Recaps

Klein explored the elven ruins, identified the Sea God Scepter as a dangerous Sealed Artifact, and uncovered evidence linking the high elf Cohinem to the ancient Creator. After enduring the scepter’s overwhelming prayers, he pulled it free and returned above the gray fog, where he examined the artifact.

• Klein recovered the Biotoxin Bottle and a corroded iron cigarette case from the ruins.
• Klein examined a mural depicting the Elf King Soniathrym confronting the Creator and found a golden wine cup inscribed with Cohinem’s name and title, Calamity.
• Klein searched the collapsed hall, concealed his traces, and approached the Sea God Scepter despite the prayers and visions overwhelming him.
• Klein seized the Sea God Scepter and pulled it from the pillar as the seawater surged through the ruins.
• Klein returned above the gray fog, where the scepter’s prayers and visions ceased and he saw light around it corresponding to its praying believers.

Klein discovered the Sea God Scepter’s powers and dangerous side effects, then decided to use it to guide the Sea God’s believers after Kavithua’s death. As Klein announced his return and forbade human sacrifices, Jahn Kottman found evidence of the scepter’s wielder and ordered a search.

• Klein assessed the Sea God Scepter’s immense powers and concluded that its unpredictable blood-draining effect made it dangerous to use around others.
• Klein decided to answer selected believers’ prayers and provide guidance, reasoning that abandoning them could worsen human sacrifices and drive the resistance toward cruel allies.
• Klein appeared to Kalat amid a storm and declared, “I have returned,” giving the despairing resistance member renewed hope.
• Jahn Kottman arrived at the elven ruins, saw the remains of the sea serpent and a vision of the Sea God Scepter’s wielder, and ordered his people to find him.
• Klein answered the prayers of about a dozen important believers and issued a sacred covenant forbidding living and human sacrifices.

Klein reshaped the Sea God’s commandments and learned more about the limits of the Sea God Scepter, while the rebels welcomed the divine changes. Alger received an order to find the mysterious person suspected of taking something from Kavithua’s remains, and Klein later questioned Danitz about his abilities.

• Kalat and Edmonton received the Sea God’s revelation, agreed to follow the new commandments, and decided to tell the high priest and build a new statue.
• Above the gray fog, Klein examined the Sea God Scepter’s limits and the altered cigarette case before returning to his hotel room.
• Chogo gave Alger an indistinct portrait and ordered him to watch people connected to Intis, Feysac, and the cathedral notices.
• Alger suspected the mysterious target was connected to Kavithua’s death and wondered whether the World had taken Kavithua’s Beyonder characteristic.
• Klein found Danitz removing his bandages and asked about his Sequence; Danitz insisted he was an expert at provocation.

Klein and Danitz discussed the aftermath of Kavithua’s death while Alger learned that believers thought a new Sea God had appeared. Klein received his reward from Elland and gave a partial account of how he had uncovered the truth about Latiz and the holy sword.

• Danitz explained his targeted provocation techniques and trapping skills to Klein, then wondered whether Kavithua was truly dead and whether hunting the Admiral of Blood would be delayed.
• Klein concealed his plan to use Danitz against the Admiral of Blood and considered contacting Captain through a Spirit Summoning Ritual after waiting another day.
• Alger visited Ralph and learned that Kovaro had gone south and that Ralph believed God had reappeared on earth in a new image; Alger suspected Mr. Fool was behind the new Sea God.
• Elland paid Klein one hundred pounds, and Klein gave Danitz twenty pounds from the reward.
• Elland asked Danitz about the notice exposing Latiz and Kavithua; Danitz denied knowing who posted it, and Klein described his encounter with Latiz, the holy sword, and the resistance.
• Elland offered Klein a more generous reward if he brought him such information directly and told Danitz that Blazing’s bounty was likely to rise again.

Danitz tried to avoid the danger of his rising bounty, but Edwina ordered him to keep following Gehrman Sparrow as her liaison. Klein then told Danitz to inform Edwina that he had a way to find Admiral of Blood, and wrote to Mr. Azik for advice on obtaining his own messenger.

• Danitz urged Gehrman Sparrow to leave Bayam, but Klein told him to advance his Sequence instead.
• Alger received confirmation that Blazing Danitz had posted the notice and began planning to hunt for ingredients at sea under the Sea God's new identity.
• Danitz performed a Spirit Summoning Ritual and contacted Edwina, reporting Sea God Kavithua's death and asking to return to the Golden Dream.
• Edwina ordered Danitz to continue following Gehrman Sparrow as their liaison, then agreed he could return to the ship because Gehrman had a messenger.
• Klein told Danitz to pass on that he had a way to find Admiral of Blood, then wrote to Mr. Azik asking how to obtain a messenger of his own.

