Recaps

The Mistvale family made a grand entrance, and Bruce became convinced that their attention toward him meant they had uncovered his Extraordinary nature or the Dark Bible’s aura. He left Danvers briefly to test Breakthrough, then returned intending to wait and prepare rather than flee immediately.

• Baron Mistvale, his wife, and their six daughters descended the staircase as the guests fell silent.
• Bruce noticed the Mistvale family watching him and worried they had detected his Extraordinary abilities or the Dark Bible’s aura.
• As Baron Mistvale welcomed the guests, Bruce considered escaping with Danvers and weighed the risks of using Divine Might or seeking help from the Church.
• Danvers noticed Bruce’s unease and offered him juice, but Bruce said he was going to the restroom.
• Bruce tried Breakthrough in the restroom, received no result, and resolved to prepare while waiting to learn the Mistvale family’s intentions.
• Bruce returned to Danvers after encouraging himself not to assume the worst.

Bruce attended the Mistvale Family’s party with Danvers, where Zatanna invited him to dance and discreetly assessed him. After Bruce returned to Wayne Manor, Baron Mistvale’s family discussed his dark aura and their plans concerning the Dark Bible, the Gargoyle, and the Sharon Family heir.

• Bruce pretended to feel ill and prepared to leave the party with Danvers, but an attendant summoned him to meet Zatanna Mistvale.
• Zatanna asked Bruce to dance and questioned him about his background, while Bruce gave cautious, noncommittal answers.
• Bruce and Danvers left the party in a carriage, and Bruce returned to Wayne Manor and fell asleep.
• Baron Mistvale questioned Zatanna, who reported that Bruce had a powerful dark aura, an awakened bloodline, and awareness of their scrutiny.
• Baron Mistvale and his wife discussed the Dark Bible, the Gargoyle, and the Sharon Family heir, then instructed Zatanna to learn more about Bruce.

After worrying that the Mistvale Family might target him, Bruce took precautions and went to the swordsmanship club. He proposed a low-cost combat training class to gather support against the Swordsmanship Hall, leaving Laura and Lilith to consider his plan.

• Bruce woke from a dream in which the Mistvale Family broke into Wayne Manor and killed him and Danvers, then asked Fawcett and Ghost whether anyone could detect his contact with the Dark Bible.
• Baron Mistvale learned Bruce had gone to Rhode Town and told Zatanna to investigate him while staying friendly and seeking the Dark Bible.
• Bruce hid the Dark Bible more securely, left Ghost and Fawcett to guard it, and went to the swordsmanship club, where Lilith told him no trouble had occurred.
• Bruce proposed a separate, inexpensive combat training class to gather people and protect the club from the Swordsmanship Hall, and offered to pay its setup costs.
• Laura understood that the class could provide the club with protection but wondered why Bruce was willing to spend so much for people he barely knew.

Bruce agreed with Laura to build a swordsmanship training class that could grow into an institute, then secretly cast a spell to control a bird for scouting. After testing its range, he prepared to confront the Swordsmanship Hall over its attempt to have him killed.

• Bruce told Laura he hoped to expand the training class into an institute and hire Miss Bridge as a technical consultant, and Laura agreed to contribute her connections.
• Bruce returned to Andre's empty home, prepared a magical diagram, and successfully cast Universal Vision on a Qiyu Bird.
• Bruce tested the spell and found he could control the bird and see through its eyes within about three hundred meters.
• Bruce instructed the Qiyu Bird to stay nearby and warn him of anything unusual, then rested after the spell left him mentally drained.
• Bruce decided to use his Extraordinary power to challenge the Swordsmanship Hall because it had hired an Assassin to kill him.

Cruno connected the Wayne Family’s bloodline to the attention of the Goddess of the Night, Bishop Daniel Pacino, and the Mistvale Family, and decided to investigate its history. Meanwhile, Bruce chose the Segus Activity Center for his training classes and went there to negotiate a lease, unaware that someone was watching him.

• Cruno reviewed the search for the Gargoyle and noted that Mondreton’s case had been handed to the Night Watchers in Sokvinia.
• Cruno suspected the Mistvale Family had taken an interest in Bruce after Zatanna Mistvale invited him to dance, and he linked Bruce’s family to Jessica Wayne and Mondreton’s possession of her body.
• Cruno concluded that the Wayne Family’s bloodline might be unusual and decided to check the Church’s records in Forendana.
• Bruce selected the inexpensive but run-down Segus Activity Center as the venue for his training classes and prepared lease agreements.
• Bruce set off to negotiate the lease, unaware that someone had arrived at the activity center ahead of him and was watching his movements.

