Recaps

Klein told Dunn Smith that someone was following him, then practiced shooting at the Zouteland Shooting Club to improve his ability to protect himself. He returned home and told Benson Moretti about his new job, and the brothers joked about the kingdom’s confusing currency system.

• Klein visited Dunn Smith through the cathedral’s underground passage and reported that someone was following him.
• Dunn suggested the watcher might be connected to Welch’s death, the Antigonus Family Notebook, or another investigation, and told Klein to act normally without breaking the law.
• Klein reasoned that the watcher might fear the Church, then practiced firing his revolver at the Zouteland Shooting Club until he could hit the target consistently.
• Klein returned home and told Benson Moretti he had found a job paying three pounds a week.
• Klein and Benson agreed to celebrate with beef, then joked that the kingdom’s currency system was confusing because its designers could not count or understand decimals.

Klein spent the day preparing a celebratory dinner for Benson and Melissa, and the siblings shared a satisfying meal before going to bed. In a dream, Dunn Smith warned Klein that an intruder had entered his room, and Klein woke to find a thin stranger searching his desk.

• Klein joked with Benson, who explained the terms of their lease and planned to discuss moving with their landlord, Mr. Franky.
• Klein went shopping, sensed someone watching him, exercised, and studied his textbooks and notes.
• Klein cooked a large dinner, and Benson and Melissa praised the food as the siblings celebrated his new job.
• The siblings cleared the table, spent the evening studying, and went to bed at eleven.
• Dunn Smith appeared in Klein's dream and told him to take his revolver and force an intruder into the corridor.
• Klein woke and saw an unfamiliar thin figure searching his desk.

Klein survived an attempted intrusion by holding the attacker at gunpoint until Dunn Smith subdued him. Dunn identified the intruder as a member of the Secret Order, then offered Klein a choice of Beyonder paths and named Seer as the third available Sequence 9.

• Klein aimed his revolver at the intruder and persuaded him to raise his hands and leave the room slowly.
• The intruder escaped into the corridor, where a soothing poem lulled Benson, Melissa, and the others back to sleep as Dunn Smith confronted him.
• Dunn Smith told Klein that the intruder belonged to the Secret Order, which had been searching for the Antigonus Family's notebook.
• Dunn Smith offered Klein the choice of pursuing an incomplete Sequence or earning enough merit to become a Sleepless.
• Dunn Smith described the Mystery Pryer and Corpse Collector paths, then revealed that the third available Sequence 9 was Seer.

Klein weighed whether to become a Seer or a Mystery Pryer, then made his choice by dawn, while he and his siblings began looking for a better home. The chapter left them preparing to inspect a terraced house at 2 Daffodil Street.

• Dunn Smith explained the Seer potion's abilities and told Klein to decide by Monday morning, reassuring him that the Nighthawks would respect any choice.
• Klein reflected on the dangers and uncertainties of becoming a Beyonder, remembered his life on Earth, and settled on his decision by dawn.
• Klein bought rye bread, and Benson and Melissa discussed housing options before the siblings set out to find a new home.
• Benson explained the financial model behind housing improvement companies and described how strict charitable housing rules could exclude the poor.
• The siblings met Scarter at the Tingen City Housing Improvement Company and chose to inspect the terraced house at 2 Daffodil Street first.

Klein, Benson, and Melissa moved into a new home on Daffodil Street, and Klein began a new stage of life in a formal suit. He told Dunn Smith that he had chosen to become a Seer.

• Klein, Benson, and Melissa inspected a terraced house on Daffodil Street, and Benson negotiated the weekly rent down to twelve soli.
• The siblings signed the lease for No. 2 Daffodil Street, then Benson negotiated an early end to their old tenancy with Mr. Franky.
• Klein, Benson, and Melissa bought Klein a formal suit and moved their belongings into their new home.
• Klein wore his new suit to the Blackthorn Security Company and entered Dunn Smith's office.
• Dunn Smith asked Klein to state his choice, and Klein answered that he wanted to become a Seer.

Klein chose the Seer pathway and went with Dunn Smith to the Nighthawks' alchemy room, where Old Neil prepared the potion. The chapter ended with Old Neil handing Klein the completed Seer potion.

