Recaps

Edward used [Lunatic on the Right] to ensure he would learn basic Ancient Feysac by the next day, then returned to Backlund with Danitz and Lilith. There, he told a mysterious woman a fairy tale about a cat and a mouse, and she asked him to tell her stories again somewhere else.

• Edward divined that he would learn basic Ancient Feysac by the next day and used [Lunatic on the Right] to reverse the result.
• Edward asked Danitz to return to Backlund with him, and they traveled there with Lilith using a Portkey.
• Edward checked into a hotel in Hillston Borough, but Audrey did not answer when he tried to contact her through the Vanishing Cabinet.
• A woman Edward suspected was a demigod joined him at a restaurant and paid him to tell her a story.
• Edward told the woman “Cat and Mouse in Partnership,” and she asked him to tell her stories again at a place she would choose.
• Lilith objected to the story, insisting that cats did not eat lard.

Edward warned Audrey to avoid Princess Helena and the Psychology Alchemists, then studied Ancient Feysac with her through most of the night. After returning to the inn exhausted, he entered a dream and found a familiar woman at his door.

• Edward learned that Audrey had met Mrs. Norma, a member of the Psychology Alchemists, at a ball and warned her that the organization could expose her secrets.
• Edward told Audrey to keep away from Princess Helena and the prince, suspecting that their connection to the Psychology Alchemists was dangerous.
• Edward and Audrey tried to learn Ancient Feysac together so he could understand Groselle's Travels, but struggled with the language for hours.
• Audrey returned to her villa, and Edward went back to the inn after studying until he could no longer read the words.
• Edward heard a knock in a dream, invited the visitor in, and saw a familiar woman carrying a thick book.

After enduring an exhausting dream lesson from Edwina, Edward learned basic Ancient Feysac and used Groselle’s Travels to gain five temporary Beyonder abilities. Christine then told him about a masked Psychology Alchemist tied to her missing memories and revealed that the Abraham Family’s treasure had been relocated but still required a key to open.

• Edwina taught Edward Ancient Feysac in his dream, leaving him exhausted when he woke the next afternoon.
• Edward read Groselle’s Travels and selected Prohibition, Theft, Dawn Armor, Holy Light, and Frost Breath as his five temporary abilities.
• Edward joked with Audrey about their fire and frost abilities, then slept until sunset and ate pastries she had left for him.
• Christine told Edward that she remembered a masked Psychology Alchemist who had rescued her and revealed information about the Abraham Family’s treasure; Edward refused to investigate the powerful figure.
• Christine said the Abraham Family’s treasure had been moved after a catastrophe over a century earlier, but no one could open it without the key.

Edward learned that the Abraham family’s treasure was aboard the Sunken Laurel, sought the Evernight Goddess’s guidance, and called on the Twilight Hermit Order for a Card of Blasphemy. In Bayam, he heard rumors about his fleet’s destruction and decided to recruit pirates again to explore the supposed treasure near Symeem Island.

• Christine told Edward that the Abraham family’s treasure was aboard the Sunken Laurel, and she left after promising to share any new information.
• Edward prayed to the Evernight Goddess about his plans and asked the Twilight Hermit Order for a Card of Blasphemy, but no one responded that night.
• Edward returned to Bayam with Danitz, who gathered news that several pirate admirals’ ships had been involved in the attack on Edward’s fleet.
• A bartender told Edward that rumors blamed an internal clash over an ancient treasure near Symeem Island for the Iron Hook’s sinking.
• Danitz identified the pirate admirals connected to the ships and named several of their subordinates in Bayam.
• Edward told Danitz to spread word that he was recruiting pirates to explore the treasure near Symeem Island again.

Edward recruited One-Eyed Kedge and his gang for a voyage after secretly placing several people under the Imperius Curse. In Backlund, Mr. A approached Xio and Fors at an Extraordinary Gathering and asked them to bring Edward to him, leaving them free to go but threatening to watch them if they refused.

• Edward disguised himself, controlled several people near Admiral Amyrius Rieveldt's mansion, and gave them orders.
• Edward met One-Eyed Kedge and his gang at the Azure Wind Inn and agreed to take them along on a voyage.
• Xio and Fors attended Mr. A's Extraordinary Gathering to sell materials and look for commissions.
• Xio sensed something evil or chaotic about Mr. A and warned Fors that he seemed to be watching her.
• Mr. A asked Xio and Fors to invite Edward to meet him, offering a Mid-Sequence formula in exchange.
• Mr. A let Xio and Fors leave but said he would watch them around the clock if they refused.