Above the gray fog, Klein used the Sea God Scepter to answer prayers, save fishermen, and empower the resistance, while reflecting on the dangers of acting as the Sea God. The chapter then shifted to Audrey riding through the countryside with Susie to explore an old tower.

• Klein used the Sea God Scepter to calm a storm and save fishermen, who praised Kavithua, prompting him to consider the risks of immersing himself in a Faceless identity.
• Klein heard the final prayer of a dying girl who had been sold to the Red Theater and promised to do his best to have her buried properly.
• Klein discovered Kalat, Edmonton, and other resistance members praying for power, then infused their offerings with temporary Beyonder abilities.
• Klein considered making charms for underwater activity and lightning before returning to the real world.
• Audrey rode out with Susie and her attendants to explore a collapsed ancient tower in the woods.

Audrey found no clues at the ruined tower but wondered whether an old song about dragons and dreams pointed to the Dragon of Imagination’s city, Liveseyd. Meanwhile, Klein used a wireless telegraph receiver to contact Admiral of Blood’s crew, and Danitz unexpectedly received a message from Arrodes.

• Audrey searched the collapsed tower, heard a local song about monsters and dragons in dreams, and connected it to the imagined city Liveseyd before Susie admitted she knew nothing about poetry.
• Kalat saw signs of divine grace on the altar’s offerings and went to tell the high priest Edmonton and the others.
• Klein summoned Edwina through Danitz and explained that he had obtained Admiral of Blood’s wireless frequency and cipher information from White Bear.
• Klein gave Danitz a wireless telegraph receiver and its operating instructions so he could monitor for signals.
• Danitz woke to the receiver operating by itself and read a message from someone named Arrodes, who demanded an answer to one question in exchange.

Danitz was embarrassed when Arrodes exposed his feelings for his captain through the radio transceiver, while Klein discovered that the device could connect to the magic mirror. Klein asked Arrodes where to find mermaids, then considered the risks of using the transceiver to contact it again.

• Arrodes asked Danitz about his crush on his captain and his ideal woman, exposing his feelings as Klein watched from the doorway.
• Klein realized Arrodes was communicating remotely through the radio transceiver and ordered Danitz to stand guard outside.
• Klein asked Arrodes where he could find mermaids, and it named waters east of the Gargas Archipelago, Serenity Cathedral, and the Church of Repose on Oravi Island.
• Arrodes required Klein to answer a question in return, and Klein said his breakfast would depend on what the hotel provided.
• The radio transceiver lost its supernatural quality, and Klein considered how to contact Arrodes again while worrying that more dangerous beings might reach him.

Audrey used Psychological Suggestion to enter and explore a lucid dream, reaching the Sea of Collective Subconscious and the Sky of Spirituality. She spotted a Mind Dragon and woke herself, while Danitz returned to the room and asked Gehrman Sparrow to keep what he had seen secret.

• Audrey removed Lies before sleeping and suggested to herself that she stay lucid in her dreams.
• Audrey explored a dream of the Hall Family ancestral castle and recognized her lingering fear of nearly losing control after drinking the Psychiatrist potion.
• Audrey opened a staircase into the gray haze and descended through memories in her subconscious to the Sea of Collective Subconscious and the Sky of Spirituality.
• Audrey observed other people's consciousnesses and saw a Mind Dragon fly through the sea of subconscious.
• Audrey returned through the mountain of her own consciousness and woke herself, intending to seek advice at the next Tarot Club gathering.
• Danitz returned to the room and asked Gehrman Sparrow whether he would keep what he had just seen secret.

Klein buried the dead girl under the name Bodi while Jahn Kottman ordered the Mandated Punishers to search the archipelago for anomalies linked to Kavithua’s Beyonder Characteristic. Back at the inn, Klein learned that Danitz’s bounty had risen and considered how to obtain a messenger, deciding to explore the Spirit World outside the archipelago.

• Klein warned Danitz to keep listening and left him at the inn to monitor the wireless telegraph.
• Klein retrieved the dead girl’s body, took it to a native cemetery, and arranged her cremation and burial with the epitaph “She was a human being.”
• Jahn Kottman learned that the resistance was making a new statue after receiving a response from Kavithua and ordered the Mandated Punishers to search the archipelago’s waters for anomalies.
• Klein returned to the Azure Wind inn, where Danitz told him his bounty had risen to 5,500 pounds.
• Klein received a letter explaining how to obtain a messenger and decided to enter the Spirit World outside the archipelago to find one.