Bruce met Zatanna Mistvale after she bought the Segus Activity Center, and she explained that the Mistvale and Wayne families had close ties. Their conversation about the Dark Family left Bruce suspecting both families had once served Eris, while Zatanna concluded that the Wayne family's inherited legacy had been damaged.

• Bruce arrived at the Segus Activity Center to finalize a long-term rental, but Damir told him that the center had been bought and he could no longer approve the deal.
• Zatanna Mistvale entered, sent Damir away, and sealed the room with a dark Beyonder ability, putting Bruce on guard.
• Zatanna told Bruce that the Mistvale and Wayne families had always shared close ties and asked whether he had heard of the Dark Family.
• Bruce guessed that the Dark Family referred to lineages that served Eris, then drew Eris's symbol in water to confirm the connection.
• Bruce claimed his family's records were incomplete and said he knew nothing of the Dark Family, leading Zatanna to conclude that something had gone wrong with the Wayne family's legacy.

Zatanna explained the Four Dark Families and confirmed that Bruce was a newly awakened Wizard-type Extraordinary. She offered him the Segus Activity Center as a gift from the Mistvale Family, then warned him to watch out for the Sharon Family.

• Zatanna told Bruce that Mistvale, Wayne, Sharon, and Kiri Elode were the Four Dark Families that had once served the Dark Lord together.
• Bruce admitted he knew little about the Dark Families and revealed his Extraordinary ability by drawing a silver thread of spirituality power.
• Zatanna assessed Bruce's weak spirituality power and said Wizard-type Extraordinaries grew stronger as they mastered magic.
• Zatanna explained that the Mistvale Family had been watching Bruce and wanted to help restore the Wayne Family, offering him the Segus Activity Center as a gift.
• Zatanna warned Bruce to watch out for the Sharon Family.

Zatanna warned Bruce that the Sharon Family had embraced the Death God and was plotting a catastrophe near Rhode Town using the Beyonder item Gargoyle. Bruce offered the Mistvale Family the Secret Witchcraft and Gu Arts in exchange for their support, and he and Zatanna agreed to cooperate.

• Zatanna told Bruce that the Sharon Family was plotting a catastrophe to hasten the unsealing of the Dark Bible and seize it.
• Bruce suspected the Mistvale Family wanted the Dark Bible’s Secret Witchcraft and Gu Arts and reasoned that their Extraordinary path was Witchcraft and Gu Warlock.
• Zatanna explained that contact with the Gargoyle caused madness, which could spread through blood from wounds and was irreversible.
• Bruce offered to give the Mistvale Family the Secret Witchcraft and Gu Arts after the incident in exchange for its support.
• Zatanna and Bruce shook hands and agreed to a partnership.

Bruce secured the Segus Activity Center from Zatanna and proposed a security company backed by the Mistvale Family. Cameron approved the partnership and sent Zatanna to investigate the Gargoyle and the Sharon Family’s plans.

• Bruce asked Zatanna about the Sharon Family’s living dead identity and learned that its members could manipulate souls and corpses and wield specialized magic.
• Bruce requested labor gu from the Mistvale Family and proposed a business venture to Zatanna.
• Bruce signed a transfer agreement that made the Segus Activity Center his outright and sent Cameron a security company proposal.
• Cameron approved the partnership after recognizing the opportunity in the Southern Continent’s growing demand for security.
• Cameron told Zatanna to investigate the Gargoyle’s whereabouts and the Sharon Family’s possible arrangements.

Bruce let the Mistvale Family take charge of their Security Company partnership while he focused on developing his Beyonder abilities. Meanwhile, Alduin plotted against Bruce with help from the mysterious Antu.

• Rumors spread that Zatanna Mistvale had bought the Segus Activity Center for Bruce and intended to marry him, and gifts flooded Bruce’s residence.
• The Mistvale Family finalized a Security Company plan, took seventy percent of the shares, hired consultants and retired soldiers, and secured land near Isbeth for training.
• Bruce learned that the Mistvale Family planned to buy slaves, brainwash them, and implant them with labor gu to create a loyal workforce.
• Alduin feared Bruce’s alliance with the Mistvale Family and the planned fighting tournament, then decided to retaliate rather than apologize.
• Alduin called on Antu to act, and the mysterious figure said the time was nearly right before humming and disappearing into a wall.

