Recaps

Kronos returned to Backlund, advanced as a Scroll Professor, and built a research network while pursuing Beyonder resources and political allies. The Church of Steam and Machinery tried to take control of his Research Center, so Kronos and Professor Portland prepared to draw in rival churches to counterbalance it.

• Kronos joined General Salandon’s assault on the Iron-Blooded Pirate Group, turned Yodsen into his first marionette, and returned to Backlund after the navy destroyed the pirates.
• Kronos advanced to Sequence 6 as a Scroll Professor, studied Justiciar skills, and secured an associate professorship at Backlund Technical College.
• Kronos recruited staff and students for his research center, then persuaded the Higher Education Committee to approve a research base with Backlund Technical University.
• Kronos sought the Artisan’s help in making a weapon, offered Isengard a trade for Sealed Artifact 2-081, and arranged for Bishop Utravsky to guide Violent Bear toward the Planter Pathway.
• Kronos studied the family’s Scroll Professor manual and sought the Mysticologist formula from Mr. A, offering the Manipulator and Unshadowed formulas before requesting Ouroboros’s blood.
• Ikanser told Kronos that the Church of Steam and Machinery wanted control of the Research Center and proposed sending clergy to teach there.
• Kronos consulted Marquis Argel, who warned him to focus on the Research Center and noted that rival powers could oppose the church’s plans.
• Kronos agreed to present the church’s demands to the Higher Education Committee and planned to alert the Churches of Evernight and Storms, while Professor Portland agreed that outside influence would need to be balanced.

Kronos helped block the Church of Steam and Machinery from gaining control of the Research Center, while balancing the royal family and competing churches. He advanced his scroll-making, recruited an Artisan, arranged the Argel Family’s move toward Midseashire, and ended by preparing to settle the churches’ room dispute with lots and Decree scrolls.

• Kronos worked with Portland and Kask to delay the Church of Steam and Machinery’s Research Center proposal, then borrowed Roselle’s belongings and discovered the Black Emperor Card hidden in a bookmark.
• Horamick secured Kask a committee appointment and parliamentary seat, but the Church’s proposal failed to reach the required two-thirds vote, and Kronos received an Eggers mask from Kask.
• Kronos reported to Horamick, completed Armor of Guardianship and Disciplinary Paladin Decree scrolls, and learned that the royal family had intervened to establish a security squad staffed by three churches while rejecting the Church of Steam and Machinery’s teaching request.
• Marquis Argel advanced to Sequence 5 despite the danger of drawing the Hidden Sage’s attention, while Kronos pursued an Artisan and arranged to trade with Isengard for 2-081.
• Kronos recruited Roel Patrick as the family’s Artisan, traded a Beyonder Item for 2-081, and later faced Nosk’s request for help placing a Church candidate in the House of Commons.
• Kronos returned Roselle’s books to Saint Hilleran Cathedral, then tasked Butler with planning the Argel Family’s move to Midseashire and transferring its assets, Kain Bank, and Kain Club operations.
• Kronos resumed work at the Materials Center, created the Punishment scroll, and invited Ikanser, Roy Willing, and Soest to inspect the Research Center rooms.
• After the church representatives argued over which rooms they deserved, Kronos proposed drawing lots and took out a Decree scroll to suppress their Beyonder abilities.

Kronos investigated Jason’s hidden escape routes, developed his scrolls, and kept the Argel Family out of the royal family’s sight. At a White Cliff Town exchange, he acquired valuable Beyonder items and fought off a group of robbers, then learned that James Rhodes had joined the Error Pathway before his prisoner died while describing an Angel in the Hermits of Fate.

• Kronos assigned rooms to Ikanser, Soest, and Roy, discussed the Argel Research Center with Kask and Portland, and decided to attend Mr. A’s gathering through Yodsen.
• Kronos negotiated with Mr. A over Flesh Whisper but refused to offer a Shepherd Beyonder Item, then attended Philip’s dinner and warned him to stay out of the conflict with Saint Hilleran Cathedral.
• Kronos recognized Kain Bank shareholder Patrick Jason as a dangerous Desire Apostle and began surveilling his home, where he discovered hidden pipes that Jason used to travel through the walls.
• Kronos received the rank of lieutenant colonel, hunted with Philip, and captured a Sea Eastern Green that he named Qing and trained as a falcon.
• Kronos completed a Sequence 5 Distortion scroll and began developing a Disorder scroll, while the royal family questioned Kask about him and Kronos told the Argel Family to halt its activities and lie low.
• Kronos attended the White Cliff Town exchange, bought a demigod’s bone, and traded the Hat of Order and other goods for Earth War Boots and a Lawyer Pathway potion formula.
• Kronos fought the group that ambushed him after the gathering, killing the Hypnotist and defeating the Wind-blessed while Ernes Boyar and a Vampire watched.
• Kronos questioned the captured Fire Thief, learned that James Rhodes had joined the attackers and the Error Pathway, and heard the prisoner begin to describe an Angel in the Hermits of Fate before he died.

Kronos killed Jason, secured Kain Bank’s shares for the Argel Family, and completed his work on Chaos Scrolls before leaving Backlund for Midseashire. After advancing to Sequence 5 Astronomer and discovering a way to strengthen himself through the Big Dipper, he sailed out to sea and found that Gregrace’s blood had entered a pale mask.

• Kronos killed Jason after driving him through the villa’s purification ritual, then covered up the fight and used a disguise to frighten Kain Bank’s shareholders into selling their shares at market price.
• Kronos completed two Chaos Scrolls and fully digested his Scroll Professor potion, while Roel delivered the Parasitic Bone, which permanently stole one Beyonder Ability each time it was used.
• Kronos traveled with the Argel Family to Midseashire, learned the risks of the Astronomer advancement, and helped test whether an ability imitated with 2-081 could pay the Parasitic Bone’s cost.
• Kronos advanced to Sequence 5 at the family’s ancestral residence, gaining the ability to control time within twenty meters for up to one second, then spent a month studying Astronomer abilities.
• Kronos communed with the Big Dipper and shaped its seven stars into a traditional sword that strengthened him before leaving for the sea.
• Kronos heard that Edwina had become Vice Admiral Iceberg and Cattleya was gaining recognition as the Admiral of Stars, then traveled to Damir Island to retrieve Gregrace’s blood.
• Gregrace’s blood transformed into a phoenix and entered Kronos, then flew into a pale mask when he picked it up.