Edward led Danitz on a chase through Bayam to gather pirates, then captured Tesla the Burier and Steel Maveti before teleporting the assembled pirates away. He left with Danitz to continue his plan, while Admiral Amyrius Rieveldt finished his work at the governor’s residence.

• Edward and Danitz ran through Bayam, drawing hundreds of pirates into pursuit as Edward repeatedly stopped them from escaping.
• Steel Maveti attacked from a Flying Carpet, but Edward’s prohibition forced it to crash, and he defeated Tesla the Burier and Maveti with spells and stolen abilities.
• Edward gathered the pursuing pirates in a square, stopped them from leaving, and teleported everyone there away with Portus.
• Edward turned the governor’s office carpet back into a carpet and told Danitz they were not finished yet.
• Admiral Amyrius Rieveldt completed his accumulated political work and felt tired, partly because of his younger brother Aston Rieveldt.

Edward and his pirate companions stole the warship Belou from Bayam while pirates attacked the Governor’s Mansion. After the crew split up to escape, Edward stayed behind to greet Sea King Jahn Kottman as the Saint pursued the ship.

• Pirates appeared inside the Governor’s Mansion, and Amyrius ordered every pirate in Bayam killed as the mansion was attacked.
• Edward brought Danitz, One-Eyed Kedge, and the others aboard the Belou, took control of the remaining crew, and sailed the warship out of the harbor.
• Edward warned the pirates that Sea King Jahn Kottman, a Sequence 3 Saint, might pursue them, then sent One-Eyed Kedge and the others to Backlund.
• Danitz chose to return to Bayam, while Edward stayed behind, and Danitz left after suspecting Edward planned to confront the Saint.
• A violent sonic boom split the clouds above the dark sea as the Belou sped onward.

Edward completed his Animagus transformation and discovered that his form was an Obscurus, which helped him digest most of his Mental Patient potion. After the battle brought a pirate purge to Bayam, Edward returned and asked Danitz where Pirate Admirals or the Four Kings held their gatherings.

• Edward drank the Animagus potion during Jahn Kottman’s storm attack and transformed into an Obscurus.
• Edward’s Obscurus form rampaged through the warship and attacked Jahn Kottman before the Sea King struck it and sank the ironclad.
• Edward escaped to Bayam, returned to human form, and realized he had digested most of his Mental Patient potion.
• The military and Church of Storms raided pirate gathering places and ordered pirates to leave Bayam within three days.
• Danitz saw the increased bounties on Gehrman Sparrow and Fire Fist Ace and decided to leave Bayam.
• Edward asked Danitz where gatherings organized by Pirate Admirals or the Four Kings were held.

Edward tried to draw the Twilight Hermit Order into action by reporting a Devil Pathway murderer to the churches, while Alger agreed to take him to a future Extraordinary Gathering. Meanwhile, Xio and Fors debated whether to warn Edward that Mr. A might be watching them, and Xio agreed to send him a letter.

• Edward told Danitz he had succeeded in driving Bayam's pirates out and said he had become a successful pirate hunter.
• Bishop Jiaogeli ordered Alger to investigate Gehrman Sparrow because Jahn Kottman was concerned about him, and Edward arranged to join Alger at a future sea gathering.
• Edward reported a supposed Beria Devil Family murderer to Saint Samuel Church, then gave the Machinery Hivemind a fabricated account and a possible name, Jason.
• Ikanser sent the Machinery Hivemind to investigate Edward's report and said he would seek a bounty if the information proved useful.
• Xio worried that Mr. A was watching her and Fors, while Fors suggested they tell Edward; Xio agreed to send him a letter.

Edward met Mr. A, who relayed conflicting accusations from the True Creator’s rational and insane personalities about who wanted Edward dead. Meanwhile, Xio realized Mr. A had controlled her into helping send the letter that led him to Edward, and Edward pressed Mr. A about the Saint of Secrets still hunting him.

• Fors sent Edward a letter warning him that Mr. A was seeking him, and Edward used the Coin to judge that meeting Mr. A was not dangerous.
• Mr. A appeared at the Inn and explained that he had tracked Edward through a hidden speck attached to the letter.
• Mr. A conveyed the True Creator’s insane personality’s claim that the rational personality was a liar who wanted Edward dead, leaving Edward unsure which personality to trust.
• Xio told Fors that someone had controlled her into agreeing to send the letter, and Fors realized it might have put Edward in danger.
• Mr. A prepared to leave after delivering the decree, but Edward challenged him about the Saint of Secrets still hunting him.