Bruce used magic and swordsmanship to defeat an armed group from the Swordsmanship Hall outside Andre's house, then prepared to challenge the hall. Before he could leave, police arrived and ordered everyone to stop.

• Antu Bakesi gathered armed men from the Swordsmanship Hall and led them to attack Bruce's home.
• Bruce noticed the men through the Qiyu Bird's Universal Vision, took a Cross Sword, and went outside with Laura and Lilith.
• Bruce used a Slowing Spell and his swordsmanship to cut the attackers' wrists and ankles without fully severing their tendons.
• Bruce pointed his sword at Antu, who froze in fear, and decided to challenge the Swordsmanship Hall that day.
• Police rushed onto the scene and ordered everyone to stop.

Bruce gave a statement to the police after fighting men sent by the Swordsmanship Hall, while Alduin transformed and attacked his brother Merced. A mysterious figure moved on to target Adele Stewart, who began seeing her dead mother and announced that the hunt had begun.

• Bruce answered Inspector Fred's questions, and the police identified the attackers as muscle hired by the Swordsmanship Hall.
• Merced berated Alduin over the fight, but Alduin transformed into a monstrous being and dragged Merced back to bite him.
• A mysterious figure watched Alduin attack Merced, destroyed a slip bearing Oduin Parker's name, and chose Adele Stewart as his next target.
• Adele told her grandfather she could see her dead mother outside, then hid by the door and declared that the hunt had begun.

Francis Morton followed the warning smoke to the Parker Family's Swordsmanship Hall and discovered Alduin transformed into a Soul-Lost Monster after eating Merced. As Francis fought Alduin, Bruce, Lilith, and Laura arrived at the Swordsmanship Hall.

• Francis Morton sensed an evil presence in Rhode Town and sent up the Goddess of the Night Church's warning smoke.
• Bruce saw the smoke and a Night Watcher racing over the rooftops, then decided to visit the Swordsmanship Hall with Laura and Lilith.
• Francis broke into the Swordsmanship Hall and found Alduin feasting on Merced's flesh.
• Alduin attacked Francis, who identified him as a Soul-Lost Monster and fought him with his short spikes.
• Francis ordered the Swordsmanship Hall's occupants to flee, and Bruce, Lilith, and Laura arrived at the entrance.

Bruce entered the Swordsmanship Hall after learning a monster was inside and joined Night Watcher Francis in fighting the Soul-Lost Monster. He exposed his identity as an Extraordinary and killed the monster with an enchanted Cross Sword.

• Bruce told Laura to take Lilith away, then entered the Swordsmanship Hall to find the battle.
• Bruce watched Francis fight Alduin, whose transformation had made him a Soul-Lost Monster, and identified its head and heart as vital points.
• Bruce cast Sluggishness, Reinforcement, and Sharpness on his Cross Sword, revealing his Spirituality Power to Francis.
• Francis wounded the Soul-Lost Monster and exposed its head, giving Bruce an opening to attack.
• Bruce slashed the Soul-Lost Monster's neck with his enchanted sword and severed its head.

Bruce Wayne killed Alduin and revealed himself as an Extraordinary to Francis Morton, then left after signaling his willingness to work with the Night Watchers. Cruno uncovered the Wayne Family’s divine bloodline and learned that Bruce had already become an Extraordinary.

• Bruce killed Alduin, noticed its strange fluctuations disappear, and saw his Spirituality rise to 52.
• Francis Morton recognized Bruce and congratulated him on becoming an Extraordinary; Bruce said he stood with law and goodness and left without asking about the creature.
• Cruno returned to Lane Village after searching for the Wayne Family’s history in Forendana.
• Cruno read that the Wayne Family descended from the Goddess of the Night and Eris, and that the Sacred Scarab had once revived Bruce as the family’s new progenitor.
• Cruno opened a letter and discovered that Bruce Wayne had already become an Extraordinary.

Cruno investigated the Soul-Lost Monster incident and decided to alert the Nightfall Association about Bruce’s divine bloodline and new status as an Extraordinary. After the Parker brothers died, Bruce helped arrange a new use for the Segus Activity Center and returned to Wayne Manor, leaving the Wind-Cutting Swordsmanship Club safe from the Swordsmanship Hall.

