Recaps

Bruce recovered the Dark Bible and discovered it contained powerful spells that only a Wizard could use, including a way to turn Fawcett into a human. As the book’s influence stirred dark impulses and strange whispers in Bruce, its scarlet light surged into his body.

• Danvers developed a black rose on her chest while trimming the flowers, and images involving Bruce flashed through her mind.
• Bruce touched the Dark Bible and saw a ritual in which a woman resembling Danvers was bound on a stone platform with a black rose on her chest.
• Bruce opened the book and read spells invisible to Ghost and Fawcett, becoming so engrossed that his eyes turned completely black.
• Bruce told Fawcett that the Dark Bible contained spells to reincarnate a Vengeful Spirit, but that he needed to become a Wizard to cast them.
• Bruce explained that Ghost could grow stronger by absorbing the souls of Extraordinaries or demons, then felt dark impulses and heard strange prayers.
• The Dark Bible flashed scarlet, and its light surged into Bruce’s body.

Bruce was transported from Wayne Manor to a cult palace, where the worshippers mistook him for Eris, the Dark Lord. He discovered he could use Eris’s many talents but sensed that doing so could attract other gods, and learned that the cultists sought help for Zambesi on the Western Continent.

• Bruce appeared in a mysterious palace and caught the black scepter, which calmed his mind and body.
• The black-robed cultists hailed Bruce as the Dark Lord and begged him to save them.
• Bruce checked his character status panel and found he had taken on Eris’s identity and vast collection of talents.
• Bruce used Divine Might to answer the cultists, then realized that using a god’s talents could draw the attention of other gods.
• A cult leader asked Eris to save Zambesi, and Bruce learned through his Spirituality that it was on the Western Continent.

Bruce, impersonating the Dark Lord in Zambesi, learned that the people had turned to the god after their country was repeatedly plundered and they ran out of ways to protect themselves. He stopped them from making further human sacrifices and began searching the Dark Lord’s abilities for a way to identify followers with the aptitude to become Extraordinaries.

• Bruce recognized that he had arrived on the war-torn Western Continent and asked the black-robed figures what was happening in Zambesi.
• The leader explained that Zambesi’s people had hidden in an underground city to escape raids, but their dwindling supplies had driven them to worship the Dark Lord.
• Bruce learned that a powerful mysterious figure had led the people to convert and wondered whether their faith could let him grant them the Dark Lord’s power.
• When the followers offered more human sacrifices, Bruce stopped them and declared that he had no need for sacrifices.
• Bruce considered making the devoted followers into Believers and searched the Dark Lord’s innate abilities for a way to detect their spirituality, finding a promising ability.

Bruce used Divine Vision to identify twelve people in Zambesi with enough spirituality to receive divine favor, then promised to bless them in a week. He also spotted a spiritually gifted imprisoned woman wearing an extraordinary ruby and ordered her brought to him.

• Bruce activated Divine Vision, saw the Divine Scepter absorb his growing madness, and found twelve spiritually gifted people among Zambesi's nearly two thousand inhabitants.
• Bruce sent black mist to mark the twelve chosen people and announced that they would receive extraordinary power after purification and a ritual in one week.
• The chosen people thanked the Dark Lord while Bruce considered using spells from the Dark Bible because he lacked the Believer Potion Formula.
• Bruce decided not to take the Divine Scepter to Wayne Manor, fearing the Night Watchers might notice the divine artifact.
• Bruce discovered a spiritually gifted imprisoned woman whose ruby seemed extraordinary and ordered Zambesi's leaders to bring her to him.

Bruce discovered that Amaya’s red gem contained crystallized blood from Zambesi’s former guardian, an Extraordinary, and returned it to her after its power awakened in response to her longing. Amaya gained the strength, speed, and flight of three wondrous creatures, then attacked Bruce, leaving Zambesi’s leaders fearing for their people as he tapped his scepter.

• Zambesi’s leaders explained that Amaya had remained devoted to the former guardian deity and had been imprisoned for opposing the Dark Lord.
• Bruce used Divine Vision to discover that Amaya’s red gem was crystallized Extraordinary Blood containing strength, speed, and flight.
• Bruce infused the gem with divine power, and Amaya’s bond with it deepened as she desperately yearned for the strength to protect Zambesi.
• Bruce returned the gem to Amaya, awakening its power and surrounding her with visions of a lion, a cheetah, and an eagle.
• Amaya charged at Bruce, and Zambesi’s leaders feared the Dark Lord would destroy them as Bruce tapped his scepter against the floor.