Edward secured Mr. A’s protection and help from the Aurora Order, then learned that Mr. A had swiftly assassinated the Intis ambassador. Klein agreed to work with Isengard Stanton on the serial murders, while Audrey wondered about the assassination and remained troubled by the newspapers’ silence about the poor.

• Edward persuaded Mr. A to protect him, seek materials for him, and eliminate the Saint of Secrets, then warned him that Beckland Jean Madan might retaliate against the Aurora Order.
• The Aurora Order claimed responsibility for assassinating the Intis ambassador, and Edward prayed to Mr. Fool to report the result.
• Klein thanked Edward, worried about having to pay him, and agreed to investigate the serial murders with Isengard Stanton for a 2,000-pound reward.
• Audrey heard that the Aurora Order had assassinated the ambassador and realized the group had acted on the commission before she and the other members could.
• Audrey reviewed the recent newspapers, found no coverage of people living in East Borough, Bridge Borough, or Harbor Borough, and Susie asked what was troubling her.

Audrey sought Susie's advice about what to do after discovering corruption, then warned Edward to avoid danger. Edward found a notice directing Gehrman Sparrow to an underground rescue, leaving him suspicious that the job might be a trap.

• Susie advised Audrey to stay quiet, secretly build strength, and wait for an opportunity, and Audrey agreed to take her to see Edward.
• Audrey confirmed that the Aurora Order had attacked the Intis ambassador and scolded Edward for meeting Mr. A, then spent the night playing games with him.
• Edward found a newspaper notice from the Orilan Coffee Shop that promised a card left among Gehrman Sparrow's belongings.
• Edward visited the coffee shop with Lilith and met a blond man who gave him a photograph and ordered him to free someone trapped underground at 8 Williams Street.
• Edward suspected the prisoner might be Medici and questioned why Adam's associates would want him freed, while the blond man said the task would lead to further assessment for joining their group.

Edward helped Priscilla bury a woman who died of illness and learned that Priscilla’s Beyonder characteristic might have left another presence inside her. He then entered the underground structure at 8 Williams Street and declared himself a blessed of the True Creator when the sealed evil spirit’s malice reached him.

• Edward paid for hot meals for the vagrants outside the café and tried to save a collapsed woman, but Priscilla said the woman could not be saved.
• After the woman died, Edward arranged for her son to go to an orphanage, and Priscilla carried the body to the cemetery.
• Edward and Lilith helped Priscilla bury the woman, then spoke with Azik, who said Priscilla’s changed personality might come from the Beyonder characteristic she had consumed.
• Lilith told Edward she sensed another person hidden inside Priscilla, and Edward wondered what characteristic she had consumed.
• Edward entered the underground structure at 8 Williams Street, reached the sealed blood-red doors, and declared himself a blessed of the True Creator as the evil spirit’s malice pressed on him.

Edward developed acting principles for digesting the Mental Patient potion after confronting Medici, then asked Mr. A to let the True Creator briefly inhabit his body. Mr. A secured the Lord’s agreement but offered Edward a Secrets Suppliant potion to prepare him, leaving Edward alarmed by the apparent danger.

• Edward failed to communicate with Medici, then returned to the inn and recorded new acting principles after his potion digested slightly.
• Edward decided to seek a dangerous opportunity and left Lilith behind before visiting Mr. A.
• Edward asked Mr. A to let the True Creator briefly inhabit his body, and Mr. A explained the risks and the Lord’s restraint.
• Mr. A prayed to the True Creator, who agreed to the request, then presented Edward with a Secrets Suppliant potion for the planned inhabitation.
• Edward questioned whether Mr. A was trying to kill him by asking him to drink the potion.

Edward drank the potion with the True Creator’s help, lost control, and killed Mr. A before the man recovered. He then returned to 8 Williams Street, where Medici agreed to give him the Card of Blasphemy if he gathered blood from descendants of three families to break the seal.

• Edward drank the potion, and the True Creator parasitized him as its negative effects intensified.
• Edward lost control and attacked Mr. A with spells, eventually blowing him apart; Mr. A reassembled and told him he had about an hour.
• Edward returned to 8 Williams Street and used the True Creator’s malice to overcome the evil spirit’s attack at the sealed doors.
• Medici said Edward was a Son of God rather than the True Creator himself, and Edward explained that he wanted the Card of Blasphemy to help spread the Lord’s glory.
• Medici agreed to give Edward the card if he collected ten milliliters of blood from direct descendants of the Sauron, Einhorn, and Medici families and sprinkled it with holy water in the sealed room.

