Recaps

Klein’s divination of Leon’s experiences triggered a vision of the Erdtree burning, and flames nearly consumed the Gray Fog before darkness and the Gray Fog drove them away. The next day, Klein taught Leon mysticism until Dunn arrived and ordered them to meet a senior deacon from Church headquarters at the train station.

• Klein saw a golden tree engulfed in flames during his divination, and the flames spread to the edge of the Gray Fog.
• Darkness appeared, and the Gray Fog repelled both it and the flames before they could enter its interior.
• Klein concluded that his vague divination had likely led him to the evil god connected to Leon’s sacrifice, and he wondered whether Mr. Stars was a fellow Earth transmigrator.
• The next morning, Klein taught Leon basic mysticism, discovering that Leon knew much about secret organizations but little about fundamental concepts.
• Dunn told Klein and Leon that a senior deacon from Church headquarters had arrived and ordered them to accompany him to Tingen City’s train station.

Crestet Cecimir, the senior deacon known as the Goddess's Sword, arrived in Tingen and examined Old Neil, finding him free of corruption but unfit to remain a Nighthawk. After Old Neil was cleared to retire under the Church's care, Crestet joined Dunn, Klein, and Leon in the Blackthorn Security Company alchemy room to address the hidden existence Leon had exposed.

• Dunn told Klein and Leon that Crestet Cecimir, a powerful senior deacon, was coming to oversee the mission.
• Crestet arrived at the station, and Dunn welcomed him before he went directly to examine Old Neil.
• Crestet confirmed that Old Neil had awakened and showed no traces of corruption, but ruled that he could no longer work as a Nighthawk.
• Crestet arranged for Old Neil to retire early in Backlund under the Church's care, relieving Klein's worries.
• Dunn, Klein, Leon, and Crestet returned to the alchemy room, where Crestet turned his attention to the hidden existence Leon had revealed.

Crestet Cecimir had the Nighthawks swear oaths to the Goddess to guard against lingering contamination, then gave Leon records about the Erdtree Church and conveyed the Goddess’s request for his future help. After Crestet left, Leon read a note bearing the word “Hometown” and was shaken by its implications.

• Crestet announced martial law in Tingen and revealed a sacred bone sword whose light overwhelmed the others.
• Dunn, Klein, Royale, Leonard, and Leon were called to swear oaths to the Goddess, but Crestet sealed the sword before Leon could touch it.
• Crestet asked the others to leave and gave Leon the Church’s records about the Erdtree Church without asking for anything in return.
• Crestet told Leon the Goddess wanted him to recover his strength in secrecy and help the world afterward, while allowing him to refuse.
• Crestet handed Leon a note to open alone, and Leon froze when he read the word “Hometown.”
• Leon hurried outside, where Klein told him Crestet had already left.

Leon received a note from Cecimir that made him reconsider leaving, but he remained wary of the senior deacon’s motives. He and Klein returned to the Blackthorn Security Company, where Leon found Old Neil’s notes about Emperor Roselle and agreed to accompany Klein to the trading market.

• Leon learned Cecimir had hurried back to Backlund and realized the senior deacon had planned his escape after handing over a note.
• Leon teased Klein about the note, then explained that its important message made him want answers but left him wary of the person who sent it.
• Leon and Klein returned to the underground armory, where Dunn said they could do as they pleased for the afternoon.
• Leon found Old Neil’s folder about interpreting symbols in Emperor Roselle’s lost notes and slipped it into his storage bag.
• Klein asked Leon to accompany him to the trading market behind the Evil Dragon Bar, and Leon agreed.

Leon and Klein visited the Evil Dragon Bar, where Klein searched for the man known as Monster and asked Leon to help investigate him. Leon was drawn to Azik by an aura, and when they met eyes, Destined Death activated, causing Klein to collapse unconscious.