• Klein confirmed to Dunn Smith that he wanted to drink the Seer potion, accepting the risks rather than waiting for another pathway.
• Dunn Smith took Klein underground and explained that mysticism knowledge came from exploration, divine gifts, and dangerous whispers, then warned that Klein would remain civilian staff while learning from Old Neil.
• Dunn Smith told Klein that the Nighthawks' findings linked the Secret Order to the Solomon Empire and its fallen nobles, and cautioned him to stay alert about the Antigonus Family Notebook.
• Old Neil brought the Seer formula and ingredients to the alchemy room, then explained the preparation while measuring and mixing them.
• Old Neil added the star crystal, producing a brief illusory mist, and poured the finished dark-blue Seer potion into a cup.

Klein drank the Seer potion, learned to control its effects through meditation, and began practicing Spirit Vision under Old Neil’s guidance. His first glimpse of auras revealed an unsettling pair of eyes behind Old Neil, who told him not to mind them.

• Klein drank the potion and endured distorted vision, whispers, and an urge to destroy until Old Neil taught him to focus on an imagined object.
• Klein meditated successfully, then followed Old Neil’s instructions and awakened his basic Spirit Vision.
• Old Neil explained the Spirit Body, Astral Body, Mental Body, and Ether Body, along with what aura colors revealed about health and emotion.
• Klein examined Old Neil’s aura and realized that he had truly become a Beyonder.
• Klein saw a pair of nearly transparent eyes behind Old Neil, and Old Neil told him not to mind them.

Klein learned to control Spirit Vision and returned home exhausted, then prepared for his Tarot Gathering. He entered the gray fog and established connections with two familiar crimson stars.

• Klein used Spirit Vision to examine the alchemy room, and Old Neil explained lingering spirituality, the strain of Spirit Vision, and how to switch it on and off.
• Klein practiced until he established a two-tap switch for Spirit Vision, then left to rest after Old Neil assigned him to search for clues about the Antigonus Family Notebook.
• Dunn Smith warned Klein not to investigate dangerous whispers or beings, and Klein returned home and slept.
• After waking, Klein reviewed history and prepared for the three o’clock Tarot Gathering with The Hanged Man and Justice.
• Klein entered the gray fog, recognized his indistinct form as an Astral Body, recreated the temple and Tarot table, and reached toward two familiar crimson stars.

At the Tarot gathering, Alger gave Audrey the Spectator potion formula, and Klein offered guidance on digesting potions through acting. He asked Audrey and Alger to collect pages from Roselle Gustav’s secret diary.

• Alger and Audrey arrived at the gathering, where Klein examined their auras and noticed a distinctive feature in The Hanged Man’s ether body.
• Audrey confirmed that Alger had received the Ghost Shark blood and asked for the Spectator potion formula.
• Alger recited the formula and explained precautions and meditation, while Audrey memorized the ingredients.
• Klein corrected Alger’s advice, saying potions were digested through acting and that a potion’s name was a key to digestion.
• Alger recognized the value of Klein’s guidance, and Klein asked both participants to collect Roselle Gustav’s secret diary, even a single page.

At the Tarot Club, Klein showed Audrey how to reproduce remembered writing and asked her and Alger to collect Emperor Roselle’s diary entries in exchange for payment. As the members shared news, Alger revealed that the Church of the Evernight Goddess had destroyed the Antigonus Family, making Klein realize the Church’s interest in the missing notebook ran deeper than he had thought.

• Audrey and Alger discussed Emperor Roselle’s secret diary, and Klein demonstrated how Audrey could reproduce remembered text on parchment by willing it to be written.
• Klein offered additional payment for more of Roselle’s diary entries, while Alger advised Audrey to remain detached and observe people as a Spectator.
• Alger said that Admiral Ludwell had sailed east to explore the Sonia Sea, and Klein shared that the Secret Order had lost an Antigonus Family Notebook.
• Alger explained that the Church of the Evernight Goddess had destroyed the Antigonus Family, prompting Klein to reconsider why the Nighthawks wanted him to become a Beyonder.
• Audrey said that the king, prime minister, and other gentlemen were under pressure to pursue change after the defeat in the war on the East Coast of Balam.