While reviewing prayers as the Sea God, Klein marked a corrupt police inspector and instructed a merchant to fund aid for native children. He then explored the Spirit World and was swept toward a black sailing ship and its giant, crowned ruler before vanishing.

• Klein reviewed the Sea God's prayers, marked senior inspector Braya, and told merchant Ralph to establish a charitable fund for native children.
• Klein divined that exploring the Spirit World would not be especially dangerous, changed his appearance, and entered it.
• Klein found the Spirit World strangely empty and narrowly avoided being stepped on by a huge, bandaged creature dripping yellow-green pus.
• Klein was pulled uncontrollably toward a black three-masted ship, where he met the gaze of an enormous crowned figure seated on a stone chair, then vanished.

Klein encountered Nast and the Black Emperor while traveling through the Spirit World, then decided to avoid using the Black Emperor card and summon a messenger by ritual. In Bayam, Alger donated a hundred pounds to Ralph’s charitable fund after Ralph said the Sea God had instructed him to help disadvantaged children, while Klein’s summoning brought forth a creature too fast to see.

• Klein concluded that the Black Emperor card had drawn him toward Nast and that a supernatural force had compelled him to approach the ghost ship, so he decided not to use the card for now.
• Alger met Ralph in Bayam and learned that Ralph planned to establish a charitable fund after receiving a divine revelation from the Sea God.
• After Ralph explained that the fund would help children suffering discrimination because of their ancestry, Alger donated a hundred pounds.
• Klein performed a ritual in an abandoned warehouse to summon a fast Spirit World messenger, but the creature vanished before he could identify it.

Klein tried several rituals to find a messenger and finally contracted with the headless Spirit World creature Reinette Tinekerr. Days later, as Bayam returned to normal, Danitz invited Klein to a Beyonder gathering.

• Klein abandoned his attempts to summon a messenger that was too fast, invisible, or too slow.
• Klein summoned the headless woman and learned that she could travel quickly and demanded one gold coin per delivery.
• Klein wrote a messenger contract with Reinette Tinekerr, who signed it and became his messenger.
• Over the next few days, Bayam gradually returned to normal, but Danitz received no intercepted telegrams from the Admiral of Blood's pirate crew.
• Danitz told Klein about a Beyonder gathering that night and asked whether he wanted to attend.

Klein attended a Beyonder gathering with Danitz and bought the residual spirituality of an ancient wraith for 500 pounds. The gathering ended with a 1,000-pound commission to locate a woman named Elaine, whom Klein recognized from a photograph.

• Klein agreed to accompany Danitz to a Beyonder gathering at the Fragrant Leaf Bar and chose not to disguise himself.
• Klein bought a small bottle of genuine ancient wraith spirituality from a thin, sallow man for 500 pounds.
• Oz Kent offered 1,000 pounds or equivalent Beyonder materials for finding Elaine, with instructions not to hurt her.
• Klein examined Elaine’s photograph and asked Oz Kent for her name and a divination medium.
• Oz Kent said Elaine had strong counter-tracking abilities, was stronger than a Sequence 9, and only needed to be located for the reward to be claimed.

Klein considered how to find the red-haired Elaine without compromising his role as the Sea God, then punished a fraud who abused The Fool’s name. The chapter ended with an unfamiliar crimson star lighting up above the gray fog.

• Danitz eagerly reacted to the 1,000-pound reward for finding Elaine, but Klein reminded him that Danitz himself carried a 5,500-pound bounty.
• Klein decided to seek Elaine through Arrodes later and asked Danitz to question his captain if she contacted him in a dream.
• Klein sent his radio transceiver above the gray fog and reviewed prayers to the Sea God with the Sea God Scepter.
• Ed Sheeran posed as a blessed of The Fool and tried to deceive Denise, but Klein struck him with lightning after he recited The Fool’s honorific name.
• Denise discovered Ed Sheeran was dead and fled to report him to the police.
• An unfamiliar crimson star lit up above the gray fog, and Klein observed it without responding.

Klein rescued Cattleya from the Hidden Sage’s ravings by bringing her above the gray fog, then introduced himself as Mr. Fool. Cattleya joined the Tarot Club as The Hermit after agreeing to assist his Blessed and keep the gathering secret.

• Klein recognized that the black-haired woman’s mutations came from the Hidden Sage’s ravings and brought her spirit above the gray fog to block them.
• The woman recovered and introduced herself as Cattleya, the Admiral of Stars and a member of the Moss Ascetic Order.
• Cattleya explained that the Hidden Sage pursues members of the order with knowledge, forcing them to endure the influx or risk losing control.
• Klein told Cattleya to recite his name if she faced the ravings again, and she agreed to assist his Blessed.
• Cattleya asked to join the Tarot Club, accepted its secrecy requirement, and chose The Hermit as her code name.