• Cruno read reports about the Soul-Lost Monster and learned that Bruce had become an Extraordinary, then suspected the Mistvale Family had helped him and wrote to Morati Gale of the Nightfall Association.
• Cruno reviewed the reports on Alduin’s transformation and death, concluding that an Extraordinary with soul-related abilities might have caused it.
• Bruce returned to the swordsmanship club and saw in the afternoon paper that Merced and Alduin Parker had died, leaving the Parker Family without an heir.
• Bruce told Laura and Lilith the news, and Laura wrote to Andre about the Swordsmanship Hall no longer threatening the club.
• Bruce arranged for the Mistvale Family to take over the Segus Activity Center and use it for training security-company recruits.
• Bruce packed his luggage and returned to Wayne Manor after Laura and Lilith thanked him.

Bruce resumed his studies and preparations at Wayne Manor while the Night Watchers shifted their attention to Rhode Town. After Macaulay Bolton was found dead in Lane Village, Cruno suspected his soul had been taken and discovered a faint fragrance and dark red residue on his lips.

• Bruce focused on magic and discussed evil creatures and the Fallen with Fawcett while Danvers arranged servants and a ball at Wayne Manor.
• A woman in a white gauze dress named Adele came to Macaulay Bolton's window, and he eagerly opened it to her.
• The Goddess of the Night Church investigated Alduin's transformation and tightened security in Rhode Town, leaving Lane Village without Night Watchers.
• Cruno examined Macaulay Bolton's body after the young man was found dead outside his home and detected traces of a ghost.
• Cruno found a faint fragrance on Macaulay's body and dark red residue on his lips.

Cruno investigated McCauley’s missing soul while Baron Mistvale warned him that the Gargoyle crisis was nearing and pointed him toward a hidden cemetery. Cruno was left fearing that the mysterious Death God Believer would target the powerful corpse buried there.

• Cruno found lipstick on McCauley’s lips and suspected a woman had stolen his soul.
• Baron Mistvale arrived at the murder scene and discussed the church’s shortage of forces as supernatural incidents mounted around Rhode Town.
• Cameron told Cruno that the Gargoyle was held by a Death God Believer, leading Cruno to suspect the same group was behind the soul infections.
• Cameron revealed that Lane Village’s cemetery contained a powerful corpse that the Death God Believer might target next.
• Cruno grew alarmed and resolved that the corpse must not be desecrated.

Cruno investigated McCauley’s death and identified Adele Stewart as a suspect, while Bruce prepared to host a party at Wayne Manor. After warning an old Nightwalker about a possible Death God Believer, Cruno followed Adele as she left for the party, unaware that a mysterious figure had marked her for death and headed toward the cemetery.

• Cruno ordered the Night Watchers to investigate McCauley’s contacts, and a report identified Adele Stewart as the only woman seen approaching him before his death.
• Bruce prepared for his party at Wayne Manor, reviewed the Lane Village landowners, and planned to leave for Walkervis in a week or two.
• Cruno visited Oswald Lewis’s grave and warned the old man guarding it that a powerful Death God Believer might have appeared in Lane Village.
• Cruno began watching Adele’s house and followed her after she left for Bruce’s party.
• A mysterious figure watched Cruno follow Adele, tore up a slip bearing her name, and headed toward the cemetery.

Bruce prepared to host a party at Wayne Manor while Cruno secretly followed Adele there. In Lane Village, Bradley Sharon confronted Night Watcher Clint Cooper over the corpse of Clint’s former team leader, and their fight revealed that Clint had been infected by a mysterious power.

• Bruce reviewed his prepared conversation cards as Danvers finished applying his makeup before the party.
• Cruno climbed over the wall into Wayne Manor and watched Adele mingle with the guests without acting strangely.
• Bradley Sharon introduced himself as a Living Dead and offered to revive the corpse Clint Cooper guarded in the cemetery.
• Bradley attacked Clint, who fought back with enhanced strength and a cane despite realizing he was outmatched.
• Bradley recognized that Clint’s unstable aura and the smell of rot indicated he had also been infected by the mysterious power.

Bradley trapped Clint with regenerating mud hands while Bruce subdued Adele after she tried to seize him during a surge of strange spirituality in Lane Village. Cruno arrived as Adele collapsed, leaving Bruce to explain himself to the Night Watcher.

