Recaps

Klein investigated the Apostle of Desire after a string of threats and murders, while the hunt was misled by Patrick Jason Beria’s identity and human-skin disguises. Arrodes located the real Apostle in a Backlund villa just as he prepared to attack Duke Negan.

• Derrick passed Colin Iliad and Afreau’s questioning, while Lovia’s ritual led her to whisper, “The Fool?”
• Mr. A ordered his followers to find the Fool and his believers, prompting Klein to weigh the danger of the Aurora Order’s search as Fors traveled to Pritz Harbor and met Dorian Gray.
• Klein investigated Will Auceptin’s corpse with Allen, and Fors delivered Lawrence’s final message and Beyonder Characteristic to Dorian.
• Klein took Talym’s commission to investigate the tarot-card organization, then discovered that gang enforcers and bounty hunters were searching for Azik Eggers.
• Klein found Isengard Stanton’s wrecked home, was arrested after the assistant collapsed into dismembered remains, and received threatening letters that drove detectives toward violence.
• Isengard revealed that a Sequence 5 Apostle of Desire had manipulated the detectives’ emotions, and he, Klein, and Kaslana joined the hunt with official Beyonders.
• The investigators traced Patrick Jason Beria to a property filled with murdered servants, but Klein divined that Beria was changing his appearance and later learned the hunt might be a distraction.
• After Arrodes showed Leonard that the Apostle was at a villa in Backlund, a woman disguised as Beria discarded a human skin while the real Apostle prepared to attack Duke Negan.

After the Apostle of Desire killed Duke Negan, Klein uncovered the Hermits of Fate’s involvement and pursued the ingredients needed to advance. The Machinery Hivemind’s expedition uncovered Amon’s portrait and a passage to the Abyss, while Klein arranged to buy the Human-skinned Shadow characteristic and Wind-blessed formula.

• The Apostle of Desire killed Duke Negan, but Klein pursued him through the sewers and destroyed him before learning that the Hermits of Fate had ordered the assassination.
• Klein warned Audrey about the Hermits of Fate, obtained the ingredients for his advancement from Emlyn, and helped Fors begin her Beyonder path under Dorian Gray.
• Prince Edessak hired Klein to investigate Talym Dumont’s death, and Klein’s divination pointed to a woman wearing a sapphire ring, but he chose to withdraw from the dangerous case.
• Roselle’s diary revealed details about Mr. Door, the Fourth Epoch angel families, and the Primordial Demoness, while the Fool warned the Tarot Club not to speak or write the name Hermits of Fate.
• Arrodes showed Klein the Machinery Hivemind exploring the Amon family mausoleum, where the team fought a Human-skinned Shadow and recovered its characteristic.
• Horamick Haydn, a refined puppet, bypassed the Ghost Picture Frame, found the empty coffin and a portrait of Amon, then uncovered murals of Amon and Adam and a door depicting the Abyss.
• Klein accepted 2,000 pounds from Ikanser for his intelligence and arranged to purchase the Human-skinned Shadow characteristic, while Alger offered a gold mask for the Wind-blessed formula.

Klein advanced to Faceless and became entangled in the City of Silver’s repeating exploration, while Emlyn joined the Fool’s secret gathering and Audrey warned her mother about Trissy Cheek. Trissy’s flight exposed the danger around Prince Edessak, and Klein ended the stretch fleeing through an underground passage as a ritual began nearby.

• Klein paid Audrey and Sharron, verified the items they received, and successfully advanced to Sequence 6 by drinking the Faceless potion.
• Klein investigated Talym’s past at Red Rose Manor, while Derrick and the City of Silver team found a child named Jack in the temple ruins.
• The evil spirit beneath the ruins showed Klein the Red Priest Card of Blasphemy and warned that Macht Pound’s Tudor bloodline could unlock Alista Tudor’s legacy.
• Derrick and the Tarot Club identified clues in the temple murals, and Derrick broke the mural’s looping river before Colin defeated Jack and freed the exploration team from the time loop.
• Emlyn accepted the Sanguine mission to pray to the Fool, joined the Tarot Club as The Moon, and had Klein remove the bishop’s psychological suggestion.
• Klein reported that he found no evidence Talym had been murdered, but Trissy Cheek appeared in his carriage, admitted to cursing Talym, and revealed her connection to the Primordial Demoness.
• Klein escaped the royal pursuers as a meteor shower struck, and Azik rescued him before they encountered Ince Zangwill, and Audrey warned Countess Caitlyn about Trissy.
• Edessak let Trissy escape and chose to remain behind, while Klein disguised himself to flee through the underground passage and found four hooded figures gathered at an altar.

Klein helped disrupt the rituals behind the Great Smog, then left Backlund to search for mermaids and pursue his own advancement. Aboard the White Agate and in Damir Port, he heard sea legends and found that the harbor’s dangers included scams as well as pirates.

• Lady Despair spread choking smog across Backlund while Mr. A prepared the True Creator’s descent, and Klein disrupted the ritual with the Master Key, allowing Mr. Door’s cries to shatter the altar.
• A hooded woman erased Mr. A and later freed Trissy from her curse, while Ince Zangwill escaped with 0-08 and Prince Edessak shot himself.
• Klein learned from Azik that Ince remained dangerous, accepted a sealed glove, and left Backlund after the smog killed Old Kohler, Liv, and Freja.
• At the Tarot Gathering, Klein introduced Emlyn, read Roselle’s diary, and arranged trades and requests for materials while the members discussed the Great Smog and their investigations.
• Klein adopted the identity Gehrman Sparrow, boarded the White Agate, and watched Krivis and the crew catch and sell a Merfolk.
• Elland and Krivis shared stories of pirates and legendary treasures, and Klein wondered whether Death’s Key could help Azik recover his memories.
• After the White Agate reached Damir Port, Woody and Logan tried to swindle Klein, who knocked Logan out and escaped the bar after confronting its bartender.