• Leon explained that Klein could master his Potion by acting according to its name, and realized he had already mastered his own Sequence 9, Tarnished.
• Leon and Klein reached the Evil Dragon Bar and went down to its underground market, where Klein bought materials and searched for Monster.
• Klein asked Leon to help check on Monster, but they did not find him in the market.
• Leon sensed an aura and hurried toward a man, just as Klein recognized him as Mr. Azik.
• Leon met Azik's gaze, triggering Destined Death; Klein lost consciousness and fell, scattering his belongings.

Klein dreamed of waking as a corpse in a dark dungeon and touching a dead woman, where a mysterious message overwhelmed him and caused him to wake. At Mr. Azik Eggers's home, he learned that his and Leon's unusual auras had affected him, while Azik revealed that his ability might be tied to losing his memories.

• Klein dreamed that he rose from the dead beneath the Erdtree and touched a corpse, triggering a message whose final characters he could not remember.
• Klein woke at Mr. Azik Eggers's home and learned that Azik and Leon had carried him there after he passed out.
• Azik explained that the auras he and Leon had struggled to control had affected Klein because of his spiritual perception.
• Azik said he saw discordance in Leon's fate as well as Klein's and described how his special ability might have cost him his memories and family.
• Leon asked Azik whether he had no memories of his past.

Azik told Leon and Klein about his lost memories and asked them to help him find his origins. Leon offered to awaken Azik’s death-related power, and after Azik agreed, Leon began summoning Destined Death as Klein shielded the room.

• Azik described how he had lost most of his memories and discovered his supernatural abilities, then recognized Leon as someone like himself.
• Azik asked Leon and Klein to keep an eye out for clues about his origins, explaining how painful it felt to have no past.
• Azik admitted he feared danger and death, but Leon suggested his power came from death and offered to help awaken it.
• Azik accepted Leon’s offer, and Klein raised a Wall of Spirituality to isolate the room.
• Leon summoned a black and blood-red aura and began calling upon Destined Death without harming Azik.

Leon tried to awaken Azik’s memories by attacking him with Destined Death, but the power he stirred caused Azik to lose consciousness and summon hordes of undead. Leon contained the clash inside Klein’s Wall of Spirituality and struggled to match Azik’s rising power.

• Leon showed Azik Destined Death, which brought back fleeting memories of a castle and his family before the pain forced Leon to withdraw the flame.
• Leon persuaded Azik to endure an attack that might awaken his dormant power, then used Destined Death to strike him while Klein expanded the Wall of Spirituality around the living room.
• A strange door appeared behind Azik, and countless undead emerged to block Leon’s attack as Azik’s memories and power began to return.
• Azik lost consciousness, and his undead turned on Leon, who used a black curtain of Destined Death to contain the danger within the Wall of Spirituality.
• Azik’s pale power continued to intensify beyond Leon’s expectations, forcing Leon to draw on more of the Great Rune to keep the two powers in balance.

Leon used the Law of Regression to stop Azik’s awakening before their clash destroyed Klein’s spiritual barrier. After the three recovered, Azik announced he would leave Tingen to investigate his memories and gave Leon an ancient Copper Whistle that could summon his powerful messenger.

• Leon unleashed Destined Death and charged Azik, causing the Wall of Spirituality to crack as Klein tried to reinforce it.
• Leon cast the Law of Regression, suppressing Azik’s pale power and restoring the living room as the Wall of Spirituality collapsed.
• Klein separated the immobilized Leon and Azik and checked them for injuries.
• Azik apologized for the damage, and Leon warned him not to try recovering his memories again without help.
• Azik said he planned to leave Tingen to verify his memories and gave Leon an ancient Copper Whistle that summoned his messenger.

Klein visited Leon after the events at Azik's house, and the two discussed Azik's power and the hidden force behind him. Klein decided to ask the captain for a promotion, while Leon offered to support him and Klein firmly refused his help.

• Leon invited Klein to his home for dinner, and Klein accepted because he wanted to talk about what had happened at Azik's house.
• Leon gave Klein the Copper Whistle, saying it had been a gift for both of them and would be more useful in Klein's hands.
• Klein and Leon discussed Azik's long life and strength, and Klein realized the unseen enemy behind the events might be powerful.
• Klein decided to ask the captain for a promotion after verifying that the Clown Potion formula was correct.
• Leon offered to speak up for Klein, but Klein rejected the offer because he feared Leon's idea of help.