Klein proposed a public examination system to keep skilled civil servants in government regardless of which party won power, then returned from the gray fog and considered how to act as a Seer. Audrey recorded the Spectator potion formula and planned to gather its ingredients, while Alger remained unable to understand The Fool’s summoning and examined the “7, Navigator” scroll.

• Klein explained to Audrey and Alger how public examinations and gradual recruitment could keep government administration functioning across changes in political leadership.
• Klein ended the Tarot Club meeting, realized he could summon another person, and chose not to risk bringing in someone unknown.
• Klein returned to his room, opened the curtains, and resolved to go out and begin acting as a Seer.
• Audrey wrote down the Spectator potion formula, disguised it among scientific notes, and decided to search her family’s treasure vaults for ingredients.
• Audrey praised Susie as a capable assistant, while Alger examined the “7, Navigator” parchment and admitted he could not understand The Fool’s summoning.

Klein searched for the Antigonus Family Notebook and experienced the oppressive emotions lingering over Iron Cross Street. After failing to find clues, he discovered a Divination Club and asked about getting a reading.

• Klein walked through Iron Cross Street, where Mrs. Wendy Slin offered him sweet iced tea and cheered him up.
• Klein used Spirit Vision and Spirit Intuition to sense the accumulated gloom among the street’s residents and found no spirits or clues in his old apartment building.
• Klein walked to Welch’s residence but decided not to search it, then headed toward a carriage stop to visit Blackthorn Security Company.
• Klein noticed the Divination Club, entered, and asked the receptionist about membership before asking what a divination would cost.

Klein visited the Divination Club and used a tarot reading to investigate the Antigonus Family notebook, then returned to the Blackthorn Security Company, where Leonard questioned why he had survived the incident. Leonard left the question unresolved, asking why the unknown entity had not simply made Klein destroy the notebook.

• Klein chose beginner Glacis to divine whether the Antigonus Family notebook could still be found, and the first card, The Fool reversed, indicated it could not be recovered.
• Klein asked whether someone else had obtained the notebook, and Glacis interpreted The Star reversed as a sign that nobody had picked it up.
• Klein warned Glacis that his lungs might be unwell, paid him two pennies, and left the Divination Club intending to save money to become a member and act as a Seer.
• Klein reached the Blackthorn Security Company and found Leonard at the reception desk instead of Rozanne.
• Leonard asked why Welch and Naya had committed suicide while Klein had gone home, then questioned why the unknown entity had not made Klein destroy the notebook.

Klein considered what the notebook and the suicides might mean, then trained with his gun and persuaded Melissa to use public carriages so she could save time for schoolwork. The next morning, Old Neil began another mysticism lesson by promising to teach Klein an interesting trick.

• Klein suggested that the unknown existence had wanted the notebook hidden for another round of sacrifices, while Leonard proposed that it had carried or nurtured evil and questioned whether Klein had been involved.
• Klein collected his bullets from Rozanne and Brett, practiced shooting, and exercised at the Shooting Club.
• Klein persuaded Melissa that the family could afford public carriage fares and encouraged her to eat well and focus on her studies.
• The next morning, Old Neil took Klein to the armory and said he would teach him an interesting trick with the silver chain and crystal on his wrist.

Klein learned the Spirit Pendulum Method and the basics of mysticism from Old Neil, including symbolism, astrology, and potion practice. Old Neil encouraged him to request a pendulum and join the Divination Club as part of his Nighthawks duties, while reacting with disgust after Klein revealed what he had put in the bad coffee.

• Klein put dirt from his boot into one of two cups of coffee, and Old Neil used a spirit pendulum to identify the bad cup.
• Old Neil taught Klein how the Spirit Pendulum Method worked and said Klein could apply to borrow a citrine or pure silver pendulum from the armory.
• Old Neil explained symbolism and basic mysticism, including constellation signs, astrological charts, crystal balls, and incantations.
• Klein said he wanted to practice divination at the Divination Club, and Old Neil advised him to request reimbursement by treating the membership as a work requirement.
• Klein told Old Neil that the bad coffee contained mud from his boot, and Old Neil urgently told him to pour it away.

