Recaps

Klein investigated the serial murders while obtaining the Apothecary formula and uncovering the Master Key’s origins. With Audrey’s help, he stole Roselle’s Card of Blasphemy from the museum, but the mysterious woman who confronted him and the murder investigation remained unresolved.

• Klein witnessed Capote Reed’s Spirit Dance awaken a corpse, destroyed the creature, and later learned from Capote that a dead vagrant had taught him the ritual and left him a copper whistle.
• Klein joined Isengard Stanton’s discussions about the serial murders, reviewed old case files, and asked Stuart to observe two possible suspects.
• Klein accepted Bishop Utravsky’s commission to defeat his violent former self in a dream, then earned the Master Key and the Apothecary formula.
• Klein learned from the vampire imprisoned beneath Harvest Church that the Master Key had been stolen from 32 Williams Street, while Audrey began investigating Roselle’s museum exhibits at his request.
• Klein and Audrey identified a bookmark in Roselle’s reconstructed study as a likely hiding place for a Card of Blasphemy, and Audrey confirmed that it reacted abnormally.
• Klein infiltrated the Kingdom Museum and stole two bookmarks, but a mysterious woman confronted him before he escaped with them above the gray fog.
• Klein activated one bookmark by saying Bernadette’s name, revealed the Black Emperor card, and told Audrey that she had helped him recover a Card of Blasphemy.
• After the twelfth murder was reported and the museum’s investigators discussed the stolen bookmarks, Klein left the card, Azik’s Copper Whistle, and the Master Key above the gray fog, then found a letter from Isengard Stanton.

Klein investigated the dangers surrounding the Master Key, gained new allies and Sun-domain weapons, and helped Sharron and Maric ambush the Wraith Steve. The arc ended with Steve being dragged toward Sharron’s mysterious door as Klein fired a final volley of bullets.

• Klein learned that Allen Kreis’s misfortunes began after a tarot reading with Will Auceptin, and advised him to seek help from the Evernight Church.
• Klein witnessed the Churches destroy the giant Devil dog, then discovered that Sharron and Maric wanted his help killing the Wraith Steve and agreed after making preparations.
• Klein explored the looping house at 32 Williams Street, killed a Wraith, and recovered a notebook that linked the Master Key’s danger to Bethel Abraham and the Abraham family’s curse.
• Klein traded the Trickmaster formula to Fors for 450 pounds and bought the Sun Brooch for 2,000 pounds to prepare for the ambush.
• Klein planted explosives at the abandoned West Balam Dock while Sharron and Maric lured Steve, Jason, and Tyre into the clearing.
• Sharron used the Door of Mystery to drag Jason away, while Klein battled Steve and helped disrupt the Crimson Moon Corona’s effects.
• Steve weakened the group with toxins, but Klein baited him into taking the Azik Copper Whistle and Master Key, whose eerie sound made him collapse and mutate.
• Klein used the Sun Brooch to destroy the summoned creatures and fired holy, Purification, and Exorcism Bullets at Steve as Sharron’s door pulled him closer.

Klein dealt with Amon’s attempt to reach the gray fog, investigated Emlyn White, and helped uncover the hardships facing East Borough residents. The arc ended with Klein tracing missing Daisy to Capim’s dangerous home while protecting Fors from divination.

• Klein killed Steve and Tyre, recovered their belongings, and escaped the clearing before the Machinery Hivemind arrived to investigate.
• Klein studied the Book of Secrets and the Werewolf characteristic, then accompanied Mike Joseph and Old Kohler through East Borough, where they witnessed hunger, poverty, toxic factory work, and threatened jobs.
• Derrick learned that the outsider who had met his exploration team was Amon, and Amon later parasitized him in an attempt to reach the gray fog.
• Klein used a ritual and the Black Emperor card to expel Amon from Derrick, while Leonard learned that his own Parasite was hiding from Amon.
• Klein investigated Emlyn White, found him serving at Harvest Church, and helped him return to his home, though the Nightmare Candle’s suggestion still compelled him to visit the church.
• Klein introduced Emlyn to Mrs. Doris as a doctor, and Emlyn eased her breathing even as he warned that her condition could not be reversed.
• Liv asked Klein to find her missing daughter Daisy, and Klein followed a tracking item to Capim’s guarded home before deciding it was too dangerous to approach.
• Fors met Lawrence Nold and learned of the Abraham family’s losses, while Klein sent her a ritual and used a paper angel to protect her from divination.

Klein rescued Daisy and killed Capim, while his investigation into Will Auceptin and the Tarot Club’s dealings revealed dangers tied to the City of Silver, Amon, and the Abraham Family. The arc ended with Derrick fighting Dark after discovering the explorer’s corruption, leaving Chief Colin to investigate what had happened.

• Klein investigated Capim’s villa, poisoned its dinner guests, ignited the coal gas, killed Capim and Kitty, and freed Daisy and the other captives.
• Daisy returned home, and Klein gave her vocabulary book back to Liv while Mike Joseph arranged a relief fund for Capim’s victims.
• Klein investigated Dr. Allen’s dreams and Will Auceptin’s paper crane, finding Will injured in a dream involving a giant silver-white snake and a Wheel of Fortune card.
• At the Tarot Gathering, Derrick revealed that Amon had possessed him and that Mr. Fool had sent an angel to purify the avatar, leaving behind a twelve-ringed worm.
• Alger advised Derrick to use the worm and a staged loss of awareness to mislead the City of Silver’s leaders about Amon and the corrupted explorers.
• Klein gave Derrick the Eye of All-Black, and Derrick used it to identify a watcher before Dark visited him with food that concealed human remains.
• Dark confronted Derrick after the food’s disguise fell away, and Derrick fought him while throwing the sealed iron box through a mysterious door.
• The watcher found Derrick unconscious and Dark transformed into flesh, with a twelve-ringed worm nearby, and Chief Colin ordered an investigation into Derrick and Elder Lovia.