Bruce used Divine Might to subdue Amaya in Zambesi, then returned to his body in Wayne Manor with access to Eris's Character Status Panel. Fawcett explained Eris's history and suspected the god was weakened or dead after Bruce invoked his name without drawing a response.

• Bruce subdued Amaya with Divine Might, spared her, and ordered Zambesi's leaders not to punish her.
• Bruce told Zambesi's leaders to invoke his name in one week, then vanished from the throne as his consciousness returned to Wayne Manor.
• Bruce checked his Character Status Panel, discovered his spirituality had risen, and found a gray panel displaying Eris's abilities.
• Bruce learned that about half an hour had passed and asked Fawcett about Eris, the Dark Lord.
• Fawcett explained that Eris was an evil god who had broken away from the Goddess of the Night's divine system, then guessed he was weakened or dead because he did not respond to Bruce's invocation.

Bruce considered how he had usurped the Dark Lord Eris’s divine identity and suspected Eris was gravely injured or asleep after fighting the Goddess of the Night. He chose to become a wizard so he could use the Dark Bible’s magic, but needed to leave Lane Village to practice safely and also sought a Believer potion formula.

• Bruce reasoned that the Dark Lord Eris might have fallen into a deep slumber or been severely injured after his battle with the Goddess of the Night, allowing Bruce to usurp his identity unnoticed.
• Fawcett and the Ghost asked Bruce for magic that could provide a body and strength, and Bruce found the necessary spells in the Dark Bible.
• Bruce weighed whether to become a wizard, then decided to take on the identity so he could use the Dark Bible’s magic and honor his promise to Fawcett and the Ghost.
• Bruce said he would prepare the wizard’s potion formula and look for a safe place away from the Night Watchers to practice magic.
• Bruce asked Fawcett whether it had a potion formula for the Believer identity or knew where he could obtain one.

Bruce concealed his reasons for seeking the Believer Potion Formula while Fawcett agreed to give it to him and warned him against trusting gods. After avoiding Danvers’s questions, Bruce began studying the Dark Bible’s magic in the safety of his study.

• Bruce asked Fawcett for the Believer Potion Formula, and Fawcett agreed after Bruce promised to be careful about recruiting believers for the Dark Lord.
• Ghost sensed an inexplicable force attaching itself to its body while Bruce and Fawcett discussed the Dark Lord.
• Danvers privately examined the black rose on her chest and decided to wait before telling anyone about her abnormality.
• Bruce encountered Danvers on the stairs, hid the Dark Bible behind Fawcett, and claimed he had tripped in the basement.
• Bruce opened the Dark Bible and found sections on runes, potions, curses, and witchcraft and gu, but struggled to understand their contents.

Bruce planned to travel to Jiaxi Town in Walkervis to avoid the Night Watchers while preparing to become a Wizard and carry out his plans. Before bed, he developed a new ability for himself: Swordsmanship Mastery.

• Bruce studied the Dark Bible, copied the Believer Potion Formula from Fawcett, and learned that becoming a Wizard would not be detectable by others.
• Bruce decided to leave Lane Village and chose Guen Brody’s celebration for his two hundredth public school in Jiaxi Town as his destination.
• Bruce planned to donate books at the event and discussed hiring servants with Danvers, leaving most of the arrangements to her.
• Bruce reviewed Dark Lord Eris’s abilities and used his spirituality to develop Swordsmanship Mastery.

After unlocking Swordsmanship Mastery, Bruce discovered that it gave him exceptional control with a sword and went to Rhode Town to test his skills against Andre. He lost their spar because his body lacked strength and stamina, then agreed to take Andre’s lessons.

• Bruce tested Swordsmanship Mastery with his Cross Sword and found that his movements had become instinctive and precise.
• Bruce traveled to Rhode Town, where he told Lilith he wanted to spar with Andre and planned to gather ingredients for the Wizard's Potion Formula.
• Andre agreed to assess Bruce’s swordsmanship, and their first exchange astonished him with Bruce’s control.
• Andre fought seriously, overwhelmed Bruce with Wind-Cutting Swordsmanship, and knocked the Nylon Longsword from his hand.
• Andre praised Bruce’s swordsmanship and said strength and stamina were his main weaknesses, so Bruce agreed to take the training lessons Lilith offered.

