the four warband leaders to capture Bolas Fortress, free its captives, and help displaced people, while Isaac moved the army to a safer location.
• Field watched the Restoration Army breach the fortress wall, as Sergeant Monte prepared his volunteers and soldiers killed people fleeing the fighting.

Little Knife’s players and Chris’s militia attacked Bolas Fortress while Count Dirac’s Restoration Army fought them on several fronts. The Restoration Army retreated, then retook the fortress and Count Dirac requested a meeting with Chris.

• Cool Guy and the players fought the Minisians around Bolas Fortress, and Cool Guy joined the effort to free laborers forced into the Restoration Army’s gunfire.
• Barbarossa found a hidden river passage beneath the fortress, and Little Knife used the discovery to plan a nighttime assault.
• Little Knife and Carrot’s forces attacked Bolas Fortress as Ajax’s fire diversion triggered a massive explosion in Count Dirac’s camp.
• The players fought through the fortress’s outer defenses, but Carrot was killed after raiders crossed the drawbridge and the assault stalled at the main gate.
• Chris led his militia to the battlefield and sent Isaac’s Rangers to harass the Restoration Army while the militia and cannons held the slope.
• Chris’s forces and Lin Ruoyu’s players broke Count Dirac’s advance, forcing the Restoration Army to retreat from Bolas Fortress.
• Chris learned that the Restoration Army had retaken the fortress, and Connie brought Count Dirac’s adviser and a priest as prisoners.
• Count Dirac requested a meeting, and he recognized Chris when they met on the battlefield.