Recaps

Dunn entered the Duchy of Lionheart as its aging Sword Saint neared death and gathered the Lion Knight Order, the Jackals, and the Wizard Order to his side. After the Sword Saint fell, Dunn seized the treasury and evacuated his allies to Reef Island as a powerful pursuer approached and ships appeared offshore.

• The Eye of the Firmament summoned Dunn and assigned him a mission, sending him to the Old World with Annie to find the dagger he recognized as Rule Breaker.
• Dunn and Annie entered Lionheart City despite martial law, met Annie’s Uncle Galen, and learned that the Lionheart Sword Saint was dying and rival factions were gathering to claim the duchy.
• Dunn recruited Eileen and Krigon, securing Eileen’s intelligence network and Krigon’s promise to bring roughly a third of the Lion Knight Order over to him.
• After the Sword Saint died, Krigon seized control of the Lion Knight Order and moved it to defend the national treasury while Dunn retrieved the Ten Thousand Laws-Breaking Talisman from Yara Moore and Arthur Moore.
• Dunn consumed the Limit-Breaking Golden Elixir, then agreed to take Valentin and the Wizard Order into his service in exchange for a place in the Wizard Tower and access to Legendary advancement knowledge.
• Dunn’s Conqueror’s Color Haki incapacitated most of Yamol’s coalition, and Dunn broke Yamol’s sword arm when he attacked with Lionheart Swordsmanship-Raging Lion’s Roar.
• Dunn ordered the evacuation to Reef Island as a Legendary approached, then divided the treasury spoils among Krigon, Eileen, Valentin, and Galen, who gave half his share to Annie.
• Valentin teleported the group and their families to Reef Island, where Dunn arranged care for the exhausted arrivals before a scout reported dozens of ships offshore.

Dunn and Annie joined an expedition to a volcano, where Dunn killed the Red Dragon Sarayes and Annie advanced to [Traveler]. While arranging to process the dragon’s remains, they encountered a Gnoll army and were brought before its king, Yeenoghu, who asked for their help.

• Dunn and Annie traveled through the Golden Desert, joined Maddy’s expedition under aliases, and went with Sarna, Maxim, and Colt to a volcano in search of red phosphorus gold.
• After the volcano erupted, a Red Dragon named Sarayes killed Colt, and Dunn stayed behind to fight it while Annie fled.
• Dunn battled Sarayes through the eruption, pursued the fleeing dragon, and killed it by piercing its reverse scale.
• Annie advanced to [Traveler], and Dunn returned with Maddy alive and gave Annie filtered Dragon Blood Essence before she teleported the group back to the oasis.
• Dunn and Annie arranged with Sarna to have her family find processors for the dragon’s corpse, then agreed to accompany her on a trip the next morning.
• On the Gold Panning Plains, Dunn’s group encountered a coordinated nonhuman army that overwhelmed the local monsters, and Dunn agreed to meet its king.
• The Gnoll King Yeenoghu welcomed Dunn and his companions at his palace and offered them a task and reward in exchange for their help.

Dunn helped Yeenoghu defeat the Broodmother, and Sarna awakened a powerful healing ability after receiving the Life Authority. In Rock City, Dunn accepted Lace’s request to support his bid for the throne, leaving the story poised for a contest between the princes and a confrontation with [Blade Ghost].

• Yeenoghu recruited Dunn and his companions to help kill the Broodmother while he fought its Legendary child, and Sarna used Rhongomyniad to slay the Broodmother.
• Yeenoghu gave Dunn the [Creation] Authority Fragment and placed the [Life] fragment in Sarna, who later awakened as a fourth-tier [Source of Life].
• Dunn and Annie arrived in Rock City, where the Mason Family sought dragon blood and the thirteenth prince, Lace Rock, asked Dunn to help him win the Crown Prince Contest.
• Dunn signed a contract with Lace in exchange for the Rock Kingdom recognizing his future nation, while the king and Sword Saint weighed the potential benefits and risks.
• Dunn refused the other princes’ offers, but learned that the Seventh Prince had recruited [Blade Ghost] Damon as a rival Limit Breaker.
• The Rock Kingdom’s Sword Saint and Tasl ov clashed over the princes’ succession and tribute, then agreed with the old king that the Legendaries would stay out while the princes competed in Rock City.
• As the Knight Orders entered Rock City, Lace warned Dunn that [Blade Ghost] was hunting him, and the Sword Saint suspected Dunn planned to face Damon directly.

Dunn won the Crown Prince Contest, returned to Campbell Island, and strengthened his rule while its people and factions faced growing strains. When Karagon attacked, Dunn and Pearl fought to defend the island and its Legendary Battleships, leaving Dunn pursuing Karagon as Prometheus recovered.

• Dunn defeated Todd and then killed Damon in the arena, absorbing his soul and gaining his swordsmanship experience before being named the Crown Prince Contest winner.
• Dunn escaped a United Navy inspection by knocking out the passengers and officers, then returned to Campbell Island and addressed unrest among the relocated Lionheart nobles and local factions.
• Dunn refused the Lyon Empire’s offer to restore his fiefs, accepted payment for the territories, and trained until Annie told him Kane was about to ascend.
• Kane left the ranks of lesser races after revealing that Minotaurs had been murdered, and Dunn agreed to care for those who remained before sending most of them into the Storm Sea.
• Karagon arrived at Campbell Island, and Dunn and Pearl fought him as Annie evacuated the island’s ships and organized the Legendary Battleships.
• Karagon severely wounded Dunn and Pearl with his Shadow Authority, but the battleships’ cannons forced him to withdraw before he could finish them.
• Dunn awakened his Soul-Soul Fruit and created Prometheus, whose explosion devastated Campbell Island and badly wounded Karagon, though both survived.
• Dunn kept Karagon from escaping while Prometheus recovered, then followed him toward the Polaris and cried, “Heavenly Fire!”