Bruce waited for the people of Zambesi to summon him so he could return as the Dark Lord and give them his promised blessing. After arriving in the underground city, he gathered the ingredients needed for a Believer Potion and began preparing it before the silent onlookers.

• Bruce bought Potion ingredients and other materials in Rhode Town, but learned that some formula ingredients would take two weeks to arrive.
• Bruce spent the following week training, studying the Dark Bible, and waiting to hear prayers from Zambesi.
• Amaya questioned whether the Dark Lord could protect Zambesi as its leaders and chosen people gathered to receive his blessing.
• Bruce answered the prayers, appeared on the divine throne as Eris, and used Divine Vision to inspect the people and underground city.
• Bruce used Divine Power Seizure to draw the ingredients for a Believer Potion into the palace and began mixing them.

Bruce created the Believer Potion and made twelve favored followers into Believers of Eris, the Dark Lord, then tested their new abilities. He discovered that their belief expanded his control of the divine body and called the six leaders of Zambesi forward to receive his blessing.

• Bruce prepared twelve drops of the Believer Potion and told the followers to recite Eris, the Dark Lord, after swallowing them.
• The twelve followers became Believers, and Bruce sensed their calls and gained slightly more control over his divine body.
• Bruce recognized that the Believers could use darkness-based abilities, including teleportation, and considered how their powers and limits worked.
• The twelve Believers demonstrated their abilities while Bruce explored his divine power and the magic of the Dark Bible.
• Bruce summoned Zambesi's six leaders and offered to bestow his blessing, leaving them trembling with excitement.

Bruce granted Zambesi’s six leaders the power of the Roaring Flame Chariot spell, then departed as the people prepared to resist their invaders. Amaya watched Zambesi rally around its renewed hope and wondered if the Dark Lord might be like a righteous god.

• Bruce chose to give Zambesi’s six leaders fire powers, but limited the blessing to them to avoid attracting other gods’ attention.
• Bruce inscribed the Roaring Flame Chariot runes on the leaders’ hands, and they endured the pain before gaining control of flames and new strength.
• The six leaders thanked Bruce, who considered Zambesi’s survival and left its people to decide their own fate.
• Bruce vanished from the divine throne, and the black-robed worshippers rallied to take back their land and defend Zambesi.
• Amaya watched the people shout “Zambesi forever” and wondered if the Dark Lord seemed a little like a righteous god.

After returning from Zambesi, Bruce resumed his routine and continued improving his swordsmanship. When Andre revealed that he would be away for six months to a year, Bruce agreed to serve as a temporary assistant instructor at the Wind-Cutting Swordsmanship Club and help protect it from the Swordsmanship Hall.

• Bruce returned from Zambesi and encouraged himself to pursue power of his own before hiding the Dark Bible in the study.
• Ghost sensed that Bruce had left briefly, while Fawcett watched him with concern; Ghost struggled against something controlling its body.
• Bruce trained with Andre and Laura Bridge at the Wind-Cutting Swordsmanship Club and felt his swordsmanship improving.
• Andre told Bruce that headquarters required him to attend a meeting and training in Sokvinia for six months to a year, leaving Laura to run the club.
• Andre asked Bruce to help teach at the club and protect Laura and Lilith from pressure by the Swordsmanship Hall, and Bruce agreed.

Bruce agreed to stay at Andre’s home and help protect the Wind-Cutting Swordsmanship Club while Andre was away. He prepared to move in, wary of the Swordsmanship Hall and mindful that becoming a Wizard and resolving Fawcett and Ghost’s troubles remained his priorities.

• Andre worried that the Swordsmanship Hall would target his club during his long absence, so he asked Bruce to help protect it.
• Bruce accepted Andre’s invitation to stay at his home, where Andre showed him the available rooms.
• Bruce returned to Wayne Manor to pack, while keeping his plans to become a Wizard and address Fawcett and Ghost’s troubles in mind.
• Bruce looked into the Swordsmanship Hall and learned that the Parker Family backed its dishonest entertainment business, which competed with Andre’s genuine club.
• Bruce practiced with his Cross Sword and reflected on improving his speed, then told Danvers about his plans.
• Danvers urged Bruce to be careful and warned him that the Parker Family had a poor reputation.