Edward obtained a fake Card of Blasphemy from Medici and realized the evil spirit had pretended to be persuaded so Edward would help break its seal. After returning to Mr. A, Edward learned that Yuriges might be hunting him, then went back to the inn and reunited with Lilith.

• Medici gave Edward a counterfeit Red Priest Card of Blasphemy and urged him to find blood to break the seal.
• Edward discovered that [Bookworm Moth] could not use the card, divined that it was fake, and realized Medici had been manipulating him.
• The True Creator returned to Mr. A, who asked Edward to find Yuriges, a tall Sequence 6 Rose Bishop suspected of defecting.
• Edward returned to the inn, where Lilith accused him of smelling like dirt and worried that he would not give her any Dried Fish or Chicken Chunks.
• Edward reassured Lilith by giving her a Dried Fish.

Edward planned to break the seal holding Medici and the others, while Klein encountered a man whose aura resembled Lanevus and the True Creator. Edward and Klein agreed to investigate Yuriges, and Klein prepared to join the Tarot Club under the identity of World.

• Edward decided to seek blood from the Sauron, Einhorn, and Medici families to break the seal, and planned to travel to Bansy Harbor.
• Klein and Sharron blew up the entrance to a secret chamber beneath Baron Pound's old house, after which Klein witnessed a tall man kill two policemen and sensed the True Creator's aura.
• Klein asked Edward to meet him and explained that he suspected the tall man had a connection to Lanevus; Edward identified him as Yuriges.
• Edward and Klein agreed to find Yuriges and investigate what connected him to Lanevus and the True Creator.
• Klein told Edward he would attend the next Tarot Club gathering as World, then entered the gray fog early and created that alternate identity.

Klein introduced Edward’s alternate identity, Mr. World, to the Tarot Club, where members exchanged commissions and discussed Emperor Roselle’s possible survival. The meeting ended with requests to find ingredients, investigate noble families, and locate a dangerous Aurora Order member in Backlund.

• Klein introduced Mr. World to the Tarot Club, and Edward pretended he might recognize him.
• Alger provided six pages of Roselle’s diary, which revealed the Cards of Blasphemy and that Sequence 0 represented a true God.
• Klein praised Edward for dealing with Beckland, and Edward banked his reward toward future mystical knowledge or assistance.
• Edward shared that Roselle’s daughter still believed her father was alive, surprising Audrey and Alger.
• Derrick sought a weapon and reported on the Hand of Glory, while Edward asked Audrey to search for an ancient castle containing Ancient Wraiths.
• Audrey requested Mirror Dragon eyes and an Elder Tree Fruit, Alger sought a Wind-blessed formula, and the World commissioned a search for fallen noble families and the dangerous Yuriges.

Derrick learned that the Chief’s research had made the Hand of Glory useful for avoiding monster attacks, while Lovia offered to investigate Asman’s Brain. Edward spent time with Audrey and Lilith before meeting Steven for dinner, where Steven’s medical-school friend Aaron arrived with his family.

• Lovia told Derrick that the Chief’s research had shown the Hand of Glory could surround its holder with light and help them avoid monster attacks, and she offered to look into Asman’s Brain.
• Edward teased Lilith about secretly studying to read and arranged to test her in two days.
• Audrey joined Edward, and they discussed asking Xio and Fors for help with Mr. World’s commission.
• Edward and Audrey met Steven and Priscilla for dinner, and Priscilla asked whether Audrey was Edward’s girlfriend.
• Steven’s friend Aaron arrived at the restaurant with his veiled wife and a limping boy.

Edward met Will, the disguised Sequence 1 Angel of Fate, while dining with Steven, Audrey, and the Aaron family; Will warned that Ouroboros might be coming for him or Edward. The next day, Audrey reported that none of the seven ancient castles near Backlund matched Edward’s description.

• Edward recognized Will as the Snake of Mercury, and Will said he had been adopted by Doctor Aaron and sensed a troublesome visitor might be coming for him or Edward.
• Steven and Aaron discussed helping poor and abandoned children, and Steven promised to donate money after settling in Backlund.
• Will gave his ice cream to Lilith, then evaded Edward’s request for help against their possible enemy and hinted that something would happen in five years.
• After the meal, Edward told Audrey that Will was a Sequence 1 Angel and explained that he served Mr. Fool; Audrey sent two crates of ice cream to the Aaron family that evening.
• The next day, Audrey told Edward that her investigation had found no matching ancient castle among the seven near Backlund.