Klein refused Leon’s offer to buy him a suit, accepted an altered overcoat instead, and reflected on how Leon’s reckless curiosity kept drawing him into danger. After Klein left, Leon revealed that he had been struggling to control his own deathly Black Flame, which had corrupted him.

• Leon offered to buy Klein a replacement suit, but Klein refused and asked to borrow an overcoat instead.
• Martha found Leon an overcoat for Klein and altered it to fit while Klein waited and thought about the dangers he had faced with Leon.
• Klein compared Leon to a troublesome beagle and left after collecting the altered coat.
• Leon briefly stood and walked to reassure Klein, then seized a chair as the Black Flame erupted over his body.
• Leon subdued the Black Flame and realized that he had been corrupted by his own power.

Leon examined the lingering Destined Death burning within his body and concluded that Azik’s power had altered it. He planned to start forming an organization at Monday’s gathering and prepared Beyonder items to offer in exchange for information.

• Leon inspected the Elden Ring’s projection and recalled how he had restored the Rune of Death to it.
• Leon realized that Destined Death still rooted in his body was continually consuming his life force, possibly because of Azik’s power.
• Leon decided to use Monday’s gathering to begin organizing Beyonders who could exchange knowledge and help him investigate.
• Leon considered offering the Magician’s Rune and wondered whether the others would prefer Beyonder items or knowledge to money.
• Leon created a Spirit Guide’s Rune from the Sequence 6 Spirit Guide Beyonder Characteristic he had obtained.

Leon went with Inspector Tolle and Frye to investigate Councilor Maynard’s death after Dunn assigned him to help the police. At the scene, Leon discovered the councilor’s body had an erection beneath the sheet and wondered if he had died from pleasure.

• Leon arrived at Blackthorn Security Company after Klein had left early, and the two struggled through a distracted occult lesson.
• Leon suppressed a brief surge of Black Flame beneath the desk while thinking about how to arrange his secret gathering that afternoon.
• Dunn arrived with an urgent police request and took Leon to meet Inspector Tolle, who needed help investigating Councilor Maynard’s death.
• Leon put on his probationary inspector’s uniform and joined Frye and Tolle in a police carriage to visit the scene.
• Leon saw the bulge beneath the sheet covering Maynard’s body and wondered whether the councilor had died from pleasure.

Leon investigated Councilman Maynard’s death at his residence, where police struggled to question the noble guests who had stayed overnight. After discovering signs of a heart attack rather than an accidental brainstem hemorrhage, Leon realized they needed to find the person who had been with Maynard, and a familiar voice offered to help.

• Tolle and Frye stopped Leon from speaking carelessly about nobles and reminded him of his predecessor’s trouble with Mrs. Winter.
• Leon learned that Councilman Maynard had died between nine and eleven the previous night, during a party attended by many influential guests.
• Leon inspected the guest room and found signs that Maynard had prepared it for an affair, but initially suspected a sudden death caused by excessive excitement.
• Leon uncovered scratch marks and other signs of a heart attack, while Frye confirmed that Maynard had likely died from one.
• Leon realized the person who had been with Maynard might have fled after his heart attack and considered using Ritualistic Magic to find them.
• A familiar voice behind Leon offered to perform the ritual.

Klein and Leon investigated Councilman Maynard’s death through a Spirit Channeling ritual, and Klein’s dream revealed that Maynard had died during an affair. The portrait Klein produced identified the woman as Madam Sharon, whom Leon suspected was no ordinary person.

• Klein joined Leon and Frye to investigate Councilman Maynard’s death, explaining that he had avoided the Seer Club after divining that it was a bad day to go.
• Klein performed Spirit Channeling and dreamed that Maynard had suffered a fatal heart attack while having an affair with a woman.
• Maynard’s corpse suddenly attacked Klein, but Leon pulled him away and struck the body with a black spark, stopping it from moving.
• Klein used Ritualistic Magic to draw the woman from his dream, while Frye concluded that Maynard’s death showed no sign of Beyonder influence.
• Tolle recognized the portrait as Madam Sharon, and Leon told Klein that she was a famous widow who had once disrupted his life and was probably no ordinary person.