Bruce watched for signs of the Swordsmanship Hall’s response after Andre left, while its president, Oduin Parker, ordered Bruce brought to him. As Bruce headed home with Laura and Lilith, a burly man grabbed him and pulled him aside.

• Bruce spotted people watching the Wind-Cutting Swordsmanship Club and suspected they were from the Swordsmanship Hall.
• Oduin Parker learned Andre had left and Bruce had joined the club, then told his subordinate to invite Bruce over.
• The burly subordinate decided to use force to bring Bruce to Oduin.
• As Bruce, Laura, and Lilith walked home, the burly man put an arm around Bruce and dragged him aside.

Bruce used Divine Might to escape a Swordsmanship Hall thug, then considered how to protect himself without breaking the law. Alduin abandoned his plan to use hired thugs and decided to hire an assassin to kill Bruce, while his turquoise ring triggered another bout of madness.

• Antu Bakesi grabbed Bruce, but Bruce used Divine Might to stun him and escape with Lilith and Laura.
• Bruce returned to Andre's house with Lilith and Laura, considered lawful ways to address the threat, and thought of security guards as a business idea.
• Alduin berated Antu for failing to bring Bruce in and ordered him to pull back the lookouts and control his men.
• Alduin's old illness flared as he worried about his father's condition and the future division of the Parker Family assets.
• Alduin decided to hire an assassin to kill Bruce, and a face resembling half a beautiful woman and half a skull appeared on his turquoise ring.

Bruce planned to expand the Wind-Cutting Swordsmanship Club and challenge the Swordsmanship Hall, while rushing to become a Wizard before trouble arose. After collecting the potion ingredients, he left for Lane Village, unaware that someone had secretly attached themselves to his carriage.

• Bruce reviewed crime statistics and considered starting a Security Company to address the Rune Kingdom's shortage of police and security services.
• Bruce told Lilith and Laura that he planned to expand the Wind-Cutting Swordsmanship Club, challenge the Swordsmanship Hall, and use newspaper coverage to damage its reputation.
• Bruce explained that the Parker Family's inheritance dispute made the Swordsmanship Hall their main opponent, and Laura agreed to the plan.
• Bruce paid medicine shops to speed up delivery, received the remaining potion ingredients, and decided to return to Wayne Manor for the rest of his supplies and equipment.
• Bruce took Lilith and Laura home, then set off for Lane Village, while an unseen figure clung beneath his carriage.

Bruce was attacked by an assassin on his way home and used Divine Might to fight back. After the horse collapsed and the carriage threw them to the ground, Bruce accidentally drove the assassin’s dagger into his heart, then hid the body in the woods.

• Bruce worried about whether he had enough spirituality to become a Wizard as he rode toward Wayne Manor.
• Bruce sensed he was being watched and suspected the Swordsmanship Hall might target him.
• An assassin appeared beside Bruce and slashed at his throat, so Bruce activated Divine Might and grabbed the dagger.
• Bruce and the assassin were thrown from the carriage when the horse collapsed under Divine Might’s effect, and Bruce’s dagger pierced the assassin’s heart.
• Bruce confirmed the assassin was dead, hid his body in the woods, and returned to the road without feeling much remorse.

Bruce returned to the manor with the ingredients for the Wizard potion and prepared it after Danvers left for a party. He drank the potion and collapsed into a vision of immense hands joining as a world reawakened, leaving his transformation uncertain.

• Bruce returned to the manor, told Danvers he had encountered and dealt with an assassin, and went to the study for books.
• Danvers left for Baron Mistvale's celebration, while Ghost watched the manor and Fawcett guarded the study door.
• Bruce prepared the Wizard potion from thirty-two ingredients and succeeded on his first attempt.
• Bruce drank the potion, suffered pain and disorientation, and collapsed as strange voices and visions overwhelmed him.
• Bruce saw a vast dark hand clasp an enormous golden hand, and people rose in a renewed world shouting, "Behemoth!"