Cattleya recovered after Mr. Fool drew her Spirit Body into a mysterious space and joined the Tarot Club, while Klein considered the risks and advantages of gaining her as a member. As the Nighthawks began investigating cases linked to The Fool and Fors received guidance from her teacher, the Tarot Club gathered with another unfamiliar member present.

• Cattleya examined the strange sights her Mystery Pryer abilities revealed, reflected on Mr. Fool's power, and accepted that her destiny might now be tied to the Tarot Club.
• Klein weighed the benefits and risks of Cattleya's membership and considered using her ship to reach the sea where mermaids sang.
• Soest received news that a fraudster had been struck dead after invoking The Fool, and Leonard persuaded him to reopen the investigations into two tarot ritual cases.
• Fors read Dorian Gray's advice about acting as a Trickmaster and hurried to join the weekly Tarot Club gathering.
• Fors and Audrey noticed an unfamiliar woman seated at the Tarot Club table, and Audrey greeted Mr. Fool.

At the Tarot Club gathering, Justice introduced the new member, the Hermit, while the members cautiously assessed one another. The Fool collected several pages of Roselle's Diary and ancient-god legends, and the Hermit's intense reaction to his ability to read the diary left Justice and Klein wondering what connection she had to it.

• Justice greeted the Hermit and introduced her to the Tarot Club members through a round of greetings.
• The Hanged Man suspected the Hermit might be Admiral of Stars Cattleya and resolved to be careful about revealing his circumstances.
• The Hermit scrutinized the members' clothing and bearing, identifying possible links to the Church of Storms, the Earth Mother, and other supernatural paths.
• Justice offered one page of Roselle's Diary, the Magician offered three pages, and the Sun provided legends of the ancient gods.
• The Fool materialized and read the submissions, shocking the Hermit because she knew Roselle's notes were a diary that others could not read.
• Justice noticed the Hermit's reaction, and Klein wondered why she was so affected before turning to the first page.

Klein read Roselle’s diary and discovered that Roselle had helped Zaratul steal the Antigonus Family Notebook, the artifact that led to Klein’s awakening. He then studied Roselle’s account of the ancient gathering and Little Sun’s legends about the ancient gods, while the Tarot Club members considered what to discuss and trade.

• Klein read Roselle’s entries about his indulgence, his doubts, and his attempts to practice moderation.
• Klein learned that Zaratul asked Roselle to steal the Antigonus Family Notebook from the Church of the Artisan, and he connected the theft to the artifact that had led to his awakening.
• Klein read Roselle’s account of Hermes explaining the Secret Order’s hostility toward the True Creator and the Shepherd pathway’s potential to gather powers from other pathways.
• Klein read how Roselle devoted himself to studying after consuming the Reader potion.
• Cattleya inferred that Mr. Fool regularly read Roselle’s diary at Tarot Gatherings as he searched for historical secrets.
• Klein finished reviewing Little Sun’s material and learned that ancient gods in the Second Epoch had subordinate deities.

Klein reviewed information about ancient subsidiary deities and considered how little the City of Silver knew about their true names and ranks. At the Tarot Club, Alger agreed to obtain a Sanguine Baron's inheritance for Emlyn, Audrey bought a Psychiatrist characteristic from The World, and Derrick sought a potion ingredient from Cattleya.

• Klein suspected Cohinem was the Elf King's Queen of Calamity and wondered whether subsidiary deities were equivalent to Angels or Angel Kings.
• Alger worried that Emlyn had revealed he was seeking an inheritance held by a great pirate, then agreed to obtain it for 4,500 pounds and a 300-pound commission.
• Audrey chose not to test Cattleya with the Black Emperor card and asked The World whether he had obtained a residual Psychiatrist characteristic.
• The World offered Audrey the Psychiatrist characteristic for 1,800 pounds, and she accepted without bargaining.
• Derrick asked the Tarot Club for the fruit of the Radiant Spirit Pact Tree, and Cattleya said she had one and asked what he could offer in exchange.

Cattleya traded with Derrick for the City of Silver’s history and realized it lay in the Forsaken Land of the Gods, while the Tarot Club continued its transactions. During the free exchange, Alger described Kavithua’s death, leading Cattleya to suspect that Mr. Fool possessed the Sea God’s power.