Leon and Klein warned Officer Tolle that Madam Sharon might be a Beyonder, though they had no proof she had used any abilities. Tolle kept them at the manor to rest while he questioned her, and Leon prepared to attend a meeting at Roundtable Hold.

• Leon told Klein that he had once tried to trade with Madam Sharon for a Potion formula and believed she might be a Beyonder.
• Leon and Klein discussed the risks of involving the captain and decided that a warning was still necessary.
• Leon and Klein informed Officer Tolle of their suspicions, and Tolle asked them to stay until Madam Sharon had been questioned.
• Tolle offered them separate rooms, rest, and a lavish lunch, and both Klein and Leon agreed to stay.
• Leon went to his room and waited for his appointed meeting at Roundtable Hold.

Leon read Emperor Roselle’s diary and Church records about the Erdtree Church, finding clues about its beliefs and factions. As the appointed gathering time arrived, two figures emerged from the Greater Grace and Miss Spectator greeted Mr. Stars.

• Leon read Roselle’s diary and learned that Roselle had discovered a being trapped in darkness, discussed his diplomatic enemies, and described the Acting Method for potions.
• Leon set aside the diary, suspecting it might contain deliberate misinformation, and considered contacting the being Roselle had found.
• Leon read the Church’s booklet on the Erdtree Church, learning that it worshiped the Golden Order and operated secretly through members of different Pathways.
• Leon found the Church’s recorded Honorific Name and a note describing factions that either waited for a descent or actively sought one.
• Leon put away the booklet as the appointed time approached, and two figures emerged from the Greater Grace as Miss Spectator greeted Mr. Stars.

At Leon's first gathering, Audrey and Klein joined him after being summoned by starlight, and Audrey shared what she had learned about the Erdtree Church and the Frenzied Flame. The meeting continued with reports of unexplained spontaneous combustions in Backlund's sewers.

• Klein and Audrey were transported by starlight to Leon's roundtable gathering.
• Audrey told Leon that the Erdtree Church had been wiped out and later moved to the Southern Continent.
• Audrey offered to share information about the Frenzied Flame because it might concern Mr. Sailor's brother.
• Audrey reported several recent cases of living creatures spontaneously combusting in Backlund's sewers, which authorities blamed on a gas leak.

Audrey reported evidence linking the sewer deaths to the Frenzied Flame, while Klein withheld information that could expose Leon and offered a note by Roselle Gustav instead. Leon’s reaction to the note led him to ask Klein whether he knew about Earth.

• Audrey told Leon that the corpses had burned from the inside out and that some people had been injured, prompting Leon to identify the cause as the Frenzied Flame.
• Leon offered Audrey a reward for her timely information and asked Klein what he had learned about the Erdtree Church and the Frenzied Flame.
• Klein chose not to reveal information that could betray Leon and instead offered to exchange a note left by Roselle Gustav.
• Klein recalled the note’s symbols onto paper, and Leon read the resulting text.
• Leon reacted with pleasure and asked Klein whether he knew about Earth.

Leon tested Klein by asking whether he knew Earth, but Klein concealed his reaction beneath the Gray Fog and denied recognizing the word. Leon then translated Klein’s diary page and offered him something of equal value or an answer to a question.

• Leon asked Klein whether he knew Earth, and Klein hid his surprise before pretending the word was unfamiliar.
• Leon suspected Klein was testing him but decided not to press the matter, and he offered to take anyone who knew the word home.
• Audrey noticed the tension between Leon and Klein and asked whether Leon meant the same home he was seeking.
• Leon read the diary entries about the emperor’s plans, including sanitation reforms and joining a secret organization, and Klein recognized the page he had chosen as a probe.
• Leon put the page away and offered Klein something of equal value or an answer to a question.

Leon rewarded Audrey and Klein for their information with powerful Beyonder ingredients and promised them money or knowledge in return. He assigned them to test their new Tarnished identities by hunting supernatural creatures and reporting what happened, then ended the meeting.