Bruce awoke after becoming a Wizard and recalled strange visions and divine names, then learned from Fawcett that Recorders at the National History Museum might know more. After eating, Bruce sensed a visitor at Wayne Manor and heard the guard dogs barking at the gates.

• Bruce woke from the visions, confirmed that he had become an Extraordinary Wizard, and tested the silver threads of spirituality in his palm.
• Bruce found that the towering figures matched the giants of the Giant Tribe and asked Fawcett about the names he had heard.
• Fawcett told Bruce that Recorders at the National History Museum could preserve forbidden names and historical secrets in the Book of the Recorded World.
• Bruce went downstairs, ate dry bread, and thought about the food and family he missed from his homeland.
• Bruce sensed someone approaching Wayne Manor, and the guard dogs barked as the visitor knocked on the iron gates.

Bruce received an invitation to Baron Mistvale’s housewarming party and discovered through Grand Trend that the baron’s family, Rhode Town, and Danvers were tied to troubling mysteries. At Mistvale Manor, Danvers spoke with her friend Adele, who showed interest in Bruce, leaving Danvers uneasy about her cousin’s future.

• Bruce accepted Baron Mistvale’s invitation, hid his occult materials, and went to the party after Fawcett warned him not to use his powers recklessly.
• Bruce checked his Character Status Panel and learned that Baron Mistvale and his family harbored secrets, Rhode Town remained troubled, and Danvers had developed a mysterious aura.
• Bruce recalled a vision of Danvers on an altar with a black rose and decided to be cautious around the Mistvale family.
• Danvers met her friend Adele at Mistvale Manor, where Adele asked whether Bruce was interested in anyone.
• Danvers realized Adele had taken a liking to Bruce and felt a new sense of crisis about her cousin.

Bruce attended a lavish party at Mistvale Manor, where he focused on the food and learned about Baron Cameron Mistvale's family and business. The gathering was filled with men hoping to marry one of Cameron's six daughters, while the family remained upstairs and out of sight.

• Danvers offered to help Adele meet Bruce, and Adele eagerly accepted, unaware of Danvers's scheme.
• Bruce arrived at Mistvale Manor and surveyed the crowded party, noting that the Mistvale family and the Night Goddess Church missionaries were nowhere in the ground-floor hall.
• Bruce feasted on the party's food and decided to hire a cook and improve the kitchen at Wayne Manor.
• Bruce listened as guests discussed Cameron Mistvale's military career, his nonhereditary barony, and his successful mining business in the Rediven Kingdom.
• Guests discussed Cameron's six unmarried daughters and his refusal to arrange their marriages, while many young men at the party hoped to win one of them.

At Baron Mistvale’s party, the Mistvale daughters became fascinated with Bruce Wayne after Zatanna’s dark qi gu reacted to him and Esme and Sophie failed to read his thoughts. The family planned to investigate him, while the baroness began testing him with her powers.

• Baroness Mistvale asked her daughters about the guests, and they revealed their disdain and sinister interests as they watched the party.
• Zatanna Mistvale pointed out Bruce Wayne, whose presence excited the dark qi gu inside her.
• Baroness Mistvale sent a maid to investigate Bruce and inform the master, while the daughters argued over who would claim him.
• Esme and Sophie said they could not hear Bruce’s thoughts, making the family suspect he held unusual secrets.
• Baroness Mistvale looked at Bruce with a golden shimmer in her eyes and began testing him.

At Baron Mistvale’s party, Bruce resisted the baroness’s Bewitching Heart Gu and used Divine Might to stop Winston from attacking him. The baroness learned that Bruce Wayne was the Wayne Family heir, while Bruce reunited with his cousin Danvers.

• The baroness tried to command Bruce to dance with her Bewitching Heart Gu, but it had no effect on him.
• The baroness manipulated Winston Schulte into confronting Bruce, and Bruce used Divine Might to freeze him with fear.
• The baroness felt pain when Bruce’s Divine Might broke her control over Winston, then watched Bruce move away to keep eating.
• Winston recovered and could not remember why he had gone to confront Bruce.
• Danvers recognized Bruce at the party, and he explained that Baron Mistvale’s servant had invited him.
• The baroness learned Bruce was the heir to the Wayne Family and noted the families’ deep ties.