• Bradley summoned growing mud hands that trapped Clint as Bradley became insubstantial and advanced on him.
• At Wayne Manor, Adele asked Bruce to speak privately while Danvers tried to follow them and was stopped by Baron Cameron Mistvale.
• A powerful spiritual presence surged from the north of Lane Village, alarming the Ghost and triggering a strange reaction in Adele.
• Adele grabbed Bruce and tried to force a kiss on him, but Bruce used Divine Might to knock her unconscious.
• Cruno rushed over, confirmed Adele was breathing, and met Bruce's gaze.

Bruce subdued Adele at Wayne Manor, and Cruno took her away while Bruce returned to the party. At the cemetery, two Night Watchers fought off animated corpses but were killed by a crossbow-wielding attacker in bandages.

• Cruno restrained the awakening Adele with Spirituality chains and took her to the church for interrogation and purification.
• Bruce checked his Character Status Panel, saw no changes, and returned to the party while wondering about the change in Danvers.
• At the cemetery, Bradley approached Clint as Clint struggled against a relentless attack by mud hands.
• Two Night Watchers arrived and destroyed the animated corpses blocking their way toward the fight.
• An unseen attacker shot bolts through the Night Watchers' hearts, killing them, then slipped away with a crossbow and bandaged hands.

Bradley killed Clint at Oswald’s grave and discovered that Oswald’s corpse was missing from its sealed coffin. He abandoned the search and vanished, leaving the graveyard as he prepared for the next stage of his plan.

• Bradley struck Clint’s chest with his decaying touch, and Clint died while remembering his fallen captain and brothers.
• Bradley prepared a spell to claim Oswald’s corpse, using carrion birds to strengthen the mass of mist he summoned.
• Bradley opened Oswald’s grave and found the coffin empty, despite having watched the body be buried twenty-one years earlier.
• Bradley gave up on recovering Oswald’s corpse and reasoned that the Night Church would be distracted by the deaths of three Night Watchers.
• Bradley chanted and faded into the night, leaving Clint’s cane behind on the ravaged ground.

At Wayne Manor, Baron Mistvale warned Bruce that his divine blood and dark traits could attract dangerous beings, then offered guidance and connections in Metropolis. Bruce learned that the Nightfall Association would likely seek him out because Missionary Cruno had reported his bloodline, leaving him uncertain whether joining would be safe given his connection to the Dark Lord Eris.

• Bruce struggled with the demands of hosting a high-society gathering, and Cameron teased him about needing more practice.
• Cameron warned Bruce that his dark traits and divine blood could draw the attention of dangerous beings in Metropolis, where Bruce planned to study at Isco Higher Academy.
• Bruce accepted Cameron's business card for Remia Bolton, a detective, Extraordinary, and teacher who could help him settle in Metropolis.
• Cameron told Bruce that Missionary Cruno had reported his divine blood to the Goddess of the Night Church, prompting the Nightfall Association or Nightwalkers to seek him out.
• Cameron explained that the Nightfall Association included godbloods among its Night Watchers and Hunters and could offer Bruce protection, authority, and opportunities to grow stronger.
• Bruce considered joining the association but worried that his divine blood came from the Dark Lord Eris, the Goddess of the Night's mortal enemy.

Cameron revealed that the Wayne Family carried the bloodlines of both Eris, the Dark Lord, and the Goddess of the Night, and explained why the Mistvale Family hoped Bruce would join the Nightfall Association. Bruce learned that the Mistvale Family had maintained ties with the Goddess of the Night Church and returned to the party, unaware that Cruno had only recently uncovered the Wayne Family’s hidden bloodline.

• Bruce asked Cameron whether the Wayne Family could safely serve the Dark Lord, and Cameron revealed that the family also carried the Goddess of the Night’s bloodline.
• Cameron told Bruce that joining the Nightfall Association would teach him the history of his ancestors, though Cameron did not know the details himself.
• Bruce questioned why Cameron wanted him to join the Goddess of the Night Church despite the conflict between the Dark Lord and the Goddess of the Night.
• Cameron explained that the Mistvale Family hoped the Dark Lord would revive free of corruption and had not treated the Goddess of the Night Church as an enemy.
• Bruce reasoned that the Mistvale Family had likely preserved ties with senior Church members and decided it was safer to stay out of their sight for now.
• Bruce returned to the party, unaware that Cruno had only recently discovered the Goddess of the Night’s bloodline in the Wayne Family.