• Cattleya asked to review the common monsters near the City of Silver, then agreed to trade the information for its history.
• Derrick conjured an outline of the City of Silver’s history, and Cattleya arranged to send him the fruit of the Radiant Spirit Pact Tree through a sacrifice to Mr. Fool.
• Cattleya connected the City of Silver’s history to the Cataclysm and the Forsaken Land of the Gods, then reconsidered the Tarot Club and Mr. Fool’s aims.
• The World bought the eyes of a Six-Winged Gargoyle from Cattleya for three hundred pounds.
• Alger told the gathering that Latiz’s discovery had led to Kavithua’s death, though the Sea God’s believers still received responses.
• Cattleya recalled the sea-and-storm divinity of the scepter she had seen Mr. Fool holding and looked toward him in suspicion.

The Tarot Club members inferred that Mr. Fool might be answering prayers as the Sea God, but he neither confirmed nor denied it, instead revealing that Kavithua had become a demigod through a relic of Calamity Cohinem. The World then asked about red-haired Elaine, and after Cattleya identified her, Audrey began describing her investigation into a Mind Dragon.

• Cattleya looked toward Mr. Fool after Alger discussed the dead Sea God Kavithua, prompting the other Tarot Club members to wonder whether Mr. Fool was answering Kavithua's believers.
• Klein neither admitted nor denied the suspicion, but said Kavithua had become a demigod through a relic left by Calamity Cohinem.
• Alger concluded that the current Sea God was Mr. Fool's incarnation, while Audrey was delighted by the possibility of receiving answers to prayers at sea.
• The World showed the group a photograph of red-haired Elaine, and Cattleya identified her as a young woman of the Sauron Family who had been captured by Disease Maiden Tracy.
• Audrey said she had been following traces of a Mind Dragon and had visited a place where people worshipped dragons.

Audrey recounted her journey through dreams into the collective subconscious, and the Tarot Club warned her against exploring it again before reaching Sequence 5. The gathering also revealed historical information about the Giant Queen Omebella, while Cattleya left with suspicions about the Tarot Club and sent a discreet warning about someone collecting the Emperor's diary.

• Audrey described reaching the collective subconscious and seeing a dragon, then asked whether she should search for the City of Miracles, Liveseyd.
• Alger and Cattleya warned Audrey that the collective subconscious held dangers and told her not to explore it again before Sequence 5; Klein stayed silent because he lacked reliable advice.
• Emlyn cited Sanguine history to challenge Derrick, and Cattleya confirmed that Omebella was the Goddess of Harvest and queen of the Giant King's Court.
• After the gathering ended, Cattleya judged the Tarot Club and Mr. Fool to be powerful and mysterious, then sent a letter warning that someone was collecting the Emperor's diary.
• Klein returned to the real world intending to test an idea inspired by Audrey's dream exploration.

Klein tested whether he could receive prayers by reciting The Fool’s honorific name in a lucid dream, then warned Audrey that she could call on him if she faced danger in a dream. He also learned that the wanted red-haired Elaine was connected to Vice Admiral Ailment Tracy and ordered Sea God believers to find and protect her.

• Klein used a Nightmare Beyonder Characteristic to enter Danitz’s dream aboard the Golden Dream.
• Klein recited The Fool’s honorific name in Ancient Hermes and heard illusory prayers, confirming that the method worked in dreams.
• Klein entered the space above the gray fog and saw a halo containing his dream, then warned Audrey not to explore dreams rashly and told her to recite his name in Ancient Hermes if she faced danger.
• Audrey gladly accepted Mr. Fool’s warning and planned to learn more before attempting dream exploration.
• Klein connected red-haired Elaine to Vice Admiral Ailment Tracy and ordered Kalat, Edmonton, and other Sea God believers to find and protect Elaine while watching for Tracy’s forces.

Klein considered using Elaine’s identity to draw out Vice Admiral Ailment Tracy, but decided to find the real woman first. After Admiral of Blood’s fleet headed south, Danitz tried to leave Bayam for Generous, but his rising bounty made the trip dangerous, so he returned to ask Klein to accompany him to meet the captain.

• Kalat prayed to the Sea God about Elaine, believing she could shift the balance of power at sea.
• Klein rejected his idea of impersonating Elaine and decided to search for her and learn more before acting.
• Danitz told Klein that Admiral of Blood’s fleet had appeared at Longtail Island and sailed toward the Raging Sea, then asked to return to the Golden Dream.
• Klein gave Danitz his messenger’s summoning method and allowed him to leave.
• Danitz went to the Seaweed Bar to arrange a black-market ticket to Generous, but fled after spotting Blue Eyes Mith and realizing he was in danger.
• Danitz returned to Klein and asked whether he would go to Generous to meet the captain.