Klein settled into a routine of study and practice while Audrey accidentally let Susie drink her first Spectator potion, then brewed and drank another. On a rainy Friday, a visitor arrived at the Blackthorn Security Company to commission a task.

• Klein completed a funding application, received Dunn Smith's approval, and began following a regular schedule of study, meditation, and shooting practice.
• Audrey tried to drink her first Spectator potion but left Susie alone with the laboratory door; Susie drank the potion after knocking over the cup.
• Alger Wilson told Sians he had chosen to become captain of the Blue Avenger and patrol the sea in service of the Lord.
• Audrey prepared a second Spectator potion and drank it in small sips.
• On Friday, a man in a wet formal suit entered the Blackthorn Security Company and asked to commission a task.

Klein and Leonard took a commission from Butler Cully to help locate the kidnappers of Little Eliot, the son of tobacco merchant Mr. Vickroy. Leonard chose Klein as his partner, and they prepared to investigate the kidnapping.

• Rozanne told the tall, thin visitor that Blackthorn's security personnel were away, and he left in disappointment.
• Klein read that the criminals responsible for Welch and Naya's murders had been caught, then reflected sadly on their deaths.
• The visitor returned and explained that a citywide shortage of security personnel had followed the Howes Street murders.
• Leonard met the visitor, Butler Cully, who offered 100 pounds to locate Little Eliot's kidnappers and 200 pounds for a successful rescue.
• After Cully and Leonard signed the contract, Leonard asked Klein to join him on the assignment, and Klein agreed.

Klein and Leonard used Elliott's clothes and Klein's dowsing ability to track the kidnapped boy to an apartment. Klein sensed three armed kidnappers and Elliott inside, while Leonard prepared to confront them by reciting a poem.

• Klein asked Cully for Elliott's unwashed clothes and an accessory, and Leonard explained that they needed them to track the boy.
• Cully gave them Elliott's photograph, clothes, and storm amulet, then described the three kidnappers as ordinary but armed.
• Klein used Dowsing for Objects to guide a hired carriage to the building where Elliott was being held.
• Klein followed the cane's direction to a third-floor apartment and used Spirit Vision to confirm three kidnappers and one hostage inside.
• Leonard set down Elliott's clothes and began reciting a poem before confronting the kidnappers.

Klein and Leonard rescued Elliott Vickroy from his kidnappers, but Klein later realized that the familiar, indifferent gaze he sensed during the rescue had been connected to the Antigonus Family’s notebook. A nightmare featuring the notebook and a message about death left him recognizing that his earlier encounter had revealed its presence.

• Leonard used a chant to put the kidnappers to sleep, and Klein helped subdue their accomplice when he arrived with bread.
• Leonard and Klein freed Elliott, bound the kidnappers, and sent Klein to find the police and notify the Vickroy family.
• After waiting with the police, Leonard and Klein left before the Vickroy family arrived, and Leonard explained Klein’s expected share of the reward.
• Klein returned home, spent the evening with his siblings, and later woke from a nightmare about a black notebook bearing an image of The Fool and a line about death.
• Klein realized that the familiar gaze he had sensed during Leonard’s chanting was connected to the Antigonus Family’s notebook.

Klein’s dream led him to identify the room opposite the kidnappers’ as the place where the Antigonus Family notebook had appeared. He joined Dunn and the Nighthawks in searching it, where they found a grotesquely bloated corpse and Klein vomited at the sight.

• Klein hurried to the Blackthorn Security Company and told Dunn Smith that he recognized the room from a dream as the place connected to the Antigonus Family notebook.
• Dunn assembled Klein, Leonard Mitchell, Old Neil, and Frye and led them to the building where the kidnapping had occurred.
• The Nighthawks confirmed that the room was empty of people and magical auras, and Leonard broke its lock.
• Dunn opened the door, revealing an old woman’s swollen, rotting corpse in a rocking chair beside a blazing fireplace.
• Klein was overcome by the stench and vomited.

