Recaps

Lumian hunted down I Have a Friend, uncovered links between the Sinners and the Celestial Worthy, and investigated the growing dangers beneath Trier. As he approached the end of his Pyromaniac advancement, Puyver Sauron led him into an underground labyrinth where a red-haired man offered to turn the group into wax figures.

• Lumian and his allies found I Have a Friend at Delta Insane Asylum, captured him, and learned that he had harmed Aurora and spread the human blood bread and Mandrake rumors.
• Lumian burned I Have a Friend at the Rouvois General Execution Ground, digested more of his Pyromaniac potion, and reported the evil god organization to Mr. K.
• Lumian joined the Curly-Haired Baboon Research Society’s investigation into its infiltrators, and a Review Committee exposed four of them during the signing of a protective contract.
• Lumian rejected the Trier Cave Association’s invitation and told Gardner Martin that its interest in him might be connected to Earthblood ore and the fallen Blood Emperor, Alista Tudor.
• Lumian and Franca captured and killed Beatrice Ankoul, learned that the Bliss Society’s High Priest was Hibel, and found a note connected to a painting before Beatrice’s corpse began to mutate.
• Lumian and Franca investigated the abandoned altar and tunnels beneath Trier, while Madam Magician warned that the dangers below the Breeze Ballroom involved more than corruption left by Alista Tudor.
• Franca gave Jenna the Witch potion formula after Jenna explained how her Instigation had arranged Julian’s work exchange and completed her potion digestion.
• Puyver Sauron introduced Albus Medici at a gathering and sent Lumian, Albus, Alois Einhorn, and Ilett into the Underground Labyrinth, where a red-haired man asked whether they wanted to become wax figures.

Lumian survived the dangers beneath Red Swan Castle, advanced to Conspirer, and helped Jenna become a Witch while investigating the Sinners. After Bouval’s capture pointed toward missing believers and a mysterious Hostel, Lumian began probing General Philip’s widow for answers.

• Lumian and Albus Medici fought a giant black spider in the Underground Palace, where Alois Einhorn revealed her Sauron bloodline and Lumian later killed the wounded spider.
• Lumian burned the wax figures, killed the Wax Figures Maker, and explored deeper into the palace with Albus and Alois before a vision separated them.
• Madam Magician warned Lumian that Vermonda Soren was sealed beneath the hall and advised him to avoid the seal until Sequence 4.
• Lumian advanced to Conspirer, then brought Jenna to the Church of the Fool and helped her obtain the Witch potion ingredients.
• Lumian and Franca summoned Chen Tu, who spoke of Penglai, while Termiboros warned Lumian that exploring the Blue Avenger could trigger Alista Tudor’s resurrection within him.
• Jenna became a Sequence 7 Witch, and Lumian, Franca, and Jenna captured Bouval Pompairo and learned that Vazan Sanson led the Sinners and had taken Fate Hunters away.
• Bouval’s posthumous prophecy pointed to Rooms 7 and 12, and Lumian connected it to a note about a mysterious Hostel as key members of the Bliss Society disappeared.
• Lumian and Anthony Reid hypnotized Annis, who revealed that General Philip’s will tied her inheritance to donations to the Dreamseekers and that Philip had once whispered, “Goddess bless me.”

Lumian and Jenna were trapped in the Hostel’s Painted World as the Iron and Blood Cross Order’s ritual destabilized the seal beneath the Breeze Ballroom. They escaped into a strange city beyond the gate, where they discovered that Gardner Martin and the supposedly dead General Philip had worked together on the ritual.

• Lumian investigated Gabriel’s disappearance and learned that Gabriel had been searching galleries for a particular painting, while Franca joined the Witch Sect and learned about an item smuggled into Trier by the Iron and Blood Cross Order.
• Franca tracked a cloaked man into Underground Trier as Jenna followed Will’s directions, delivered paints, and fell into a hidden Painted World after the ground collapsed.
• Lumian entered the Hostel’s replica of the Market District, found Jenna, and realized the Painted World was connected to a ritual near the Breeze Ballroom.
• Lumian used the Blood Emperor’s brand to crack the Painted World’s boundary, and he and Jenna fought the Painters and Hostel residents as the old cemetery’s seal began to fail.
• The Iron and Blood Cross Order launched attacks across Trier, the Painted World and the real Market District exchanged places, and Lumian was drawn to the ancient door beneath the Ballroom.
• Lumian temporarily took on an angel’s level and opened the bloodstained door, while the chaos spread through Trier and the Painted World began to collapse.
• Lumian and Jenna passed through the gate into a mist-shrouded city, while Franca and Anthony emerged from a mirror fragment and found Gardner Martin with General Philip.
• Jenna revealed that the cloaked man was General Philip, and Lumian realized he and Gardner had planned the Hostel ritual together, and Gardner told Philip they should enter Fourth Epoch Trier.

Lumian, Franca, Jenna, and Anthony Reid killed General Philip and fought mirror counterparts while trapped in Fourth Epoch Trier. Medici seized Vermonda Soren’s characteristic and became an Angel King again, while the survivors divided their spoils, accepted new assignments, and prepared for Lumian’s departure.

• Anthony Reid overcame General Philip’s influence, and Lumian killed Philip with help from Franca and Jenna.
• Lumian completed the Ascetic boon ritual and led his companions into Fourth Epoch Trier, where their Primordial Witch statues protected them from disease.
• Lumian followed Termiboros’s instructions to reach the Night Pillar, where Gardner in the Mirror attacked the group with their mirror counterparts.
• Lumian exposed and weakened Gardner in the Mirror, and Franca and Jenna killed him before his remaining mirror fragment trapped the group.
• Medici cooperated with the Eternal Blazing Sun, killed Vermonda Soren, and consumed his Sequence 1 Conqueror Beyonder Characteristic to become an Angel King again.
• Lumian’s group destroyed Gardner Martin’s head and headless body, and Madam Magician rescued them from the burning city.
• Lumian and his companions divided the recovered items, while Lumian recruited Lucano Toscano for his journey and Franca received orders to eliminate People in the Mirror.
• Jenna and Anthony Reid joined the Tarot Club under Judgement and Justice, while Madam Magician’s letter raised the possibility of Lumian competing with Medici and reported that Lenburg’s scholars had never heard of Morola.