Edward and Audrey visited Emlyn at the Harvest Church to ask for his help finding a Sanguine castle, but first discovered that Danitz had stolen Emlyn’s dolls. Edward lured Emlyn outside with a new doll, leaving him fascinated by the doll and Edward’s storage pouch.

• Edward transformed Audrey’s appearance and took her to the Harvest Church, where Father Utravsky said Emlyn had been waiting for him.
• Emlyn attacked Edward, blaming him for Danitz stealing his dolls after Edward had brought Danitz to the church.
• Father Utravsky explained that Emlyn was free to leave, while Emlyn said Danitz had challenged him to find him aboard the Golden Dream in Bayam.
• Edward promised to help recover the dolls and showed Emlyn a lavishly dressed doll, whose soft material immediately captivated him.
• Edward put the doll away and led Emlyn outside, and Emlyn asked about the storage pouch that could hold it.

Edward arranged for Emlyn to help investigate an ancient castle near Backlund in exchange for Alicia, while Audrey decided to join Edward on his voyage to Bansy. Earl Hall learned Audrey was packing and ordered Hibbert to find out where she was going, as Edward and Lilith boarded the Emerald at Pritz Harbor.

• Edward asked Emlyn to find out about an ancient castle near Backlund that reportedly held two Ancient Wraiths, and Emlyn agreed before asking to see Alicia again.
• Edward told Audrey he would leave for Bansy by passenger ship, and Audrey decided to accompany him using the Vanishing Cabinet to return home each day.
• Audrey declined Mrs. Norma's invitation to a ball, then packed for the trip and agreed that Susie could come too.
• Hibbert told Earl Hall that Audrey was packing, and Earl Hall ordered him to discover where she was going.
• Edward and Lilith boarded the Emerald at Pritz Harbor, and Lilith worried about getting seasick again.

Edward and Audrey set sail aboard the Emerald, where they planned to entertain themselves with fortune-telling and dancing. Their voyage took an unexpected turn when Audrey's eldest brother, Hibbert Hall, appeared and questioned her about spending time with Edward.

• Audrey emerged from the Leather Pouch with Susie and learned that the Emerald's departure had been delayed.
• Edward, Audrey, and Susie boarded the ship, and Edward and Audrey planned to pose as an Astrologer and assistant during the voyage.
• The Emerald set sail from Pritz Harbor, and Edward and Audrey went to explore the ship and order food.
• Hibbert Hall unexpectedly invited Audrey to dance before Edward could ask her, and Susie revealed that Earl Hall knew Audrey often visited Edward.
• Hibbert questioned Audrey about staying with Edward during the day.

Audrey reunited with her brother Hibbert aboard the ship, then spent the evening with Edward, Lilith, and Susie before spotting Dunn and Daly. As Audrey reflected on the world Edward had brought into her life, he began to tell her that she had also brought something to him.

• Audrey told Hibbert that Edward was her friend, and Hibbert revealed he feared Loen might soon become unsafe.
• Hibbert let Audrey stay in his suite, but she said she planned to go to Bansy with Edward before returning home.
• Edward recognized Dunn and Daly on the deck, but they did not recognize him and soon went back to the cabins.
• Edward used a coin to determine that Dunn and Daly would not encounter danger, so he and Audrey stayed on the ship with Lilith and Susie.
• Audrey asked whether their world could become a place without hunger or oppression, and Edward assured her it could.
• Audrey said Edward had brought another world before her, and Edward began to tell her that she had also brought something to him.

Edward recognized Trissy aboard the Emerald and divined that the ship would soon capsize, then warned Audrey that a dangerous pursuit was closing in. He prepared to change the outcome, but his follow-up divination failed, and Dunn and Daly arrived asking about the veiled woman.

• Edward and Audrey set up a free divination table, where he reassured a pregnant woman about her baby and replaced a little girl's lost balloon with Transfiguration.
• A veiled woman asked whether she could reach the Southern Continent safely, and Edward recognized her sapphire ring as Trissy's.
• Edward divined that the Emerald would capsize that afternoon and suspected Trissy had warned him so the Beyonders aboard could prepare for the danger pursuing her.
• Edward told Audrey that Trissy had escaped Prince Edessak's manor and urged her to seek help from the Church of Evernight while he tried to alter the outcome.
• Audrey hurried away, Edward's next divination failed, and Dunn and Daly arrived asking whether he had seen a veiled woman.
• Edward revealed his identity to Dunn and warned him that the ship might soon be in danger.