Klein and the Nighthawks investigated the home of Katy Stephana Bieber, where clues pointed to her missing son, Riel Bieber, and the lost Antigonus Family Notebook. They identified Riel and began searching for him, while Klein learned that a supernatural force may have deliberately delivered the notebook to him; Riel and the notebook remained missing.

• Klein recognized the room from a vision and heard the names Hornacis and Flegrea, while Frye found no obvious cause of Katy Stephana Bieber's death.
• A police officer reported that Katy and her son, Riel Bieber, had been missing from their neighbors' sight for over a week, and Old Neil used a ritual to produce Riel's portrait.
• Klein tried to divine Riel's location with his cane, but an unknown power interfered, so Dunn ordered Riel placed on the wanted list for murdering his mother.
• Dunn and Frye searched Tingen City's bars for Riel, while Klein and Old Neil returned to the Blackthorn Security Company.
• Old Neil proposed that a power connected to the Antigonus Family Notebook had delivered it to Riel and erased the trail, and Klein suspected Riel was a descendant of the Antigonus Family.

Klein learned that the Secret Order would focus on finding Riel Bieber, easing his fear of the Antigonus Family Notebook. After earning ten pounds from a commission, he planned to visit the Divination Club and begin acting.

• Old Neil told Klein that the Secret Order would likely pursue Riel Bieber and leave him alone, and Klein hoped the danger had passed.
• Mrs. Orianna said the old butler had paid two hundred pounds for the rescue commission, with Klein receiving ten percent of half the fee.
• Old Neil explained that his twelve-pound weekly salary was often insufficient for Beyonder materials and that underground markets sold them.
• Klein offered to lend Old Neil money, but Old Neil declined and said he would teach Klein ritual magic the next day.
• With his ten pounds, Klein went out to seek the Divination Club while Captain Dunn was still away.

Klein joined the Tingen City Divination Club, registered as a diviner, and attended Hynas Vincent’s lesson on astrolabe divination. The chapter ended as Hynas offered to teach magic mirror divination, a method Klein considered unsafe.

• Klein paid five pounds to join the Tingen City Divination Club and registered to offer divinations for two pence.
• Angelica Barrett introduced Klein to Hynas Vincent’s astrolabe lesson and brought him Southville coffee.
• Klein used Spirit Vision to examine Hynas and listened to his explanation of astrolabe divination.
• Edward Steve told Klein that middle-priced diviners attracted the most customers, so Klein raised his price to eight pence.
• Hynas Vincent emerged with a silver-plated mirror and offered to teach magic mirror divination, prompting Klein to worry about its safety.

Klein listened to Hynas Vincent explain orthodox Magic Mirror Divination and spent the afternoon guiding club members away from dangerous mystical practices. The chapter ended with Glacis urgently asking to see Klein again because he credited him as a miraculous doctor.

• Klein listened outside the conference room as Hynas Vincent explained how to perform Magic Mirror Divination safely by praying to an orthodox deity.
• Klein returned to the conference room, where Edward Steve discussed how divination predictions could be vague and biased toward survivors.
• Klein advised club members throughout the afternoon but received no requests to perform divinations before leaving.
• Edward Steve encountered Glacis, who described recovering from a severe illness after taking medicine from an apothecary recommended by his wife.
• Angelica told Glacis that Klein Moretti had joined the club, and Glacis asked her to arrange another meeting with him because he considered Klein a miraculous doctor.

Klein gave most of his unexpected five-pound bonus to Benson and Melissa, encouraging Benson to study accounting and grammar and agreeing to buy Melissa a dress. The next day, Old Neil took Klein to his home to demonstrate ritualistic magic, revealing that he intended to use it to settle a thirty-pound debt.

• Klein told Benson and Melissa that his five-pound bonus came from urgent work and gave the money to them.
• Benson chose to spend the extra income on accounting books, while Klein urged him to study grammar and agreed to help Melissa buy a dress.
• Melissa told Klein and Benson that Mrs. Schodde planned to visit, and Benson explained the customs of middle-class calls.
• On Sunday, Klein went to the Nighthawks' headquarters, where Loyao Letting warned him that ritualistic magic was dangerous.
• Old Neil brought Klein to his home, prepared a ritual, and said he would use magic to settle a thirty-pound debt.