With two more Void Walkers rampaging, Gregory splits 20,000 wardens: 10,000 to Bridane under Tam and 8,000 to the southern granaries under Abigail. Bridane is saved but barely, with 75,000 civilian dead and 600 wardens lost; Tam orders clear fire zones to kill the Walker, a decision that costs...

Cael leads fifty people down the deep road over three days, revealing his thirty-year harmonic attunement that allows him to physically sense the seven seal lines as distinct frequencies.

Dael signals the surface priests. Lethane channels divine fire through the mountain. Charges detonate, collapsing the Crucible. The boneglass entity accepts its death with gratitude. Lethane's fire hits the wound directly. World goes white.

Three days after Greywind Pass, Ren faces a tribunal in Lethane's war pavilion. Callum uses an ancient doctrinal loophole to attend as spiritual advocate, arguing the doctrine of necessary judgment, while Vasserine cites operational results.

Ren grieves Tik outside the wall while the surviving guild members scatter in separate directions. Pell departs south, Dara and Joss head east toward family. Ren and Ludo, the last two guild members, join the refugee column heading north.

The advance scouts discover the demon-occupied village of Ashford. A hunter-class demon attacks Ren; he survives using flash powder to exploit its light-sensitive crystalline eyes and a belt knife to draw first blood—an amber fluid.

Becca delivers stolen intelligence to Washington Post. Team waits in San Juan Islands safe house. Malcolm and Kate share a vulnerable moment - he confesses what he said during the Houston fire, she admits she heard it. Both acknowledge their fears about intimacy and commit to being afraid together.

Marcus builds Phase Six's operational infrastructure over a week, establishing an evaluation room adjacent to the Void threshold, recruiting Chen as evaluator and Torretti as threshold guardian, while Lily monitors Hope's dimensional stability at 97%; the first cessation request arrives Saturday...

Community center falls as power fails and UV batteries die. James calls a ceasefire and issues a 48-hour ultimatum. Marcus identifies the real target: 1200 civilians herded to an evacuation center by James. The hunters relocate and fortify the old Chief Beaulieu School.