• Audrey asked Leon for a Sequence 8 Spectator Potion formula or a lead, and he said he would look for one.
• Leon revealed a Sequence 6 Spirit Guide Rune for Audrey and a Sequence 7 Magician Rune for Klein, each usable as a Potion main ingredient.
• Leon explained that he had also arranged anonymous bank accounts and offered Audrey fifty pounds and Klein one pound for each future Roselle diary entry.
• Audrey asked to exchange her payment for knowledge, and Leon agreed to seek the information she needed.
• Leon told Audrey and Klein to hunt supernatural creatures and report their experiences, then set their next meeting for the same time the following week.

Klein divined that supernatural forces had not influenced John Maynard’s death, while Madam Sharon admitted she had been with him before he died. As Klein and Leon left the investigation, Maynard’s wife arrived and accused Sharon, but a frail voice then asked Leon for help.

• Klein divined that John Maynard’s death had not been influenced by supernatural factors.
• Inspector Tolle told Klein and Leon that Madam Sharon had admitted being with Maynard and would be released pending further investigation.
• Tolle explained that Madam Maynard was returning from Backlund and had already pressured the authorities to solve the case quickly.
• Klein and Leon heard Madam Maynard demand that the authorities arrest Sharon and threatened to sue them.
• A frail voice called out to Leon, asking him to help.

Leon restrained Madam Sharon after she threatened him and arranged for the police to take her in, while Klein worried about the danger between them. After returning home, Klein entered the Gray Fog to begin his Tarot Club meeting.

• Madam Sharon asked Leon to investigate Councilor Maynard's death and clear her name, then accused Maynard's wife of wanting him dead.
• Madam Sharon threatened Leon with a reminder of their past, and Leon pinned her against the stairs.
• Leon told Inspector Tolle that Madam Sharon was willing to turn herself in and cooperate with the investigation, and Klein backed up his account.
• Leon told Klein he would report that Madam Sharon might be a Beyonder who had lost control, then went home.
• Klein returned to his home, locked himself in the washroom, and entered the Gray Fog.

At the Tarot Club, Klein accepted Audrey’s report about the Roundtable Hold and learned more about Qilingus and his Mystical Item, Creeping Hunger. Later, Leon noticed Klein’s distraction and told him he would be away on leave, leaving Klein to handle his worries alone.

• Audrey presented two new pages of Emperor Roselle’s Diary, and Klein exchanged them for the Telepathist formula after guessing she wanted it.
• Audrey reported on secret gatherings, including the Roundtable Hold, and the Fool allowed her to keep attending but forbade her from trading her collected notes for information.
• Alger asked Audrey to find clues about Qilingus, who had secretly entered Backlund, and Mr. Sun explained how a Shepherd could wield abilities taken from devoured souls.
• Klein considered whether Leon could help deal with Qilingus, then returned to the Blackthorn Security Company and repeatedly spaced out while thinking about his troubles.
• Leon told Klein that he had received a short leave and would be away, leaving Klein to manage matters himself.

Leon left Tingen for Backlund, where he pursued information from Miss Spectator and traces of the Frenzied Flame in the sewers, while Klein stayed behind with the key to Leon’s home. Leon reached Bravehearts Bar and was greeted by Kaspars, who was surprised to see him alive.

• Leon told Klein he was leaving for Backlund and asked him to look after Martha, giving him his house key and the report about Madam Sharon.
• Klein warned Leon that the great pirate Qilingus, a dangerous Sequence 6 Beyonder, was hiding in Backlund, and Leon promised to be careful.
• After Leon departed, Dunn Smith and Frye arrived and told Klein they were going to resolve the Wraith matter in Lamud Town.
• Leon arrived in Backlund and reflected that he had come for information from Miss Spectator and traces of the Frenzied Flame in the sewers, not for the commission he had claimed.
• Leon went to Bravehearts Bar, asked for Kaspars, and found him in billiard room three; Kaspars exclaimed that Leon was not dead.